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News: Blackmagic Design Releases Software Update for all Videohub Routers
New Videohub 4.0 software update has revolutionized the design of router control by using low cost all in one computers with touch screens as router control panels
Blackmagic Design Inc. today released a major software update for all Videohub routers. Videohub 4.0 adds support for a revolutionary “button view” control screen that is designed to be easy to use on touch screen computers. MORE.

News: Introducing New Features & Product Enhancements for FSI Monitors
New Standard Features for All FSI Monitors
Flanders Scientific is happy to announce the addition of several new product features and enhancements to our already value-packed line of Professional Broadcast Monitors. MORE.

News: Harris Corporation Announces Key Upgrades to Videotek® HD-STAR® Handheld Monitor/Generator
New Features Improve Functionality and Enhance Video and Audio Performance
Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, announces that important firmware upgrades are now available for its Videotek® HD-STAR® handheld HD/SD-SDI monitor and generator, a portable, battery-powered tool that provides convenient, yet powerful multiformat functionality for monitoring and generating video and embedded audio signals. MORE.

News: Fisher Communications speeds up local news delivery with expanded Bitcentral partnership
KBAK and KBCI of Fisher Communications join rapidly expanding network of Precis customers; KATU orders key upgrade to existing Precis installation
Bitcentral, Inc., a leading provider of news production, management and distribution solutions to the broadcast industry, today announced that Fisher Communications, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washington, has invested in significant technology improvements for three of its local broadcast properties with the purchase of Precis 4.0 news production and management systems. MORE.

News: Sony Announces New Vegas Pro 9 Academic Edition & Film Contest Winners
New Vegas® Pro 9 Academic Edition Now Available
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing software applications, announced the winners of its second national student film contest, Technology in Motion: Community of the Future, at an awards ceremony last night during the National Educational Computing Conference in Washington, DC which is being held through July 1, 2009 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. MORE.

News: The Mill, London Relies on Softel Swift vTX to Manage Subtitle Content With Efficient File-Based Workflow
The Mill, London has chosen Softel's Swift vTX subtitling system for a new file-based platform at its market-leading advertising post-production department. MORE.

News: StudioGPU Ships MachStudio Pro—Supercharges 3D Workflow with Real-Time Finishing and Compositing
Renders Scenes Up to 900 Times Faster than Traditional Solutions – Reducing Times from Hours to Seconds
StudioGPU announced today the immediate availability of MachStudio Pro™, a professional 3D workflow and rendering package created by artists for artists. MachStudio Pro offers a seamless way to create and interact with cinematic quality 3D objects and environments in a non-linear workspace by leveraging the horsepower of off-the-shelf professional graphics processing units to deliver real-time and near real-time workflow performance on a desktop workstation. MORE.

News: Obama for America Campaign Wins Top Prizes in Cannes
The advertising and marketing campaign that helped propel Barack Obama into the White House has been honored with the two top prizes -- the Titanium Grand Prix and the Integrated Grand Prix -- from the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. MORE.

News: Company 3 Adds Creative Director Randie Swanberg & Senior Producer Angela Lupo to Spearhead VFX Dept
Award-winning postproduction house Company 3 has added Creative Director/Flame Artist Randie Swanberg and Senior Producer Angela Lupo to lead its newly-created visual effects department. Initially focusing on Swanberg's area of expertise - fashion and beauty projects - the department will evolve to service a diverse range of clients. MORE.

News: POP Sound Upgrades Mixing Studios to Digidesign ICON
POP Sound-seeking to capitalize on growing demand for multi-channel mixing for television spots-has completed major upgrades to two of its commercial mixing suites, with both now featuring latest generation Digidesign ICON mixing consoles and Pro Tools digital audio workstations. MORE.

News: Matrox MXO2 Mini Now Provides Inexpensive HDMI Monitoring for AVCHD Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and CineForm NeoScene
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Matrox MXO2™ Mini support for the popular CineForm NeoScene editing workflow that streamlines AVCHD editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 on the PC. MORE.

