News: Panasonic Announces ‘Shoot It. Share It.’ Video Contest For The AG-HMR10 AVCCAM Handheld Recorder Solid-State Recorder Users Offered Chance to Win Panasonic Viera Plasma Displays, Blu-ray Players, SDHC Memory Cards
Panasonic Broadcast is giving users of its AG-HMR10 AVCCAM handheld recorder a chance to win exciting prizes by showcasing their creative work in the new “Shoot It. Share It.” video contest. From today through June 18, 2010, HMR10 users can submit a video demonstrating their interesting use of the handheld recorder for the chance to win prizes, including the Grand Prize of a 65” Viera Plasma Television with built-in SD card slot.
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News: Autodesk Consulting and BOXX Technologies Deliver First Turn-Key Rendering Solution Solution Provides Small to Mid-Size Visual Effects Companies with Configurable and Scalable Solution to Meet Rendering Needs
BOXX Technologies, an innovator in high-performance computing systems for visual effects, post-production, graphic design and advanced visualization, together with Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, today announced the introduction of RenderFarm on Wheels , the world’s first turn-key dedicated rendering system.
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News: FSI Monitors Now 5D Mark II Compatible Full 1080 Support in Live View and Playback Modes
The Canon 5D Mark II DSLR camera has become a very popular video production tool. However, finding an affordable high quality professional monitor to work in conjunction with the unit can be difficult. While most consumer type HDMI equipped televisions work with the 5D Mark II, many professional monitors do not, especially those equipped with DVI instead of HDMI inputs. Typically most monitors will work at least at 480P with the Canon, but many monitors will not support the 1080 HDMI output when in Live View or Playback Mode. While the 5D Mark II does switch to 480 output when recording many operators still find it very useful to be able to frame, focus, and review footage in HD. In light of this Flanders Scientific is happy to announce that all FSI monitor models are now compatible with the 1080 HDMI output from the Canon 5D Mark II.
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News: Apple Releases Aperture 3 New Features Include Faces, Places & Brushes
Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes.
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News: Fxfactory Adds Aquafadas To Product Line Ships Explosive New Slideshow Plug-In For Final Cut Pro, Motion And After Effects
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that new development partner, Aquafadas®, has released PulpFx Abstract 1.0 for the FxFactory® platform.
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News: KVTN Updates Aging Control Room with Broadcast Pix
Broadcast Pix™ announced today that KVTN, a Christian broadcast station in Little Rock, Ark., that is the flagship station for the Victory Television Network , purchased the Broadcast Pix Slate™ 1000 integrated production system to replace older equipment and prepare for an eventual transition to HD production.
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News: Canon Exclusive Lens Provider For Super Bowl XLIV Canon Long-Zoom HDTV Field Lenses and Portable HDTV Zoom Lenses Provide the Optical-Performance Needed to Meet the Demands of HDTV Image Acquisition at Long Focal Lengths
The exciting TV coverage of Super Bowl XLIV seen by millions of football fans on February 7 began with images gathered in crystal HDTV clarity by lenses provided by Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging.
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News: New Training DVDs for Digital Artists Now Available from Gnomon Workshop Leading Industry Professionals Offer Expertise for Sculpting, Character Design, Efficient CG Workflow and Visual Effects to Workshop Training Library
The Gnomon Workshop, the industry leader in professional training for artists in the entertainment and design field, recently announced its first release of training DVDs for 2010.
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News: Beast Goes to Work for CareerBuilder.com at Super Bowl XLIV
Beast, one of the country’s top editorial facilities, announced today that editor John Dingfield contributed work on three spots for the CareerBuilder.com "Hire My TV Ad” contest, with the winner, “Casual Friday,” airing during Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIV.
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News: Stephen Nakamura Colors Powerful Documentary "Waiting for Superman"
When Oscar-winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim sought out a post production company for the DI work on his powerful documentary, "Waiting for Superman," he took his project to Company 3 and Colorist Stephen Nakamura.
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News: NextComputing and VidiGo Create Portable Solution for Live Adobe® Flash-based Broadcast Graphics Generation
Nashua / Amsterdam , February 8th 2010 - NextComputing, manufacturer of high-performance portable computers, and VidiGo, developer of smart software products for creating and managing broadcast quality TV content easily, have co-developed a portable solution for live production of Adobe Flash graphics and PC content for live television.
