Digital Media World Feed

Colourist Omar Godinez Puts Resolve to Work on ‘The Courier’

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:40:08 GMT

Films In Motion in Louisiana invested in a new Blackmagic Design Resolve grading suite and
engaged colourist Omar Godinez to complete top quality post and finishing on ‘The Courier’,
entirely in-house.

Atomos Ninja 2 Gains AtomOS 3.0 and Ready-to-Edit Functions

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:13:02 GMT

The Ninja 2, the latest version of Atomos' 10-bit HDMI field recorder, records to all ProRes and
several Avid codecs, can be configured for multiple-camera shoots and has pre-editing functions.

Workflowers Infrastructure/Cloud Extends Studio Services Globally

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:42:59 GMT

Workflowers, based in France, is using its telecommunication partners around the world to provide
new on-demand infrastructure services to production and postproduction facilities.

After Effects CS6 Goes for Speed and More Screens

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:31:44 GMT

Adobe Creative Suite 6, now released, includes updates to After Effects designed mainly for speed.
Cinematic VFX and motion graphics can be produced faster with the new Global Performance Cache
and 3D camera tracker.

Digital Rapids Streams Live Cricket from India, Opens Up in Sydney

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:19:23 GMT

Digital Rapids StreamZ Live adaptive bit rate encoders is set to stream the 51-day Indian Premier
League tournament live online of through the indiatimes.com website and via YouTube.

Imagineer Introduces Academic Discounts for Film Students

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:13:21 GMT

Imagineer Systems is launching a discount pricing program for universities, film schools and high
schools, to make it easier to incorporate skills from mocha Pro v3 and its planar tracker system
into curriculums.

JVC Cameras Extend News and Broadcast Capabilities

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:03:35 GMT

JVC brought interesting cameras to the NAB 2012 Show. These were the 4K GY-HMQ10 camcorder
introduced in September 2011, the GY-HM650 for fast Mobile Newsgathering and the new low-light
GY-HM600 with wide angle 23x autofocus zoom lens.

Dubsat Media Front Manages Digital Ad Assets in the Cloud

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:55:25 GMT

Dubsat MediaFront is a new cloud-based advertising asset management suite of software. A user
can view and preview a media asset library on the desktop or a smart-phone, from any location.

Sorenson Squeeze 8.5 Speeds Encodes and Adds 5GB Storage

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:10:08 GMT

Sorenson Squeeze 8.5 has gained speed increases with video encoding engine improvements,
including parallel processing and Intel Quick Sync Optimization. New outputs now include
MPEG DASH in MP4 with H.264.

Dalet Extends NLE Integration Options with Adobe, FCP and Avid

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:58:02 GMT

Dalet Digital Media has increased integration with several non-linear editing platforms. Editors who
work in groups from NLE workstations do not need to work in isolation, and have access to
metadata-based reference and search tools.

Cooke Optics and ZGC Welcome Juergen Schwinzer

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:14:52 GMT

Cooke Optics and Cooke distributor ZGC have appointed Juergen Schwinzer, with 40 years of
experience at ARRI, in a diverse sales and technical role. He brings a large amount of varied
industry knowledge and technical expertise to both organisations.

Canon HD Lenses Go to Global Television for OB and Major Series

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:04:29 GMT

Global Television in Sydney reached a purchase agreement with Canon Australia during the
NAB 2012 Show for 17 Canon HD Box-style and Electronic Field Production lenses with
full controls.

The Avengers Conquer Digital Workflows with ARRI ALEXA

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:30:16 GMT

DP Seamus Garvey and second unit VFX photographer Jake Morrison, both first-time ALEXA
shooters, describe camera testing and on-set workflows for ‘The Avengers’.

OptiTrack and Nvizage Go Undergound with the Titans

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:19:58 GMT

In ‘Wrath of the Titans’ the director and VFX team needed to choreograph complex battle sequences
between live actors and CG creatures within shifting virtual sets. Nvizage used an OptiTrack Insight
VCS mocap setup to help stage the action.

OConnor Handgrips and Sony F3 Capture Cine Look for Documentary

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:51:53 GMT

Austrian filmmaker Richard Ladkani sought a special, cinematic look for his documentary ‘Gas
Monopoly’, the first feature-length documentary shot on the Sony F3 in Europe, using OConnor
gear to shoot in extreme situations.

Telestream Vantage Transcode HE Server Distributes Over-the-Top

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:46:27 GMT

Telestream’s new Vantage Transcode HE Server is specialized to accelerate transcoding and
packaging for multiscreen delivery, including OTT, Web, mobile and IPTV.

Boxx TV Extends Meridian System for Broadcast Shooters

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:38:13 GMT

Boxx TV’s Meridian Lite RF HD camera transmission system with zero-delay and Meridian Tallis
tally and iris-only control are new, low cost camera support for video and live broadcast.

Cinesite Announces Sale to UK Private Investor Endless LLP

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:13:40 GMT

Cinesite visual effects studio and Endless LLP, an independent UK private equity house, today
announced that Endless LLP has acquired Cinesite from Kodak for an undisclosed amount.

BBC Studios’ ‘The Persuaders!’ Remaster Receives FOCAL Nomination

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:02:34 GMT

BBC Studios and Post Production’s Digital Media Services team has digitally restored the
complete series of the 1970s hit show ‘The Persuaders!’ for Blu-ray release, and earned a
FOCAL International Awards nomination.

John Carter: Martian Chronicles

Sun, 13 May 2012 01:47:55 GMT

To span the tremendous scope of work Cinesite were charged with on ‘John Carter of Mars’, Senior VFX Supervisor Sue Rowe led four teams of artists to design and build the environments, cities and aerial battles of Mars.

