| | | | Calabash Animation’s Latest Short Film, ‘’Botnik,’’ Hits Film Festival Circuit
Award-Winning Company Also Adds Animation Sales & Marketing Specialist Ice Tea Productions
Calabash Animation, the award-winning animation studio led Sean Henry, Executive Producer, and Wayne Brejcha, Creative Director, has completed work of its latest animated short film, ‘'Botnik,’’ which premiered at the Rhode Island Film Festival, Providence, RI (August 5-10), followed by a screening at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA (August 21-27).
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| | | | Diesel and Flaunt Magazine Team With New Creative Design Studio Royale For Three-Minute Branded Short Film
Rarely does a single project offer a design studio a chance to flex all of its creative muscles at one time, especially for their first assignment as a company, but that was the exhilarating challenge presented to newly-launched design/animation/production studio Royale -- the new creative hub led by creative directors Jayson Whitmore, Brien Holman and executive producer Jen Lucero -- when they tackled the new Diesel sponsored three-minute experimental branded short included on a DVD in the ninth anniversary issue of Flaunt Magazine currently on newsstands.
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| | | | News: Free Short Film Screening Presented by Chatsby Films World Premiere of "Sex and Camping"
Official selection for Cannes Film Festival Short Films Corner
Chatsby Films, the multi-award winning Production Company founded by Managing Partners Adam Matalon and Kevin Burke, is pleased to present a FREE screening of Sex and Camping at the historic Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill, NY on Wednesday, May 10th at 8pm. Sex and Camping is an official selection for the Short Film Corner at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
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| | | | News: SFM and SIFF Accept Entries to the First Annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame and Seattle International Film Festival Group Launch First Annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival
The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM) in partnership with the Seattle International Film Festival Group (SIFF), today announced the launch of the first-annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival, to promote and encourage awareness, appreciation and understanding of the art of science fiction cinema.
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| | | | eyeon Software Introduces New A La Carte Pricing
Simplifying the Software Purchasing Process for Artists and Facilities
Building on the successful launch of Fusion™ 6.0 this summer and the upcoming release of Generation® 2.0, eyeon Software Inc. has introduced a new a la carte pricing structure for software purchases.
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| | | | MAXON Software Customer Projects to Screen at SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival
Internationally Renowned Animated Film Forum to Include Nucleus Medical Art’s “Atherosclerosis” and Betsy Kopmar’s “Night Fishing with Cormorants”
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that two of its customers, Nucleus Medical Art, and artist Betsy Kopmar, have created projects using MAXON software that have been selected for inclusion in SIGGRAPH’s prestigious ‘Computer Animation Festival’, taking place during the SIGGRAPH 2009 Conference, August 3 – 7, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
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| | | | Academy Award® Winner Chris Landreth to Speak at SIGGRAPH 2009
SIGGRAPH 2009 announces Academy Award® winner Chris Landreth as a special guest speaker during this year’s renowned Computer Animation Festival. Landreth will show his newest short film, The Spine, and share insights into the development, and psychologically-driven animation of the film’s characters during a special discussion held on Thursday, 6 August.
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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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| | | | Maxon Cinema 4d Helps Ignite Broadcast Customers’ Creativity; Boosts Productivity And Elevates Performance
MoGraph Module, Global Illumination Engine and NET Render Deemed Essential Elements in Broadcast Customers’ Motion Graphics Production Pipelines
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that MAXON CINEMA 4D continues to be the 3D digital content creation software of choice for the broadcast industry’s most widely recognized networks and production facilities. CINEMA 4D’s motion graphics module, MoGraph, is noted by customers as being particularly essential due to its quick workflow, fast rendering and easy export to compositing applications.
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| | | | Autodesk Honors 'PLASTIC' for Outstanding Student Achievement in Visual Effects
Software Design Company Presents Award at Visual Effects Society Ceremony
(San Rafael, California--February 23, 2009) Recognizing the importance of supporting students in the dynamic visual effects sector of the entertainment industry, Autodesk, Inc. Vice President of the Digital Entertainment Group, Stig Gruman, presented the first-ever student award at the Visual Effects Society (VES) annual awards show on February 21.
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| | | | Palm Beach Filmmakers Honored
Independent filmmakers Suzanne Niedland of BusEye Films, LLC, and Aaron Wells of Silver Beach Productions, Inc, have been honored for their documentary short film What Is Art? with a prestigious 2009 CINE Special Jury Award.
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| | | | DUCK Takes Simon Blake Under Its Wing
Los Angeles-based DUCK, formerly Duck Soup Studios is pleased to welcome veteran multi-disciplined director Simon Blake to their growing roster. Over the past several years, Blake has directed under the aegis of Chelsea Pictures, Sandwick Films and Brick.