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News: Omnia A/XE Slices Through Coded Audio Clutter Omnia A/X Users Get Free Upgrade
Omnia Audio is offering existing users of Omnia A/X an upgrade to the processing and encoding power of Omnia A/XE, at no cost.
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News: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Deploys Digital Asset Management Solution TACTIC™ Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, a Business Area of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Implements TACTIC to Manage Assets across Its Media Products Departments
Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production digital asset management technology for digital entertainment and enterprise companies, announced today that its solution TACTIC is managing all of the digital assets across Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Media Products departments.
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News: Roland Systems Group Releases Software Updates for M-400 and M-380 V-Mixers
Today, Roland Systems Group released software updates for their popular Digital Mixing Consoles – the M-400 and M-380 V-Mixers. V-Mixer software update Version 2.1 for M-400 and Version 1.1 for M-380 add S- 4000M functionality as well as a number of user-requested features.
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News: FxAndy film simulation plug-in now available for Final Cut
Rediscover 90 years of traditional films in B&W and color! FxAndy, the film simulator for Final Cut, takes your digital footage back to the film era with picture perfect simulations of image-making classics including Velvia, Eterna, Tri-X, Agfachrome, Kodachrome and many more.
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News: NOA Audio Solutions Appoints Sergio Castillo Head of Latin American Sales
NOA Audio Solutions today announced that Sergio Castillo has been appointed sales manager for Latin America. Castillo joins NOA after 12 years in senior sales positions for Avid Technology, and will coordinate NOA's sales operations throughout the region.
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News: Harkness Screens Provides Groovy Images for the Biggest Ever Sing-Along of "Mamma Mia! The Movie" Large Crowd Watches Hit Musical’s Mega Screening on 108 Foot Matt Plus
On Sunday, January 24th, London’s O2 arena hosted the biggest screening and sing-along ever of the hit film, "MAMMA MIA!" A giant 108-foot Harkness Matt Plus screen was specially built in order to allow the some 8,000 fans in attendance to see their favourite movie in all its glory.
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News: Sony High-Definition Technology To Cover The NFL's Championship Game More than 50 HD Cameras to Be Used for Main U.S. Broadcast
More than 50 Sony high-definition cameras will cover every angle of the National Football League’s championship game, to be broadcast Feb. 7 on the CBS Television Network from Miami’s Sun Life Stadium.
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News: Big Ideas Launch “The Colony” Director David Gaddie and VFX Supervisor James Rogers Open Post-Production and Live Action Collective
Director David Gaddie and visual effects supervisor James Rogers announced today the formation of The Colony, a multidisciplinary directing collective specializing in visual effects, design, post-production and live action filmmaking.
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News: I.E. Effects Boosts Stereo 3D Pipeline with Isilon Storage Facility Installs IQ6000x to Connect Culver City and New Michigan Location
I.E. Effects has installed an Isilon IQ6000x cluster storage system at its Culver City location. With several large stereoscopic projects currently active, the Isilon system expands the company’s ability to manage the data and throughput requirements of multiple jobs. For clients this means increased efficiency and reliability for demanding stereo 3D projects.
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News: Nash Dom TV Goes Live With VectorBox Private Russian Broadcaster builds master control room around VectorBox automated playout solutions
Vector 3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced that Nash Dom TV , a private broadcaster for the Penza Oblast region, has implemented multiple VectorBox automated playout systems to manage multi-channel ingest, broadcast graphics, and playout automation.
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News: AMD Professional Graphics Certified For Autodesk Design Software ATI FirePro™ professional graphics earn certifications for AutoCAD® 2010 and Autodesk® Showcase® 2010
AMD has announced its entire currently available family of ATI FirePro™ professional graphics have been certified by Autodesk® for AutoCAD® 2010 software on Windows® 71. As an industry leader in 2D and 3D design and documentation software, AutoCAD 2010 technology supports the latest Microsoft operating system to help deliver fast performance and exceptional stability for professionals working on complex design projects.
