| | | | The Foundry Ships Nuke 5.2
Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, has announced the latest release of its powerful compositing application Nuke.
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| | | | Canon U.S.A. Announces Additions to its Award-Winning Line of PowerShot Digital Cameras
Experience the First-Ever Touch Screen PowerShot Camera; Celebrate the Resurgence of the S-Series Digital Camera Line; Capture a Memorable Shot with the New High Sensitivity System
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced six new PowerShot cameras offering diverse photographic options for users who have just begun their photographic journey or have been mastering their skills for many years. The new camera line-up delivers the unique features users want, with the superb image quality, ease-of-use and stylish design they have come to expect from Canon.
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| | | | Weta Digital buys Nuke site licence
Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, today announced that Weta Digital, New Zealand’s premier multi-award winning VFX studio, has purchased a site licence of Nuke to enhance its in-house pipeline.
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| | | | Big Machine Design Relies On Maxon Cinema 4d To Create Futuristic Cgi Video Trailer For Highly Anticipated Upcoming Game Title, "Front Mission Evolved"
Artists Leverage CINEMA 4D’s Power, Performance and Ease-of-Use and Tap its Advanced Render, Thinking Particles, MoGraph and MOCCA Modules to Create Complex, Awe-inspiring Game Cinematic
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that Big Machine Design (BMD), an award winning visual production company specializing in visuals for film titles, advertising, TV shows, games, and more, relied heavily on MAXON CINEMA 4D to create the stunning, fully CGI trailer for Square Enix’s highly-anticipated game title, "Front Mission Evolved".
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| | | | MAXON to Demonstrate CINEMA 4D’s Advanced Motion Graphics Capabilities at Promax|BDA 2009
CINEMA 4D’s MoGraph Module Continues to Help Creative Design Professionals Meet Real-World Motion Graphics Demands
MAXON Computer, the leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that its flagship software solution, CINEMA 4D, will be on display at Promax/BDA — the premier event for entertainment marketing, promotion and design professionals taking place June 16 -18 in New York City.
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| | | | Industrial Light & Magic Purchases Site Licence Of Nuke
Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, today announced that Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lucasfilm Ltd’s multiple Academy Award-winning visual effects studio, has purchased a site licence of Nuke to complement its in-house pipeline.
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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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| | | | eyeon to Introduce New Training Initiative at NAB
Getting New VFX Artists Up-to-Speed Fast with SWAT
eyeon Software Inc., maker of the award-winning Fusion™ compositing application, announced its new SWAT certification program to ensure that new and established VFX artists receive the training and support they need to realize their full creative potential.
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| | | | eyeon to Introduce New Training Initiative at NAB
Getting New VFX Artists Up-to-Speed Fast with SWAT
eyeon Software Inc., maker of the award-winning Fusion™ compositing application, announced its new SWAT certification program to ensure that new and established VFX artists receive the training and support they need to realize their full creative potential. With the new SoftWare Artist Training (SWAT) umbrella program, the company has expanded its international network of trainers, colleges, online resources, and in-house product support personnel to ensure that every eyeon artist is up-to-speed on the latest versions of Fusion™, Generation®, Rotation®, and Vision®. eyeon will launch the new program at NAB, April 20-23, 2009, in Las Vegas.
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| | | | The Foundry Lets Customers do the Talking at NAB 2009
Booth SL326
Much has changed at leading VFX software developer, The Foundry, during the last twelve months. This will be reflected on the show floor at NAB 2009, as the company plays host to a series of exciting ‘behind the scenes’ demos and product announcements at its booth #SL326 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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| | | | The Foundry returns to Autodesk Sparks programme
The Foundry, a leading developer of visual effects, image-processing and compositing software, announced today that, under an exclusive arrangement with Autodesk®, it can once again offer support for the Autodesk Sparks range of its Tinder, Furnace and Keylight products.
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| | | | Foundry slashes Sparks prices as Autodesk revokes Development licence
The Foundry, a leading developer of visual effects, image-processing and compositing software, announced today that effective immediately, it has significantly reduced prices on plug-ins for Autodesk® advanced systems, as it is no longer part of the Autodesk Authorised Developer Network programme and can no longer guarantee continued development or support.
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| | | | MXF4mac launches first wave of Avid MXF support
For the first time native media files from Avid systems are directly accessible by QuickTime in Mac OS X. The new release of MXF4QT Import provides extensive support for various Avid OP-Atom formats including all DNxHD variations.
