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News: CGI house applies unique strategy, seamlessly integrates CGI and real environment
Mackevision applies unique strategy to combine real Las Vegas environment with CGI animated vehicle for Scirocco release materials
Mackevision, a premier 3-D visualization company with offices in Germany and Pontiac, Mich., was commissioned by Tribal DDB, of Hamburg, Germany, to produce the computer generated imagery materials for the launch of the Volkswagen Scirocco.
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News: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v.4.0.1 Announced
Introduces Final Cut Pro project import, RED camera compatibility, OMF export, and other enhancements
Today, Adobe Systems Incorporated introduced Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 version 4.0.1 software, a major update to the leading start-to-finish professional video production solution.
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News: Total Training Adds New Audio Software and Audio Technician Courses To Total Training Online
Courses for ProTools and Cubase 4 Available Now
Total Training™, Inc., the leader in innovative video-based creative software training, today announced that more than 40 new audio software, hardware, and technical skills training titles will be added to their award winning video training collection.
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News: HP, Autodesk and NVIDIA Join to Spur 3-D Adoption
HP, Autodesk and NVIDIA today announced they are collaborating to offer computer-aided design professionals the compute power they need to migrate from 2-D to 3-D design.
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News: WPTV News Channel 5 Installs Solid State Logic C100 HD Console
C100 Delivers the Digital Pathway Necessary for DTV Broadcasting in 2009
Solid State Logic, manufacturer of high quality digital consoles for the broadcast market, is pleased to announce the installation of a C100 HD console at WPTV News Channel 5.
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News: Holophone’s® H4 Supermini Aids Sakana Film Productions In Rolling Out Sushi Documentary
When Sakana Film Productions, an Austin, TX-based production company, organized a trip to Tokyo as part of its documentary on sushi, entitled, “FISH: Sushi as a Global Cuisine”,” the crew knew they would be taking along Holophone’s® H4 SuperMINI camera-mountable surround microphone to capture the full splendor of the Tsukiji, the world’s largest fish market.
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News: Mark II purchases first all uncompressed digital film capture solution in Central Asia
Another digital first for S.two
S.two, the Reno based manufacturer known for providing uncompressed digital film production solutions and the workflows to seamlessly integrate the move to post has announced another digital first.
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News: NVIDIA and NEC Collaborate to Deliver GPU Computing Solutions to HPC Market
NVIDIA has announced today that it has begun a close collaboration with NEC to integrate NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPUs into its systems for the high performance computing industry. NEC brings extensive experience as a major solution provider in the HPC market to the partnership which will see powerful, parallel GPU Computing solutions deployed into a range of industries.
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News: Broadcast Videohub from Blackmagic Design, Wins Producción Profesional Magazine’s ‘Post Production Product of the Year’
Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced that on 11 November 2008 the Broadcast Videohub was awarded the “Best Solution for Post Production” by “Produccion Profesional” magazine, in Madrid, Spain.
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News: Canada's Global TV Installs Front Porch DIVArchive™ Solution to Support Innovative Workflow
Front Porch Digital today announced that Global Television Network, one of Canada's leading broadcasters, will expand its implementation of the company's DIVArchive™ solution for content storage management as part of a fundamental reconfiguration of its production workflow from centralized to regional playout hubs.
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News: Blackmagic Design Collaborates with Adobe India to Showcase Video Solutions on Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium
Blackmagic Design today announced the upcoming HD Workflow Tour with Adobe India in four cities This free, one hour session will focus on film editors and cover exciting new high-quality hardware from Blackmagic Design and Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium, a complete solution for creative professionals who craft world-class video, audio, and interactive media—for delivery on-air, online, and on device.
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News: Canon U.S.A. Introduces The REALiS WUX10 And The REALIS SX80
The REALiS WUX10 Projector Provides Image Display That Exceeds 1080 HDTV Resolution
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, has again advanced the acclaimed REALiS Multimedia Projector line with the introduction of two new models that provide unprecedented performance and features along with cutting-edge technology.
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News: Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Softimage
Acquisition Complements Autodesk's 3D Animation Portfolio
Autodesk, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Softimage - a developer of 3D technology for the film, television and games markets - for approximately $35 million.
