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Abelcine To Represent Hybrid’s Neon Trackless 3D Virtual Studio Solution In The New York Metro Area
News: Abelcine To Represent Hybrid’s Neon Trackless 3D Virtual Studio Solution In The New York Metro AreaAbelCine Sees Strong Market Demand for Neon
Hybrid, a leading provider of real-time graphics and robotic camera systems, has signed a dealer agreement with AbelCine—a leading supplier of camera equipment for film, digital cinema, broadcast, and new media—to market its Hybrid Neon trackless 3D virtual studio solution in the New York metropolitan area.
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SES Platform Services Selects AmberFin iCR to Provide Media Ingest, Transcode and Unified Quality Control
News: SES Platform Services Selects AmberFin iCR to Provide Media Ingest, Transcode and Unified Quality ControliCR Placed at Heart of Germany’s First Dedicated Playout Centre
AmberFin, a leading developer of file-based media ingest, transcoding and quality control solutions for content owners, broadcasters, sports organizations and post-production houses, has announced the completion of a project that sees its iCR software platform integrated within the workflow at SES Platform Services’ broadcast playout centre in Munich, Germany. On this demanding project, AmberFin has worked closely with its German channel partner, Wiesbaden-based Netorium.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet's “The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet” - Graded in Mistika
““The French film industry is vibrant and growing with an increasing demand for Mistika owing to its reputation as a reliable, powerful colour grading asset. ...
SGO’'s Mistika was chosen by Digimage Cinema for the complete post production including colour grading of highly anticipated film, The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, directed by award-winning French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. It will be digitally re-mastered in the IMAX 3D format using Mistika, with plans for its début release on 16 October 2013 across IMAX theatres in France.
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TCS Skquattro pedestals chosen for live 3D relay of Swan Lake from St Petersburg
News: TCS Skquattro pedestals chosen for live 3D relay of Swan Lake from St PetersburgFive Skquattro pedestals and a wide range of additional support equipment have been supplied by The Camera Store (TCS), a Vitec Group company, for a live stereoscopic broadcast of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake from St Petersburg.
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Adorama Hosts Its Third Annual Street Fair in New York City
News: Adorama Hosts Its Third Annual Street Fair in New York CityLeading photo and electronics retailer converts Manhattan’s 18th Street into a family festival of food, fun and technology
Adorama, one of the world’s largest photography, video and electronics retailers, is again holding one of New York City’s most popular, free summer family events, its Third Annual Street Fair, on Sunday, June 23, 2013.
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Bexel Expands 4K and HD Camera Solutions
News: Bexel Expands 4K and HD Camera SolutionsCompany to Showcase New Offerings and Equipment Sales at Cine Gear Expo
Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group's Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, has expanded its selection of camera solutions with the purchase of four Sony F55 cameras, a compatible selection of PL-mount Fujinon Cabrio Lenses, as well as 10 Canon EOS C300 cameras. The new camera packages will be on display at Cine Gear Expo (Booth #98C), which runs May 31 through June 1 in Los Angeles.
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Shutterstock Offers Astounding Underwater Footage from Josh Jensen
News: Shutterstock Offers Astounding Underwater Footage from Josh JensenShutterstock, leading provider of high-quality, royalty-free digital footage, is now offering imagery from Australia-based cameraman Josh Jensen and his company Undersea Productions.
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Superfad NY Executive Team Join Gravity as SCOUT
News: Superfad NY Executive Team Join Gravity as SCOUTInternational visual effects, design and content company Gravity announced today that the three key creative and production executives from Superfad NY have re-assembled as SCOUT, a new divison of Gravity. Gravity CEO/CCO Zviah Eldar made the announcement.
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DPA Microphones Spends a Night at the Opera
News: DPA Microphones Spends a Night at the OperaCompany’s 4017 Shotgun Microphones Chosen by Giacomo De Caterini to ensure discreet audio capture for important DVD recordings of two Roman operas
The sound team at the Parco Della Musica Auditorium in Rome recently selected DPA Microphones’ Reference Standard 4017 Shotgun Microphones to record the audio for a specially commissioned double DVD of two operas that were being performed as part of the Santa Cecilia Opera Studio, a master programme devoted to Bel Canto. With high quality, discreet audio set as prerequisites from the director (no microphones were to be seen in the video footage), sound engineer Giacomo De Caterini initially struggled to comply with the director’s instruction.
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Polecam Systems new Starter Pack and Long Head on show to Asia-Pacific Region
News: Polecam Systems new Starter Pack and Long Head on show to Asia-Pacific RegionSteffan Hewitt, originator of Polecam and director of Polecam Systems will be in Singapore at Broadcast Asia 2013 International Conference in June with Polecam Systems’ two trading partners H Warta, on stand number 4E3-01, and Antel Trading & Services on stand number 5F4-01. Steffan will be sharing his time between stands and demonstrating the new versatility on offer from the Polecam Starter Pack, which together with the Long Head from the range of new Polecam heads allows a wide range of cameras to be mounted on the jib including the new large sensor cameras and DLSRs. The showing continues the success of penetration of this product from Europe to the Americas after a very successful NAB show, and now into the South east Asia Pacific region.
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Deca Camera and Accessories Bag for Sony F65, Alexa, and more
News: Deca Camera and Accessories Bag for Sony F65, Alexa, and morePetrol Bags, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, introduces the Deca Camera and Accessories Bag, designed for easy transport, superior protection and quick access on the set. Featuring an ultra-wide opening, this new wheeled carrier is ideal for toting a fully equipped camera such as the Sony F65 or ARRI Alexa and is also an easy-to-organize accessories case.
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Cathedral Of Faith Church Relies On Hitachi For HD Production Upgrade
News: Cathedral Of Faith Church Relies On Hitachi For HD Production UpgradeWhen San Jose-based Cathedral of Faith Church began its HD overhaul last year, they looked to systems integrator Spectaveris to select video production equipment that best met their needs. After carefully considering their camera choices, the Texas-based integrator found Hitachi Kokusai Electric America SK-HD1000 multi-format digital HDTV production cameras were ideal for their client. Five of the high-performance cameras were recently installed as part of the church’s two-phase project to upgrade to full HD broadcast capability.
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FilmLight Showcases End-to-End Color Pipeline at Expo Cine, Video y Televisión 2013
News: FilmLight Showcases End-to-End Color Pipeline at Expo Cine, Video y Televisión 2013- Latest solutions on display in Mexico from 04-07 June 2013 -
FilmLight will be demonstrating its latest products and developments in partnership with AMTEC (Stand A1) at Expo Cine, Video y Televisión 2013, and showing how its award-winning colour grading software and colour management systems can provide a 'colour pipeline' at every stage of production.
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Professional Video Editors Spoke, Autodesk Listened
News: Professional Video Editors Spoke, Autodesk ListenedImproved Functionality, Greater Flexibility and Accelerated Performance Roll Out in Autodesk Smoke 2013 Extension 1 Release
Hot off two 'Best in Show' Awards at the 2013 National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB) in Las Vegas last month, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) announced Autodesk Smoke 2013 Extension 1 professional video editing software is expected to be available beginning May 29, 2013. As part of the product roadmap and influenced by extensive feedback from editors, the release will feature numerous enhancements to help improve functionality, add flexibility and increase speed.
