News: Stardom Releases Safe Capsule Product, Compliments Apple's Time Capsule
Stardom is proud to announce the Safe Capsule, a two drive, RAID 1, protected storage solution for use with Time Capsule®. If your existing Time Capsule® storage space is filling up fast or is almost full, what do you do next? Meet Safe Capsule from Stardom.
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News: Pace HD buys Sid for Yogi Bear! Stereo3D pioneer orders fourth Quantel Stereo3D system for "On-Set Lab"
Stereo3D production and post production company, Pace HD, has purchased a Quantel Sid Stereo3D workstation. The new system, which joins PACE's existing three Stereo3D-equipped Quantel Pablo color correction and DI systems, is part of a new initiative to provide 'Slate to Screen' services on 3D productions.
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News: Litepanels Offers Free Gel Kit with 1x1s
For a limited time, Litepanels®, a Vitec Group company, is offering a free set of conversion/diffusion gels with new 1x1 fixture purchases .
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News: Frankie Moreno Mixes New Full-Length Album at Odds On Records & Studios
Songwriter, singer, pianist, multi instrumentalist and Las Vegas resident Frankie Moreno recently turned to Odds On Records & Studios, the newest high-end recording facility in the area, to mix several tracks for his new full-length album “Unknown Artist,” expected to be released in 2010.
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News: MOTU ships new HDX-SDI video interface for Mac and Windows New HDX-SDI Video Interface Is Now Shipping
MOTU is now shipping the HDX-SDI video interface for Mac and Windows . With the blazing speed of PCI Express, the HDX-SDI turns a Mac or PC desktop or laptop computer into a powerful HD/SD video production workstation equipped with all the I/O needed for professional capture and monitoring.
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News: STEELE Studios accelerates RED workflow with Quantel for Cindy Crawford New commercials put to bed in record time on Pablo by leading LA post boutique
STEELE Studios , known for its wide variety of services including DI, Visual Effects, Graphics, Online and Beauty, has recently purchased new Quantel technology to provide dramatically faster RED One Camera workflows.
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News: Telestream Named Industry Leader in the Global Video Transcoders Market Frost & Sullivan honors Telestream with 2009 Global Competitive Strategy Leadership Award and 2009 World Market Share Leadership Award
Telestream, a provider of world-class video transcoding solutions, affirms its leadership position with the announcement that Frost & Sullivan has presented the company with two 2009 Global Video Transcoders Market Leadership Awards.
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News: Digital Rapids Receives Dual Honors for 2009 Broadband Video Transcoding Leadership and Strategy from Frost & Sullivan Recognized with Market Share Leadership Award and selected to Hot Company Watchlist in World Broadband Video Transcoders Market
Digital Rapids, the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences, announced today that the company has been recognized with two prestigious accolades from respected global analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
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News: Monkeyhead Uses MAXON CINEMA 4D To Deliver High-Voltage 3D Motion Graphics Promo Package For HBO’s ‘The 25TH Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert’, November 29 CINEMA 4D’s Acclaimed NetRender and MoGraph Modules Used to Create Instrument Images Associated with Legendary Rock Stars Performing in Historic Concert Telecast
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that Monkeyhead, a Culver City, Calif.-based motion design studio specializing in commercial spots, broadcast show packages, branded entertainment, movie/TV titles and visual effects sequences, leveraged MAXON’s award-winning CINEMA 4D 3D software application, to create a bleeding-edge motion graphics-intensive 30-second teaser graphic spot and an entire promo graphic package for HBO’s highly anticipated "The 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert".
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News: Element Technica Quasar™ 3D Rigs Now in Use
Element Technica, whose groundbreaking series of Technica 3D Rigs are designed to precisely position a pair of cameras to achieve realistic stereoscopic digital video for broadcast and cinema, is now delivering the first new Quasar™ 3D Rigs to owner/operators and camera rental houses.
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News: Release of Phantasm CS Publisher
Bringing superior design and pre-press features to Adobe Illustrator
Building on the release in 2008 of Phantasm CS Studio, Astute Graphics is reaching out further to the high-end design and pre-press markets with the latest in its award-winning and acclaimed Adobe Illustrator plugin range; Phantasm CS Publisher.
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News: GenArts Announces Next Generation Of Sapphire Unprecedented Performance and Quality Gains to Reshape Compositing Workflows
GenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today GenArts Sapphire™ 5. The latest software upgrade is fully GPU-enabled to provide artists a completely interactive user experience at HD resolutions, while accelerating render speeds up to 700 percent.
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News: Speedshape Welcomes Steven Spieczny as Managing Director
Digital production studio Speedshape has named Steven Spieczny as Managing Director. With the addition of Spieczny, Speedshape elevates its pioneering role as leaders of the digital production model, while refining its increasingly prominent role in shaping branding, marketing and advertising deliveries, as traditional media continues shifting to digital.