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News: House, True Blood, Bones, CSI, Californication and More Shaped With Autodesk Tools
Majority of This Season's Most Popular Shows Benefit from Visual Effects Technology
This year's fall television schedule features content created with the full range of Autodesk, Inc. entertainment solutions. From Mad Men and Sons of Anarchy; to NCIS, Entourage, Smallville, Pushing Daisies and Stargate: Atlantis; TV programs are advancing creativity through Autodesk Media & Entertainment technology.
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News: NewTek Enhances Customer Experience through Extended Technical Support Hours
Customers now have access to in-house experts for portable live production and 3D animation support seven days a week
NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced that it has extended its superior technical support hours. Customers using innovative NewTek solutions for portable live production and 3D animation and effects can now access highly-trained in-house experts every day for assistance.
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News: Cycore Systems today announced two brand new effect packages for Adobe After Effects
Cycore Systems, the creators of Final Effects and Cult Effects, today announced two brand new effect packages for Adobe After Effects, the "CFX Path Tools and "CFX Sphere Utilities". All effects support float and are available for After Effects CS4, CS3 and 7.0 on Mac and Windows.
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News: Digieffects Ships Simulate: Camera
The second plugin package in the Simulate series mimics camera and projection artifacts
Digieffects, a developer of popular visual effects software plugins today announced that it has shipped Simulate: Camera, a plugin package offering a specialized collection of effects for mimicking camera and projection artifacts. All Digieffects plugins support Adobe CS4.
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News: CHV releases Svengali Rays Lite (free) and Pro
Two plugin packages to create titles with realictic 3D volumetric light effects
CHV-electronics, software developer of plugins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion announced today the release of two new plugin packages.
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News: NVIDIA Tesla Makes Personal Supercomputing a Reality
Tesla GPUs Enable Cluster Class Performance On The Desktop at 1/10th The Power
Today, scientific research is carried out on supercomputing clusters, a shared resource that consumes hundreds of kilowatts of power and costs millions of dollars to build and maintain. As a result, researchers must fight for time on these resources, slowing their work and delaying results. NVIDIA and its worldwide partners today announced the availability of the GPU-based Tesla™ Personal Supercomputer, which delivers the equivalent computing power of a cluster, at 1/100th of the price and in a form factor of a standard desktop workstation.
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News: coolux International Strengthens Team With Key Operations Appointments
coolux International today announced two key appointments that strengthen the company's ability to provide a high standard of support and service to clients throughout the Americas.
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News: eyeon Software Brings Philpott Communications on Board
Expanding PR with Major Product Releases Approaching
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News: ATTO Technology Receives Brocade Data Center Ready Status for Storage Networking Compatibility
ATTO Celerity 8-Gb Fibre Channel Host Adapters Demonstrate Compatibility in Heterogeneous Brocade-Based Storage Area Network Environments
ATTO Technology Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, today announced that its Celerity FC-84EN, FC-82EN, and FC-81EN Fibre Channel Host Adapters have been verified by Brocade Communications Systems Inc. as compatible with Brocade-based Storage Area Networking infrastructure, according to the testing requirements of the Brocade Data Center Ready Program.
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News: NewTek LightWave 3D Wins MacUser Award
NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced that MacUser readers have awarded LightWave 3D® the 2008 MacUser Award for Best 3D Product.
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News: Multimedia Hard Disk Meets Ease-of-Use in the LaCinema Rugged
LaCie announced today the LaCinema Rugged, the latest generation in multimedia products to provide high quality movie viewing with the compact and acclaimed reliability of LaCie’s trusted mobile enclosure. Bus-powered and durable, the LaCinema Rugged allows users to enjoy their collections on the go or at home.
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News: Mekanism and Ribbit Announce Alliance at Adobe MAX Conference
San Francisco-based Mekanism and Ribbit announced a strategic marketing and development partnership between the two companies at Adobe MAX in San Francisco Monday, November 17th.
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News: rhinofx Signs New Midwest Rep Team
Rhinofx has recently recruited Nikki Weiss & Co. to provide representation across the Midwest. Nikki is a well-known industry veteran with over 15 years experience as a producer, manager, and rep.
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News: HUSH Hires Exec Producer Casey Steele
New York-based content-creation studio HUSH is pleased to welcome veteran Executive Producer Casey Steele to their ever-expanding team.