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MPC LA Goes to Battle for DIRECTV
News: MPC LA Goes to Battle for DIRECTVWhen MJZ Director Rupert Sanders and Grey New York needed high-end VFX to bring a World War II epic, a medieval fantasy battle, and a bit of science fiction together in a new spot for DIRECTV, they turned to the team at MPC. The spot is a showcase of MPC’s impressive skillset and resources. The LA office led a team that included artists across MPC’s global family of studios, taking the project from rough concept design to photo-real rendering to flawless compositing.
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Getty Images to Explore Visual Storytelling and Future of Video at Cannes Lions 2013
Leading Global Media Company Collaborating with The Light Surgeons to Create Installation Showcasing Latest Developments Across Video Sector at Cannes Lions
As the market leader in the video space, with more than 20,000 hours of clips, Getty Images knows video will play a pivotal role in the future of the creative industry. But what does that future look like, and how will the trends of today shape it?
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Bella Corporation Ships KillerKeys Express
Killerkeys Express And The Companion iPad App Now Available
Bella Corporation today announced that KillerKeys Express for Windows and the companion KillerKeys Express iPad App are now available.
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Geomerics to Bring Next-Generation Lighting to Xbox One
News: Geomerics to Bring Next-Generation Lighting to Xbox OneEnlighten to drive visual quality on Xbox One with real-time global illumination
Geomerics, the leading lighting technology company in the video game industry, today announced its support for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft. Enlighten is now available to developers working on Xbox One titles, bringing real-time global illumination to the next generation of games.
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DPA Microphones Helps UEFA Deliver the Roar of the Crowd
News: DPA Microphones Helps UEFA Deliver the Roar of the CrowdCompany’s 5100m 4006A and 4017B Microphones proved to be the perfect choice to capture ambience at the UEFA Europa League Final in Amsterdam
As every soccer fan knows, the roar of the crowd at a major game is just as important as the action on the pitch when it comes to truly experiencing the excitement of the event. With this in mind, OB specialist United Studios and Outside Broadcast chose DPA Microphones’ 5100 Mobile Surround Microphone, 4006A Omni Microphones and 4017B Shotgun Microphones to capture the ambience of the Amsterdam Arena when SL Benfica played Chelsea in the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final on May 15.
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Omega Broadcast Invests In Five Fujinon Cabrio Series PL Mount Telephoto Zoom Lenses
News: Omega Broadcast Invests In Five Fujinon Cabrio Series PL Mount Telephoto Zoom LensesAustin-based rental house lens inventory now includes four FUJINON 19-90mm and one 85-300mm Premier PL Mount lenses for Super 35mm and digital cinematography
FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Optical Devices Division is announcing that Omega Broadcast Group—a premiere video rental house in Austin, Texas—acquired five new FUJINON Cabrio PL Mount telephoto zoom lenses including four 19-90mm (ZK4.7x19) and one 85-300mm (ZK3.5x85) for 35mm and digital cinematography.
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Vizrt and Mosart provide joint solution for newsroom automation and production systems
Vizrt Inc. announced today that a world-wide agreement has been entered with Mosart to provide an optimized newsroom automation system for the broadcast industry.
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James River Assembly Transitions To Live Hd Broadcasts Of Worship Services With Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 HD Camcorders
News: James River Assembly Transitions To Live Hd Broadcasts Of Worship Services With Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 HD CamcordersJames River Assembly, a diverse, two- campus church site in Springfield, Missouri, recently completed an installation of six Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorders as the key component in its upgrade to live high-definition broadcast of weekly worship services.
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RE:Vision Effects releases RE:Match for Nuke and Fusion, with automatic color matching for multicam and stereo shoots. Stereo features can be matched taking occlusions into account.
RE:Vision Effects, acclaimed effects plug-in industry leader and makers of Academy Award winning software, announces the initial release of RE:Match for The Foundry's Nuke™ and eyeon Fusion ®.
RE:Match takes intuitive color and texture matching to a whole new level by addressing common problems on multicam and stereo shoots. RE:Match is a set of plug-ins to match one view of video or film to another so that it looks as if it was shot with the same camera and settings. RE:Match assumes that both image sequences are taken roughly at the same location but perhaps were not shot at the same time or from the same point-of-view.
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Matrox and 1 Beyond Unveil StreamMachine DC at Streaming Media East
News: Matrox and 1 Beyond Unveil StreamMachine DC at Streaming Media EastWorld’s first battery-powered multichannel live production streaming system gives internet broadcasters true portability
At Streaming Media East in booth 320, Matrox and 1 Beyond today demonstrated the industry’s first battery-powered multichannel live production streaming system, the 1 Beyond StreamMachine DC. Featuring the Matrox VS4™ quad HD capture and ISO recording card and Telestream® Wirecast® software, the unit is completely DC-powered including full control by an Apple® iPad®, an Android® tablet or a DC powered touch screen.
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XenData Launches LTO Archive Server with SSD Cache for High Performance
New XenData archive server manages LTO tape libraries and delivers high performance by using SSDs for write and read caching
XenData, the leading provider of LTO archive solutions to the media and entertainment industry, today announces the launch of its new high performance SX-524 Archive Server for archiving video assets to high capacity LTO robotic tape libraries.
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Mountain West Digital Network Captures Division One Collegiate Sports With Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 HD Shoulder-Mount
News: Mountain West Digital Network Captures Division One Collegiate Sports With Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 HD Shoulder-MountThe Mountain West Digital Network (Colorado Springs, CO), established last year to cover Division One college sports played by the member schools of the Mountain West Conference, has invested in the Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder as its primary acquisition camera, with back-up provided by a pair of AG-HPX250 P2 HD handhelds.
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Storytelling Director Greg Kohs Joins Backyard
News: Storytelling Director Greg Kohs Joins BackyardBackyard adds ten-time Emmy®-winning filmmaker Greg Kohs to the roster for U.S. commercial representation. Kohs’ affecting, decidedly human brand of filmmaking can be seen in spots and web films for the likes of Google, Apple, MasterCard, Tostitos, Titleist, EA Sports and more, and documentaries including his award-winning "Song Sung Blue," a film Roger Ebert called “Superb." The director was previously represented for spots by @radical.media.
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Washington, DC Gets Unique Post House
News: Washington, DC Gets Unique Post HouseAll before officially opening its doors, Capital Audio Post completed the sound editing and mixing for a three part mini-series (“Heroes of Hell's Highway”) for the Discovery Channel, four shows for National Geographic (“Big Cats”, two episodes of “Empire Wars”, and “American Tiger”), and two “DC Cupcakes” episodes for TLC. Now in its first year of business, veteran audio mixers Frank Scheuring and Chip Sovek recently launched Capital Audio Post – a unique post-production facility located in Merrifield, Virginia – a stone’s throw from the Capital Beltway circling Washington, DC.
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Rogers invests in Quantel again for new Montreal channel
Leading Canadian broadcaster selects Enterprise sQ as it expands its nationwide network into Quebec
Rogers Communications has purchased a Quantel Enterprise sQ news and sports production system for its new Montreal operation, City Montreal, to serve the Quebec region of Canada. Rogers is in the midst of constructing a new Studio and Production facilities in the heart of downtown Montreal. Once completed this new HD station will be on air in mid-August 2013.