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News: HD broadcasting kicks off in Germany with Quantel WDR chooses Enterprise sQ for HD flagship 'Sportsschau Bundesliga' soccer
From the 13th February 2010, German broadcaster WDR in Cologne will begin broadcasting major sports programming in HDTV, spearheaded by the flagship 'Sportsschau Bundesliga' German premier league soccer coverage. The whole production process, from ingest to playout, will be handled in HD using Quantel Enterprise sQ server-based production technology.
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News: Cobb Theatres select Barco for luxury theatre launch New upscale CineBistro venues elegantly combine dining and movies, with projection provided by Barco DP-1500 and DP-2000 digital cinema projectors.
Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, announced today that Cobb Theatres of Birmingham, Alabama has selected and installed Barco digital cinema projectors into its first three “CineBistro” theatres located in the Tampa and Miami, Florida areas.
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News: MAXON Salutes Customers Nominated for 82nd Academy Awards® and 8th Annual VES Awards MAXON 3D Software Solutions Help Pros Create Groundbreaking VFX and Animated Sequences on 2012, District 9 and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today congratulates customers that have been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Visual Effects Society with award nominations for groundbreaking visual effects and animated sequences.
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News: Digital Rebellion Releases FCS Maintenance Pack 1.2 Digital Rebellion releases a significant update to its utility pack for maintaining and optimizing Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express systems.
Digital Rebellion LLC today announced the availability of FCS Maintenance Pack 1.2, a significant update to its popular suite of software tools to maintain and optimize Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express systems.
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News: Visual Sound Polishes Captioning for “Blue Mountain State”
Point.360 Visual Sound, a leading provider of integrated media management services company to the entertainment industries, is providing closed captioning services for Spike TV’s new scripted comedy, Blue Mountain State .
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News: Ntropic Contributes to the New Documentary "Mine" Film Premieres this Month in Theaters Nationwide
Digital effects company Ntropic is proud to have contributed post and effects services to the new documentary "MINE" now in select theaters nationwide and available via iTunes.
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News: Autoscript To Provide Teleprompting Systems And Software For NBC’S Coverage Of The Vancouver Winter Games Studio and Portable On-Camera Teleprompters and News-Prompter Software Systems Will Enable NBC to Provide Smooth On-Air Presentations During Coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games, February 12-28, 2010
Autoscript, the world's leading teleprompting company and a Vitec Group brand, has been selected to provide studio and portable on-camera teleprompter systems with high-bright LED backlit monitors, as well as WinPlus-NX news-prompter software, to NBC during the network’s coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games, February 12-28.
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News: ARRI CSC Adds Weisscam to Inventory
ARRI CSC, the largest full service equipment rental group in the United States, has enhanced its range of digital cameras.
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News: Vancouver Film School Alumni Honoured with Oscar Nominations District 9 a nominee for four Academy Awards; VFS grads up for Best Adapted Screenplay
Vancouver Film School , Canada’s premier post-secondary entertainment arts institution and one of the most distinguished in the world, is thrilled to congratulate VFS graduates Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell on the four Academy Award nominations awarded to their acclaimed film "District 9", as announced this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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News: Solid State Logic C10 HD Digital Broadcast Console Sold To WREG-TV
Solid State Logic is pleased to announce the sale of a new 24-channel C10 HD Digital Broadcast Console to CBS affiliate WREG-TV. WREG provides news programming for Memphis and the Mid-South area of the U.S., along with weather, sports, business, politics, entertainment and health programs.
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News: Artbeats Offers Stock Footage That's Not Just Royalty-Free, But ACTUALLY Free Over $8,000 Worth of Free HD Stock Footage Available for Download Every Month Through Artbeats' Daily Free Clip Program
Artbeats, a 20-year veteran in the stock footage industry, announced today that they are offering a FREE, downloadable HD clip every day at artbeats.com. In this "no strings attached" program, visitors to the Artbeats home page can access a different free clip every day simply by registering or logging-in to their online account.
