AEON – A Life in a Day
The DMCI’s AEON follows a lifetime of seasons using 3D animation and light at TEDxSydney. Read more
MPC – Still Life Animation
MPC animated a decomposing classical still life painting in real-time, recreating a Dutch painter’s brush strokes and realistic behaviour of flies and maggots. Read more
3D Equalizer 4 release 2 Addresses Anamorphic Distortion
3DE4 Release 3, now in train in its second beta, has useful updates 
focused on lens distortion, in particular anamorphic lens challenges.
‘Disconnect’ Connects on Top Level Post and Effects
‘Disconnect’, shot on the RED EPIC, received a full DI and post- 
production at Technicolor – PostWorks with grade by Colourist
Tim Stipan, and invisible VFX by LOOK Effects.
Canada’s NAIT Invests in SGO Mistika for Stereo & DI Futures
NAIT Polytechic in Canada includes SGO's Mistika as part of its 
Digital Media and IT curriculum to bring students up to date on
digital content creation in stereo 3D and 2D.
Sonnet xMac mini Server Expands for Pro Audio & Video
Sonnet’s updates to the Thunderbolt xMac mini Server allow 
it to support a double-width PCIe card's daughter card and
trim it down to 15.8 inches to fit into mobile racks and carts.
Post FactoryNY Doubles Colour to FilmLight Baselight TWO
Post FactoryNY, independent film, documentary, TV and commercials 
facillity has upgraded its screening room in New York with two FilmLight
Baselight TWO colour grading systems.
Method Studios Welcomes Three Top Animation Artists
Method Studios has taken on three experienced animation 
artists to support their creative team. Two of them come
from Rhythm & Hues.
Sound Devices PIX 240 Chases Cheetahs on the Edge
DP Greg Wilson created a shot tracking a sprinting cheetah for 
National Geographic, using the Sound Devices PIX 240 production
video recorder for dailies, monitoring and backup.
Scottish Ten Captures Sydney Opera House in Full 3D Scan
In April, the Scottish Ten project surveyed Sydney Opera House 
inside and out to create a highly detailed 3D model of one of
Australia’s most famous buildings.
Shotgun 5.0 Tracks Tasks Over Project Review & Approval
Shotgun v5.0 now includes a new UI and toolset specifically for 
artists and supervisors, and adds tools for task tracking, review
and approval, collaboration and search.
Tokyo’s Puppet Theatre Gets Blackmagic HyperDeck Ultra HD Playback
DP Hajime Watanabe and director Koshi Horibe produced the 
BUNRAKU Human/Puppet Exhibition with on-site playback through
an on-site 4K, Ultra HD and stereo 3D set-up.
Southpaw TACTIC 4.0 Moves Data with Plug-in Architecture
Southpaw TACTIC v4.0 customises movement of digital data 
across mixed computing environments with data mapping,
new plug-in architecture and configurable HTML5 themes.
Animation Leads the March against Parasitic Infections
Scientists from Queensland Institute of Medical Research enlisted a 
colourful animation and some school children to help prevent the
spread of parasitic worms in China.
Sonnet III Thunderbolt-to-PCIe Expansion Chassis Expand the Mac
Sonnett’s Three-Slot Thunderbolt-to-PCIe Expansion Chassis enable 
high-performance PCI Express cards made for workstations, for use
with any Mac with a Thunderbolt port.
Anton/Bauer Powers Up Steadicam Set-ups on Location
Cinematographer and Steadicam Operator Brant Fagan SOC works on films 
and TV powering his Steadicam and onboard cameras with Anton/Bauer
HyTRON 140s and DIONIC HCs.
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro v4 Upgrades 3D & Timeline Tools
Storyboard Pro version 4 is now updated with a 64-bit core, an integrated 
3D workspace, and bitmap or vector drawing tools. An animation
storyboard artist explains.
SCRATCH Lab Sets the Stage for Dead Man Down
DI/DIT company Pretty Moving Pictures used SCRATCH Lab to ensure 
looks the DP created on ‘Dead Man Down’ and the graded dailies matched
the looks expected in the final DI.
Zeiss Compact Zooms & DSLR Lenses Stretch Shooting Options
ZEISS Compact Zoom lenses are made for projects on a tight budget 
and timeframe but have a wide range of applications. Zeiss DSLR lenses
also allow compact camera set-ups.
emotion 3D Converts ‘The Lorax’ Movie Trailer to Glasses-Free 3D
United Entertain and emotion3D's Stereoscopic Suite X3 delivered a 
glasses-free 3D experience for a trailer of ‘The Lorax’ displayed at
movie theatres, powered by NVIDIA CUDA.
Digital Rapids Encoders Expand to MultiScreen, HEVC and Ultra HD
Digital Rapids StreamZ Live encoders now include products for multiscreen 
and converged deployments. Transcode Manager 2.0 supports H.265
compression and 4K Ultra HD encodes.
QTAKE HD’s New Modules Bring Video Assist Up to Date
QTAKE HD Video Assist software now has five new modules adding 
virtual camera and multi-camera editing and playback functions, and
comes in a lower-cost QTAKE LITE bundle.
Haivision Powers Live Video Streaming for Ballet Festival
Haivision’s Mako and KulaByte encoders were used to deliver high 
quality video for live streaming of simultaneous performances by
ballet dancers in Amsterdam and Toronto
