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Noise Industries Releases Free Pan and Zoom Photo Animation Plug-in for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that it has released an update to its popular freebie generator plug-in, Pan and Zoom. The intuitive controls of the new Pan and Zoom 2 plug-in enables...

proDAD expands Adorage Product Line with Effects Package 11 - HD Global Travel & Flags FX

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

proDAD GmbH, a world-class maker of video effects products, today announced the latest addition to its popular Adorage product line – Adorage Effects Package 11 – HD Global Travel & Flags FX. As its name suggests, Adorage Effects Package 11 includes 5,000...

Tapeless Workflows and Gigabit Ethernet at Crawford Communications

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

“The challenge is that each client wants to feel special,” says Ron Heidt, a senior editor and HD specialist at Crawford Communications in Atlanta, GA. He’s talking not only about the range of projects that find their home at Crawford — commercials, corporate marketing, independent filmmaking, episodic television — but about the technological demands different clients make on a facility that handles telecine, graphics, 3D, creative editorial, online conform, audio and Blu-ray all in one place....

Smartsound Sonicfire Pro 5

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

Recently, I reviewed a needle-drop version of Sonicfire Pro 5, but I didn't get a chance to go to far into Sonicfire's deeper feature set. In that review I went over the basic uses of the software, such as music/score customization from libraries, how to add...

Boris FX Unveils New XML Transfer Plug-In for Adobe After Effects

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris XML Transfer, a new Adobe After Effects plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects. Boris...

Imagineer Systems Enhances Workflow Between mocha, mocha for After Effects v2 and Red Giant Warp in New Point Release

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) today announced new software point releases of its popular planar tracking and rotoscoping software mocha and mocha for After Effects v2. Most notably with this new release, mocha v1.6 and mocha for After...

Sorenson Media Launches Sorenson Squeeze 6

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

Sorenson Media today announced the immediate availability of Sorenson Squeeze 6, a significant update to the gold-standard video encoding software application. Sorenson Squeeze 6 provides the first total workflow solution for video professionals, enabling...

GenArts, Inc. Acquires wondertouch

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — November 3, 2009 — GenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today a definitive agreement to acquire particleIllusion™ and all...

Digieffects Launches Falloff Lighting Plugin for After Effects

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

Digieffects,R a developer of visual effects software plugins, today announced that Falloff Lighting is available for purchase. Falloff Lighting provides enhanced lighting for After Effects' built-in lights. Falloff Lighting is much more like that of the real...

Litepanels Offers Factory Rebates on Micro and MicroPro LED Lights

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

Litepanels is offering factory rebates for the popular Micro and MicroPro LED lighting fixtures when purchased by December 31, 2009. The Award-winning Micro and MicroPro provide luminous, soft, directional lighting with the same warmth and color...

I.E. Effects Delivers Visual Effects for Michael Jackson’s This Is It

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

While the theatrical release will be a standard 2D presentation, the Culver City-based post-production facility delivered all of its VFX work in full stereoscopic 3D, opening the door for a stereoscopic version of the film in the future....

Reboot(y)ing Playboy's TV Funhouse

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Michael Waldron, nailgun*'s creative and live action director, shares the experience of shooting the show open for Girls Next Door in Hef's house....

Top Spot of the Week: "Living in the Lights"

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Watch video on the best in television advertising commercials. Selections based on concept and execution, including cinematography, visual effects, animation, editing, color correction and sound. Watch the Tops Spots now....

ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH Builds User Base, Partners with UK Reseller CWPro

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

ASSIMILATE, developer and provider of the SCRATCH Digital Process Solution, has announced increased sales success in London, to post production companies MFX-London and 179 Ltd, the appointment of CWPro as a reseller partner for the UK, and a new cooperation...

University of Nebraska's HuskerVision purchases Panasonic HD Studio and P2 HD Cameras for Large Screen Production

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

HuskerVision, the high-tech video production unit for the University of Nebraska Athletic Department, recently upgraded its HD video production capabilities with the addition of Panasonic HD Studio cameras and P2 HD camcorders. The equipment roster includes...

Storek Studio Unveils New Version of nVeil for FxFactory

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Boston, MA – October 20, 2009 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that new development partner, Storek Studio, has released an update to its widely popular nVeil video plug-in...