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News: Canon U.S.A. Introduces The KJ22ex7.6B HDgc Multi-Purpose Portable Zoom Lens For 2/3-Inch ENG Cameras Latest Member of Canon’s “Second-Generation” HDgc Product Line Combines Cost-Effective Design Innovations With High-End Performance
Continually advancing its product line with world-renowned optical expertise, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, has introduced the KJ22ex7.6B, the newest member of its “second-generation” line of cost-effective HDgc portable HD lenses.
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News: ARRIFLEX D-21 Captures Eclectic TV Slate V
Acclaimed for its ability to render filmlike images, the ARRIFLEX D-21 digital camera is an industry workhorse with a slate of TV shows admired by audiences and critics alike.
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News: Image Metrics Provides Facial Animation For "Assassin's Creed II" Precise Animation Technology Adds Lifelike Intensity To Supporting Characters In Highly Anticipated Sequel to Blockbuster Ubisoft® Title
Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation technology and services for the entertainment industry, has provided facial animation for many cut scenes in the highly anticipated action adventure video game Assassin's Creed II.
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News: Creative Production Firm Bullet Adds Two Producers; Launches Offices In Los Angeles and Amsterdam Company Welcomes Veteran Producers Damon Webster and Andrea Leminske
Bullet, the year-old creative production firm founded by producer Oscar Thomas, has announced some significant moves -- the addition of Executive Producer Damon Webster and Digital Content Producer Andrea Leminske, and the launch of new offices in Los Angeles, CA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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News: Autodesk Hosts Eleventh 3December Global Celebration Company Partners with Dell, Intel and Wacom to Provide Opportunity for 3D Artists Worldwide to Connect
Autodesk, Inc., will host its annual 3December event to celebrate 3D computer graphics, and the artists who create them. Running from December 1-10, the event will include live and virtual activities that connect thousands of 3D artists from around the world.
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News: Nexsan Expands Highly Efficient Storage with 84TB SATABeast Storage System Doubles Capacity in 4U of Rack Space For Greater Power, Space and Cost Efficiency
Nexsan, a leading storage system provider today announced at the company’s NexStep EMEA VAR conference that it has doubled the capacity of the award-winning SATABeast™ storage system from 42TB to 84TB in only four units of rack space.
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News: Prime Focus VFX Adds Sparkle to 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Contributes 175 Shots to Chris Weitz-Directed Follow-Up to Hugely Successful 'Twilight' Film
Prime Focus VFX, formerly Frantic Films VFX, has completed 175 visual effects shots for the Summit Entertainment release, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" directed by Chris Weitz.
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News: MAXON Congratulates 3D Design Category Winner in the Cut&Paste 2009 Digital Design Tournament’s First-Ever Global Championship Gabriel Smetzer of San Francisco Taps CINEMA 4D’s Rich 3D Toolset Taking Top Honors in the Leading International Competition Celebrating Independent Design and Creativity
MAXON a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, congratulates Gabriel Smetzer on winning the 2009 Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament’s first-ever Global Championship in the 3D Competition category
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News: Holophone's H2-PRO Scores A Hat Trick For Soccer Broadcasts On Three Major Italian Networks Italy’s Soccer Championship and Champions/Europa League Events Covered in HD Video and Dolby Surround Sound for Mediaset, Sky Italy and Ra
Frame S.P.A, a leading Italian-based television production company specializing in both national and international broadcasts, turned to Holophone’s H2-PRO for Italy’s Soccer Championship and several Champions/Europa League Events.
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News: Autodesk Collaborates With DreamWorks and Imageworks on Mudbox for Linux Autodesk Consulting Provides Linux Pipeline Implementation for Mudbox Digital Sculpting and Texture Painting Software
Autodesk, Inc. has announced that DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and Sony Pictures Imageworks are integrating Autodesk Mudbox software into their Linux-based production pipelines. Autodesk Consulting's custom development team worked collaboratively with teams at Imageworks and DreamWorks to port the digital sculpting and texture painting software to the Linux platform. Mudbox for Linux is available through Autodesk Consulting services.
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News: Digital Vision Announces Michael Freudenthal as CEO
Digital Vision has today named Michael Freudenthal as CEO, starting as of December. This announcement follows strong Q3 results and continues the company’s investment in key staff to develop and deliver innovative image enhancement and restoration solutions.
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News: BBC Motion Gallery Illuminates Top Fall Film Releases Clips licensed to The Twilight Saga: New Moon--Men Who Stare at Goats and Capitalism: A Love Story
BBC Motion Gallery, the international clip licensing arm of BBC Worldwide, has once again been a resource for Hollywood filmmakers with the license of various clips for major fall theatrical releases.
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News: Troika Design Group Shines a Spotlight on Polsky Films One of Hollywood's hottest producing duos turns to Troika to rock its theatrical debut
Troika Design Group, a strategic branding and design agency for media and entertainment companies, has been tapped by Polsky Films, an independent feature film production company, to produce its signature logo animation.