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News: Boris FX Announces Boris Job Slate Plug-in for Apple Final Cut Pro Automatically Create Commercial Slates Based on Data from the Ad-ID Advertising Identification System
Boris FX , the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris Job Slate, a new Apple Final Cut Pro plug-in that automatically creates commercial slates based on XML files received from the Ad-ID advertising identification and management system. Boris Job Slate saves production time and reduces operator error by eliminating the need for manual text entry with a standard text tool.
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News: Canon Announces MPEG-2 Full HD (4:2:2) File-Based Recording Codec For Upcoming Professional Video Camera New Canon MPEG-2 Codec Promises Improved Color Resolution and Compatibility With Industry-Standard Editing & Processing Software
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, announced today the Company has adopted an MPEG-2 Full HD file-based recording codec for a new file-based professional video camera currently under development. The new Canon MPEG-2 codec will enable high-quality imaging and audio performance with up to 50 Mbps data recording and twice the color data of the HDV*1 profile format.
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News: Prime Focus Software Releases Deadline 4.0 Render Queue Management Software Offers Improved Performance and Rich Set of New Features
Prime Focus Software, the R&D and software development arm of Prime Focus, today announced the release of Deadline 4.0, the company's easy-to-use administration and rendering toolkit for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX-based render farms. This new version includes improved Mac OSX support, enhanced scalability and stability, in addition to an abundance of key new features.
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News: Barco announces new targeted presentation package for its 3Gbps multi-format video switcher At ISE 2010, Barco will introduce PlusPAK, a powerful new configuration package for the FSN Series switcher.
Image processing pioneer Barco is proud to announce the introduction of PlusPAK for the FSN Series multi-format switcher at ISE 2010 . Tailor-made for the flexibility and agility needed in the events industry, PlusPAK is a new hardware and software suite comprised of four components — a new Universal Output Card , the system's new Multiviewer , a Digital Video Effects Card and new software capable of controlling 2.5 M/E's from the compact FSN-150 Controller.
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News: Digital Vision Congratulates Independent Filmmakers Film Master Helps Facilities Deliver Some of the Hottest Films Unspooled At Sundance
Digital Vision, whose highly regarded color grading and enhancement products are part of the workflow at leading facilities around the world, congratulates the filmmakers and films that screened and competed at the Sundance Film Festival, just wrapped in Park City, Utah.
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News: AJA Builds Mac OSX Snow Leopard Support into Io Product Family Software Update Released for AJA Classic Video Io Products: Io, IoLA and IoLD
AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced Mac OSX Snow Leopard support for its original standard definition Io family of products. This release also supports Apple’s Final Cut Pro 7.
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News: Brickyard VFX Makes a Hole-In-One for Titleist
Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently contributed VFX to the 2010 ad campaign for Titleist via ad agency Arnold. The multi-spot campaign was directed by @radical.media's Greg Kohs and began breaking before the New Year, with the last spot, "Yardage Book," breaking on Jan. 30.
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News: China Film Archive purchases iQ for new Stereo3D DI operation National organisation chooses Quantel to spearhead move into Stereo3D market
China Film Archive in Beijing has purchased a Quantel iQ 4K Dl and finishing system. The iQ includes QColor in-context grading and the Quantel Stereo3D toolset. In addition to its role safeguarding China's film heritage of over ten thousand films, China Film Archive is also charged with adopting and exploiting new film technologies; hence the Stereo3D tools.
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The Non-Linear Creativity issue looks at the subject of non-linear, not just as it applies to tools like video editing, but also as it has influenced the way that we do our jobs, our projects, our careers, and other aspects of non-linear creativity in these rapidly changing times. We look at projects that are done in creative, non-traditional ways, at people whose careers have followed unconventional paths, and at technologies born of necessity by project demands. It is a powerful issue that includes:
In-Three’s Stereoscopic 3D Solution - A New System Begins with a Single Camera. Yes, One.
The Making of: Welcome To My World - A small team in Nigeria creates a project that saves an orphanage planned for destruction
A Non-Linear Career - A top VFX artist’s journey to the jobs that ignite the big screen
From LiveType to the iTunes Apps Store - One of LiveType’s creators returns with a new iPhone-focus
The Journey To A Nepali Recording Studio - How a New Yorker found peace, music and media in Nepal
Industry News - A look at some of the big news items in our industry
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