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| | | | Canon’s professional 3-CCD HD camcorders are a top choice for affordable HDTV program production
Inspired storytelling, superior HDTV production values, and prudent budgeting are essential elements in the competitive world of producing innovative programming for today’s cable networks. For Varuna Entertainment, achieving these goals is made easier by using Canon’s XH G1 HD Camcorders to capture dramatic, challenging, and often dangerous footage for two of their latest cable “reality” series.
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| | | | Digieffects Ships Simulate: Camera
The second plugin package in the Simulate series mimics camera and projection artifacts
Digieffects, a developer of popular visual effects software plugins today announced that it has shipped Simulate: Camera, a plugin package offering a specialized collection of effects for mimicking camera and projection artifacts. All Digieffects plugins support Adobe CS4.
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| | | | Ocula 3D Stereo Plug-ins from the Foundry Now Shipping
Pixel-level control removes the headache from stereo post production
Leading visual effects software developer The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk) is now shipping Ocula – the unique collection of plug-in tools that solve common problems with stereoscopic imagery, boost productivity in post production, and ultimately help to deliver a more rewarding stereoscopic viewing experience.
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| | | | Boris FX Announces New Boris Continuum Unit: Film Look
Includes Film Process, Film Damage, Match Grain, Film Grain, Deinterlace, and Prism from Boris Continuum Complete 5
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that a new Unit of the Boris Continuum family of visual effects plug-ins, Film Look, is now available.
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| | | | Globalstor Announces Top Win For Irish Feature Film "Kisses"
Globalstor ExtremeStor-DI Tower Running ASSIMILATE™ SCRATCH® Played Major Role in Feature’s DI Post Work
Globalstor Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high-performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers, is pleased to announce that the Irish feature film, Kisses, which utilized Globalstor’s ExtremeStor-DI Tower for real-time 2K DI playback, has won first place in the Irish Feature category at the prestigious Galway Film Fleadh.
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| | | | GenArts To Showcase Sapphire Plug-Ins At IBC 2008
Company to demonstrate its VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products on stand 7.K41
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be showcasing Sapphire Plug-ins at IBC 2008, being held September 12-16 at the Amsterdam RAI.
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| | | | Color Symmetry 2.0 Introduces New Color and Look Management Tools for Animation, VFX and Post
New 2.0 Features Offer Accurate Color Handling for RAW Acquisition Workflows with Support for Emerging Industry-Standard LUTs
Duiker Research Corp., creator of the Color Symmetry plug-in suite, announced today Color Symmetry 2.0. Version 2.0 encompasses new capabilities that make it possible to create and emulate production looks, accurately view color and correctly exchange color data across a variety of film- and emerging all-digital production pipelines in motion pictures, television, commercials and games.
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| | | | The Foundry - IBC 2008 Preview (Stand 7.F28)
The Foundry expands VFX capabilities with new product releases
There have been many exciting developments at The Foundry during the last twelve months, across all areas of the company’s product portfolio.
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| | | | GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at SIGGRAPH 2008
Company to demonstrate their VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products at booth 1536
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH 2008, being held August 12-14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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| | | | MAXON to Showcase CINEMA 4D's Powerful Motion Graphics Capabilities at Promax|BDA 2008
Motion Graphics Artists Around the World Rely On CINEMA 4D’s MoGraph Module to Create Award-Winning Content for Broadcast Industry Giants
MAXON Computer invites members of the press and all other Promax|BDA 2008 attendees to stop by the MAXON booth, #10 in the Networking Village, to see the latest versions of the company’s professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions.
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| | | | The Foundry Appoints Lucy Cooper As New Marketing Manager
Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, has appointed Lucy Cooper as its new Marketing Manager. Cooper, who will be predominantly based at The Foundry’s headquarters in Soho, London, will be responsible for worldwide marketing of the company’s acclaimed range of visual effects compositing, image-processing and creative plug-in products.
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| | | | cmiVFX Launches New Cinema 4D Cloth System Dynamics Training Video
Watch High Definition Training Videos For The Visual Effects Industry Instantly From Anywhere In The World.
cmiVFX | cmiStudios. launches its 6th training video for Maxon's Cinema 4d 3D application. The product series has been in development for nearly a year, and is fine tuned to work with a variety of different skill leveled users.
