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News: Blackmagic Design Sweeps (five) Awards at NAB 2008 for Broadcast Videohub and Blackmagic Design Video Recorder
Today, Blackmagic Design announced that it is the proud recipient of five awards at the recent National Association of Broadcasters 2008 electronic media show. This is the fourth consecutive year that Blackmagic Design has been being recognized by post-production, broadcast users and the media for important innovation in video technology.
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News: Boris FX Adds Seven New Transition Plug-ins to the Recently Released Final Effects Complete 5.0 Package
Free for existing Final Effects Complete 5.0 customers, a new point release that includes; Blur Dissolve, Lens Wipe, Spherize Wipe, Griddler Wipe, Pin Wipe, Slant Wipe, and Rain Wipe
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced that Final Effects Complete 5.0.1 for FxPlug and Final Effects Complete 5.0.1 for AE are now available as free updates for FEC 5.0 customers.
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News: Sonnet Announces Expansion System for Fusion™ SATA RAID Storage
Sonnet Technologies, a leader in providing local storage systems for professional users of Macintosh®, Windows®, and UNIX® systems in the film, video, and broadcast industries, today announced the Fusion™ RAID Expander, which provides a simple and cost-effective solution for connecting up to seven Sonnet Fusion SATA RAID desktop or rackmount storage systems to a single computer for even faster performance and access to up to 56 terabytes of protected storage.
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News: LiveTypeCentral.com releases 8 new LiveType Theme Packs
LiveTypeCentral.com, a division of 12 Inch Design, LLC announced today that it has released 8 new Theme Packs for Apple’s LiveType titling application.
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News: "Demystifying Digital Camera Specifications" Video Debuts on Panavision Website
Panavision’s John Galt and Canon’s Larry Thorpe Make The Case for Meaningful Metrics Appropriate for The Age of Digital Movie Making
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News: Blur Goes Disco in Latest Spot from Pringles
Blur Studio channeled their inner disco in a new commercial for Pringles Stix via advertising agency Grey New York. The spot features a lively dance number performed by digital characters, in an entirely CG environment evoking the sparkly discos of the 1970s.
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News: Boom Director Brandon Dickerson Travels To Narnia With New Switchfoot Video
BOOM director brandon dickerson has just completed the latest Switchfoot music video for the band's new release "This Is Home." The song was written exclusively for Disney's highly anticipated feature release of "Prince Caspian" in theaters May 17th.
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News: Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Kynogon SA
Grows Autodesk's Videogame Middleware and Simulation Offering
Autodesk, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Kynogon SA, the privately held maker of Kynapse artificial intelligence middleware. Autodesk announced its intent to acquire Paris-based Kynogon on February 19, 2008. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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News: Al Watan Television Chooses Dalet News Suite
New Kuwaiti channel to implement Dalet tapeless newsroom and production system to launch first tapeless HD newsroom in the region
Dalet Digital Media Systems today announced that Al-Watan Television has chosen Dalet News Suite as its tapeless newsroom and production system. The station launched September last year as the first tapeless HD channels in the region Al WATAN AND AL WATAN PLUS.
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News: IRIDAS Brings New Stereo Tools to SpeedGrade
DualStream Now Standard in All Finishing Applications
Introduced as an optional module for SpeedGrade in 2007, IRIDAS will now offer its DualStream stereo technology standard with the 2008 releases of SpeedGrade HD, SpeedGrade XR, and SpeedGrade DI.
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News: Music 2 Hues releases a new addition to its Flagship Series production music line.
Andy Wells, president of Music 2 Hues adds, "With the addition of this new release we are providing our content developers with new and exciting music selections.
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News: Inlet Technologies Wins Digital Content Producer Pick Hit Award
Revolutionary Armada Workflow System Selected as One of Top Technology Innovations
Inlet Technologies, the leader in advanced encoding solutions for new media, announced today that Armada, Inlet’s revolutionary approach to encoding workflow management has been selected as one of Digital Content Producer magazine’s NAB 2008 Pick Hits.