News: Elemental Announces Next Generation CUDA GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding Plug-In For Creative Professionals
Elemental™ Accelerator Breaks the Video Processing Bottleneck Using NVIDIA® Quadro® GPUs; More Video Editors Than Ever Can Use the Product Thanks to Expanded NVIDIA Quadro Lineup, Mac Version
Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced the availability of Elemental Accelerator 2.0, the next generation of its groundbreaking CUDA GPU-accelerated video processing tool for creative professionals. MORE.

News: Neutrik USA Takes To The Small Screen With Poinciana High School’s TV Production Class
Neutrik USA is helping Poinciana High School give its students real-world experience in connectivity, a vital component for setting up and wiring equipment for broadcast. MORE.

News: AlwaysHD Teams Up with Stock Footage Search Engine Footage.net
AlwaysHD, the online marketplace for high definition stock footage, this month became an official supplier for Footage.net, the premier stock, archival, and news footage search engine. Through the partnership, select footage from AlwaysHD’s contributing cinematographers and computer graphics artists now are available for purchase alongside clips from Footage.net’s 30 other stock footage suppliers, which include ABC News, BBC Motion, and Getty Images. MORE.

News: Damon Trotta Joins Northern Lights Audio Team
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Northern Lights is pleased to welcome Mixer/Sound Designer/Composer Damon Trotta to their audio team. A veteran in his field, Trotta brings a wealth of knowledge, distinctive style, and creative finesse to his new home. His extensive roster of clients includes USA Network, Animal Planet, HBO, AMC, and the NBA. MORE.

News: Mann/Spinotti Choose Sony and Zeiss for "Public Enemies"
Public Enemies
When director Michael Mann and cinematographer Dante Spinotti ASC came together for their fifth pairing to shoot "Public Enemies", they decided to capture this period production with modern HD technology. MORE.

News: Toon Boom Releases Studio 5
Les Triplettes de Belleville, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Rugrats, SpongeBob The Movie, Hanuman, Curious George, Go West: A New Lucky Luke Adventure, Simpsons The Movie
Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the release of Toon Boom Studio 5, completely rebranded and now positioned as the multi-technique animation software for learning and creating animation. MORE.

News: Vinten Supports Beatles Reunion At E3 Video Game Convention In LA
When Susan Campbell shot the Beatles reunion at the E3 Gaming Convention, introducing “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game, a Vinten head supported her camera. “Having a Vinten head made operating on this 90-minute live broadcast for the G4 network all that much better,” says the veteran camera operator. MORE.

News: Matrox Graphics Unveils Triple and Quad Monitor DisplayPort M-Series Graphics Cards
Matrox Graphics, the leading manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, today announced the availability of the Matrox M9138 and Matrox M9148 DisplayPort graphics cards. Expanding the M-Series product line, these new triple- and quad-monitor cards offer a remarkable 1 GB of memory, and with support for independent or stretched mode at resolutions up to 2560x1600 per output, users can drive business, industrial, and government applications on an exceptional multi-monitor platform. MORE.

News: Blackmagic Design makes videoscopes accessible to everybody
Video editors have long been waiting for an inexpensive, full-featured option for monitoring the technical parameters of the digital video and audio they are creating. MORE.

News: RK Media Group Builds New Los Angeles Based Facility Around the VECTORBOX Playout Solutions
Tapeless TV Korea channel launched in US; live and continuity playout powered by Vector broadcast servers
Vector3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced that TV Korea has built a brand new studio in Los Angeles, CA with the VECTORBOX integrated playout solutions at the heart of the operation. MORE.

News: The LA Film School's Cintiq Lab Facilitates Creative Expression and Equips Computer Animation Students with "Real World" Skills
When visitors walk into the brand new Wacom® Cintiq® lab at the Los Angeles Film School, they might think they have stumbled onto H.G. Wells' time machine. In the middle of the room is a stairway to an elevated platform that is illuminated by spotlights. MORE.

