AUTODESK INTRODUCES FREE ‘VEHICLE FOR GAMES’ CURRICULUM

Posted on: March 11, 2010
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SAN RAFAEL, CA – Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) has introduced "Vehicle for Games" a 16-week curriculum for post-secondary students that provides hands-on training for the entire game development pipeline. The program spans the creating of concept art, all the way up to creating an engine-ready asset.

GREENSCREEN ANIMALS SIGNS WITH GETTY IMAGES

Posted on: March 10, 2010
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LOS ANGELES - GreenScreen Animals’ (www.GreenscreenAnimals.com) high definition stock footage animal content is now being distributed by Getty Images. The distribution partnership will enable producers and filmmakers to readily access footage of trained and dynamic animals shot against greenscreen.

AUTODESK ANNOUNCES ‘2011′ RELEASES

Posted on: March 9, 2010
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MONTREAL – Today, Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) revealed plans for its 2011 software releases, which are expected to ship as early as April of this year.

OSCARS: A LOOK AT THE POST INDUSTRY’S CONNECTION TO THE NOMINEES

Posted on: March 5, 2010
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HOLLYWOOD - With the Academy Awards taking place this weekend, Post rounded up details on the studios and gear that helped make this year's film nominees great.

GMT HOSTING ‘FINAL CUT SERVER LIVE!’ TODAY

Posted on: March 4, 2010
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CULVER CITY, CA - MacHarmony is partnering with GMT Studios, CRE Rentals, and Active Storage to present Final Cut Server Live!, an event designed to demonstrate how Apple's Final Cut Server can streamline video production in a studio environment.

ALPHADOGS HOSTS ‘MONITOR SHOOTOUT’

Posted on: March 3, 2010
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BURBANK, CA – AlphaDogs (www.alphadogs.tv) hosted an Editors’ Lounge event last week that allowed pros to compare a number of LCD-based evaluation monitors. Sony, JVC, Flanders Scientific, Cine-tal and TV Logic all provided monitors for the event, and AlphaDogs provided a room with a neutral gray backdrop, properly illuminated to SMPTE specifications. This created a well-suited environment for comparing the abilities of the different monitors.

POST’S MERLE MODEL LOSES CANCER BATTLE

Posted on: February 26, 2010
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It is with great sadness that the Post Magazine family announces the passing of long-time staffer Merle Model on February 23, after a long but courageous battle with cancer. Merle joined our team in 1998 and had since served as Post’ s East Coast Sales Manager, working with clients in the US, Canada and abroad. She is survived by her husband David and her son Sam.

SMU TEACHING HD PRODUCTION VIA JVC & APPLE GEAR

Posted on: February 24, 2010
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DALLAS – Southern Methodist University (SMU) is using high definition JVC camcorders to teach students in its Meadows School of the Arts Cinema-Television Division the fundamentals of HD video production. The school acquired 12 JVC GY-HM100 camcorders, along with three JVC GY-HM700 ProHD cameras last year and has already incorporated them into courses. During this year’s Spring semester, more than 100 students will use the units to develop their cinematic and television production skills.

CUT + RUN OPENS ON BROADWAY

Posted on: February 23, 2010
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NEW YORK - Cut + Run (www.cutandrun.tv) has moved to an expanded location at 599 Broadway in Manhattan. The 12th-floor penthouse offers a 360-degree view of the city and includes five offline suites, a graphics suite and an HD finishing suite.

DLP CINEMA PROJECTOR TEAM HONORED BY ACADEMY

Posted on: February 22, 2010
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LOS ANGELES – On Saturday, The Academy Board of Governors presented a 2009 Scientific and Engineering Award (Academy Plaque) to four individuals responsible for the color accuracy of Texas Instruments’ DLP Cinema projectors. D. Scott Dewald, Greg Pettitt, Brad Walker and Bill Werner were all recognized for their contributions in furthering the design and refinement of the DLP Cinema projector, which has achieved a level of performance that enables color-accurate, digital intermediate previews of motion pictures.

