| | | | Quantel first in the world to release RED Rocket support
Quantel eQ, iQ and Pablo users already benefiting from faster loading and better workflow with RED projects
Quantel has just released a new version of software for its eQ, iQ and Pablo systems which, among a number of other useful new features, also includes support for the RED Rocket accelerator board.
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| | | | Offhollywood Provides End-to-End 4K RED Workflow Packages for Features 'Rabbit Hole,' 'Fair Game,' and 'Twelve'
High-Profile Films Rely on Offhollywood's RED Expertise and Experience to Realize Smooth Digital Cinema Production and Post Workflows
Leading digital cinema company Offhollywood today announced that it is providing three high-profile films — "Rabbit Hole" with Nicole Kidman, "Fair Game" with Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, and "Twelve" with 50 Cent and Kiefer Sutherland — with production packages bundling 4K RED cameras, on-set DITs, RED workflow technical support with dailies, and digital intermediate (DI) post and finishing services.
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| | | | MTI Film Debuts RED Camera Support for CONTROL Dailies
MTI Film will bring its Control Dailies workflow to productions using RED cameras, announced MTI CEO Larry Chernoff. MTI Control Dailies enables faster-than-real-time transfer from film, VTRs, or 2k DPX files to HD and SD, and includes audio synchronization, and output to tape or file-based deliverables.
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| | | | ShotPut RED™ For RED Camera Media
Automates Secure Offloading and Backup of RED Media and CF Cards
Imagine Products, Inc. announced today the release and general availability of ShotPut RED™ a new, automated offload application for RED media and CF cards. Now you can securely backup any RED media device while streamlining your workflow from acquisition to archive. Available for Mac or Windows (Intel-Mac, Windows XP and Vista computers).
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| | | | NCIS, CSI: NY, House, True Blood, The Good Wife: Autodesk Software Fills the Air
Many of This Season's Most-Watched Programs Feature Autodesk Technology
Post-production houses regularly turn to digital entertainment creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), to help bring movie-like visual effects into millions of homes in this season's most-watched television programs. Highlights include a 3D video game universe in "House," the evocative color finishing of "Mad Men" and the UEFA Europa League rebrand.
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| | | | AJA KONA and Io HD Keep Things Running for ‘And Then Came Lola’
“And Then Came Lola,” A fast-paced romp through the streets of San Francisco loosely inspired by the art-house classic “Run, Lola, Run,” stars Ashleigh Sumner as Lola, a talented but distracted photographer on the verge of success who could lose it all if she doesn’t make it to a crucial meeting on time.
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| | | | Advanced Digital Services Enhances its HD Post Services with New DVS CLIPSTER®
Hollywood's leading post-production facility now supports latest digital image compression standards and 4K DI encoding projects
Advanced Digital Services, Inc. (ADS) today announced the launch of the latest generation CLIPSTER® DI offering at its facility, which will add to the diverse array of high-end post-production services currently offered by the company.
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| | | | Anton/Bauer Provides Peace of Mind with Ultra Reliable D-90 Batteries
Long-lasting Dionic 90 Batteries Used Daily at Major European ENG and Rental Facilities
Anton/Bauer®, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, continues to see a steady increase in sales of its lightweight, lithium-ion Dionic 90 Battery from customers worldwide, sending strong feedback on its long battery life.
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| | | | Digital FX To Demo RED at SIGGRAPH
Digital FX, a Baton Rouge based film and television post-production studio, will be demoing their RED camera technology and mobile 4K edit suite at 12:00 PM, August 6th, at the Louisiana Booth #2900 at this year’s SIGGRAPH conference held in New Orleans.
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| | | | Loyalkaspar Creates Organically For MTV and A&E
Design/Production Studio Hits The ‘’Tattoo Highway’’ With A&E Network Image Spot; And Soaks Up The Sun For MTV’s Spring Break ‘09 Package
Two recent projects for A&E Network and MTV effectively highlight both the diverse creative skills and love of blending organic and digital art found at Loyalkaspar, the creative design/production company led by directors David Herbruck and Beat Baudenbacher, part of the transmedia branding and design group LORI PATE+.
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| | | | Filmworkers Launches "The Digigog" for Processing Digitally-Acquired Media
New Service Available through the Company's Chicago, Nashville and Dallas Facilities Offers Dailies Processing for RED Camera files; Non-Linear 2K Color Grading and Final Assembly
Filmworkers has launched a new digital media processing service dubbed The Digigog at its Chicago and Dallas locations aimed at facilitating the growing number of feature film, television and commercial productions that are choosing to capture and post their projects in data.