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News: FTI Introduces SmartWhite Printable Surfaces for Optical Disc Media Products
Compatible with Inkjet and Thermal Printers, FalconMedia Pro Discs Featuring SmartWhite Printable Surfaces Deliver the Ultimate Recording and Printing Quality
Falcon Technologies International , the worldwide leading manufacturer of optical data storage discs for professional and archival applications, today introduced a complete line of recordable discs featuring innovative SmartWhite printable surfaces.
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News: Royalty Free Music Solution Rocks at Beatsuite.com!
Beatsuite.com music library, provider of royalty free music for video, film and media professionals, has announced the release of hundreds of new Rock music themes.
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News: Click 3X Gives Jamie Lidell Another Day
New York-based Click 3X recently helped create an imaginative music video for Another Day, the first single off British soul singer Jamie Lidell's new album Jim.
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News: D7 Inc. Posting 4K Project Using Revolutionary New Red Camera And Maxx Digital EVO HD Sata Array
Six 50-Inch Plasma Screens Turned Sideways Create Unique Challenge
D7 Inc., an innovative full service production and post-production company, recently wrapped shooting on a collaborative project with Design Island, Inc., for the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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News: Adobe Announces New Acrobat Connect Pro
Web Conferencing Solution Delivers Engaging eLearning and Meeting Experiences
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced a new version of Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro, the company’s comprehensive Web conferencing and eLearning solution. The version includes new functionality that enriches online communication and collaboration, enabling organizations and schools to offer more engaging rapid training, interactive virtual classes and dynamic online meetings.
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News: Avid Introduces Next-Generation RAID Solutions
New VideoRAID ST and SR solutions enable customers to achieve full performance with no data loss during drive rebuild process
Avid Technology, Inc. today announced the next-generation of its high-performance storage disk arrays - Avid VideoRAID ST and Avid VideoRAID SR solutions - which combine real-time performance, cost-effective SATA drive technology, and the security of fail-safe data protection in the event of a disk drive failure.
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News: Front Porch Digital's DIVArchive Named Hall of Fame Solution for NASCAR Media Group
NASCAR Media Group, which provides production services and content generation for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, has selected Front Porch Digital’s DIVArchive to manage storage of incoming footage as well as an irreplaceable archive containing more than 50,000 hours of NASCAR film and video, some dating as far back as 1948 when NASCAR was founded.
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News: Sound Lounge Goes a Lap for Nascar
Rob DiFondi of New York-based Sound Lounge mixes the killer sounds of crashing cars and scraping metal for NASCAR and Nationwide Insurance. As the speeding vehicles race around the track, every bang and bump is documented by a popup that displays what will need to be replaced in order to fix the damage.
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News: Filmmaker's Loss Gains Attention
Food Addicts 1200 Mile Walk From Jacksonville to Boston Debuts at The Jacksonville Film Festival
In April 2004, Gary Marino walked through 12-states, 12 pairs of sneakers and an unprecedented 1200-miles, in an effort to educate and inspire millions of Americans, who like him, struggled with obesity.
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News: Weekend Box Office Winner "Iron Man" Keep Color Consistent with 3cP
Gamma & Density, developer of the 3cP on-set color correction system for cinematographers, announced that this weekend's box office winner "Iron Man" used the 3cP system to keep color consistent across production and post-production.
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News: cmiVFX Launches New Cinema 4D Cloth System Dynamics Training Video
Watch High Definition Training Videos For The Visual Effects Industry Instantly From Anywhere In The World.
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News: Boomer Labs Release MAX2AE Version 3.0
Building on the tremendous popularity of their essential production tool that provides a seamless bridge between Autodesk Media and Entertainment’s 3ds max to Adobe’s After Effects, Boomer Labs has expanded MAX2AE to further improve the workflow between these two popular applications.
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News: Harris Corporation Wins Fifth Saudi Television Contract for Integrated HD Broadcast System
Harris ONE™ Approach Chosen for New Facilities in Holy Cities of Makhah and Medinah
Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract for products spanning its broad high-definition portfolio to build out new Saudi Television facilities in the holy cities of Makhah and Medinah.
