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News: CHV-electronics releases QC Integration FX V1.6
The best and easiest to use Quartz Composer related plugin platform that includes 85 plugins
CHV-electronics, software developer of plugins for Motion, Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express announced today the release of a major update of the plugin package QC Integration FX, based on Apple's technologies FxPlug and Quartz Composer.
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News: Panasonic Runs Global Eco Relay Campaign
342 Panasonic Offices and Factories Worldwide Step Up Environmental Activities From 4–16 October
Panasonic Corporation is conducting a group-wide ecology campaign called "Panasonic Eco Relay" from 4-16 October 2008, during which the company's employees around the world are carrying out various environmental activities.
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News: Southpaw Ships Digital Production Workflow Solution, TACTIC 2.0
Only Single Software System for Streamlining Project and Asset Management
Southpaw Technology Inc., makers of TACTIC™, a leading digital asset management system, today announced the immediate availability of TACTIC 2.0, the next generation of its easy to use, fully customizable workflow infrastructure.
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News: D&M Holdings Forms New Sales and Marketing Group for Professional Products in the Americas
New Group Strengthens D&M Holdings' Commitment to Professional Audio Market
D&M Holdings Inc. today announced it has formed a new operational group to oversee sales and marketing of its professional products in the Americas.
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News: Digidesign Previews Pro Tools 8 at AES Convention
Digidesign, a part of Avid Technology, Inc. , today offered a preview of Pro Tools® 8 , the next evolution of the widely-used music creation and audio production software.
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News: Sound Devices Debuts Firmware Update For The 788t Digital Recorder At AES 2008
Sound Devices announces the latest firmware update for its best-selling 788T Digital Recorder at this year’s AES show .
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News: Panasonic's AG-HMC151E Wins STAR Award at IBC2008
Panasonic PBITS Professional & Broadcast Systems won a 2008 STAR Award from the editorial staff of TV Technology Europe magazine for the recently launched AG-HMC151E AVCCAM camcorder.
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News: "Fireproof", Theatrical Action Feature, Shot With Panasonic AJ-HDC27H Varicam
Firefighting, Soul-Searching Drama Opens Fourth in Nationwide Box Office
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News: DAZ 3D and GoFigure Launch 'aniMate' Drag-and-Drop Animation Plug-in for DAZ Studio
Easy-to-use Plug-in Further Refines DAZ Studio as One-stop 3D Art and Animation Solution
Playing with blocks isn't just for kids anymore. The aniMate plug-in for DAZ Studio allows artists to animate 3D characters through drag-and-drop animation modules called aniBlocks, which seamlessly blend into any DAZ Studio project.
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News: 3D Entertainment Summit Announces Second Keynote Speaker and New Event Sponsors
3ality Digital, Avid Technology REALD, Variety And Los Angeles Times Announced as Summit Sponsors
Unicomm LLC, and Bob Dowling, Former Editor in Chief and Publisher of The Hollywood Reporter, announced today David Hill, A.M., Chairman and CEO, Fox Sports Television Group will deliver the second keynote address for the 3D Entertainment SummitTM, on December 2, 2008, at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
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News: Joyrider Director Andras Ketzer Has Keane 'Spiralling' into a Post-Modern Videodrome
Sometimes, a view to the future is aided by a look into the past. "Spiralling," the latest video for Keane, evokes the forward-thinking, high-tech attitude of 80s media, while positioning the band - and the viewer - as a present-day voyeur of sorts.
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News: Escape Studios Launches New Online Learning Tool
Maya Training with World-class Staff and Customizable Coursework
Students now have access to world-class training in Autodesk Maya at the click of a mouse, with the launch of Escape Studios' revolutionary computer graphics online learning tool.
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News: lynda.com Launches CS4 University: The Complete Source for Adobe Training
Award-winning provider of software training videos lynda.com is celebrating the largest launch in its history of online training for the just-released Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 product family.
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News: Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards graphics created by Steam Productions Using Blackmagic Design Products
Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced that Steam Productions selected Blackmagic Design products to create the stunning graphics for the 2008 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards.
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News: Avid Delivers Support for XDCAM HD 50 Mb/s Format
Customers benefit from higher quality HD picture and workflow enhancements in latest update to editing software
Avid Technology, Inc. today announced qualification of the Sony XDCAM HD MPEG 2 Long GoP 50 Mb/s format in its Media Composer®, NewsCutter® and Symphony™ product lines.
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News: Anton/Bauer Unveils QR-EX3 Gold Mount® For Sony PMW-EX3 Camera At IBC 2008
New System Combines Power and Flexibility with Reliability
Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of professional camera batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems, introduced its new QR-EX3 Gold Mount® for the Sony PMW-EX3 video camera at this year’s IBC 2008.
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News: Food for Folk, The Folk Alliance Holds Food Drives at Conferences
Stacey Earle, the younger sister of country renegade Steve Earle and a gifted singer/songwriter in her own right has coordinated a food drive through The Folk Alliance.