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| | | | The Syndicate Wins BDA Awards
DesignWorks at The Syndicate honored with two Silver BDA Awards for ESPN NASCAR open and Six Flags commercial at 2008 Promax|BDA International Conference
Creative design and digital production studio The Syndicate was recognized at the 2008 Promax|BDA International Conference competition with two prestigious Silver BDA Awards.
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| | | | SAE announce 2008 Alumni Award
The International Competition for Young Media Creatives
The SAE Alumni Association is pleased to announce the start of the submission period for the 4th SAE Alumni Awards. As in previous years, the winner in each category can look forward to great prizes, namely a brand-new iMac and a cash prize of €3.000.
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| | | | BOND Edit Cuts Two New Music Videos
Company's Young Talent Take Creative Reins For Clips From Pop Punk Band We The Kings' ''Check Yes Juliet,'' and R&B Singer Joe's ''We're Family''
BOND, the full-service creative editorial/post production house has completed editorial (both offline and online) work on two new music videos -- pop punk band We The Kings' new single ''Check Yes Juliet,'' and R&B singer Joe's ''We're Family,'' which is featured in the feature film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Universal), starring Martin Lawrence.
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| | | | Cine Gear Expo 2008 at the Universal Studios Backlot
Cine Gear Expo 2008 is announcing its new location at the Universal Studios Backlot in Universal City, California on June 20-21, 2008. The sunny sidewalks, street-like setting and Hollywood studio appeal are some of the attractions offered by Universal Studios.
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| | | | Cine Gear Expo 2008
Unique in concept, renowned for execution and treasured by participants Cine Gear Expo continues to draw a focused audience of top-notch Motion Picture Industry professionals.
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| | | | Version2 Inks Editor Jane Keller
Continuing to grow its talent roster, New York-based editorial and VFX/motion design company Version2 proudly announces the addition of Editor Jane Keller. Jane was most recently at the Now Corporation and Company X, both based in New York.
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| | | | Clickfire Media Announces Key Management Team Additions
New York-based interactive design studio ClickFire Media recently recruited Partner and CD Klaus Heesch and EP Connor Swegle to expand their design and production capabilities to offer a full suite of powerful integrated media solutions.
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| | | | Zacuto Congratulates Production Team of
Zacuto is very proud to be associated with Life is a Dream Productions, feature film "Gray in White and Black ". The film is based on the award-winning and critically acclaimed short film “Cast In Gray” written, directed and edited by I. Michael Toth.
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| | | | Reebok
In what one industry pundit has termed a move “from the shoe business to show business,”* Reebok (Canton, MA) is teaming with the IFC cable network for a celebrity filmmaking series that is being produced by a new entertainment arm of the company.
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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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| | | | News: DancesWithFilms Arrives in Anchorage, Sept. 13-16
The Last Independent Independent Film Festival Brings "Best of Fest" to Out North – September 13 thru 16th
DancesWithFilms, the only film festival championing the UN-celebrity of the truly independent film scene, arrives in Anchorage to OutNorth for four days of shorts that are currently setting the festival circuit on fire.
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| | | | News: Cake Editorial Launches Pi
New Design/Visual Effects Division
Cake Editorial, the leading editorial/post boutique founded by President/Executive Producer Tatiana Derovanessian specializing in advertising, multimedia, television/feature films and music video, has launched Pi - a new visual effects, graphic design and 2D/3D animation division led by Creative Director Josh Kirschenbaum.
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| | | | News: MAXON software featured in Spider-Man 3 effects pipeline
BodyPaint 3D and CINEMA 4D exclusive 3D texturing and digital matte environment software used.
MAXON's software played an important role in the making of Spider-Man™ 3 according to visual effects powerhouse Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc. For this record-smashing blockbuster, Sony Pictures Imageworks utilized CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D as part of their production pipeline to bring the third installment of the Spider-Man franchise to the big screen.
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| | | | News: mental ray Software From mental images Selected by Sony Pictures Imageworks
mental images®, a global leader in rendering software for filmmakers and computer entertainment, announced a multi-year software license and custom support agreement that will provide Sony Pictures Imageworks with mental images' Academy Award® winning mental ray® rendering software for use in visual effects and character animation for upcoming computer-generated movie projects.
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| | | | News: SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival Awards Announced
ACM SIGGRAPH announced today the Computer Animation Festival's Best of Show Award, Jury Honors, and Award of Excellence winners for SIGGRAPH 2007, the 34th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, being held 5-9 August 2007 in San Diego, California.