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News: DAZ 3D’s Hexagon 2.5 Delivers Enhanced Toolset for Detailed 3D Content Creation
Powerful 3D Modeling Software Offers New Features for Artist-Friendly Customization
DAZ 3D, a leading developer of professional quality 3D models and software, today announced the immediate availability of DAZ Hexagon 2.5, the newest version of its popular 3D polygonal and subdivision modeling software.
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News: BOND Edit Cuts Two New Music Videos
Company's Young Talent Take Creative Reins For Clips From Pop Punk Band We The Kings' ''Check Yes Juliet,'' and R&B Singer Joe's ''We're Family''
BOND, the full-service creative editorial/post production house has completed editorial work on two new music videos -- pop punk band We The Kings' new single ''Check Yes Juliet,'' and R&B singer Joe's ''We're Family,'' which is featured in the feature film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins , starring Martin Lawrence.
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News: Class On Demand Garners Another 2 Telly Awards For Outstanding Training
Nod of excellence for the Class on Demand Adobe and Apple Training Products
Class on Demand, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, today announced they have won two 2008 Telly awards for their Class on Demand training titles; “Dreamweaver for Designers” and “Basic Training for Mac OS X Leopard”.
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News: Aviom Hits A High Note For “American Idol”
A-16II Personal Mixer Helps Create a Communications Network for Hit TV Show
When ATK Audiotek of Valencia, CA, was called upon to design an audio network for “American Idol,” it relied on Aviom and the company’s A-16II Personal Mixer to help with its communication needs.
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News: Moving Pixels & Nick Piper Draft for Coors Light and Nascar
Santa Monica-based design and VFX boutique Moving Pixels was brought in early to anchor a collaborative effort between Director Nick Piper of Backyard and Draftfcb for this geared up spot from Coors Light, the official sponsor of NASCAR.
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News: Headlight Gets Animated for Chellomedia
New York-based Design + VFX company, Headlight was approached by Chellomedia, a world class innovative media company primarily based out of Amsterdam, to create animations based on their newly re-designed logo for the company's seven divisions, website overhaul, and collateral materials.
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News: Adobe and Industry Leaders Establish Open Screen Project
Technology and Content Innovators to Drive Consistent Rich Internet Experiences Across Multiple Screens
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the Open Screen Project, supported by a group of industry leaders, including ARM, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Intel, LG Electronics Inc., Marvell, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Verizon Wireless.
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News: Iconix HD-RH1F Enables The3DFirm to Create Stereo 3D Film for Reebok
3D Specialists Employ HD POV Camera to Capture Stereoscopic 3D Footage of Boxer Amir Khan
Iconix Video, a leading developer of advanced high definition camera systems, digital cinema and end-to-end stereoscopic 3D workflow solutions, today announced the use of the HD-RH1F camera system to capture stereoscopic footage of boxer Amir Khan for a 3D film unveiled by Reebok at the February 4 launch of the company's multi-year endorsement deal with the popular UK athlete.
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News: TriCaster BROADCAST™ Serial Digital Portable Production System is Now Shipping
Provides digital broadcast tools including virtual sets for live production anywhere
NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announces it has begun shipping TriCaster BROADCAST™, its latest portable live production and virtual set system that offers producers the most extensive list of benefits and flexibility to date.
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News: Broadcast Pix’s Slate 5000 2 M/E Live Integrated Production System Wins Broadcast Engineering’s Pick Hit Award
Broadcast Pix™, the company that redefined the production switcher as a live integrated production system, has received Broadcast Engineering’s Pick Hit Award for its new Slate 5000 HD/SD Switcher, which was introduced for the first time at the annual National Association of Broadcasters Show, held April 14-17, 2008.
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News: Harris Corporation Wins New Product Technology Awards for Innovative Broadcast Solutions
Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, was honored with two prestigious industry awards at the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters convention held April 14-17 in Las Vegas.
