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Technicolor Appoints Kristy Scanlan to Head Business Development for Technicolor’s Animation Produ
(Paris France, Hollywood CA--February 22, 2012) Technicolor (Euronext Paris TCH) today announces the addition of Kristy Scanlan as Vice President, Business Development for Technicolor Digital Productions Animation group, reporting to Robert Winthrop, head of Animation.
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Grass Valley Demonstrates Cost Effective Production Solutions at CABSAT 2012
(San Francisco, California--February 22, 2012) Grass Valley will demonstrate the breadth of its production solutions at the 2012 CABSAT exhibition scheduled for February 28 to March 1 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (S3-C42). The presentation will focus on new additions t
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Defocus Effects for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects Released by PHYX
(Boston, Massachusetts--February 22, 2012) Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, introduces PHYX Defocus to its line of plug-ins available on FxFactory 3. PHYX Defocus effects accurately simulate depth of field, bokeh, tilt-shift, rack-foc
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SCRATCH Lab is Dailies Workflow Powerhouse for New Generation of Digital Cinematography Cameras
(Santa Clara, California--February 22, 2012) Since its announcement at NAB 2011, ASSIMILATEs SCRATCH Lab has taken the production dailies market by storm with its power, versatility and affordability. The recent announcements of native support for the new Sony F65 CineAlta digital motion picture cam
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Filmworkers Post H-E-B Super Bowl “Alien” Spot
(Dallas, Texas--February 22, 2012) Filmworkers provided post-production services for a spot for Texas grocery chain H-E-B in which aliens invade the Lone Star State in search of tasty, store-brand food. Matt McClain performed final color correction for the 60-second commercial which debuted in South
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Small Tree Unveils Free Storage System Performance App at NRB 2012
(Nashville, Tennessee--February 21, 2012) Small Tree has unveiled STREAMS Counter, a storage system performance application utility, at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention.
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NewTek Ships LightWave™ 11 Software
(San Antonio, Texas--February 20, 2012) NewTek is now shipping LightWave 11, the latest version of its Emmy award-winning, professional 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software that lets artists broaden their creative exploration. LightWave 11 incorporates many new features, such as instancing
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“Hugo” Enchants At CAS Awards
(Los Angeles, California--February 18, 2012) It was a fairytale evening for Hugo and the Sound Mixing team of Production Mixer John Midgley, Re-Recording Mixer Tom Fleischman, CAS and Scoring Mixer Simon Rhodes at the 48th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards. The family adventure won Outstanding Achi
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Blackmagic Design Adds Timecode and DNxHD QuickTime Support to HyperDeck SSD Recorders
(Fremont, California--February 17, 2012) Blackmagic Design today announced the release of HyperDeck 2.5 public beta, a new software update that adds embedded timecode support, DNxHD recording to QuickTime and SDI camera record triggering to its HyperDeck SSD recorders.
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Perkal Chooses OConnor for “The Vampire Diaries”
(Burbank, California--February 16, 2012) When cinematographer Dave Perkal signed on for the new season of the highly unusual series The Vampire Diaries, he made sure his camera package included 2575 heads from OConnor, a Vitec Group brand. Ive used OConnor on every production I have been involved in
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14 Academy Award-Nominated Movies: One Thing in Common
(San Rafael, California--February 16, 2012) Digital artists devoted days and years behind the scenes to help create the movie magic seen in many of this years Academy Award-nominated films. In the categories for Best Visual Effects and Best Animated Film (Feature and Short) in particular, many artis
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MTh Director Christopher Leone Directs WOLFPACK OF RESEDA for Fox Digital Entertainment
(Los Angeles, California--February 16, 2012) MTh director Christopher Leone directed the first season of the original scripted web series WOLFPACK OF RESEDA, which is produced by Fox Digital Studio (FDS).
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EditShare Gives Its Collaborative Storage Systems Enhanced Compatibility With the New Avid 64-Bit Re
(Boston, Massachusetts--February 16, 2012) EditShare, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, today announced that the companys collaborative storage products XStream, Energy and Metro now provide complete compatibility with Avid Technologys new 64
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NAB 2012: Technical Firsts, New ENG Lens from Optical Devices Division of FUJIFILM
(Wayne, New Jersey--February 16, 2012) FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Optical Devices Division has announced that it will introduce a cost-effective ENG-Style lens with a 2x extender and show two breakthrough lenses for the first time in the U.S. at its NAB 2012 booth (C7525). The company will
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AmberFin's CTO Bruce Devlin Receives Technical & Scientific Award from BKSTS
(Basingstoke, England--February 16, 2012) AmberFin, a leading developer of file-based media ingest, transcoding and quality control solutions for content owners, broadcasters, sports organizations and post-production houses, is pleased to announce that its CTO, Bruce Devlin, was the recipient of the
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Blackmagic Design Adds Macros and Advanced Control Options to Videohub SDI Routers
(Fremont, California--February 16, 2012) Blackmagic Design today released Videohub 4.9 a major new software update that adds new Macro support as well as advanced network based configuration of control panels for its range of Videohub SDI routers and Smart Control panels.
