News: Widget Post Names Karen White to Top Sales Post
Widget Post, the largest independently-owed audio post production company in Los Angeles, has hired Karen White as Vice President of Sales. White brings more than 20 years of experience in post production to her new role and most recently served as Vice President of Sales at Pacific Soundwaves, Burbank. MORE.

News: Imagineer Systems Challenges VFX, Editorial Community with Video Tutorial Development Contest
VFX Industry Influencers to Participate on Panel of Judges; Winner Takes Home $10,000 VFX Tool Kit
Imagineer Systems, creators of next-generation VFX tools, today announced it is extending a challenge to Imagineer Systems customers and the entire VFX, content creation and post production community, to create the next great series of video tutorials for Imagineer Systems VFX tools. MORE.

News: Synthetic Aperture Now Shipping Test Gear 2.0 For Adobe After Effects CS3
Waveform Monitor, Vectorscope, Histograms Enhanced and Fully Integrated into the CS3 User Interface
Today Synthetic Aperture announced that they have commenced shipping Test Gear™ 2.0, a new version of their video and audio monitoring software specifically designed for Adobe® After Effects® CS3. MORE.

News: Complete Set of 2-Bay to 8-Bay RAID Storage: TowerRAID Series
Sans Digital, a leading provider of high performance storage subsystems, is expanding its TowerRAID product line. The new TowerRAID series ranges from two to eight bays, in either eSATA / USB or both interfaces. MORE.

News: Iron Maiden World Tour Captured With Sonnet Fusion™ F2
Portable Fusion F2 Enables Band and Crew to Record, Edit, and Review Anywhere, Anytime
Legendary rock band Iron Maiden is using multiple Sonnet Fusion™ F2 RAID storage systems to record, store, play back, and edit HD concert footage, 35,000 photos, and 34-track live recordings of its groundbreaking "Somewhere Back in Time" tour. MORE.

News: Renowned London Colorist Matt Turner Makes The Move to U.S.
Joins Company 3 in Los Angeles
Award-winning colorist Matt Turner, one of the undisputed stars of London's post-production community, has re-located to the U.S. and joined Company 3 in Los Angeles. MORE.

News: Sorenson Media Offers Manufacturers Spark Development Kit for Cell Phone and Mobile Media Devices, Enabling High-Speed YouTube Video Playback
New Sorenson Spark Software Kit Provides High-Speed Adobe Flash Playback to Embedded Programmable Processor. The Widely Deployed Spark Decoder is the Codec Currently Used on YouTube
Sorenson Media, the worldwide leader for video compression solutions, today announced the immediate availability of the Sorenson Spark Software Developers Kit for embedded chipset companies and digital device manufacturers. MORE.

News: Ascent Media Merges UK Operations as Ascent 142
In a continuing effort to better service the evolving needs of the entertainment community in London, Ascent Media Group has merged several of its UK-based companies and rebranded them under the name Ascent 142. The new name is a nod to the company’s iconic Film House address, 142 Wardour Street. MORE.

News: Caringo Gets Accepted to Johns Hopkins University
CAStor storage cluster supports active and archive data for genetic research
Caringo Inc., a leading provider of content storage software that delivers clustered storage infrastructure for storing both active and archive content, today announced that its CAStor™ software was selected by the Center of Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University to provide an affordable and scalable archive storage cluster for its growing volume of genotyping data. MORE.

News: Damon Live Action, Inc., Gears Up with New EP Caroline Von Weyher and a Host of New Toys
With its expanded production capabilities and veteran Executive Producer Caroline Von Weyher on board, Damon Live Action, Inc. is ready for action - no matter what the shot may be. MORE.

News: Matrox RT.X2 Realtime HD Editing Platforms Now With Support for Windows Vista and Sony XDCAM EX
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox RT.X2 release 3.6 is now available. Highlights include support for Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Ultimate and realtime playback of Sony XDCAM EX .mp4 clips. MORE.

News: Cascade SIGGRAPH Presents “Bring Your Own Art”
An Open Space Celebration of the Portland Computer Graphics Community and Artists’ Works in Progress
Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Oregon and Southwest Washington’s local SIGGRAPH chapter, today announced “Bring Your Own Art” , scheduled to take place Thursday, July 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Art Institute of Portland, Ground Floor, located at 1122 NW Davis in downtown Portland, Ore. MORE.