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| | | | News: Opportunity Knocks Schedules World Premiere In Palm Beach
Short Film Starring General Hospital star Tristan Rogers to premiere at 12th Palm Beach International Film Festival
Silver Beach Productions, Inc. is proud to announce the World Premiere of Opportunity Knocks, a SAG short film directed by Aaron Wells, at the 12th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival in West Palm Beach, FL.
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| | | | News: Autodesk Congratulates Academy Award Winners and Nominees Numerous Films Created with Autodesk Solutions
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) congratulates Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Animal Logic for their Academy Award-winning work in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Happy Feet, respectively. Autodesk also congratulates ILM, LOLA VFX, Hydraulx, LaserPacific Media Corporation and Blue Sky Studios for their work on the Academy Award-nominated films Poseidon, The Black Dahlia and No Time for Nuts. From visualizing early concepts to finishing and color timing the final pixels, artists rely on Autodesk solutions to achieve their creative vision.
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| | | | News: Softimage Announces SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6
Latest software version will offer accelerated animation tools, mixed-pipeline interoperability and collaborative framework for 3D artists and technical directors
Avid Technology, Inc., today announced that its Softimage, Co. subsidiary has unveiled SOFTIMAGE|®XSI® 6, the latest version of its flagship 3D animation and character creation software. XSI 6 software introduces new solutions for accelerated animation that simplify working with 3D characters and motion capture data. A new collaborative framework in XSI 6 software also allows 3D artists to work together non-destructively, in a studio environment that provides easy integration with other 3D applications.
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| | | | News: Richmanclub Studios releases "The Alien Invasion" in a world's 1st Full Digital Launch
Watch Aliens Attack Asia at last using 21st century film distribution methods
THE ALIEN INVASION Digital Launch is a 21st century film distribution platform that will involve the free distribution and screening of Singapore's 1st and only Golden Horse Awards (The Chinese Oscar) nominated short film on all available major digital mediums, by capitalizing on the available technological infrastructure and proliferation of digital devices worldwide.
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| | | | News: Maxon Awaits "Open Season"
Sony Pictures Imageworks uses MAXON software for the Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures release of "Open Season"
MAXON's CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D were called upon by the visual effects and character animation artists at Sony Pictures Imageworks to create the classic cartoon look and feel of "Open Season." MAXON software was used by Texture Artists, Matte Painters and Look Dev Artists on every frame of film, from characters to rocks, in this, the first offering from the Sony Pictures Animation.
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| | | | News: Lights...Camera...Action!
Airborne® wants to take YOU to the Sundance Film Festival!
Film fanatics and Airborne® enthusiasts, it’s time to take out your cameras. Airborne, the number-one-selling herbal health formula, today launches "The Germy’s," an online film contest that will take two lucky winners to the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
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| | | | News: "Shooters" Indie Film to Premier at Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group August Meeting
The Chicago premier of "Shooter" a short film produced on a very tight budget employing local talent will be premiered at the August 23rd meeting of the Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group, held in the theater at the Adler Planetarium. The premier will be followed by a discussion with director Dennis J. Burgin and editor George Patay. Doors open at 6:00 PM Admission is $10 for non-members.
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| | | | News: Northern Lights Post Contributes To Fresh Urban-Flavored MSN & Sprite Branded Webisodes
Demonstrating its ability to work in any length and format, Northern Lights Post recently completed 50 webisodes for MSN & Sprite, which are part of a larger 60-webisode campaign. The branded content episodes appear on a dedicated site, exposure.msn.com, and feature stills from a prototype camera, which takes a still photograph every 10 to 30 seconds, depending on the setting. Northern Lights Post has also created web campaigns for BMW Motorcycles and USA Network.
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| | | | News: NewTek TriCaster PRO
Historic Show is the First Live Comedy Broadcast Over the Internet
NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video products, announced today that Tom Green Live, the first live comedy talk show broadcast over the Internet, will use NewTek TriCaster PRO to switch and stream the show.
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| | | | News: Studio aka Is Nuts About Romance
In NUT CRACKERS, Mr. Peanut, Planters beloved icon falls in love not once — but twice — in these stunning new ads created for Planters directed by Studio aka’s Marc Craste & Philip Hunt. Commissioned by FCB New York, the spots were created in 3D using Softimage Xsi and pay homage to big city love stories. Romantic sunset shots, over-the-top charm and classic love clichés provide the perfect setting for Mr. Peanut with his new found loves, “Cashew” and “Pistachio.”