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AICP Week Line Up Announced Anchored by the premieres of the AICP Next Awards & AICP Show Tickets Now Available at aicp.com
Matt Miller, President and CEO of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), today announced the lineup for AICP Week. The Week, anchored by the premieres of the AICP Next Awards and the AICP Show, is a celebration of advertising in the motion image. AICP Week will be held June 4th-June 6th in New York City.
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Telestream Releases Wirecast 4.3 Live Streaming Production Software
Now available, Wirecast 4.3 offers live thumbnails, a countdown clock for recorded video, and new integration with Teradek for even more sophisticated live streaming capabilities.
Telestream®, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, today announced the release of Wirecast® 4.3 live streaming production software. This free update adds a new live thumbnail feature for real-time monitoring of all live sources. Wirecast 4.3 also adds a countdown clock for managing recorded video within a broadcast, as well as new integration with Teradek for more flexible live streaming options.
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Adorama Introduces the Flashpoint 180 Monolight and Battery Kit
News: Adorama Introduces the Flashpoint 180 Monolight and Battery KitThe professional all-in-one lighting kit now available at the special price of $199.95 for a limited time only
Adorama, one of the world’s largest photography, imaging, video and electronics retailers, and a leading destination for iPhone photo specialty accessories, is now selling the new Flashpoint 180 Monolight Kit. The Flashpoint 180 Monolight is compact and ideal for on-location shooting. Lightweight and versatile, the complete lighting kit comes pre-loaded with all the accessories needed to achieve the perfect lighting for any shoot, including a case to carry it all.
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Turn Your Computer Screen Into a Movie Set With iStopMotion 3.1
New Screen Capture feature provides animators with a new medium for animating
iStopMotion 3.1, the latest upgrade to Boinx Software’s award-winning stop motion animation software, now includes a Screen Capture feature, requested by many users. Artists can easily capture frames from the screen to create stop motion animations or timelapse movies by pairing the software with illustration programs such as Photoshop or InDesign, or any other app, for example, to document the creation of a drawing. They can then export movies in Apple® ProRes format (if the codec is installed), and import directly into Final Cut Pro® X for further editing, without the need to transcode. iStopMotion 3.1 continues to be perfected with bug fixes for better functionality.
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Light Iron Chooses Christie Solaria Projection For Postproduction Needs
Only Manufacturer Offering Integrated Media Block and HD-SDI Inputs
Light Iron, a leading postproduction house based in Los Angeles, has expanded its use of Christie Solaria® Series digital cinema projectors offering rich, saturated color, high brightness and sharp, 4K resolution to its ever growing clientele.
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The Tiffen Company Congratulates Steadicam Inventor Garrett Brown on Induction Into the 2013 National Inventors Hall of Fame
Innovator Garrett Brown honored for camera stabilizer that revolutionized the art of filmmaking, making the “steadishot” one of the most dynamic and visually engaging forms of cinematography
The Tiffen Company, a leading manufacturer of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, video, motion picture and broadcast markets, is proud to announce Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown’s induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (May 2013). Introduced in 1975, Steadicam camera stabilization technology revolutionized the film industry by enabling cinematographers to capture lengthy motion shots without the shakiness of handheld cameras or cumbersome dolly workflows. Brown’s invention was immediately embraced and used to create iconic running and chase scenes in epic blockbusters “Bound for Glory” (1976), “Marathon Man” (1976) and “Rocky” (1976).
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Cannes Film Festival Chooses Telestream Episode to Streamline Video Encoding
Episode Engine automates encoding of all Web videos for Festival de Cannes
Telestream®, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, announced that its Episode® Engine professional video encoding application has been selected for the third year in a row to encode all Web videos for the Festival de Cannes. Episode was chosen for its ability to streamline the entire video encoding and delivery process, all within a single application. This year's Festival will be held May 15-26 in Cannes, France.
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Fotodiox Announces High-Intensity LED Strobe-Style Lights for Still and Video Lighting
LED100WA Lights Offer Powerful Constant Light Output in a Familiar Strobe Form Factor
Fotodiox announces the LED100WA high-intensity LED lights, a constant light source modeled after a familiar strobe form. Available in 5600K (Daylight) or 3200K (Tungsten) color temperatures, these new lights allow the use of standard strobe accessories like soft boxes, snoots, grids, and more. They emit powerful light and are easily transportable, making them ideal for both still and video lighting.
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Miranda’s Telecast Cobra DT HD Links are a Fiber Dynamo
Miranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, a global provider of integrated solutions for production, playout and delivery systems for television broadcasters and multi-system operators, has announced the sale of Miranda’s Telecast Cobra 2DT fiber optic camera interfaces for deployment at Dynamo Stadium, the home of FC Anzhi in Makhachkala, the capital city of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.
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Pacific Television Center Simplifies Its Productions With FOR-A’S UFM-30FRC Frame Rate Converter
News: Pacific Television Center Simplifies Its Productions With FOR-A’S UFM-30FRC Frame Rate ConverterFOR-A Corporation of America announces that Pacific Television Center (PacTV), a leading provider of global transmission and live broadcast production services, is relying on its UFM-30FRC HD/SD frame rate converter for the company’s operations. PacTV owns three UFM-30FRC units and has been using its up/down/cross converting capabilities for wide-ranging format conversions to transmit feeds around the world.
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Global Entertainment Executives Join Aframe as Chairman & COO
Mike Hayes, Gary Knight and their Track Record in Growing Video Game Businesses To Help Transform Aframe from Cool Cloud Computing Start-up to Media Services Powerhouse
Aframe, cloud video production and asset management solutions company, named two highly regarded executives from Sega Corporation to its management team. Mike Hayes, Aframe’s new Chairman of the Board, and Gary Knight, Aframe’s new Chief Operating Officer, together bring over 50 years of experience and a successful track records in growing entertainment industry brands at Sega from innovative solutions to global giants. At Aframe they will help structure a path from Aframe’s position today as a well-regarded, cool professional video industry start-up into a media services powerhouse. Both are based in Aframe’s London headquarters.
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Ross Video Announces Vision Tritium 3Mle Production Switchers
High End Production Power on a Mid-Size Budget.
Introducing Vision Tritium - 3MLE Production Switchers with Vision Octane production power. Tritium combines the stunning VisionOctane feature set within an incredibly budget sensitive new package.
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Frost & Sullivan Recognises AmberFin with the 2013 Global Customer Value Enhancement Award in the Media and Entertainment Video Transcoders Market
Cost-effective, future-proof transcoding solution offers high-quality video output and delivers best-in-class value to customers
Based on its recent analysis of the media and entertainment (M&E) video transcoders market, Frost & Sullivan recognises AmberFin with the 2013 Global Customer Value Enhancement Award. The company’s iCR transcoding system supports a wide array of media formats whilst delivering the correctly formatted subtitle, caption and ancillary data, with a rich feature set that fits easily into any broadcast workflow. AmberFin’s quality control measures also execute detailed checks, improving the quality of the final deliverable and minimising errors and problems.