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News: Gold for Trace and Nicktoons!
Trace Pictures, Nicktoons and See Spots win Gold at Creativity 38. The super fun concept behind this campaign was that Nicktoons cartoons are so powerful that they are capable of impacting the real world in unpredictable and wild ways.
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News: Paul Isaacs Joins Sound Devices As Principle Applications Engineer
Sound Devices is pleased to welcome Paul Isaacs as Principle Applications Engineer. In his new position, Paul will work closely with Sound Devices' engineering department on advanced product development.
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News: Matsushita Electric Becomes Panasonic Corporation
Effective today, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. has become Panasonic Corporation, and its ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange has been changed from MC to PC.
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News: Lifelong Friendship Society Gets Square With MaxMara
New York-based motion graphics, design and directing collective, Lifelong Friendship Society explore the mysteries of the Cube in a daring new spot for high-end Italian fashion house MaxMara in collaboration with Creative Director Giovanni Bianco and Studio 65.
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News: DV Expo Returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center, November 4 - 6
Intensified Focus on Training, Technology, Creativity and Community for the Video Professional
DV Expo today announced that its 12th annual conference and exhibition will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center, from November 4- 6, 2008, with a full conference schedule and thriving exhibit floor.
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News: Tim Damon Makes a Startling Discovery in Dubai on Land Rover Shoot
Director Tim Damon recently spent time in Dubai and Oman, UAE, shooting a Land Rover print campaign via agency Cogent/UK.
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News: "Juno" Composer Mateo Messina Partners With Bang For Worldwide Spot Work
Los Angeles-based composer Mateo Messina, best known for the acclaimed underscore to Oscar- Nominated director Jason Reitman's hit film, Juno has linked his talents and studio with New York-based Bang Music for all commercial compositions.
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News: Documentary Film About Former 397-Pound Man's 1200-Mile Walk To Fight Obesity Wins International Health & Medical Media Award
The 34th annual International Health & Medical Media Awards have awarded “Million Calorie March”, Gary Marino’s documentary/docudrama based on his Florida to Boston walk for obesity awareness and his book “Big & Tall Chronicles,” a winner in the Nutrition and Diet category. The awards ceremony will be held in Philadelphia on November 14th.
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News: Cut+Run NY Evolves Into Cutting Room Films
New York-based full service editorial and post-production powerhouse Cutting Room Films, formerly known as Cut+Run NY, announces its recent evolution.
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News: LipSync Post is a winner on How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
LipSync is executive producer on new British film, completes full post-production
LipSync Post, the leading Soho post-production facility, has completed full post-production, including VFX, titles, DI and audio, on the biggest independent British film of the year, How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, starring Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst and Jeff Bridges.
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News: Avid Announces RED Support
Avid Technology, Inc. today announced that it has signed a R3D Software Developer’s Kit License agreement – as part of the company’s continued commitment to enhancing its RED camera workflows.
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News: Artbeats Library Now Includes Emmy Award-Winning Footage
B. Sean Fairburn Wins Emmy for Footage Featured in Dan Rather's "Combat Photographer"
The raw power of Iraqi war footage shot by cinematographer B. Sean Fairburn and featured in the Artbeats library has just been recognized with an Emmy® Award following its extensive use in Dan Rather's 2007 documentary "Combat Photographer."
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News: CafeFx Appoints Joni Jacobson Executive Producer And Head Of Business Development
Visual effects veteran will oversee CafeFX’s Los Angeles production offices
Award-winning visual effects facility CafeFX has named respected industry veteran Joni Jacobson Executive Producer and Head of Business Development.
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News: Utah Scientific Appoints Rich Hajdu as Senior Vice President
Utah Scientific, a leading manufacturer of routing switchers and related products for the broadcast industry, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Rich Hajdu as senior vice president.
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News: Saffron Case and Mikon Van Gastel Launch Offspring
Co-Founder/EP Saffron Case and Co-Founder/Director Mikon van Gastel of renowned NY-based production house A Very Small Office have opened design and animation company Offspring.
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News: Caringo Gets Open Source Interface for Enterprise Content Management and Archiving
Caringo Inc., the leading provider of content storage software, today announced the availability of an interface between CAStor™ and Alfresco, a leading open source alternative for Enterprise Content Management that eliminates the cost and complexity and of traditional ECM systems.
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News: Smoke & Mirrors New York Hires Producer Lauren Shawe
Smoke & Mirrors New York is pleased to announce the addition of producer Lauren Shawe to their ever-growing roster.
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News: CalDigit Brings the 2008 Olympics to Korea
CalDigit's FirewireVR played a role in bringing the 2008 Olympic games to viewers in Korea.
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News: Panasonic Awards Eight Digital Filmmaker Grants To IFP’S Emerging Filmmakers
Continuing its support of emerging filmmakers, Panasonic Broadcast and Abel Cine Tech along with the Independent Feature Project awarded eight Panasonic Digital Filmmaker Grants at the annual IFP Market Awards Luncheon in Manhattan on September 18, 2008.