News: Aviom Personal Mixers Are A Hit With Recording Artists From Coast To Coast
Rob Thomas, the Yellowjackets and Danny Brill are Recent Artists to Benefit from Aviom Gear at BiCoastal Studios
BiCoastal Studios has been on a roll lately, employing Aviom Personal Mixers for recent recording sessions with some of the music industry’s brightest stars, including the Yellowjackets Jazz Quartet, Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, and progressive rocker Danny Brill. MORE.

News: th1ng’s young guns exhibit at the Exposure Gallery
th1ng, the mixed media and production company, has teamed up with the Exposure Gallery in London to exhibit a collection of contemporary street art from a th1ng duo of Ewen Stenhouse and Josh Sutterby. The exhibit starts 3 July and remains open to public for the duration of one month. MORE.

News: Panasonic Becomes Official Eurosport HD Partner
High-Definition Sports Content and Panasonic HDTVs to Boost the Acceptance and Experience of Next-Generation Television
Panasonic Electronics and the Eurosport Group have announced a new Europe-wide partnership — with Panasonic as the Official Partner to Eurosport's cutting-edge high-definition television simulcast service, Eurosport HD. MORE.

News: Director/DP Matthew Mills Makes Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 HD Camcorders Linchpin Of Bustling TV Production Business
Projects Range from HBO Web Series to Inaugural YouTube Live! Show
Matthew Mills, an Emmy-nominated Producer/Director/Director of Photography, has made Panasonic’s solid-state AG-HVX200 P2 HD camcorder the exclusive acquisition tool for his New York-based production facility, TV by Mills, Inc., shooting for CBS Sports, HBO, MTV and more. MORE.

News: Digit is Classified as Exclusive Effects House on Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control
Audiences who crave more "Get Smart" inspired, spy spoof hilarity are rewarded this week with the DVD exclusive release of "Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control." MORE.

News: Red Giant Software Releases Magic Bullet Instant HD Advanced
Red Giant Software, publisher of Magic Bullet, Knoll Light Factory and Trapcode products, today introduced Magic Bullet Instant HD Advanced . This new plug-in for Adobe After Effects CS3 delivers the highest possible quality conversion for SD to HD and is well-suited to prepare analog source footage and DV video clips for inclusion in HD projects. MORE.

News: HD Survival Handbook
212 Page book covers everything a video professional needs to know to transition to HD
Intelligent Assistance has released The HD Survival Handbook for immediate digital download in pdf form. The book is designed to demystify the technologies and workflows associated with HD production and distribution. MORE.

News: Pond5 Makes a Big Splash in the Stock Footage World
Community-based stock footage marketplace emerges from beta with 50,000 clips, stunningly low prices, and a next-generation user interface.
Pond5.com announced today the launch of version 1.0 of its next-generation online footage marketplace, which includes several groundbreaking features and a site design that sets a new standard for speed and ease-of-use. MORE.

News: Telestream FlipFactory Drives Down Price of HD Encoding
Faster-than-real-time HD-to-HD encoding on a single server plus many more new features now available in FlipFactory 6.1
Telestream today announced availability of version 6.1 software release for its flagship FlipFactory® transcoding workflow automation product line. Significant codec optimization in FlipFactory now makes it possible for users to achieve high definition encoding speeds that were previously only attainable using multiple servers. MORE.

News: Sonnet's Award-Winning Fusion™ F2 Now Offered With 1TB of Storage and Even Faster Performance
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 1TB version of its multiple-award-winning Fusion™ F2 portable two-drive RAID SATA storage system. MORE.

News: NewTek Now Shipping LiveControl™ Switching Surface for TriCaster™ and VT[5]™
LiveControl mixes multiple sources for improved live production
NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced the immediate availability of LiveControl™ LC-11 optional switching surface for TriCaster™ portable live production studio and VT[5]™ Integrated Production Suite. MORE.

News: Focus Enhancements Announces Availability of Fifth Generation DTE Recorder
New FS-5 Direct To Edit Recorder introduces groundbreaking wireless metadata technology
Focus Enhancements Inc , a worldwide leader in media management and ultra wideband wireless technology, today announced the general availability of the FS-5 Direct To Edit™ recorder, the fifth generation in the company’s award-winning line of DTE recorders. MORE.

News: Shooting Stories of Life With Panasonic P2
Filmmaker Chooses Solid State for Image Quality and Workflow Advantage
Panasonic announced that Italian filmmaker Elisa Bolognini has chosen Panasonic P2 for the production of a 20-part social documentary series, "Racconti di Vita," to be screened by RAI 2 television in November 2008. MORE.

