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
OptiTrack Motive Customises Motion Capture Workflows
OptiTrack Motive software platform is designed to deliver clean motion 
data in customisable motion capture workflows for production studios
and research facilities.
My Little Eye Makes Hardware & Software Switch on Abbey Road
The editing team at My Little Eye in the UK changed from Mac to
HP and NVIDIA hardware, and from Final Cut Pro to Premiere Pro
while cutting the ‘Abbey Road Studios’ TV series.
Deluxe & GoldenDuck Form Digital Cinema Alliance
Deluxe Entertainment has entered a strategic alliance with Thailand’s 
GoldenDuck Group to provide Digital Cinema services for US and South
East Asian producers and distributors.
Front Porch’s Open Archive eXchange Format Gains Support
Front Porch Digital’s Archive eXchange Format AXF open, storage-
agnostic archive system is gaining wider adoption among archivists
and media organizations around the world.
Clairmont In-Camera Filters Control ALEXA’s Light Sensitivity
Clairmont Camera has developed an In-Camera Filter System for the 
ARRI Alexa holding interchangeable filters in front of the CMOS sensor
assembly.
Digital Rapids Transcodes with Dynamic Media Platform
Version 2.0 of Digital Rapids Transcode Manager automated media 
processing software is powered by the Kayak dynamic workflow
platform
The Mill Takes a Morning Run for Milk
SUPER BOWL 2013 In a fast-paced, large scale spot for Milk, the Mill’s 
2D department in New York showed how far they can go to wreak
havoc on Los Angeles.
Screen NSW Opens New Production Finance Round
The aim of the fund is to maximise cultural and economic benefits 
to the state through support of NSW screen projects, businesses
and creative talent.
Convergent Design Gemini 4:4:4’s Price Falls as Sales Climb
The price of Convergent Design’s Gemini 4:4:4 uncompressed recorder 
is set to drop from 1 March 2013. Extra functionality is available as well.
Australia’s dirtgirl Earns Digital Emmy Nomination
Australia’s dirtgirlworld has been nominated for a 2013 International 
Digital Emmy Award in the Digital: Children and Young People category.
Mediatec Takes On Live HD Production with Grass Valley
Mediatec Broadcast has purchased Grass Valley HD Camera systems to 
help expand into global live broadcast and events, and standardize and
speed up acquisition and production workflows.
Kodak Calls for Entries in 2013 Student Scholarship Program
Cinematographer John Bailey ASC will lead the judging panel for the 
2013 Kodak student scholarship program, an annual competition
recognising talented student filmmakers.
SMPTE Dedicates New Technology Committee to Cinema Sound
The new SMPTE cinema sound committee TC-25CSS will work to 
update standards and practices in line with technical advances,
aiming to improve quality and consistency.
Boris FX Flicker Fixer Helps Cinerama Restorations
Restoration producer David Strohmaier is using the Boris FX Flicker 
Fixer filter to help remove flickering and other artefacts from
damaged, historic Cinerama movie footage.
TerraBlock Opens Up Facilis Shared Storage in the UK
Facilis TerraBlock has recently been adopted at several UK graphics and 
editing studios. They talk about their experiences in boosting capacity and
bandwidth for team collaboration.
Dejero Develops ENG Services with a Rooftop View of Vatican
Dejero has developed a package of on-location services in Rome for 
broadcasters covering events surrounding the resignation of Pope
Benedict XVI and selection of his successor.
Cantemo Portal Manages Media for Broadcast & Post
Join a live webinar covering trends and approaches to managing the volumes 
of media in modern digital content creation, using the Cantemo Portal MAM
for broadcast and post.
Method Studios Explores the Birds and Bees for Kia
Super Bowl 2013 Method Studios in LA and agency David&Goliath helped answer the 
difficult question of where babies come from, resulting in an animated
CG Super Bowl TVC for Kia.
RMIT Streams TV Content On Demand to Universities
A new video streaming service aimed at the tertiary sector, Informit 
EduTV at RMIT, provides television content and teaching functionality
to Australian Universities and TAFEs.
The 85th Academy Awards Turn Spotlight on Visual Effects
The 85th Academy Awards have brought excitement and glamour 
to the world of visual effects, but also confusion and tension.
Congratulations are due to all teams.