News: Future Media Concepts Celebrates Opening of One of New England's Largest Authorized Digital Media Training Facilities
Newly expanded Boston location boasts 3,000 plus square feet of cutting edge postproduction technology; full curriculum for Adobe, Apple Avid, and Autodesk
Future Media Concepts , the premier authorized digital media training organization for postproduction, broadcast professionals and content creators, is pleased to announce the expansion of their Boston office. MORE.

News: Imagineer Systems Expands mocha Family of Planar Tracking Solutions for the Desktop with Series of New Releases
mocha shape for Final Cut Imports Roto Shape Data from Imagineer Systems Solutions; mocha for Final Cut v2, mocha v1.5 and motor v1.5 Provide Seamless Roto and Shape Export to mocha for Final Cut, mocha for After Effects
Imagineer Systems today announced the culmination of an aggressive product development cycle with the release of a powerful new VFX plug-in for Final Cut Pro users - mocha shape for Final Cut. Designed to import rotoscoping shape data exported from mocha into Final Cut, mocha shape for Final Cut enables Final Cut Pro users to easily import multi-layer shape data with variable, per point edge feathering. MORE.

News: iStockphoto Debuts Best of Breed Search Technology and the Vetta Image Collection
Highly Relevant Results Cut Search Times By Up to 50 Percent
A recent survey of more than 28,000 iStockphoto customers found that search and quality of collection are two of the top reasons for choosing iStock. Enter Best Match 2.0 and the Vetta™ Collection. The Best Match algorithm provides more relevant results and saves people time when searching. Seventy-eight percent of customers found it reduced search times — 20 percent of those said search times were reduced by more than 50 percent. MORE.

News: Dagens Media Goes Live on Escenic 5.0
Oslo, Norway, June 24, 2009: First Scandinavian customer to go live on 5.0
Escenic is pleased to announce that the first Scandinavian customer, Dagens Media has gone live on Escenic Content Studio 5.0. Dagens Media is one of the leading magazines in the Talentum Group, a leading media company in Finland and Sweden. The Talentum Group produces magazines, books, training and online content for professionals in different specialist fields. MORE.

News: Swedish Football League Relies on Broadcast Pix for Remote Control of New HD Studios
Innovative Solution Will Produce Daily Press Conferences from Stadiums Across the Country
Onside TV Production, the production arm of the Allsvenskan Swedish Football League, will soon rely on Broadcast Pix™ Slate™ integrated production systems to produce daily HD news conferences for each of its 16 teams. MORE.

News: New Wohler Online Web Site Offers End-of-Life and Refurbished Wohler Products at Bargain Prices
Wohler Site Is Convenient, Cost-Effective Source for Additional or Replacement Audio and Video Systems With Full Warranties
Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of Wohler Online, a new Web site that makes end-of-life and refurbished products available at significantly reduced prices. Wohler Online is designed to provide dealers, integrators, and customers with a convenient and cost-effective means of replacing damaged equipment or expanding existing installations with more units of the same model. MORE.

News: Class on Demand Collects 2 Tellys and a Communicator Award for Video-Based Training
Adobe and Avid Training Products garner coveted assortment of accolades
Class on Demand, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, today announced they have won two 2009 Telly awards for their Class on Demand training titles: "Complete Training for Avid® Media Composer®" and "Basic Training for Adobe® CS4 Production Premium;" and one 2009 Communicator Award for their title: "Designer's Guide to Illustrator®." MORE.

News: Post Logic Studios Restores Scientific Films for National Archive
16mm Time-Lapse Color Microcinematography Films are One-of-a-Kind Shorts Exploring Developmental Biology Phenomena
Leading post-production facility Post Logic Studios, a division of Prime Focus Group, is completing restoration of over 80 scientific microcinematography short films developed by world-renowned academics and funded by the National Science Foundation . MORE.

News: AJA Video Sends a Clear Signal to Gray Television
130+ AJA FS1 HD Frame Syncs Boost Transmissions for 36-Station Broadcaster
AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced today that its multi-format FS1 frame synchronizers are in use at the 36 network member stations owned by broadcast company Gray Television. The FS1 is a universal HD and SD, audio and video frame synchronizer and converter supporting virtually any input or output format, all in a slim 1RU form factor. MORE.