News: Artbeats Soars over the City of Angels
High Definition, Royalty-free Footage of Los Angeles Includes Legendary Landmarks, Bustling Freeways and Scenic Coastline
Shoot for the stars and take a trip high above the corporate towers and historic attractions of one of the most famous cities in the United States with Los Angeles Aerials 2 – Downtown and Los Angeles Aerials 2 – Surrounding Area, the newest royalty-free stock footage collections from Artbeats. MORE.

News: Solid State Logic XLogic Delta-Links Provide Critical Link For “Batman: The Dark Knight”
MADI-Based Delta-Link Tames the Multi-Wire Madness of Traditional Pro Tools® Setups
The eagerly awaited sequel “Batman: The Dark Knight” hits theaters in July and promises to be a summer blockbuster. Peter Snell, technical scoring engineer on the film, employed the Solid State Logic XLogic Delta-Link as the right device to streamline the massive Pro Tools HD® scoring setup for composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. MORE.

News: Bogdanovich finishes Tom Petty DVD at alphadogs
Runnin’ Down a Dream project completed with additional Early Years sequences MORE.

News: Luxology’s modo Delivers New Perspectives on Seattle’s Space Needle
Dawson 3D Creates Photorealistic Animated Fly-by of 605-foot Tower Entirely in modo
When the owners of Seattle’s Space Needle wanted a photorealistic 3D sequence of the iconic structure for a new marketing campaign, advertising agency Radarworks knew exactly who to call: Dawson 3D. MORE.

News: th1ng appointed to create London film in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games
Award winning production company, th1ng, has been chosen to create a film highlighting several of London’s outstanding cultural and business successes and help raise the profile of its film industry and talent in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. MORE.

News: MAXON BodyPaint 3D Helps Rhythm & Hues Unleash its Creative Power on the Feature Film, “The Incredible Hulk”
Award-winning Visual Effects and Character Animation Studio Adopts BodyPaint 3D into State-of-the-Art Production Pipeline to Meet Rising Demand for Realism and Complexity in 3D Paint and Textures
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that Rhythm & Hues , one of Hollywood’s premier visual effects and animation powerhouses, turned to MAXON’s BodyPaint 3D, to address a myriad of complex texture painting challenges associated with the creation of central scenes and characters in the recently released Universal Pictures feature film, The Incredible Hulk — most notably, The Hulk’s distinctive muscle-popping green skin. MORE.

News: NewTek Now Shipping TimeWarp™ External Replay Controller
Slow motion and instant replay are at your fingertips with TimeWarp for TriCaster™ and VT[5]™
NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced it has begun shipping TimeWarp™, an external replay controller for the NewTek family of TriCaster™ products and VT[5]™. MORE.

News: Harris Corporation’s New Mobile TV Platform Chosen by Albavision for Broadcast Operations in Guatemala and Costa Rica
Stations to be First in Latin America to Broadcast Using New Harris Mobile Solution
Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has signed an agreement with Albavision to implement the recently introduced Harris full mobile digital TV transmission platform for broadcast operations in Guatemala and Costa Rica — Radio Television Guatemala and REPRETEL in Costa Rica. MORE.

News: RAID Host Bus Adapters with Selectable RAID/BASE via Jumper
Sans Digital, a leading brand name of high performance storage subsystems, is introducing a more convenient way to apply RAID capabilities to a non-RAID storage unit. MORE.

News: Sonnet Offers 10 to 25 Percent Price Reductions on Award-Winning Fusion™ SATA Storage Systems
Reductions of up to $1,500 Provide Increased Access to Greater Speed, Capacity, and Performance Without Compromise
Sonnet Technologies today announced price reductions ranging from 10 to 25 percent for the company's award-winning Fusion™ line of high-performance SATA storage solutions for professional content creation and editing. MORE.

News: Post Logic Studios Uses FilmLight’s Baselight to Grade First 4K Feature—“Reach for Me”
In the clearest indication yet that the era of 4K may have arrived, Post Logic Studios recently used FilmLight’s Baselight EIGHT colour grading system to grade and conform Reach for Me, the first feature to be shot and posted entirely in 4K resolution. MORE.

News: Royale Helps Jet Blue and J. Walter Thompson Go 'Happy Jetting'
Creative Design/Animation Studio Handles Complex Type and Animation Treatment For New Branding Campaign
Subtle yet sophisticated is the way Jayson Whitmore, creative director at the year-old creative design/animation studio Royale , describes the company's dynamic typography and animation work on the clever new 'Happy Jetting' branding campaign for Jet Blue Airways, created by agency J. Walter Thompson, New York. MORE.