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Sound Devices Offers Enhanced Recording And File Transfer Options For PIX 260I Users
Latest Firmware Update, Version 1.02, Now Available for Free Download
In an effort to continue to streamline workflows for production and post-production environments with its rack-mounted PIX 260i Production Video Recorder, Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, now offers expanded audio and video recording and file transfer capabilities with its newest firmware update, Version 1.02. Available as a free download to all PIX 260i users, this latest version will be highlighted at Cine Gear 2013 (Booth 94).
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Anton/Bauer powers filmmaker’s Wondrous footage of the northern lights
News: Anton/Bauer powers filmmaker’s Wondrous footage of the northern lightsPhilip Clemo Captures the Celestial Light Show in Extreme Cold with Anton/Bauer DIONIC HC and DIONIC HCX Batteries
When the U.K.-based filmmaker and composer Philip Clemo traveled to the northern reaches of Norway to capture footage of the aurora borealis (northern lights) phenomenon, he needed a power system capable not only of running his camera for several hours, but able to withstand the extreme cold locations above the Arctic Circle. Shooting on an ARRI ALEXA film-style digital motion picture camera, he turned to Anton/Bauer®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, and a premier global provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video, film and healthcare technology industries, and its DIONIC® HC and DIONIC HCX batteries, confident they would stand up to the weather during the shoot.
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Friendly’s “Build Your Own Burger” Campaign Shot with Blackmagic Cinema Camera
News: Friendly’s “Build Your Own Burger” Campaign Shot with Blackmagic Cinema CameraBlackmagic Design today announced that award winning design and digital production company Thornberg & Forester (T&F) used Blackmagic Cinema Camera to shoot the new Friendly's “Build Your Own Burger” campaign, which is now airing on http://www.Friendlys.com and the brand's social media channels. The four spots were also colored using Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve, the world’s most advanced color correction tool.
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Tom Guilmette Relies on Vinten Vision 100 for Support in Extreme Cold and Winds
News: Tom Guilmette Relies on Vinten Vision 100 for Support in Extreme Cold and WindsDP Tom Guilmette took on an assignment at the top of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, nicknamed “Home of the World’s Worst Weather.” He packed his trusted Vinten Vision 100 support system and ascended by Snow Cat to the summit buildings. Shooting conditions were extreme. Guilmette dealt with high winds and temperatures below -20°F (-29°C).
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Technicolor Announces Color Assist 1.5, Adds Support for Adobe After Effects
New Version Adds Powerful Tools for Fast, Professional Results, Plus a New Fully Functional Trial Version
Technicolor, a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment sector, today announced the latest version of Technicolor Color Assist, its video color correction and grading software package. Key improvements of version 1.5 include compatibility with Adobe® After Effects® and support for AVCHD video and still images, meeting the needs of an ever-expanding universe of creative artists.
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Award-winning editors Jason Ballantine and Matt Villa used Avid Media Composer to cut festival opener The Great Gatsby in 3D
Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today celebrates The Great Gatsby, the 2013 Cannes Film Festival opener, which was cut on the industry’s preeminent nonlinear editing solution, Avid Media Composer®.
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ShootersInc Unveils Extensive New Directorial Roster
Company Signs 7 Directors & Positions Itself For An Integrated Future
ShootersINC, the creative multi-dimensional content company, has unveiled an extensive new Directorial roster, including the signing of seven Directors. Joining the company is a diverse group of talent: Directors Robert Adamo, Kris Magyarits, Rob Markopoulos, Ira Rosensweig, Judy Starkman, Julian van Mil and Scott Whitham.
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PESA Xstream Sets New Standard for Multi-Source Synchronized Presentations for IP Distribution
News: PESA Xstream Sets New Standard for Multi-Source Synchronized Presentations for IP DistributionPESA, a leading U.S.-based custom design and manufacturing company for professional audio and video signal distribution, recently introduced PESA Xstream, a cost effective, comprehensive package for digital media capture, processing, distribution, and storage. Housed in a compact, 1 RU form factor, PESA Xstream simultaneously encodes up to five independent video sources and eight audio sources concurrently from live or recorded video for multi-path H.264 IP distribution over six independent video streams – with no sync or latency issues. PESA will demonstrate the new streaming media appliance at InfoComm 2013 (Booth 2958), June 12-14 in Orlando, Fla.
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Matrox Maevex Demonstration at InfoComm 2013 to Focus on Video over IP Decoding Quality
Visitors can expect to see superb video quality at low bandwidth as they interactively adjust bandwidth usage from 100Kb/s to 25Mb/s using Matrox PowerStream software
Matrox® Graphics Inc. will feature the new Matrox Maevex™ 5100 Series video distribution over IP encoders and decoders at InfoComm 2013 in booth 4759. The Maevex products extend full-HD-quality 1080p60 video and audio over standard IP networks, with minimal bandwidth consumption, at a fraction of the cost of other solutions.
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Telestream Expands Sales Management Team to Drive Growth
Mark Wronski named VP of Sales, Americas and George Boath named VP of International Sales for enterprise products - as sales organization expands to address growth in multiformat video
Telestream®, the leading provider of video transcoding and workflow automation solutions, today announced the expansion of its sales management team to address significant worldwide growth for its enterprise-class video products. Mark Wronski was named Vice President of Sales for the Americas and George Boath was named Vice President of International Sales for Telestream's enterprise products, which are comprised of multiformat video ingest, transcoding and file-based workflow automation products. Telestream also announced the addition of other sales management roles, as it positions itself for continued growth following a record first quarter in 2013.
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MotionVFX announced the availability of Stockeon - a Royalty Free Stock Footage, Motion and After Effects Templates, 3D and Music marketplace.
If you are an artist producing either stock video, templates or music, now you can contribute to the world of digital design, editing and filmmaking - all creative minds are invited to sell their stock footage, templates and music at Stockeon. Contributors have total control of their files. They set the price and manage them at will - everything under a non-exclusive licensing program. Unleash your creativity and sell your work at http://www.stockeon.com/
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Guild of Television Cameramen announces 2013 GTC award winners
The Guild of Television Cameramen announced the winners of its 2013 awards during a presentation at the 'A Day in the Country' venue in Aynho, Oxfordshire, on Saturday 11 May.
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Imagineer Systems and CoreMelt Announce Immediate Availability of SliceX powered by mocha
News: Imagineer Systems and CoreMelt Announce Immediate Availability of SliceX powered by mochaNew Final Cut Pro X Masking Plug-In Integrates mocha Planar Tracking Technology for Fast, Accurate Masking with Fewer Keyframes
Imagineer Systems, creators of the Academy Award winning mocha Planar Tracking technology, and CoreMelt today announced the immediate availability of a new Final Cut Pro X masking plug-in, SliceX powered by mocha. This new version of SliceX, previewed at NAB 2013 last month, comes as a result of a strategic partnership between Imagineer Systems and CoreMelt, resulting in the integration of Imagineer’s award winning Planar Tracker into CoreMelt’s shape masking tool.
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Shutterstock Surpasses 1 Million High-Quality Video Clips
News: Shutterstock Surpasses 1 Million High-Quality Video ClipsAdding thousands of new clips each week, Shutterstock empowers creative filmmakers with high-quality video content in every category.
Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a leading global provider of commercial digital imagery, announced today it has surpassed 1 million licensable video clips in its collection of royalty-free stock footage. The collection features a variety of content from vintage 8mm film to the latest Celebrity Footage, under a simple licensing model and affordable pricing.