News: CoreMelt releases ImageFlow FX V2 2.1 - Special Bundle Deal
CoreMelt has announced ImageFlow FX V2 2.1 alongside all new video tutorials and a special bundle deal with Singular Software's PluralEyes. MORE.

News: DX Studio 3.1 Released by Worldweaver
Software developers Worldweaver Ltd, based in Pinewood Studios , have just announced a new release of their 3D platform “DX Studio”. MORE.

News: New da Vinci Resolve® Software Is Ready for RED and Remote Operation
da Vinci Systems, LLC, today announced that its Resolve® v.6.2 software for R-series color grading systems for the first time enables Resolve to color grade native digital motion picture files — including debayered RED RAW files — and to grade between two remote systems. MORE.

News: Offhollywood Provides End-to-End 4K RED Workflow Packages for Features 'Rabbit Hole,' 'Fair Game,' and 'Twelve'
High-Profile Films Rely on Offhollywood's RED Expertise and Experience to Realize Smooth Digital Cinema Production and Post Workflows
Leading digital cinema company Offhollywood today announced that it is providing three high-profile films — "Rabbit Hole" with Nicole Kidman, "Fair Game" with Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, and "Twelve" with 50 Cent and Kiefer Sutherland — with production packages bundling 4K RED cameras, on-set DITs, RED workflow technical support with dailies, and digital intermediate post and finishing services. MORE.

News: Academy Award® Winner Chris Landreth to Speak at SIGGRAPH 2009
SIGGRAPH 2009 announces Academy Award® winner Chris Landreth as a special guest speaker during this year’s renowned Computer Animation Festival. Landreth will show his newest short film, The Spine, and share insights into the development, and psychologically-driven animation of the film’s characters during a special discussion held on Thursday, 6 August. MORE.

News: Loyalkaspar Creates Organically For MTV and A&E
Design/Production Studio Hits The ‘’Tattoo Highway’’ With A&E Network Image Spot; And Soaks Up The Sun For MTV’s Spring Break ‘09 Package
Two recent projects for A&E Network and MTV effectively highlight both the diverse creative skills and love of blending organic and digital art found at Loyalkaspar, the creative design/production company led by directors David Herbruck and Beat Baudenbacher, part of the transmedia branding and design group LORI PATE+. MORE.

News: ArtVPS enjoys great success with first software release
Pre-release debut of Shaderlight rendering plug-in for 3ds Max hits over 800 downloads in its first two weeks
Since entering the software market on 1 June 2009 ArtVPS has notched up over 800 downloads of Shaderlight 0.1, the pre-release version of its interactive Shaderlight rendering plug-in for 3ds Max, the leading 3D modelling tool from Autodesk. MORE.

News: Caringo Unveils CloudFolder Making the Promise of Private Cloud Storage Reality
Free download creates a desktop folder that is your window to the cloud
Caringo Inc., the leading provider of content storage software enabling clustered storage for active and archive content, today released CloudFolder, a free application for Windows that simplifies storing any files and folders to a CAStor™ cluster. MORE.

News: Boris Continuum Complete 6 AVX Now Available
15 New Filters, New 3D Objects, Exchange Keyframe Animation with Adobe After Effects
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that Boris Continuum Complete 6 AVX for Avid editing and finishing systems is now available. BCC 6 AVX is based on Avid’s AVX 2 plug-in architecture with support for Avid Media Composer, Avid NewsCutter and Avid Symphony. A special AVX 1 version of BCC 6 AVX for Avid DS will be released in the near future. MORE.

News: Autodesk Software Breathes Life into 'Little Krishna' Animated Series
First Indian Production Acquired by Nickelodeon
Autodesk, Inc. today announced that one of India's leading animation studios - BIG Animation, a Reliance ADAG Company - used Autodesk Maya software to animate the magical worlds of the new "Little Krishna" animated series. The company relied on the Autodesk Smoke and Autodesk Flame systems for finishing and final output of the 13-episode program. MORE.