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| | | | GizMac Teams with Imagineer Systems for Industry Debut of mogul at NAB 2008
GizMac XRackPro2 Provides Ultimate ‘Quiet’ for the VFX Industry’s Newest Collaborative System Launch
GizMac Accessories, manufacturer of noise reducing equipment racks, announced today that it has teamed with Imagineer Systems, creators of next-generation VFX tools, in support of the launch of mogul, Imagineer’s newly-launched collaborative VFX architecture supporting a suite of tightly integrated, modular VFX systems and applications.
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| | | | Canon's New XL H1S And XL H1A HD Camcorders Provide Advanced Features For Enhanced Control And Operation
New 20x HD Video Lens, Enhanced Image Control and Other User-Requested Refinements Serve the Needs of Event Video, Documentary Filmmaking and Pro Markets
Building on the success of its acclaimed XL H1 High Definition (HD) camcorder, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging technology, has introduced the new shoulder mount XL H1S and XL H1A HD camcorders, which include new advanced features requested by professional users for improved operation and image control.
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| | | | Pinnacle Studio Effects Plugins and Avid Liquid Effects Plugins Now Available from NewBlueFX
NewBlue Continues its Rapid Expansion into Video Effects Plugins and Video Transitions Plugins Market
After its recent release of video effects plugins for the Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress Pro and Sony Vegas product lines, NewBlue, Inc. continued its widening rollout of video effects plugins by unveiling a host of new Pinnacle Studio™ effects and Avid Liquid™ effects.
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| | | | GenArts to Show Latest Sapphire Plug-ins at NAB 2008
Company to demonstrate their latest VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products in booth SL14516
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be featuring their entire range of plug-ins at NAB 2008 being held April 14-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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| | | | International Duplication Centre Acquires Phoenix Productions
New Division, Air Station, Headed By Chris Phoenix
International Duplication Centre (IDC), a New York City-based digital post-production and new media facility, today announced that it has acquired Phoenix Productions and has formed a new fully integrated production, creative motion branding and post-production division, Air Station, headed by Chris Phoenix.
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| | | | Mad Media Hires Seasoned Editor & DVD Authoring Guru Ryan Holdridge
Mad Media has announced that Ryan Holdridge has been named Director of Multimedia Design. Ryan brings with him a skill set that includes professional editing experience with Apple Final Cut Studio 2, advanced compositing with Apple Shake, and standard definition / Blu-ray DVD authoring experience using Apple DVD Studio Pro and Adobe Encore environments.
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| | | | Wild Plum Director Jan De Bont & Ntropic Create Epic Anti-Terror PSA Campaign
Wild Plum Director Jan De Bont, Signature Productions and VFX company Ntropic recently completed two powerful PSAs for NoTerror.Info, an organization which campaigns against terrorism in Iraq. Heralding the tagline, "Terrorism Has No Religion," the two spots are a heart-pounding cinematic journey into the heart of terrorist violence.
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| | | | NewBlueFX Launches Video Special Effects and Transitions for Avid Media Composer and Avid Xpress Pro video editing systems
NewBlue Widens it Offerings for Desktop Video Enthusiasts Video, Multimedia and Technology Editors
NewBlue, Inc. today continued its rapid expansion into the desktop video special effects market with a host of new video special effects plug‐ins for Avid Media Composer and Avid Xpress Pro video editing systems. Avid customers can now enjoy 893 presets and 71 effects plug‐ins encompassed in 7 distinct and competitively‐priced NewBlueFX plug‐in collections, designed to enhance the video editing experience.
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| | | | Animal Logic Migrates To Nuke
Award-winning studio adopts Foundry software for VFX & animation pipeline
Leading software developer The Foundry today announced that Animal Logic has joined its rapidly growing Nuke customer list. The award-winning visual effects company had been reviewing its existing Fusion/Shake pipeline and decided it would like to migrate to a single solution.
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| | | | iZ3D and HighEnd3D.com Announce Animated Banner Creation Contest
Highend3d.com, one of the world's largest 3D resource communities and iZ3D maker of popular 3D monitors has created a new contest for 3D artists!
iZ3D, LLC, designer, developer, and marketer of advanced 3D visualization systems, is pleased to announce that it has joined with Highend3D.com for a new animated banner creation contest.