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Miranda Features the Future at Broadcast Asia 2013
Broadcast Asia 2013 - 18-21 June 2013, Booth 5C2-01 – Miranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, a global provider of integrated solutions for production, playout and delivery systems for television broadcasters and multi-system operators, has announced that it will showcase its class-leading Kaleido-MX and Kaleido-Modular-X multiviewers series at Broadcast Asia 2013.
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Short & Spikey Takes AJA Ki Pro Rack on Tour with The Cure
News: Short & Spikey Takes AJA Ki Pro Rack on Tour with The CureVideo company Short & Spikey specializes in the video engineering production of live stage shows for high profile musical acts. Over the last twelve years, Short & Spikey Founder Jason Harvey has worked with Lady Gaga, Cher, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Paul McCartney, Christina Aguilera and Van Halen to name just a few, both as a freelancer and as a contractor for PRG Nocturne, a major producer of live stage shows. For his latest gig, Harvey was contracted to be the video recording engineer for a South American tour by legendary British band The Cure. Highlights filmed during live performances in eight cities are being pieced together to create a documentary style home entertainment release.
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Kickstarter To Bring Video Games: The Movie To The Silver Screen
Mediajuice Studios Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Finalize the Untold Story of Video Games
Mediajuice Studios announced today that it has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finalize its indie documentary film, "Video Games: The Movie" (http://kck.st/10F2eCG). Mediajuice Studios, which has created scores of trailers and live-action commercials for the world’s top video game brands, recently concluded a year’s worth of on-camera interviews with many video game icons and celebrities for "Video Games: The Movie", and is now raising funds to complete post-production before releasing the film theatrically.
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EditShare Ships Field 2 Portable Shared Storage
Next-generation shared storage platform integrates media asset management in a portable form factor for on-the-move tapeless productions
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, announced today the availability of Field 2, its next-generation portable shared storage solution with integrated asset management. The turnkey platform includes file ingest, advanced project sharing/bin locking, and archiving capabilities in an all-in-one, high-performance and rugged chassis. Ideal for on-location shoots, ENG trucks and remote offices, the new Field 2 is durable, light and compact, meeting the most stringent airline carry-on regulations.
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SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab Are Key to Rolling Out Red Carpet for Cannes Film Festival 2013
ASSIMILATE Congratulates SCRATCH Artists on Festival de Cannes 2013 Entries
At the 66th Festival de Cannes, May 15 - 26, several films on the competition roster have been created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® DI software in their digital workflows for conform, color grading, and finishing, and/or SCRATCH Lab® for their production dailies or VFX reviews. The Cannes Film Festival is the world’s premier showcase for independent and international filmmakers. (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en.html)
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Avid Speeding Into The May Editors’ Lounge With Accelerated Workflows
Attendees will have the chance to get an up-close look at all the new features and latest gear from Avid
Whether you attended NAB this year, or couldn’t make it, you won’t want to miss this month’s Editors’ Lounge where attendees will have the chance to get an up-close look at all the new features and latest gear from Avid. Product designers and managers of Media Composer and Sphere are coming from the Massachusetts office to give demonstrations throughout the evening and will be available to answer questions. Special date for the event will be Friday, May 17 at AlphaDogs Post Production 1612 W. Olive Ave, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91506 beginning at 6:30 pm. RSVP is required to attend the event.
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DPA Microphones Rises to the Challenges of the Jungle
News: DPA Microphones Rises to the Challenges of the JungleProfessor David Monacchi relies on his DPA 4060 Miniature Microphones to record binaural soundscapes in some of the world’s most remote rainforests
Researcher and eco-acoustic composer David Monacchi has been using DPA Microphones’ 4060 Miniature Microphones to capture the sounds of the rainforest as part of his long-term environmental sound-art project entitled Fragments of Extinction. Monacchi, who is Professor of Electroacoustic Music at the Conservatorio G.Rossini in Pesaro, Italy, is collaborating with various institutions on this project, which involves travelling to some of the world’s most remote areas of intact rainforest to record complex soundscape portraits.
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Panasonic And Dejero Offer Portable Bonded Cellular Newsgathering Solution Combining Toughbook Laptop Computers And Dejero Live+ Newsbook Software
As part of its initiative to deliver full workflow solutions to its customers leveraging the breadth of the Panasonic product line, Panasonic System Communications Company has partnered with Dejero (Kitchener, Ontario) to offer a bonded cellular video uplink solution utilizing Panasonic’s ruggedized Toughbook branded laptop computers and Dejero LIVE+ NewsBook software.
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Tiffen Photo fx Ultra Wins a Highly Coveted TIPA Award
News: Tiffen Photo fx Ultra Wins a Highly Coveted TIPA AwardThe Technical Image Press Association names the Tiffen Company’s photo editing app for the iPad the Best Mobile Photo App of 2013
The Tiffen Company, a leading manufacturer and distributor of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, video, motion picture and broadcast markets, announced its iPad app, Tiffen Photo fx Ultra v5, has been named “Best Mobile Photo App of 2013” by the prestigious Technical Image Press Association (TIPA). According to the TIPA website, editors of the member-magazines (full list can be found here) evaluate products introduced to the market in the past 12 months and base judgments on “innovation, the use of leading-edge technology, design and ergonomics, ease-of-use, as well as price/performance ratio.”
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TSD Video To Represent Hybrid’s Virtual Studio And Robotic Camera Solutions In Canada
TSD and Hybrid Sign Dealer Agreement to Expand Virtual Studio Business Across Canada
Hybrid, a leading provider of real-time graphics and robotic camera systems, has entered into a dealer agreement with TSD Video—a leading systems integrator/reseller with offices in Montreal, Toronto, and Nova Scotia—to market Hybrid virtual studios and robotic camera products throughout Canada. The two companies signed the deal during the 2013 NAB Show last month in Las Vegas.
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Australian News Channel expands and connects workflows with Quantel
Top Australian broadcaster upgrades Enterprise sQ and adds QTube
Australian News Channel (ANC) has purchased a major upgrade for its Quantel Enterprise sQ fast-turnaround production system, adding the latest V5 software and Quantel’s connected workflow technology, QTube. The upgrade expands ANC’s current Quantel system, adding a host of new editing, workflow and management facilities enabling ANC to enhance and expand its services which include SKY NEWS National, SKY NEWS Business, SKY NEWS Weather, SKY NEWS New Zealand and A-PAC Australia’s Public Affairs Channel.
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Sorenson Media Hires Action Sports & Digital Marketing Veteran Dan Maiman as New Director of Marketing
Sorenson Media has announced that it has hired action sports and digital marketing specialist Dan Maiman as its new director of marketing.
Maiman is a highly accomplished marketer, with nearly 15 years of experience in driving strategic brand development and growth, project management and digital media initiatives. Initially tagged by Sorenson Media to direct strategy and implement measures for the marketing campaign surrounding the recently released Sorenson Squeeze 9, Maiman will now oversee all aspects of marketing, creative and branding for the company and its industry-leading video encoding solutions. In his new role, he will be responsible for overall strategy, creative direction, content creation, production, advertising, digital and direct marketing.