SOUND ONE EXTENDS STAY IN NYC’S BRILL BUILDING

Posted on: February 19, 2010
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NEW YORK - CSS Studios’ Sound One facility has extended its lease in midtown-Manhattan’s Brill Building. Sound One is a full-service audio post facility that includes five re-recording studios, two ADR studios, a Foley studio and nearly 100 editing suites.

BLUEBOLT COMPLETES FIRST JOB, APPOINTS CHAIRMAN

Posted on: February 18, 2010
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LONDON - BlueBolt (www.blue-bolt.com) the recently-formed, independent post facility, completed work on its first projects, and has also appointed a new company chairman. The studio was set up last September by three former Moving Picture Company (MPC) staffers, with the mission of providing 2D and CGI services.

NAB STEPS UP GREEN EFFORTS FOR APRIL SHOW

Posted on: February 17, 2010
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WASHINGTON - NAB organizers are implementing an array of eco-friendly strategies for this year’s show (www.nabshow.com), all aimed at minimizing environmental impact. The green newsroom will give exhibitors the ability to reach journalists worldwide, as exhibiting companies will be able to post news releases and product information for free on their online NAB Show listing through a new exhibitor portal. This will reduce the need for hardcopy media kits.

GENARTS BUYS TINDER, TINDERBOX; WORKS WITH FOUNDRY ON NUKE PLUG-INS

Posted on: February 16, 2010
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CAMBRIDGE, MA — London’s The Foundry, makers of Nuke, Furnace and Ocula, has sold off its Tinder and Tinderbox visual effects plug-ins business to Cambridge-based GenArts, which offers Sapphire, Monsters, Raptors and most recently ParticleIllusion. GenArts will begin development, sales and support immediately. No staff will change hands, but engineers at The Foundry will continue to work closely with GenArts going forward.

SUPER BOWL: CO3 POSTS 31 SPOTS

Posted on: February 12, 2010
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SANTA MONICA – Company 3 (www.company3.com) artists contributed to 31 commercials that aired during last Sunday's Super Bowl. The studio’s work included spots for 18 brands, as well as for several film trailers.

SUPER BOWL: 740 SOUND DESIGNS SPOTS FOR DOVE, AUDI, VIZIO & INTEL

Posted on: February 11, 2010
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LOS ANGELES - 740 Sound Design contributed to four commercials that aired during Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast. The company lent its sound design talents to ads for Intel, Vizio, Audi (pictured) and Dove.

PANASONIC ANNOUNCES ‘SHOOT IT. SHARE IT.’ CONTEST

Posted on: February 10, 2010
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SECAUCUS, NJ - Panasonic Broadcast is giving users of its AG-HMR10 AVCCAM handheld recorder a chance to win a number of prizes as part of the company’s “Shoot It. Share It.” video contest. From now until June 18, 2010, HMR10 users can submit a video demonstrating their creative use of the handheld solid-state recorder. Prizes include a 65-inch Viera plasma television with a built-in SD card slot.

GOLDEN REEL AWARDS SET FOR FEBRUARY 20TH

Posted on: February 9, 2010
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LOS ANGELES - The Motion Picture Sound Editors (www.mpse.org) will hold their 57th Golden Reel Awards on February 20 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles. The awards acknowledge the year's best work in the various areas of sound editing, including Dialogue, ADR, Effects, Foley, and Music.

STORAGE VISIONS CONFERENCE SEES GROWTH, PLANS FOR 2011

Posted on: February 3, 2010
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LAS VEGAS – The 2010 Storage Visions Conference took place last month at the Riviera Hotel Convention Center, and attendance was reported to be up 33 percent from 2009.

ARTBEATS ANNOUNCES ‘FREE CLIP OF THE DAY’ PROMOTION

Posted on: February 2, 2010
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MYRTLE CREEK, OR – Today, stock footage provider Artbeats (www.artbeats.com) launched a “free clip of the day” program that allows visitors to its Website to download a royalty-free HD clip. The no-strings-attached promotion gives visitors access to one specially selected HD clip each day.