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News: SUSPECT Hires Visual Effects Director Keith McCabe
New York-based conceptual design, animation and VFX studio SUSPECT is pleased to announce the recent hiring of Keith McCabe as their new visual effects director.
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News: Adobe MAX 2008 Showcases Future of Digital Experiences
Conference to Highlight Innovations in Cloud + Client Computing, Devices and Desktops, and Social Computing
At its annual MAX conference today Adobe Systems Incorporated will unveil innovations that are shaping the future of 21st Century digital experiences and driving how people and businesses engage with information and ideas across multiple mediums and screens.
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News: Adobe Advances Flash Platform at MAX 2008
New Adobe Flash Technologies Speed Development of Applications, Content and Video
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced today at Adobe MAX 2008 further advancements to the Adobe Flash® Platform, a complete system of integrated tools, frameworks, clients and servers to develop Web applications, content and video that run consistently across operating systems and devices.
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News: Adobe Unveils Flash Media Server 3.5 Software
New Versions Advance Adobe Leadership in Delivery of Rich, Interactive Media
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe® Flash® Media Interactive Server 3.5 software and Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3.5 software, two key components of the Adobe Flash Platform, the de facto standard for delivering breakthrough interactive content, applications, and video on the Web.
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News: Adobe and ARM Accelerate Flash and AIR for ARM Platforms
Support for Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR to Bring Rich Internet Applications to ARM Powered Devices
Adobe Systems Incorporated and ARM [; ] today announced a technology collaboration to optimize and enable Adobe® Flash® Player 10 and Adobe AIR™ for ARM Powered® devices, ranging from mobile phones to set-top boxes, mobile Internet devices, televisions, automotive platforms, personal media players and other mobile computing devices.
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News: Adobe Expands Collaboration with SAP to Maximize Business Agility for Customers
SAP to Enhance Business Applications with the Adobe Flash Platform
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced an extended collaboration with SAP AG to help enterprises around the globe build richer business applications. In its latest enhancement to the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform, SAP plans to enable developers to use Adobe® Flash® and Adobe® Flex® components with the Web Dynpro environment to add data visualization within SAP® applications, helping customers to maximize business agility.
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News: ZDF Commits to Panasonic AVC-Intra for HD Production
Panasonic PBITS Professional & Broadcast Systems has announced that Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , Germany's national public television broadcaster, has committed to AVC-Intra for future HD installations across the entire company.
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News: ATTO Technology Ships Industry’s First 6-Gb SAS/SATA Host Adapter
Highest Performing SAS/SATA Host Adapter in the Market
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, announces shipment of the ExpressSAS H608 and ExpressSAS H680, the industry’s only 6-Gigabit SAS/SATA host adapters, to select OEMs and partners.
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News: London's Ascent 142 'Bonds' With da Vinci for New DI Operation
da Vinci Systems, a subsidiary of JDS Uniphase Corporation , today announced that London-based Ascent 142 has deployed two Resolve® R-350 digital mastering suites for color grading and DI film finishing projects, including the latest James Bond movie, "Quantum of Solace" due for release in U.S. theaters on Nov. 14th.
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News: Eye Scream Factory Launches DVD Clips
Royalty-free, Animated DVD Menu Backgrounds for $9.99 per Clip
Eye Scream Factory, the Boston-based creative team providing automation design templates and royalty-free content for media hobbyists and professionals, today announced the availability of Eye Scream Factory DVD Clips, royalty-free animated backgrounds designed specifically for DVD menus.
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News: Adobe and RED collaborate to create next-generations raw workflows
Native support of RED R3D files in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Encore CS4 and After Effects CS4 – beta now available
Adobe Systems Incorporated and RED Digital Cinema Camera Company are partnering together to bring a truly native, color-rich, 4K tapeless workflow to desktop tools, allowing filmmakers to harness the full potential of high-resolution raw digital cinematography.
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News: Media100 Announces Version 13 is Now Shipping
Integration with Apple Final Cut Studio via XML Interchange, Expanded Audio Output Options
Media 100, a leading provider of advanced editing systems for the corporate, broadcast, postproduction, and new media industries, today announced that Media 100 Version 13, introduced at IBC 2008, is now shipping. The video editing system of choice for many generations of editors worldwide, Media 100 is the gold standard for ease-of-use, minimal learning curve, and consistent professional results.