Red Giant Software Sponsors Larry Jordan's Final Cut Pro Seminars PowerUp Tools for a Down Economy

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

San Francisco, CA, October 22, 2009 - Red Giant Software has teamed up with SmartSound Software to sponsor Larry Jordan's Final Cut Pro Seminars called PowerUp Tools for a Down Economy. Working smarter with tools that work harder is a way to stay ahead of the...

For-A to Showcase HVS-300HS HD/SD Portable Video Switcher at WFX 2009

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and video production industry, will demonstrate a number of products, including the HVS-300HS HD/SD Portable Video Switcher, at the Worship Facilities Conference and Expo (WFX) 2009...

Clear Blue Tuesday is shot with Panasonic AG-HPX500 P2 HD Camcorders

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Clear Blue Tuesday, a highly original cinematic response to the events of September 11, 2001, blends heightened narrative and original music to follow the lives of a group of New Yorkers over seven Septembers as they relearn their city and themselves. The...

Neumann Mics Featured in the Beatles: Rock Band Video Game

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

The world's most respected name in high-end studio microphones, Neumann, and its parent company, Sennheiser, teamed up with Harmonix Music Systems, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games to add historical realism to the fast-selling The...

Telestream ScreenFlow 2.0 Screencasting Software Now Available

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Nevada City, Calif., October 26, 2009 – Telestream today announced availability of a major 2.0 release for its award-winning ScreenFlow screencasting studio software for the Mac. ScreenFlow 2.0 customers can now export and upload SD and HD screencasts...

Quantel First in the World to Release RED Rocket Support

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Quantel has just released a new version of software for its eQ, iQ and Pablo systems which, among a number of other useful new features, also includes support for the RED Rocket accelerator board....

8th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards Call for Entries

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

VES is now accepting online submissions for the 8th Annual VES Awards Show on February 28, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Beverly Hills....

Sennheiser Wireless Chosen for Honor Society

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Performing three or even four times a day to promote their debut album, "Fashionably Late," released on the Jonas Brothers' label through Hollywood Records on September 15, Honor Society must surely be in contention for the title of the...

Making Glee Sing on Fox

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Glee has a split personality, says supervising sound editor John Benson, who spots the show at Technicolor Sound Services with co-supervising sound editor Gary Megregian and producer Alexis Martin. “The show is a constant contrast between the fantasy of the musical performances and the reality of a high-school drama,” he explains, emphasizing that the two never overlap. That makes the transitions from reality to fantasy and back as critical to the show’s audio as the music itself....

Amelia Flies With Subtle VFX

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Amelia is director Mira Nair's new biopic retelling the story of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, who disappeared over the Pacific in an attempted around-the-world solo flight. Toronto's Mr. X delivered 277 shots that not only helped put Earhart — played here by Hillary Swank — in the air, but helped maintain the necessary illusion of a period piece....

Warner Bros. to Host Special Screening of Martin Scorsese’s Restoration of The Red Shoes During SMPTE Conference

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Warner Bros. is sponsoring a special reception and screening of Martin Scorsese’s remarkable restoration of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948) the evening October 28, 2009 for attendees of the Society of Motion Picture...

Musicbox Names Publishing Music Executive Jonathan Firstenberg as Senior Vice President

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

MusicBox, a leading music production company that provides over 10,000 cuts from its original music catalog, as well as original composition and scoring, to television programs, promos, feature and documentary films, trailers, and commercials, has named...

Metallica Tours with Sennheiser 2000 Series IEMS

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

(PHOTO CAPTION) Metallica monitor engineer, Bob Cowan (right) and his assistant, Ozzy Giron with their new rack of Sennheiser 2000 Series IEMs being used on the band's current "World's Magnetic Tour." (PHOTO CREDIT: Jeff Yeager) SAN RAFAEL...

Framepool Provides Exceptional HD-clips for Sony Music’s Ambitious Blu-ray Project with forenses

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT

"forsenses" combines amazing HD-shoots of the elements with a specifically composed 3D surround chill-out soundtrack on a Blu-ray Disc. The result is an audiovisual symphony which opens up a whole new dimension: Never before has film been such...