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| | | | Filmmakers / Students Hone their Skills at International Academy of Film and Television’s Short-Term Workshops
IAFT Upcoming Filmmaking Sessions Include Digital Video Production, Hi-Def/RED Camera and 3D Animation
The International Academy of Film and Television (IAFT) is offering three new short-term Filmmaking workshops in Digital Video Production, Hi-Def/RED Camera and 3D Animation. Beginning June 2009 and ranging in length from four days to three weeks, the sessions are open to film students and filmmakers alike who are interested in expanding their skills or learning the latest techniques in a particular area.
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| | | | Rushes Leaps Forward With da Vinci Splice 2K's Nonlinear Workflow
da Vinci Systems, LLC, today announced that post-production house Rushes has integrated a da Vinci Splice 2K nonlinear color grading system into its Los Angeles-based facility. Splice 2K's direct integration with da Vinci's 2K Plus system enables Rushes to provide its customers with a nonlinear, file-based workflow without compromising on the premium color grading for which the company is known.
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| | | | Fulltank Sweetens 'Chocolate Box' Music Video for Prince
Creative Production Studio Provided 190 Visual Effects Shots for CGI-Intensive Promo Directed by P.R. Brown
Creative production studio Fulltank announced today that it provided visual effects, including on-set supervision, for a CGI-intensive promo for "Chocolate Box," the new single from Prince's "MPLSoUND" album released on March 29th.
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| | | | MTI Film to Debut New Solution for Processing Digitally-Acquired Dailies at NAB
DA Head works with Control Dailies, Control Color and Convey to form a "true" tapeless environment for data.
At the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters Convention, MTI Film (www.mtifilm.com) will debut a new option for its award-winning Control Dailies solution. The DA Head module for Control Dailies enables the faster-than-real-time power of Control Dailies to facilitate the processing of digitally-acquired dailies from virtually any source. Control Dailies for Digital Acquisition (DA) supports Red One,Panasonic P2, Panavision Genesis, Viper FilmStream and Arri D-21 digital cinema cameras, as well as media in DPX file format.
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| | | | AntonBauer Unveiling QR-RH RED One Handle at NAB 2009
Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of professional camera batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems, is debuting its QR-RH RED One Handle for the RED camera at NAB 2009
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| | | | Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v.4.0.1 Announced
Introduces Final Cut Pro project import, RED camera compatibility, OMF export, and other enhancements
Today, Adobe Systems Incorporated introduced Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 version 4.0.1 software, a major update to the leading start-to-finish professional video production solution.
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| | | | BOND Scores For The New York Jets
Full Service Post Boutique Tackles Another RED Camera Project For New York Jets Ad Starring Donald Trump
BOND, the full-service post boutique featuring creative editorial/post, visual effects, design and audio, lent its creative arsenal to ''Namath,'' a funny new ad for the New York Jets and its Coaches Club seating auction, featuring Donald Trump.
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| | | | Zacuto Announces 4 Sleek New Mounts
Zephyr, ZRED, Zandy And Zgrip Zandy
Zacuto’s mission to make your shooting easier with their lightweight quick-release systems has done it again. Zacuto announces 4 sleek new mounts including the Zephyr, Zacuto's 15mm lightweight support plate; the ZRED, an EVF RED ONE Mount, the Zandy, a19mm to 15mm rod mount; and the Zgrip Zandy, an articulating handgrip.
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| | | | Avid Announces RED Support
Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that it has signed a R3D Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) License agreement – as part of the company’s continued commitment to enhancing its RED camera workflows.
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| | | | da Vinci Systems Sees RED
da Vinci Systems, a leading provider of color enhancement and image restoration products used in post-production facilities worldwide, today announced that the company will support REDCODE RAW™ as a native format for color grading and finishing productions that utilize RED camera systems.
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| | | | AJA Video Ships Io HD, KONA, XENA and FS1 Upgrades at IBC 2008
Product Updates Support Latest Industry File Formats and Video Codecs
AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, has released new software versions for its popular Io HD, KONA, XENA and FS1 products, along with a set of new AJA Mac plug-ins for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Photoshop.
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| | | | AlphaDogs has End of the World Encounter in Burbank
Leading Burbank post house AlphaDogs has announced that it was chosen to provide post services for the critically acclaimed Werner Herzog movie Encounters at the End of the World which is currently in theatres nationwide.
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| | | | Bogdanovich finishes Tom Petty DVD at alphadogs
Runnin’ Down a Dream project completed with additional Early Years sequences
alphadogs have announced that producer director Peter Bogdanovich has just completed additional sequences for the new DVD release of his acclaimed epic “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream” at their Burbank facility. alphadogs also finished the original DVD version released last year by Warner Bros. Records.