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Avid Continues Leadership in Education with Support of European Launch of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
Yoko Ono Lennon unveils ‘recording studio in a bus’ today in Liverpool, aimed at enabling students to produce hands-on music, audio and video projects
Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced its continued partnership with the non-profit John Lennon Educational Tour Bus by supporting the new mobile recording studio on its debut European tour. Yoko Ono Lennon will unveil the European bus today in Liverpool, before the tour kicks off in London in June. She is co-founder of the project, which is dedicated to providing the young people of Europe with free hands-on access to state-of-the-art studios as a way of inspiring them to create original projects reflective of their ideas, values, and creativity.
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Bavaria Film GmbH Purchases ASSIMILATE SCRATCH Site License
News: Bavaria Film GmbH Purchases ASSIMILATE SCRATCH Site LicenseSCRATCH Site License Significantly Enhances Efficiency, Productivity and Creativity
ASSIMILATE®, a leading global provider of dailies and post-production tools for digital cinema and broadcast workflows, today announced that one of Europe’s largest production houses, Bavaria Film and D-Facto Motion, the creative house of Bavaria Film, have purchased a company-wide site license for ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® finishing software and SCRATCH Lab®, its advanced production dailies and VFX tool.
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Grass Valley Launches Multi-City K2 Dyno Training Tour and Leasing Program
Training and leasing will address a growing need by broadcasters for more K2 Dyno operators and cost-efficient integration in key regions
In a continual effort to make live production more cost-effective, Grass Valley® is rolling out a K2 Dyno® Replay System leasing program as well as a training tour in several cities across the U.S. and internationally to meet a growing demand by broadcasters and media organizations for a greater pool of trained operators, Super Users, and trainers. The training tour successfully began in Europe, with a first stop in Cologne, Germany held in April. The U.S. leg of the training tour kicks off May 14-16 in San Francisco and will head to Los Angeles and the East Coast before going overseas again.
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Sonnet Releases Enhanced xMac™ mini Server
Award-Winning Thunderbolt™-to-PCIe® Expansion System and 1U Rack Enclosure for Mac® mini Adds Features for Pro Audio and Video Applications
Sonnet today introduced a significant upgrade of its popular xMac™ mini Server, a Thunderbolt™-to-PCI Express® (PCIe®) expansion system and 1U rackmount enclosure for a Mac® mini with a Thunderbolt port. The xMac mini Server accommodates one full-length, full-height PCIe card and one half-length, half-height (low-profile) card. The updated xMac mini Server now supports a double-width PCIe card's daughter card and includes BNC connector mounting holes on the enclosure's rear panel. In addition, the length of the xMac mini Server is now just 15.8 inches, making it ideal for deployment in a wider range of popular mobile racks, carts, and rack bags.
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Adorama Rolls Out Special on Pro Optic Auto Extension Tube Sets for Canon EOS, Nikon AF SLR, and Sony Alpha Cameras
Magnify your subject and achieve impressive macro shots with extension tubes from Adorama Pro Optic; special savings for a limited time only
Adorama, one of the world’s largest photography, imaging, video and electronics retailers, and a leading destination for iPhone photo specialty accessories, is now offering special savings on Pro Optic Auto Extension Tube Sets for Canon EOS, Nikon AF SLR, and Sony Alpha cameras. Sets come with three tubes of different lengths (31mm, 21mm and 13mm), which can be combined in seven different ways to achieve varying degrees of magnification. The extension tubes are perfect for coupling with TTL metering and AE mechanisms and allow full auto focusing with respective cameras*.
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Bexel Launches 4K Solution with Evertz Dreamcatcher Purchase Adds Cutting-Edge Slow-Motion Replay Technology for Sports and Live Broadcasts
News: Bexel Launches 4K Solution with Evertz Dreamcatcher Purchase Adds Cutting-Edge Slow-Motion Replay Technology for Sports and Live BroadcastsPurchase Adds Cutting-Edge Slow-Motion Replay Technology for Sports and Live Broadcasts
Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group's Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, has purchased two Dreamcatcher systems from Evertz, a leading global manufacturer of broadcast equipment. The acquisition serves as a cornerstone for Bexel's new 4K solutions, which provide turnkey packages that will be available to augment any major sporting event or live production broadcast.
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Ensemble Designs To Show New Compact Clean Switching Router at infoComm
Ensemble Designs will show its new BrightEye NXT Compact Router at the infoComm Convention in Orlando May 12-14, 2013. The next generation of the BrightEye product line, the new NXT router has cutting edge illuminated front panel buttons, interactive LCD display, BNC and SFP connectors for flexible I/O configuration, and an Ethernet port for control and configuration. The new compact router is an excellent fit for boardroom, medical and presentation applications.
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PESA Extends Vidblox DVI Series with 2K Extenders for Coax or Fiber Distribution
News: PESA Extends Vidblox DVI Series with 2K Extenders for Coax or Fiber DistributionPESA, a leading U.S.-based custom design and build manufacturing company for professional audio and video signal distribution, will showcase its new series of Vidblox 2K DVI dual link extenders, which transport 2K video over coax and/or fiber, at InfoComm 2013 (Booth 2958), which runs June 12-14 in Orlando, Fla. Vidblox 2K units extend ultra high-resolution, computer-based content to or from serial digital equipment.
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FOR-A To Showcase FT-ONE 4K Super Slow MO Camera At Cine Gear EXPO 2013
News: FOR-A To Showcase FT-ONE 4K Super Slow MO Camera At Cine Gear EXPO 2013FOR-A Corporation of America plans to showcase its FT-ONE full 4K super slow motion camera at the upcoming Cine Gear Expo, taking place May 31-June 1 at The Studios at Paramount in Hollywood. FOR-A will be in Booth #S323, where they will also display the FT-1READ - a RAW data to DPX converter available with the FT-ONE camera.
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Bluefish444 Announces Support For Adobe Premiere Pro CC On Mac OSX For Epoch & Create SDI Video Cards 2K 60P SDI I/O On Mac OSX With Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Bluefish444, manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards, announced that it has developed support for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC on Mac OSX enabling up to 2K SDI I/O via Epoch and Create SDI video cards.
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DPA Microphones Spends A Night At The Opera
News: DPA Microphones Spends A Night At The OperaDPA’s 4017 Shotgun Microphones proved the ideal solution for sound engineer Giacomo De Caterini when he was asked to ensure that no microphones were visible during an important DVD shoot to capture two operas in Rome.
The sound team at the Parco Della Musica Auditorium in Rome recently turned to DPA Microphones’ Reference Standard 4017 Shotgun Microphones to record the audio for a specially commissioned double DVD of two operas that were being performed as part of the Santa Cecilia Opera Studio, a master programme devoted to Bel Canto.
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DPA Microphones Opens New China Office
Hong Kong site will allow the company to offer enhanced levels of support to exisiting partners and customers in addition to developing business in new areas
Following a record year for sales in the Asia and Pacific regions, DPA Microphones hopes to continue its success by opening a new regional office in Hong Kong, China. Headed by Ken Kimura, DPA APAC general manager, the new office signals DPA’s commitment to its partners and customers by acting as a hub for sales, marketing and after-sales service.