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News: Heather Bryant Joins Counterpoint Systems
Counterpoint Systems, a developer of software solutions for rights management, royalty accounting and product licensing, has hired Heather Bryant as Senior Business Analyst.
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News: SoundHound & thePound Complete Post Production On History Channel's September 11th Documentary
Post house tapped to complete work on eyewitness film
With footage culled from several hundred origins and narrowed down to one-hundred final sources carefully pieced together in order, the documentary 102 Minutes That Changed America, which premiered Thursday, September 11, 2008 on The History Channel , captures the ‘real time’ experience of September 11, 2001, creating an authentic archive for future generations to come. Independent producer Nicole Rittenmeyer, in conjunction with production company Siskel/Jacobs, Chicago, IL, produced the film, with final post-production handled by award winning audio house SoundHound and their editorial arm, thePound.
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News: Aerialexposures.Com Teams HDX900 And P2 Gear For Highflying Video Capture
P2 Gear Provides the Versatility that Allows Leading Aerial Photographer Arnie Itzkowitz To Deliver Breathtaking Shots for Bravo, Discovery, MTV Et Al.
Arnie Itzkowitz, owner of New Jersey-based AerialExposures.com and a longtime user of Panasonic production equipment, has recently paired his tape-based AJ-HDX900 multi-format DVCPRO HD camcorder with the solid-state AG-HPG10 P2 Gear portable P2 recorder to shoot sweeping video footage for such clients as Bravo, MTV, the Discovery and Travel Channels and WPIX-TV.
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News: Nation’s Gutsiest High School Teams Captured By Panasonic AJ-HPX200 Camcorders For Toyota Football-Themed Documentary Shorts
The Line of Scrimmage Airs During NBC Sunday Night Football Halftime Show through January 3
This year, during NBC Sunday Night Football telecasts, Toyota is profiling some of the gutsiest high school football teams in America in a program that is being shot with Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 P2 HD camcorders.
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News: New coolux Media Systems Pandoras Box Widget Designer and Switcher Enable Custom Control and Connection Interfacing
coolux Media Systems today announced the release of the latest Pandoras Box Widgets, the Widget Designer and Switcher.
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News: coolux Media Systems Pandoras Box Media Server 4.1 Sets New Standards for Real-Time Video Playback
New Release of Acclaimed Media Control System Enhances Power, Accuracy, and Quality of Video Playback in Complex Multimedia Productions
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News: Total Training Unveils Adobe Creative Suite 4 Training
Video Courses Will Demonstrate the Software Essentials
Total Training™, Inc., the leader in innovative video-based training, today unveiled ten new video training courses for Adobe Creative Suite® 4.
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News: RiDATA Celebrates National Pet Peeve Week
Now Available at Amazon.com, the Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Large 32GB/233x Lightning CompactFlash Card Cures Lack of Size and Speed Annoyances
Advanced Media, Inc., manufacturer and marketer of the popular Ridata brand of recordable DVD, flash media, electronic storage products, and digital accessories, is celebrating National Pet Peeve Week October 12 through 18.
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News: MotionKit.com Releases Halloween-Themed HD Stock Footage Collection
MotionKit.com announced today the release of a new Halloween-themed stock footage collection titled “Halloween Loops V1.”
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News: Doner and Sam Bayer Team with Zoic on Mazda 6 Campaign
For the re-launch of Mazda 6, advertising agency Doner assembled a powerhouse of talent including director Sam Bayer and visual effects production company Zoic Studios.
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News: Digital Anarchy Announces Compatibility with Adobe Photoshop CS4®
New Release of Adobe Photoshop is Fully Supported By All Digital Anarchy Products
Digital Anarchy, known for its high quality creative software in the Photoshop market, has released today announced their full compatibility with Adobe Photoshop CS4.
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News: motion504 Partners with Campbell Mithun on Gorgeous Ad Campaign for St. Ives
Broadcast design & animation studio motion504 recently completed a visually compelling campaign for Alberto Culver's St. Ives, created by ad agency Campbell Mithun and directed by Steve Downer of Pony Show.
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News: Avid Announces Rapid Adoption of New Editing Solutions
Customers cite speed, responsiveness and increased productivity as key benefits
Avid Technology, Inc. today announced that customers are rapidly adopting the company’s next-generation of HD editing systems, which started shipping in early June.
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News: Canon U.S.A. Introduces BU-50H High-Definition 16:9 Remote-Control Robotic Indoor Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera System
Turn-Key Three-CCD HD Camera Features Canon 20X Zoom Lens, Auto-Focus Function, Optical Image Stabilization, Genlock Input, HD-SDI and SD-SDI Video Output With Embedded Audio, Quiet Operation, and Non-Proprietary Control Protocol
Following on the success of its BU-45H remote-control outdoor robotic pan-tilt HD 16:9 camera system, the Broadcast and Communications division of Canon U.S.A., Inc. has now introduced the BU-50H for indoor POV applications.
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