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News: BorisFX Announces New Boris Continuum Unit: Glitters
Includes famous Glint, Glare and Glitter filters from Boris Continuum Complete 5
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that a new Unit of the Boris Continuum family of visual effects plug-ins, Glitters, is now available.
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News: M-Audio Luna II Microphone Combines Classic Sound with New Features for Greater Recording Flexibility
M-Audio, a leading provider of creative tools for musicians and a part of Avid Technology, Inc. , today announced the Luna® II professional cardioid studio condenser microphone. The Luna II mic brings new features to the critically acclaimed Luna microphone, enabling users to capture a broader array of sound sources with greater detail and clarity.
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News: Medaille College Upgrades Studio And Production Facility To HD
FOR-A HVS-500HS Switcher and MV-1610HS Multi-Viewer Selected
FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, announces the installation of its HVS-500HS switcher and MV-1610HS 16-channel multi-viewer at Medaille College in Buffalo, NY.
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News: Brazil’s TV Globo Purchases Digital Vision’s Nucoda HD Color Grading System
South American Powerhouse Relies Upon Powerful Color Grading Tools and State-of-the-Art Workflow
Digital Vision, the premier supplier of picture enhancement systems for film and television post-production, announced today that TV Globo, headquartered in Brazil, has purchased a Nucoda HD color grading system with DVO Enhance image processing options.
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News: Escape Studios Appointed Official NY Reseller for eyeon Software
Escape Studios Continues to Add Value and Support for the Local NY Visual Effects Community; Hosts NY Leg of eyeon's Generation World Tour
Escape Studios, the number one source for developing a successful career in the CG industry, and Toronto-based eyeon Software Inc., a leading provider of dynamic desktop compositing and workflow management solutions, today announced that Escape has been selected as the official eyeon reseller in New York.
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News: Douglas County Television, DCTV23 Selects Broadcast Pix Slate Switcher for Live Broadcast
Broadcast Pix™, the company that redefined the production switcher as a live integrated production system, announces the sale of its Slate™ system to the Douglas County Television, DCTV23 in Georgia. The switcher is being used to air the Board of Commissioners meetings twice a month as well as planning meetings once a month.
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News: Sony Unveils High-Definition Compact POV Camera And Recording System For Professional Video Applications
Separate Camera-Head and Camera Control Unit Enables More Flexibility in Diverse HD Shooting Environments
Sony is introducing a new full high-definition compact point-of-view camera and solid-state recorder combination, model HXR-MC1. Its unique design separates the camera head from the control unit/recorder, giving professional users more flexibility to capture shots in video applications where increased mobility is required beyond the use of traditional hand-held or shoulder-mount cameras, such as extreme sports, reality TV, documentaries, nature, wildlife and more.
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News: Abaltat Signs On Techrep Marketing And FullScaleAV; Professional Audio Manufacturers Representatives For Us Market
Experienced sales and marketing team to drive Abaltat sales
Abaltat ™, a developer of innovative audio workflow solutions for postproduction and broadcast markets, announced today that the Ohio-based Techrep Marketing and their distribution division, FullScaleAV, have entered into a distribution agreement to market and sell Abaltat Muse, Abaltat Express and Abaltat music creation products throughout the United States.
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News: Toolfarm Announces Giant Red Giant Sale
50% Discount for a Limited Time
Toolfarm, Inc., the leading source for professional visual effects and motion graphics plug-ins, today announced a colossal Red Giant Software sale from November 17th to November 21st, 2008.
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News: Adobe CS4 Information Decrypted At Toolfarm.Com
Complete Compatibility and Upgrade Information Available
Toolfarm, Inc., the leading source of motion graphics plug-ins, announced the availability of a vast repository of information related to Adobe Creative Suite 4 .
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News: WBEZ Public Radio Upgrades Music Performance Studio With Solid State Logic AWS 900+
Installation Represents First Radio Application for the AWS
WBEZ, the Public Radio station nationally known for producing the hit shows “This American Life” and “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” recently replaced an aging digital console in their music performance studio with a Solid State Logic AWS 900+ Analogue Workstation System.
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