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| | | | motion504 Creates Magical CG In-Store Spot For Target
Broadcast design & animation studio motion504 has been commissioned to create another CG in-store spot for client Target, this time to tout the retailer's "Bookmarked" program, which selects books for readers. "Club Picks" is the first of three spots to break in Target stores nationwide.
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| | | | Telestream Announces Key Workflow Support in Episode 5.0 Release
Support expands for Web, DVD authoring, digital film/telecine workflows with latest Flash, Blu-ray and RED formats; plus support for Final Cut Server, encode while ingesting and a free SDK
Telestream today announced availability of Episode 5.0 encoding software which expands format support to a greater number of specific digital media workflows for Apple professionals.
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| | | | Telestream Brings Speed and Innovation to NAB2008
New workflow automation product for cable market, faster-than-real-time HD encoding on a single server, greater support for digital film/telecine workflows, network video capture and content repurposing solutions highlight company offerings
Telestream is featuring a new product for the cable industry, greater support for post-production workflows, lightning-fast HD workflows and new features for its compression and workflow automation products in Booth SL5405 at NAB2008.
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| | | | Globalstor Storage Technology Takes NAB 2008 By Storm
Leading Industry Distributors and Manufacturers Exhibit Company’s ExtremeStor-DI Product
Globalstor Data Corporation, premier OEM Integrator of high performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers, deals a full house at NAB 2008 with a series of leading film production distributors and manufacturers featuring Globalstor’s signature data storage servers ExtremeStor-DI servers, including its new ExtremeStor-DI REDe, which represents the first in the line to offer compatibility with today’s popular RED Digital Cinema cameras.
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| | | | Globalstor Goes Red at NAB 2008 With Debut of ExtremeStor-DI Rede Storage Server
Globalstor Data Corporation, premier OEM Integrator of high performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers, is debuting its new ExtremeStor-DI REDe at the ASSIMILATE™ booth at NAB 2008 (Renaissance Hotel Suite), representing the latest within Globalstor’s ExtremeStor-DI product line to offer compatibility with today’s popular RED Digital Cinema cameras.
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| | | | News: Cooke Optics Introduces
Cooke Optics Ltd., a premier manufacturer of precision lenses for the motion picture industry, today announced the Cooke RED Set, a package of four standard Cooke S4/i lenses offering a range of focal lengths from 15mm through 100mm, specially engraved with red lettering.
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 Articles and Tutorials:
 Exposing the RED: Perfect Exposure, Every Time
Director DP, REDtrepreneur, early adopter and obsessed student of the RED camera system David Battistella takes a closer look at how to hit the sweet spot on the RED sensor. David shows how understanding REDs inner workings will help you expose your scene just right, every time.
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 Shooting with RED: Testing, testing...
CreativeCOW leader Gary Adcock's experience shooting both film and HD gives him a unique perspective as he takes you along for thorough testing with the new RED camera. In part 1 of this series, he focuses on the camera's benefits and shortcomings of the camera itself, as well as some of the challenges shooting with it.
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 RED: Early Workflow Findings
In this real world video production RED Camera review from The Creative COW Magazine, Assron Zander discusses how The Brooks Institute students put RED ONE through the paces of a student production. Here are their findings.
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 Dress for Success with RED
Not all production with the RED camera is Hollywood-scale. Craig Meadows is in a smaller market, doing mostly local and regional spots. Even though he's only had his RED for a short time, he tells you here about how it works, its workflow, and how it's already making a big difference for his clients.
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 Blogs:
 Film and Digital as Unique Instruments of Artistic Expression
I have often wondered what motion picture audiences would think of film-acquired images if digital imaging had come first. Would the grain structure, the motion blur, the organic judder, and the characteristic soft shoulder inherent in the celluloid medium be lauded, or would these characteristics be labeled simply as artifacts?...
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 OpenCut- RED Editing Contest
Now here's something interesting, the folks over at Silverado Systems have partnered up with Vuze to create a different kind of contest. OpenCut is a completely open-source film competition designed to encourage people to take professionally shot material and edit it in their own way. As there is no "one...
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Chronosync- invaluable tool for tapeless workflow
Here's a tool for anyone working with the solid-state and tapeless workflow, for example the Panasonic HVX200 and Sony EX1 . If you've been dragging and dropping footage from your folders to your hard drive you could be a bit more at risk than you realize. ChronoSync is a data...
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 Podcasts:
Episode #048 - November 04, 2008
Shooting with the RED ONE camera with Phil Bates from Artbeats, no new Apples, Circuit City closings, Ocula 3D, Boris Film Look, Jade 1.3, Genetica 3.0 and more creative news and interviews - creativecow.net
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