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Post Factory NY Upgrades to Baselight TWO from FilmLight
- New York based facility adds Baselight TWO to state-of-the-art screening room -
Post FactoryNY, which has served the film, TV and commercials markets for more than 15 years, recently upgraded its state-of-the-art screening room on 6th Avenue with two Baselight TWO colour grading systems from FilmLight.
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Litepanels: A Creative and Speedy Essential for St. Onge on Shameless
News: Litepanels: A Creative and Speedy Essential for St. Onge on ShamelessFor gaffer David St. Onge, the lighting challenge on the Showtime series Shameless is to have the sets 75% ready to shoot when the company moves in. “Then we need to keep the lighting setup time down around 15 to 20 minutes,” says St. Onge. “We shoot with two cameras and between them we cover 180 to 250 degrees of the set, on just about every setup,” he explains. “That means all the lighting has to be attached to ceilings and walls to keep it out of the shot. Litepanels is constantly reinventing itself and upgrading its products. They are key to our speed and creativity.
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TOLIS Group Announces Dam (Digital Asset Management) And Windows Tape Archiving Solutions At Nab’13
News: TOLIS Group Announces Dam (Digital Asset Management) And Windows Tape Archiving Solutions At Nab’13TOLIS Group provides market leading asset archiving-to-tape solutions and is pleased to announce two extensions to these proven solutions. From Ingest to Edit to Management to Archival and Delivery - TOLIS Group has the Broadcast, Film, and Music Industries covered.
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Adobe Delivers “Sneak Peeks” of Ground-breaking Creative Innovation at MAX 2013
Top technology explorations spotlighted, including “Perspective Warp” in Photoshop and “Video Color Grading” in After Effects
Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today presented a behind-the-scenes look at cutting-edge design and interactive technologies at Adobe MAX, The Creativity Conference. Focused on creativity and expressiveness, MAX brings together over 5,000 creative industry leaders, visionaries and professionals to exchange ideas and inspiration and explore how creativity is changing the world.
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DPA Microphones Introduces The New d:dicate™ Recording Microphone Range
News: DPA Microphones Introduces The New d:dicate™ Recording Microphone RangeOffering the ultimate in choice and flexibility, this new range brings many popular DPA products under one banner.
DPA Microphones is delighted to announce the launch of the d:dicate™ Recording Microphone range, which combines the best capsules with the best pre-amplifiers to deliver superior sound for all applications where high quality audio is required.
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Bluefish444 Announces Support For Adobe Creative Cloud, Including 4K SDI Support For Adobe Premiere Pro CC For Windows
4K 60p SDI Monitoring for Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Bluefish444, manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards, announced its support for Adobe Creative Cloud™, including a new Windows plug-in for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC software enabling 4K SDI preview.
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Broadcast Pix Teams with EZNews to Provide Affordable News Automation Systems
News: Broadcast Pix Teams with EZNews to Provide Affordable News Automation SystemsBroadcast Pix™ today announced a partnership with Automated Data Systems to offer integrated news automation systems designed for the growing number of micro stations, Web broadcasters, universities, and others that need a professional but affordable system for news production. Priced from under $15,000 and available now, the systems include the award-winning Broadcast Pix Flint™ live production and streaming system, new EZNews LT news production software from Automated Data Systems, and exclusive interface software that enables EZNews titles to automatically flow into the Flint’s built-in CG. Integration for larger Broadcast Pix models and more robust EZNews systems was also announced.
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Optocore Technology Takes The X Games To The Extreme
News: Optocore Technology Takes The X Games To The ExtremeHelps GB4D Rental House Simplify Network Audio Distribution High in the French Alps
For the fourth year in a row, a portion of ESPN’s X Games has taken place overseas, this time in Tignes, France, a hot spot for skiing and snowboarding in the French Alps. In addition to "X Games Tignes" being broadcast from France this year for the first time ever, the annual extreme sporting event is going global, with additional events taking place through early August in Aspen (U.S.), Barcelona (Spain), Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil), Los Angeles (U.S.) and Munich (Germany). Situated at up to 12, 293 feet above sea level, the location of the games added a new level of complexity for Gilles Bouvard Events and Entertainment (GB4D), the France-based rental house that assisted ESPN with the sophisticated audio signal distribution necessary for the event. To help manage the coordination and weather challenges, the company turned to Optocore’s optical fiber network solutions.
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Sachtler Offers Dependable Camera Support for Sony PMW-F5 and PMW-F55 Cameras
News: Sachtler Offers Dependable Camera Support for Sony PMW-F5 and PMW-F55 CamerasSachtler, part of Vitec Videcom, a Vitec Group company offers the ideal support solutions for the new Sony PMW-F5 and PMW-F55 CineAlta 4K image sensor cameras. The cameras’ modular design makes countless set-ups in an array of weight classes possible and Sachtler offers fluid head tripod systems to match the variety of configuration possibilities. The Video 18 S1, Video 20 S1, Cine 7+7 HD and Cine 30 HD are ideal partners for Sony F5 and F55 projects.
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Sound Devices Pix 240 Keeps Pace With Sprinting Cheetahs Fornational Geographic Magazine
News: Sound Devices Pix 240 Keeps Pace With Sprinting Cheetahs Fornational Geographic MagazineProduction Video Recorder Offers Powerful Monitoring Capabilities in a Compact File-Based Unit for “Cheetahs on the Edge”
When National Geographic magazine challenged Director of PhotographyGreg Wilson to create a shot tracking a sprinting cheetah—in the spirit of Eadweard Muybridge’s 1878 image of a running horse—he turned to the Sound Devices PIX 240 Production Video Recorder for the shoot’s dailies, monitoring and backup.
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CINEGY expands in Florida and Brazil with CIS GROUP
News: CINEGY expands in Florida and Brazil with CIS GROUPCIS GROUP, a technology re-seller and systems integration company, is proud to announce its partnership as a reseller with Cinegy. Responsible for the Brazilian, Argentinian, Caribbean and Florida (USA) markets, CIS Group is to provide expert consultancy on and installation of the full line of Cinegy products.
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London's ES Broadcast Adds 10 LDX Series Cameras to Rental Inventory
News: London's ES Broadcast Adds 10 LDX Series Cameras to Rental InventoryLondon-based ES Broadcast has added 10 premium Grass Valley®LDX WorldCam™ cameras to its equipment hire inventory, making it the first rental house to offer the new LDX Series™ cameras. The 10 LDX WorldCam camera systems are based on advanced Xensium-FT CMOS imagers and come with the 3G Transmission Twin base station, which supports 3G/1080p, Triax, and Dark Fiber. To offer maximum flexibility in the camera transmission chain, the LDK 4426 3G Triax Camera to Fiber Converters are also included.
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Buster Beefs Up Creative Talent Roster
News: Buster Beefs Up Creative Talent RosterJoseph Kiely Named Executive Creative Director for On-Air Design, While Neville Burtis Named Executive Creative Director for BusterINK
Design and animation studio Buster has beefed up its creative talent roster by naming Joseph Kiely as the company’s new Executive Creative Director for motion graphics, and Neville Burtis as Executive Creative Director of the agency’s print, outdoor and digital division, BusterINK. Both men report to Buster’s Chief Creative Officer / Executive Producer Jonas Morganstein. Brad Roth and Mark Feldstein, principals of Stun Creative, the parent company of Buster, made the announcement.