News: Magnificent Seven - CINEMA 4D Rides Off With Seventh Macworld/MacUser Best 3D App Award
CINEMA 4D Remains UK's Most Awarded App On The Mac
It was a trophy bonanza for CINEMA 4D at the Macworld awards held in London on June 18, 2009. MAXON's flagship 3D software - regarded as the easiest to use all-purpose professional 3D tool - won 'Macworld Best Animation and 3D Product 2009.' MORE.

News: Filmworkers Launches "The Digigog" for Processing Digitally-Acquired Media
New Service Available through the Company's Chicago, Nashville and Dallas Facilities Offers Dailies Processing for RED Camera files; Non-Linear 2K Color Grading and Final Assembly
Filmworkers has launched a new digital media processing service dubbed The Digigog at its Chicago and Dallas locations aimed at facilitating the growing number of feature film, television and commercial productions that are choosing to capture and post their projects in data. MORE.

News: Sorenson Media Plans Further Expansion to Meet Growing Demand for Innovative Online Video Services
As Competitors Retrench or Disappear, Industry-leading and Profitable Internet Video Services Company Continues to Hire Sales, Marketing and Engineering Professionals
Sorenson Media today announced that it plans to expand its workforce to fuel its ongoing growth and fulfill burgeoning market demand for high-quality, cost-effective Internet video solutions, including the company’s recently unveiled Sorenson 360 Video Delivery Network . MORE.

News: New Flanders Scientific, Inc. Products and Video User Manual
Extend your HDMI signal up to 328ft over Coax with our New HDMI-EXT
FSI is excited to announce its new HDMI Extender series of signal distribution boxes. The HDMI-EXT allows you take any HDMI source and transmit it over coaxial cable. Best of all, the signal is entirely SDI compatible so it can be routed directly through your standard serial digital routing equipment. MORE.

News: DUCK Produces Latest Video For Country Superstar Keith Urban
Renowned music video director Chris Hicky teamed up with DUCK's animation director Richard Borge for his stylistic animation techniques for the latest video for country superstar Keith Urban. MORE.

News: Developers Release More Than 70 Companion Products for Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010
New Products Enhance Creative Capabilities and Workflows for Digital Entertainment Creation and Design Visualization
Autodesk Developer Network Sparks members have released more than 70 companion products for Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 modeling, animation and rendering software. MORE.

News: Terrence Dwyer Joins Post Logic Studios as Director of Audio/Supervising Re-recording Mixer
Leading post-production facility Post Logic Studios, a division of Prime Focus Group, announced today it has brought Terrence Dwyer on board to its Hollywood facility as Director of Audio/Supervising Re-recording Mixer. MORE.

News: Smoke & Mirrors NY Puts Dinosaurs On Ice
Smoke & Mirrors New York teamed with Carmichael Lynch Minneapolis this past winter to launch a beautifully quirky spot for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science that showcases the New York studio's ability to complete a project from production through post. MORE.

News: VICON teams up with 2K Sports for live motion capture hockey shoot
VICON's T160 motion capture system was deployed to capture pro hockey players in an outdoor shoot hosted by 2K Sports at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV. MORE.

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The Stereoscopic 3D issue is filled with expert insight and commentary, opinion, technique and from-the-trenches stories about many facets of acquiring, creating, marketing and distributing Stereoscopic 3D. Here's a brief look at some of the people and technologies powering the new generation of 3D storytelling -- which looks like it might be here to stay this time!

Brian Gardner explores the roots of 3D in human perception. Bernie Laramie of Stereoscope Studios and Jason Goodman of 21st Century 3D show the amazing 3D rigs they've built in order to capture their stories. John Daro shows us how he handles 3D DI at industry-leader FotoKem. Jim Mainard at DreamWorks Animation and Greg Foster, the president of IMAX Filmed Entertainment, talk about what 3D means to their companies. Ray Zone, the world expert in the history of 3D imaging, examines its past to see its future Chris Heuer describes bringing the classic "Nosferatu" into 3D.

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