ELEMENTAL’S ‘ACCELERATOR’ SPEEDS CS4 WORKFLOWS

Posted on: February 1, 2010
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PORTLAND OR - Elemental Technologies (www.elementaltechnologies.com), a provider of parallel video processing solutions, has released Elemental Accelerator 2.2 for Mac, an update to its Nvidia CUDA GPU-accelerated video processing tool.

UVPHACTORY & SPATIAL VIEW DELIVER 3D WITHOUT GLASSES

Posted on: January 28, 2010
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NEW YORK – UVPhactory (www.uvph.com), here, joined forces with Spatial View to deliver a glasses-free 3D music video that’s available to Apple iPhone users.

‘CSI’ CREATOR TO SPEAK AT NAB

Posted on: January 26, 2010
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LAS VEGAS - Anthony E. Zuiker, the creator and executive producer of the CSI television franchise, will be featured in an NAB Super Session (www.nabshow.com), scheduled for Wednesday, April 14 in Las Vegas. Zuiker will speak during the "Multiplatform: Taking Content to the Next Level" session, and will address the growing entertainment trend of creating original and repurposed content for cross-platforms.

THE LOOK ADDS TO GRADING CAPABILITIES

Posted on: January 22, 2010
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LONDON - The Look (www.thelooklondon.com), which specializes in long-form and commercial work, has upgraded its Quantel suite to full Pablo specification, complete with the Neo grading panel. The studio also added a second grading suite featuring a Quantel eQ finishing system with the QColor grading option.

FUZE MOVIE MAKES REVIEW & APPROVAL SIMPLE

Posted on: January 18, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO — Thanks to the Web, it’s no longer necessary for collaborators to be in the same city, or even country. And a new product from Fuze Box called Fuze Movie is designed to make the review and approval task even easier for producers, directors, editors, visual effects pros and designers.

PANASONIC DEBUTS HD 3D CAMCORDER

Posted on: January 11, 2010
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SEACAUCUS -  Panasonic (www.panasonic.net) recently introduced a fully-integrated, solid-state, HD 3D camcorder, which it plans to ship this fall. The unit integrates the camcorder, lenses, camera head, and a dual Memory Card recorder into a single light-weight body, eliminating the need for dual cameras and decks.

CINEFORM/INTEL DEMO HINTS AT 3D WORKFLOW POSSIBILITIES

Posted on: January 8, 2010
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SOLANA BEACH, CA – At the CES show taking place in Las Vegas, CineForm’s (www.cineform.com) Neo3D and First Light 3D engine were used by Intel to showcase the power of the Core i7 processor. CineForm Neo3D enables users to edit 3D projects in realtime with full frame rate playback to an external 3D monitor.

TECHNICOLOR, SAMSUNG & DREAMWORKS PARTNER ON 3D PACKAGE

Posted on: January 7, 2010
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HOLLYWOOD – At the CES show in Las Vegas, Technicolor (www.technicolor.com) announced that is has formed an alliance with Samsung Electronics America and DreamWorks Animation SKG for the delivery of a complete 3D home entertainment solution. The three companies will work together to accelerate a worldwide deployment of in-home 3D to mainstream consumers this year.

ELECTRIC PICTURE SOLUTIONS OPENS SANTA MONICA FACILITY

Posted on: January 6, 2010
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SANTA MONICA - Electric Picture Solutions (EPS), which caters to the editorial needs of motion-picture studios, television studios and production companies via operations in Studio City and Burbank, has expended with a new location in Santa Monica (www.picturesolutions.com).

CANON INTROS NEW FLASH MEMORY HD CAMCORDERS

Posted on: January 5, 2010
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LAKE SUCCESS, NY — Canon (www.canon.com) is offering a new line of nine VIXIA high definition flash memory camcorders that includes Canon’s pro VIXIA HF S-series. Features include a new touch panel LCD with an advanced tracking feature that helps keep any subject in focus and properly exposed, even in a busy scene.