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| | | | Janimation, Inc. Amps Up VFX Workflow with Imagineer Systems
When the VFX artists of Janimation, Inc. were approached by a client to complete a highly complex television commercial spot, with “Pleasantville-esque” color and visual effects requirements, they turned to their internal IT manager for some suggestions.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose intoxicating blend of punk and funk has made them one of alternative rock’s top bands, enjoyed a monster success with their most recent CD, the double album “Stadium Arcadium (Warner Bros.),” which debuted at number one and went on to go double platinum and win four Grammy Awards.
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| | | | Samsung Launches New S-Series Models
Samsung today announced the launch of two new entry-level digital cameras - the 7.2 mega-pixel S760 and the 8.1 mega pixel S860. The two new models extend the range of Samsung's S-Series, which sets a new standard when it comes to today's user friendly point and-shoot digital cameras.
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| | | | GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at DV Expo West 2007
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be showcasing Sapphire Plug-ins at DV Expo West 2007, being held December 5-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Sapphire Plug-ins is a collection of over 200 image processing and synthesis effects that natively integrate with leading editing and compositing systems.
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| | | | yU+co Creates Storybook Ending for Enchanted
A lush, illustrated pastiche of well-known fairytale imagery drives the main title sequence for Walt Disney Picture's highly-anticipated new film "Enchanted", created by yU+co, the three-time Emmy nominated creative design studio founded by Creative Director Garson Yu.
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| | | | nailgun* Creates Extensive Redesign of Universal Channel
With a strong live-action narrative that abstractly recalls such classic films as Rear Window and The Conversation, award winning design/production studio nailgun* (www.nailgun.tv) has completed the comprehensive high def redesign of Universal Channel, the NBC Universal owned network seen by millions throughout Latin America.
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| | | | Digital Juice Releases 3 New Volumes of StackTraxx
Digital Juice® announced today that it is adding three new titles to its royalty-free StackTraxx™ music library. The three new titles bring the rapidly expanding production music collection to thirty-nine available volumes covering an array of different styles, themes, and genres including Jazz, Urban and Classic.
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| | | | News: GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at IBC 2007
Company to demonstrate their VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products on stand 7.921
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be showcasing Sapphire Plug-ins at IBC 2007, being held September 7-11 at the Amsterdam RAI.
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| | | | News: Color Symmetry Introduces Consistent Color Handling for Animation, Graphics and VFX
New Plug-in Suite Debuting at SIGGRAPH 2007 Introduces Consistent, Film-Accurate Color Handling Across Products from 2D and 3D to DI
Duiker Research Corp., a California-based innovator in imaging and color tools for motion pictures, is announcing Color Symmetry, a suite of plug-ins that for the first time allows film "looks" to be easily emulated and previewed within a wide array of animation, graphics and effects packages.
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| | | | News: GridIron Nucleo Pro 2 Now Shipping
GridIron® Software today announced the availability of NucleoR Pro 2, an upgrade to the productivity enhancement tool that optimizes the workflow for visual effects artists using Adobe® After Effects®.
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| | | | News: The Foundry previews major Nuke release, plus Furnace for Final Cut Pro
Digital artists attending this year's IBC show should ensure that stand 7.528 is highlighted as a 'to visit'. This is where leading visual effects developer The Foundry will be offering sneak previews of the next major release of its compositing application Nuke; editing professionals will be able to get an idea of what's to come with Furnace for Final Cut Pro; and those looking to enhance their OFX-compatible DI and compositing solutions will get a good look at the new Furnace 4 for OFX collection.
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| | | | News: GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at SIGGRAPH 2007
Company to demonstrate their VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products in booth 321
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH 2007, being held August 7-9 at the San Diego Convention Center.
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 Apple Shake Video Tutorial: An Introduction to Node-based Compositing
Steve Wright is a visual effects veteran with 70 broadcast television commercials and over 60 feature films credits. Hes also written and taught extensively on many aspects of effects creation. Here, using Apple Shake as an example, Steve introduces the ideas and methods of node-based compositing.
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 Smoothing DV Jaggies
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks demonstrates cleaning up DV/HDV chroma compression artifacts in Shake to allow for better keying.
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IIn this third video in the series, Shake is Money, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench demonstrates a brief overview of the Morpher Node in Shake.
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In this second video in the series, Shake is Money, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench demonstrates Slow Motion in Apple Shake.
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In this Apple Shake video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench begins a series called Shake is Money in which he will discuss how Final Cut Pro editors can quickly learn how to integrate Shake into their workflow for added flexibilty in the studio. In this first video in the series, Michael demonstrates the Smooth Cam Node in Shake.
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