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| | | | News: Canon USA to feature Biscardi Creative Media at NAB 2006
Biscardi Creative Media is proud to announce that Canon USA will be featuring our original short film, "The Rough Cut" during the National Association of Broadcasters convention next week in Las Vegas. Billed as "The Worlds Largest Electronic Media Show," NAB 2006 will run from April 22 - 27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Portions of the film will be continuously showcased in their booth during all four days of the show.
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| | | | News: Director/DP Evin Grant Taps Panasonic
Filmmaker Enjoys Immediate Return on Camera Investment Shooting Feature Short, National Spots, Music and Corporate Videos
- Los Angeles-based director/DP Evin Grant has owned his AG-HVX200 solid-state HD camcorder for less than three months, but he's already calling it "the Swiss Army Knife" of cameras for its all-purpose toolset and easy adaptability to the commercials, music videos, corporate projects, short films and features that keep him busy.
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| | | | News: Autodesk Congratulates Visual Effects Oscar Winner King Kong
Eleventh Consecutive Year that Autodesk Clients Win Best Visual Effects Academy Award
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) congratulates visual effects facility Weta Digital, which crafted champion visual effects for the Oscar-winning film King Kong. Autodesk also congratulates Industrial Light & Magic and Sony Pictures Imageworks for shaping the Visual Effects category nominated films The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and War of the Worlds.
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| | | | News: Visual Effects For Indie Films
After all the amazing support and attention the break-through project "B R O K E N" has recieved, we decided to open a visual effects house that would target the independent film community. We found that visual effect is one of the most over looked elements in an indie film and we want to fill the gap. We call it "Numb Robot!"
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| | | | News: Adobe Celebrates Creative Freedom for Independent Filmmakers at Sundance Film Festival 2006
Filmmakers Create and Deliver Award-winning Films Using Powerful, Affordable Adobe Desktop Solutions
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it is a presenting sponsor of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and through this highest level of sponsorship is committing to support the innovation and vision of independent filmmakers. Additionally, with its cutting-edge, cost-effective desktop digital video and audio tools Adobe is driving many publicly accessible events including daily presentations and hands-on filmmaker workshops at the Sundance Film Center during the festival, which runs January 19-29 in Park City, Utah.
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| | | | News: Biscardi Creative Media HD Film Screening / Product Showcase
Biscardi Creative Media (BCM) is proud to announce that our first short film, The Rough Cut, will screen December 7th, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia. The world premiere will take place at the Regal Cinemas Hollywood 24 in Chamblee and will be shown in High Definition courtesy of Panasonic. The event will also feature a High Definition Product Showcase of all the equipment used in the making of the film courtesy of event sponsors, WH Platts Inc., Panasonic, Canon, AJA Video Systems and Medea Corporation.
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| | | | News: Nicktoons Announces Festival Winners
Grand Jury for Second Annual Animation Festival Selects French Filmmaker as $10,000 Prize Winner
After a highly successful second season, with hundreds of entries received from around the world, Nextoons: The Nicktoons Film Festival proudly announces that Arthur de Pins, the French filmmaker who entered "La Révolution des Crabes," is the $10,000 Grand Prize winner.
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 Articles and Tutorials:
 Improvising Visual Effects
On-set circumstances changing fast? Improvise! In this Creative COW Magazine article Mark Allen discusses how he overcame the complications in a recent short film production by improvising the visual effects.
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 Building Cinematic Composites: A Creative COW Magazine Extra
Building cinematic composites takes more than software. It takes careful planning, understanding the drama in every shot, and a sense of magic. In this Creative COW Magazine extra, we share our conversation with director Mark Allen, discussing his short film, Least Likely, a 60-second science fiction epic. Weve got the film here, along with some HD images from it. Prepare to be amazed.
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 Morphing Smoke into Text
When I was working on a title sequence for a short film, I needed some help creating a particular effect; smoke morphing into text. Not knowing where to turn, I wrote a post in the Combustion Forum. Lucky for me some people were more than happy to help out. Lee "Rod" Roderick, Discreet Training Specialist, helped me out. This tutorial was created from his original file. In this tutorial, we will use Combustion's Particle effects and text operators to create a cool effect suitable for your home or office.
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 Blogs:
 British Short Films
Many British shorts have been mocked for their obvious punch lines and 'inside the box' shooting methods. Short film festivals in Britain are full of films that lose their value after the first view and often require little or no participation from the audience. I like to think that not...
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The Medium of Short Film
When venturing into the world of short filmmaking it can be difficult to know where to start. Whether you are a recent media graduate or completely new to the idea of making your own films, the sheer volume of other products out there on the festival circuit and on the...
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 Awesome short film!
One of the best short films I've ever seen. Thanks to my buddy Kathy for passing it along. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao...
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