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Adobe Unveils Major Update to Creative Cloud
Includes Next Generation of “CC” Desktop Applications and Delivers Fully Integrated Cross-Device Collaboration, Community and Publishing Capabilities
At Adobe MAX, The Creativity Conference, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a significant update to Adobe® Creative Cloud™, the company’s flagship offering for creatives. Available in June and packed with new features, Creative Cloud reimagines the creative process through a stunning set of “CC” desktop applications and sophisticated cross-device collaboration and publishing capabilities. Creative files can be stored, synced and shared, via Creative Cloud, on Mac OS, Windows, iOS and Android; and Behance, the world’s leading online creative community, is now integrated with Creative Cloud, so customers can showcase work, get feedback on projects and gain global exposure. With Creative Cloud publishing finished work has never been easier, with enhanced services that build and power websites, mobile apps, tablet publications, online portfolios, and content for virtually any medium and device.
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Powerful New Adobe Photoshop CC Debuts at MAX
Milestone Version of The Industry Standard in Digital Imaging Anchors Major Update to Adobe Creative Cloud
At Adobe MAX, The Creativity Conference, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® CC as part of a major update to Adobe Creative Cloud™ (see separate press release). Photoshop CC pushes the boundaries of possibility, offering a powerful new creative process, legendary imaging magic, and greater creative freedom with new tools and workflows. Adobe Photoshop CC will be available, exclusively to Creative Cloud members, in June.
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Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
News: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!Hollywood Center Studios Hosts Stock Shoot for GreenScreen Animals
Things were wild on Stage 12 at Hollywood Center Studios recently as a pair of gray wolves, two grizzly bears, a leopard, a lion, an African elephant and other exotic animals stopped by for their close-ups. The occasion was a 3-day shoot conducted by GreenScreen Animals, a Santa Monica supplier of specialty stock footage, that was seeking to add to its one-of-a-kind collection of more than 3000 stock images of wild animals.
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Adorama Introduces Its First Annual Post-NAB Event
The NAB buzz comes to Manhattan at Adorama’s spin-off event, where companies including Canon, Sony, Blackmagic Design and RED will have the latest innovations on display this Thursday, May 9th; admission is free
Adorama, one of the world’s largest photography, imaging, pro video and electronics retailers, is hosting its first-ever post-NAB* event this Thursday, May 9th from 1pm to 8pm at 55 West 17th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in New York City. After a wildly successful show at NAB 2013, Adorama is keeping the momentum going with a trade show-like event for the East Coast, which will feature a handpicked selection of pro video gear manufacturers.
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Systems Integrator, TSE, Installs Hitachi Z-HD5000 Cameras And HD Control Room At Eastern Michigan University
News: Systems Integrator, TSE, Installs Hitachi Z-HD5000 Cameras And HD Control Room At Eastern Michigan UniversityHitachi Kokusai Electric America announces that TSE (Total Sports Entertainment) Services—a systems integrator based in La Crosse, WI—has installed three new Hitachi Z-HD5000 HDTV studio cameras, a YESCO video board, and a full HD production control room in the Convocation Center on the campus of Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in Ypsilanti, MI.
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Brant Fagan, SOC, Relies On Anton/Bauer Batteries For Film Production Around The Globe
News: Brant Fagan, SOC, Relies On Anton/Bauer Batteries For Film Production Around The GlobeCinematographer and Steadicam® Camera Operator Brant Fagan, SOC, has traveled the globe, working on countless films, episodic television programs, commercials and the occasional live event production. Working his way up through the ranks of the industry for the past 20 years, he has witnessed much technological change and evolution. And through it all, he has consistently employed batteries, chargers and Gold Mounts® from Anton/Bauer®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company and a premier global provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video, film and healthcare technology industries.
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Matrox Announces Linux Software Development Kit for SDI Video Cards
Matrox® Video today announced a Matrox DSX™ SDK for Linux®. Designed to enable rapid application development, this new SDK has a component-based architecture that provides a common API across the industry-leading Matrox DSX family of SDI video cards for developers. From a single development effort, broadcast equipment manufacturers can create a variety of products, such as live encoders, transcoders, video ingest/playout servers and broadcast graphics systems.
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Creating a 3D Particle Ball in Autodesk 3ds Max 2014Creating a 3D Particle Ball in Autodesk 3ds Max 2014
In this Autodesk 3ds max 2014 tutorial, Creative COW leader Michael Hurwicz uses the Data Operator (available (available for the first time as a standard feature) to create a sphere of particles with random 3D motion. This is done by taking particle rotation data and using it to determine particle position.
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3ds max 2014: Data Operator & Data Presets for Particle Flow3ds max 2014: Data Operator & Data Presets for Particle Flow
In this Autodesk 3ds max 2014 tutorial, Creative COW leader Michael Hurwicz looks at two features that are now a standard part of the product: The Data Operator allows you to use math, via a graphical user interface, to manipulate particles. Presets allow you to save and load Data Operator setups previously created by you or others.
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Learn AppleLearn Apple's Motion: Lesson 9 - The Canvas Part 4: Lights
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe continues his look at the Canvas by talking about creating lights, and the ins and outs of figuring out and adjusting their parameters. He also starts out the lesson by creating basic geometrics inside of Motion 5 to work with, to create realistic lighting effects in no time flat.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 80: Creating Client ApprovalsLearn Media Composer Lesson 80: Creating Client Approvals
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question about how to create client approval Quick Time files in MC/Symphony. To take things to the next level, Kevin also shows you how to create HD YouTube files ready to upload to show your work to the masses.
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Learn AppleLearn Apple's Motion: Lesson 8 - The Canvas Part 3 & The HUD
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe continues his look at the canvas, and talks about the most important tool in your Motion 5 work, and that is the HUD (Heads Up Display). He also discusses Camera basics, and how to get the best positioning in your scenes by using Motion's viewports.
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An editors thoughts on being a Maxon Cinema 4D newbie
Its a good thing I like learning new technology. Because over my career as an editor Ive had to learn lots of hardware and software. Thank goodness my brain knows how to forget the older stuff to make room for the newer stuff. Learning the edit system was initially my...
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Avid Wants You Back! Your Avid Xpress Pro or Xpress DV dongle is worth $500!!
Upgrade to Avid Media Composer 6.5 for just $488 and get a FREE Upgrade to Media Composer 7 when you order before 6/14/13 at Videoguys.com PLUS FREE Class On Demand Training! Did you ever edit with Avid Xpress DV or Avid Xpress Pro? Perhaps you moved on to Final Cut...
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Videoguys Insider Update May 2013
It's been a very busy spring for all of us at Videoguys.com We had a great NAB show, and we picked up some really exciting new products. We'll go into that in more detail in this newsletter. First, I'd like to thank you all for your patronage and support over...
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 75: Creating a Video Viewfinder
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question about creating a video viewfinder effect.
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Learn Media Composer Lesson 65: Motion Effects PART THREE
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you a technique that he uses in corporate video work, and that is how to not only slow your footage down, but create highlights that you can use to focus on certain areas of a shot.
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The After Effects 3D Cube
Rob Mize demonstrates the building of a 3D cube that can be animated in 3D space. Rob also shows how to pre-compose layers to quickly customize the cube with graphics, video, text or all of the above.
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