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News: FutureWorks completes RED-shot AR Rahman music video in one day on Quantel Pablo 'Slumdog Millionaire' Oscar winner turns to leading Mumbai DI house for speed and quality
Mumbai, India post and DI house, FutureWorks, has just completed post production of a music video promoting The One Drop Foundation on its Quantel Pablo and Genetic Engineering systems.
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News: Sony Sound Series Downloadable Loops & Samples Collections Now Available At Retailers Nationwide New Retail Product Provides Gateway to Expanding Catalog of Sony Sound Series Titles
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio production applications, today announced that nationwide retailers are offering download codes for Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples in-store.
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News: Bella Corporation Ships the HD Mouse 2.0 JSM 3.1 and Black Friday Specials
Bella Corporation today announced they are shipping version 2.0 software for the HD Mouse and version 3.1 software drivers are now available for their award winning jog/shuttle keyboards.
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News: Belgium's VRT Upgrades SNG Van With Wohler AMP1-16-3G 3G- and Dolby®-Capable 16-Channel Audio/Video Monitor First Installation of Forward-Looking, OLED-Equipped AMP1-16-3G Audio/Video Monitoring System Brings Cost, Power, and Space Savings to HD Production
Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced that Belgium's Flemish Radio and Television Network , the public broadcasting network of the Flemish community, is the first company to deploy the AMP1-16-3G.
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News: Matrox Announces Windows 7 Support for the Matrox MXO2 Family of Professional I/O Devices Also available with Matrox MAX technology for lightning fast H.264 HD encoding
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Windows 7 support for Matrox MXO2 LE, MXO2 and MXO2 Rack. The Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices streamlines editing with Adobe CS4 Production Premium. These devices provide all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity. The Matrox MXO2 devices are also available with Matrox MAX technology for accelerated H.264 file creation using Adobe Media Encoder.
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News: Sony Pictures Entertainment Selects FilmLight's Baselight for New Post Facility Installation includes three Baselight EIGHT systems for new 4K DI grading theatres
FilmLight today announces delivery of seven Baselight colour grading systems to Sony Pictures Entertainment. The systems will be installed at its newly-built digital intermediate facilities on the Sony Studios lot in Culver City, California, and connected to the studio's Digital Backbone.
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News: RIOT Atlanta Brands Web/TV Cross Platform Network Halogen From the Ground Up
Halogen, a new integrated web/TV network owned by the South Carolina-based Inspiration Network, came to RIOT for a unique, attention-grabbing look for their on-air IDs, bumpers and other network branding that would also integrate seamlessly online.
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News: Digital Domain's Game Face for 'Assassin's Creed II' Digitally Enhanced Faces of Assassin's Victims Haunt Viewers in Commercial for New Ubisoft Release
Digital Domain forces viewers to stare deep into the faces of the freshly deceased in "Eyes," a television commercial for "Assassin's Creed II," the new third-person action-adventure video game from Ubisoft.
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News: Pegasys Introduces TMPGEnc KARMA..Plus Video Organizing and Viewing Software with NVIDIA® CUDATM Support
Pegasys, Inc., the company that makes digital video easy, announces the availability of TMPGEnc KARMA..Plus.
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News: LA City College Installs FOR-A Switcher as Part of HD Conversion
As part of a recent studio conversion to HD, the Cinema-Television Department at Los Angeles City College in California installed a FOR-A HVS-1500HS digital video switcher with an HVS-16OUB 16-button control panel.
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News: Erik Press Named Executive Producer at Zoic Studios Star Trek: The Original Series
Award-winning visual effects and digital production house Zoic Studios has named Erik Press to the strategic role of Executive Producer.
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News: Renderosity Purchases 3D Content from Vanishing Point Renderosity now owns over 500 3D models under its RPublishing brand
Renderosity today announced the acquisition of 3D Marketplace Vanishing Point’s 3D content library. The purchase of these resources will allow Renderosity to offer a much larger selection of 3D models and resources under its Marketplace brand RPublishing.
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In this issue, "Thinking Big," we talk with companies that are growing rapidly and successfully in spite of the marketplace malaise that many are experiencing in these hyper-competitive times. What we found out from these incredibly successful companies may surprise you.
Making Big Plans: Team-building in South Africa -- How a South African animation company is taking over the world.
DaVinci: Rebuilding the Brand -- A talk with Blackmagic Design's Grant Petty about the future of one of the industry's mostly influential companies.
Molecule-fueled Imagination -- Unusual approaches to creativity inside one of New York's most successful post houses.
HDNet's Drive Toward Success -- One of the HDNet's founders tells the story behind the company.
Small Steps To Big Success -- How a Georgia company is growing, against the odds.
Setting A New Home 3D Standard -- Stereoscopic 3D hasn't "arrived" until it arrives in the home.
Participating in Your Own Rescue -- One way to think big is to never buy even your most logical excuses.
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