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New Cinedeck RX Software Release Expands Broadcast And Mobile OB Capabilities
(New York--February 16, 2012) Cinedeck LLC, pioneering developer of mobile capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, has expanded the deployment capabilities of its Cinedeck RX, record monitoring and playback system, for broadcasters and mobile OB operators, with the release of Ci
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NVIDIA's 2012 GPU Technology Conference, One of the World's Fastest-Growing Computational Science Ev
(February 16, 2012) NVIDIA today announced that registration is now open for its third GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in the U.S., one of the worlds fastest-growing events focused on computational science and visualization.
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Matrox Congratulates Rob Legato, VFX Supervisor on "Hugo," for Visual Effects Oscar Nomination
(Montreal, Canada--February 15, 2012) Matrox Video Products Group would like to congratulate Matrox MXO2 MAX user Rob Legato, and the VFX team of Hugo, on their 2012 Oscar nomination, awarded by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Signiant and Xytech Unveil Integrated Solution for Improved Schedule-to-Air Workflow Efficiency at 2
(Indian Wells, California--February 15, 2012) Signiant, a global leader in enterprise file transfer software for the media and entertainment industry, and Xytech, the leading provider of media and broadcast facility management software, today announced the integration of their flagship products. The
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Grass Valley Live Production Technologies Helps Orchestrate 54th Annual Grammy Telecast
(San Francisco, California--February 15, 2012) Grass Valley live production technologies were central to the broadcast of this years 54th Annual Grammy Awards telecast on Sunday, February 12 (at the Staples Center in Los Angeles), which was produced live in the 1080i high-definition (HD) format by v
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Viewfinder Effect for FCP X, Motion and AE Released by SUGARfx
(Boston, Massachusetts--February 15, 2012) Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, introduces Viewfinder HUD, a brand new plug-in package from SUGARfx, now available on FxFactory 3. The visual effects package includes three filters Binocula
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UK animation studio Nexus and director Johnny Kelly are unexpected stars of the Grammys!
(London--February 15, 2012) London animation studio Nexus, and their compassionate stop motion animation Back to the Start for US food chain, Chipotle, were the surprise hit at the Grammy awards on Sunday night, getting major plaudits as the show stealer of the night.
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Litepanels® Ships Croma Variable Color-Temperature LED Lighting Fixtures
(Van Nuys, California--February 15, 2012) Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand, announces that the Croma on-camera LED lighting fixture, capable of generating variable color temperature illumination, is now shipping.
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Peterson Creates Saturated and Contrasty Look for “Desperate Housewives” with Schneider Filters
(Van Nuys, California--February 15, 2012) The producers behind the nighttime drama Desperate Housewives count on cinematographer Lowell Peterson, ASC to make sure the picket fences on Wisteria Lane are sharp and the cast behind them is attractive. To do this, Peterson needs to light the actresses wi
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Pictorvision Eclipse Designers Earn Academy Award® at SciTech Event
(Beverly Hills, California--February 15, 2012) Michael Lewis, Greg Marsden, Raigo Alas and Michael Vellekoop were among the 30 honorees to take the stage at the 2012 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical Award ceremony, hosted by Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich, and
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Veteran Westcoast Camera/Steadicam Operator Relies On Anton/Bauer Products And Customer Support Excl
(Los Angeles, California--February 15, 2012) AntonBauer, 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 and film industries, is the battery supplier of choice for West C
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De Lijn Undertakes Major Digital Upgrade
(Diepenbeek Belgium, Burbank CA--February 15, 2012) Testronic Labs, the recognized global leader in quality assurance and compliance services for software, hardware, film and television, games, and websites, has been selected by De Lijn to support a major digital upgrade to the official Flemish publ
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NVIDIA Joins Forces with HP to Free the Workstation from its Tower
(Santa Clara, California--February 14, 2012) The traditional workstation is being liberated for the first time from the bulky confines of its traditional tower, with the launch of the HP Z1 Workstation which combines the worlds first all-in-one workstation with the high performance graphics and com
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AJA Releases Feature-Packed v3.0 Upgrade for Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini
(Grass Valley, California--February 14, 2012) AJA Video Systems delivered v3.0 firmware for its Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini 10-bit 422 flash disk recorders today. Packed with features that give users greater flexibility and capability for filmmaking, broadcasting and everything in between, v3.0 firmware
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