News: Droga5, Smuggler, and Sound Lounge Unleash a Monster for Net10
Evan Mangiamele of Sound Lounge mixes the audio-rich monster viral hit Microwave for prepaid wireless service, Net10 via Droga5 for Smuggler director David Frankham. MORE.

News: Digidesign Releases Transfuser
Announces Remixing Competition with The Crystal Method on Fuzz.com
Digidesign, a part of Avid Technology, Inc. , announced today the immediate availability of its eagerly-anticipated Transfuser virtual instrument for Pro Tools. MORE.

News: RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) Chooses Panasonic P2
RAI has placed orders for its first Panasonic AG-HVX200E camcorders and AG-HPG10E portable player/recorders to replace legacy shooting and field editing systems for national and regional news production. MORE.

News: CBS "60 Minutes" Purchases Digital Vision Nucoda HD
Digital Vision, the premier supplier of picture enhancement systems for film and television post-production, announced today that CBS has purchased a Nucoda HD system for use on its long running news magazine, 60 Minutes. MORE.

News: FogScreen, Inc. Showcases GestureTek Interactive Technologies at InfoComm 2008
FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, and GestureTek, the pioneer, patent-holder and world-leader in camera-enabled gesture-recognition technology for presentation and entertainment systems, will team up to showcase their magical interactive visual display systems at InfoComm 2008. MORE.

News: Annova’s Openmedia System Helps Cover The Fast-Breaking Events At The UEFA EURO 2008™ Games
German broadcaster ARD uses OpenMedia Newsroom Computer System as the hub for reporting on the most widely viewed sporting event in Germany
Annova Systems, developer of the enterprise newsroom system OpenMedia, announced today that German broadcaster -ARD is using Annova’s flagship OpenMedia solution to report on the 2008 European Football Championship games. MORE.

News: Silver Beach Awarded Silver Telly at 29th Annual Competition
Outstanding TV commercial receives highest honor
Silver Beach Productions, Inc. and evanswell advertising have been honored for their co-production ArtiGras 2008 at the 29th Annual Telly Awards with a Silver Telly, the award competition’s highest honor. MORE.

News: Avid Announces Significant Upgrades to Family of On-Air Graphics Solutions
Avid Technology, Inc. today unveiled Avid® Deko® 5.0, PostDeko 8.0.1 and DekoCast™ 4.1.2, an upgraded suite of real-time on-air graphics systems designed to increase productivity and enhance creative output throughout broadcast graphics operations. MORE.

News: Flood Uproots City Government: TriCaster Keeps Channel on the Air
TriCaster enables Des Moines, Iowa city government to communicate with residents during flood emergency
NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced that its TriCaster™ portable live production studio is currently being used by Channel DMTV7, the city government station of Des Moines, Iowa, to produce and air daily press conferences and updates on the flood emergency after being forced to evacuate the City Hall production studios. MORE.

News: Eye Scream Factory Launches Wedding-Themed DVD Art Professional Volume II
Eye Scream Factory DVD Art Professional Volume II; time-saving, wedding-themed templates for DVD menus, disc labels, and case inserts
Eye Scream Factory, the Boston-based creative team providing automation design templates for media hobbyists and professionals, today announced the availability of Eye Scream Factory DVD Art Professional Volume II. MORE.

News: S4 Studios Shows Flash with “Fraidy Cat” Original Animated Cartoon
First Indie short From Design/3D Studio
S4 Studios, the Hollywood-based design, branding and animation studio, has completed its first independent short animated film. MORE.

News: Cinnafilm to Showcase CinnafilmTM HD1 Real-Time Film Simulator at Los Angeles Area Events in August
Creative Industry Professionals Are Invited to Witness This Exciting, Highly-Advanced Technology Breakthrough Transform Digital Video to Cinematic Quality in Real-Time
On July 31st, Cinnafilm, an emerging force in advanced film simulation technology, will announce the delivery of its highly anticipated Cinnafilm™ HD1 real-time film simulator into the marketplace. MORE.

News: Adobe Acrobat 9 Software Now Available
New Version Receives Accolades for PDF Portfolios, Real-time Capabilities and Support for Adobe Flash Technology
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Acrobat® 9 software, a significant upgrade that transforms the process of creating and sharing electronic documents. MORE.


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