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News: Sans Digital Introduces 5-Bay Hard Drive Organizer – HDDRACK
Sans Digital, a leading provider of high performance storage subsystems, is introducing a series of innovative storage gadgets to the storage market, which includes the newly designed 5-bay storage device that is unlike any of the previous Sans Digital’s products – Hard Drive Rack HDDRACK5.
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News: MOGO Media Announces New Web Publishing Workshop Series with Adobe
Five-City Tour Teaches Website Building with Dreamweaver and CSS For Only $49
MOGO Media, the premier conference and training provider for creative professionals working with Adobe® software, today announced a new one-day Web Publishing workshop series being presented in conjunction with Adobe. The five- city tour which starts on May 29 in Los Angeles, will teach attendees how to build compelling websites using Adobe® Dreamweaver® and CSS.
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News: Convergent Design’s Flash XDR Wins Two Awards at NAB
Convergent Design’s Flash XDR, their portable solid-state HD Recorder / Player, received two highly-coveted awards at NAB 2008: Videography’s Vidy award and Broadcast Engineering’s Pick Hit award.
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News: GridIron Flow Receives 2008 NAB Vidy Award
Workflow Management Tool Receives Best of Show Acknowledgement
GridIron® Software today announced that its newest product GridIron Flow was awarded ‘Best of Show’ by Videography editors at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, which took place April 14-17.
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News: Sound Lounge Music & Sound Design Goes Mechanical for Mitsubishi
Marshall Grupp of Sound Lounge Music & Sound Design developed the fantastic robotic noises and factory sounds that accompany SLMSD Harry Frost's moody composition which mirrors movements and builds anticipation.
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News: Maday Productions Streamlines HD Workflow With Sonnet Fusion™ D800RAID SATA Storage System
Robust yet Cost-Effective Storage Solution Provides Fast, Reliable Access to HD Content
Maday Productions, a Chicago-based video production and design firm, has streamlined its HD post-production workflow with the Sonnet Fusion™ D800RAID eight-drive desktop SATA storage system.
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News: DriveSavers Recovers 2 Years of Data for Mad Media
Two years and 8TB of irreplaceable live HD video footage retrieved by DriveSavers
DriveSavers, the worldwide leader in data recovery services, today announced that it successfully recovered two years and 8 terabytes of priceless HD video content for Mad Media, a San Diego based youth marketing agency.
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News: JVC Wins Security Industry Association New Product Award
JVC Professional Products Company announces winning the 2008 prestigious New Product Showcase Award at Security Industry Association's New Product Showcase competition on April 2, 2008 at ISC West in Las Vegas.
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News: Viz Engine Powers Graphics for Premier Soccer League
The Premier Soccer League , Africa’s largest soccer league, has chosen Vizrt solutions and Los Angeles-based graphic design firm Reality Check Studios to produce its graphics packages.
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News: Moreau Catholic High School Selects Broadcast Pix Slate HD Switcher to Produce Live News Program
Broadcast Pix today announced that Moreau Catholic High School of Hayward, California, has purchased a Broadcast Pix Slate 1000h system featuring full HD production capability for MCTV, its new film and television arts studio.
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News: Click 3X and ClickFire Media Enlist Reelize Reps
New York-based Click 3X and ClickFire Media recently signed the Reelize representation team to handle sales duties for the Midwest territory.
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News: Version2 Partners with VFX-Animation Company Special Branch
New York-based editorial and VFX/motion design shop Version2 announces its partnership with CG animation and VFX shop, Special Branch, forming Special Branch@V2 .
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News: Apple Updates iMac
Now with Faster Processors & Faster Graphics Option
Apple® today updated its all-in-one iMac® line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac.
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News: CafeFx Brings History To Life For HBO Films “John Adams”
Feature film visual effects facility CafeFX produced extensive visual effects for HBO Films’ epic seven-part miniseries “John Adams,” which premiered on Sunday, March 16, 2008.
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