WD VelociRaptor Raises Performance with 1TB Drive

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:29:39 GMT

Western Digital’s new VelociRaptor 1TB hard drive, one of the largest capacity 10,000 RPM hard
drives available, is designed for high-performance PCs, Mac computers and workstations.

SONY Supplies 24 HDC2400 Camera Chains to Global TV

Thu, 03 May 2012 08:04:38 GMT

Australian provider of outsourced television production services Global Television
has purchased 24 Sony HDC2400 camera chains at the 2012 NAB Show.

FMX 2012 Gets Immersed in a Virtual World

Thu, 03 May 2012 06:38:02 GMT

FMX 2012 is highlighting the advent of Virtual Production, transferring former
analogue processes into the digital realm, blurring boundaries between
pre-production, production and post.

Adobe SpeedGrade Adds Lumetri Engine and Stereo Tools to CS6

Thu, 03 May 2012 06:34:31 GMT

Adobe SpeedGrade is a new colour grading component in Creative Suite 6 that adds
the Lumetri Deep Colour Engine to production workflows and uses the full dynamic
range in footage.

Adobe Prelude CS6 Ingests, Logs and Finds Assets Fast

Thu, 03 May 2012 06:28:53 GMT

Adobe Prelude CS6 software is a new application added to the Adobe Creative
Suites to organise video production tasks and help artists start work on projects
sooner.

NVIDIA GPUs Accelerate Adobe CS6 Workflows

Thu, 03 May 2012 06:06:25 GMT

Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium gains speed and interactivity with
acceleration from NVIDIA Quadro and Tesla GPUs, giving video and CG artists
and editors further acceleration for motion graphics, VFX rendering and more
complex grading.

Corel WordPerfect Office X6 Spans iOS to Android, eBooks to Video

Thu, 03 May 2012 06:00:53 GMT

Corel WordPerfect Office X6 has added new multiple monitor support, file previewing
and an eBook Publisher. Expanding from iOS, WordPerfect mobile readers also include
a new WordPerfect Document Viewer for Android devices.

Sound Devices 552 Captures Elephant Audio For Nat Geo

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:50:06 GMT

Sound Engineer David Ruddick recently joined Dr Joyce Poole, an elephant behaviour
expert, and her brother Bob Poole, a wildlife cameraman for National Geographic,
to work on a documentary on elephants to help re-establish safe tourism in the park
following

Quantel Enterprise sQ & QTube Cover News Production at RTV Slovenia

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:42:31 GMT

Slovenia state broadcaster RTV is using Quantel Enterprise sQ production system to
handle news, magazine, studio clips and sports – combined with Quantel’s QTube
workflow, newly ramped up at NAB 2012.

ARRI Previews Accessories and New ALEXA Functions for 2012

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:29:54 GMT

New ALEXA capabilities scheduled for 2012, revealed at NAB, are designed to improve
the ALEXA's overall image quality with a new Debayer algorithm to create cleaner,
sharper images, especially in high contrast edges and areas of fine detail.

Blackmagic ATEM 2 M/E Goes Live on ‘Live at the Apollo’

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:23:27 GMT

One of the United Kingdom’s top comedy shows ‘Live at the Apollo’ completed their
recent live broadcast of British Iranian comedian Omid Djalili using Blackmagic
Design’s ATEM 2 M/E Production Switcher.

Aspera Links Industries with Global Media File Transfer

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:12:15 GMT

Aspera software moves digital assets at high speeds. Recent customers from diverse
industries use Aspera’s fasp and faspex systems to transfer VFX work-in-progress
and finished assets, content creation files and in the cloud.

Autoscript EPIC Saves on Weight and Power in the Field

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:07:55 GMT

Autoscript EPIC, Enhanced Prompting Information Centre, launched at NAB 2012, is
a new prompter display and on-air talent monitor that simplifies studio equipment
and location prompting.

xaitment’s Smart AI for Unity Comes to Mobile Games

Thu, 03 May 2012 04:59:46 GMT

The xaitMap and xaitControl for Unity plug-ins from xaitment, AI software manufacturer for video
game and simulation developers, can now deploy NavMeshes, movement,
pathfinding and obstacle avoidance on iOS, Android and the Unity Web Player.

Digital Domain and China’s Galloping Horse Join for Co-production

Thu, 03 May 2012 04:55:12 GMT

Digital Domain Media Group has executed final definitive agreements in connection
with its Joint Venture Agreement with Beijing Galloping Horse Film Co, a major
participant in China’s film market.

Facilis TerraBlock 5.5 Gets ATTO-Qualified for Fibre and Ethernet

Thu, 03 May 2012 04:24:52 GMT

The Facilis TerraBlock 5.5 shared storage system was recently qualified at NAB
2012 by ATTO Technology for use with their storage and network connectivity
device ThunderLink, and their 16GB Celerity Fibre Channel host bus adapters,
or HBAs.

LightWave Achieves Aerial Manoeuvres for Red Tails

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:56:23 GMT

Pre-visualization artists at Radical 3D were using LightWave 3D to create the aerial combat
motion and scene files for Red Tails, directed by George Lucas and released over several
months beginning late last year.

CinemaCon Focuses On High Frame Rate Digital Cinema

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:27:33 GMT

Image Matters, intoPIX, MikroM and Virident have collaborated on cinema projection at
CinemaCon in April 2012, preparing for a series of high frame rate tests in June.

Avid Interplay Hits the Olympic Trail

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:00:36 GMT

NBC Olympics will be supporting coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games in London with an Avid
workflow employing the Interplay Media Asset Management system serving with third party vendors, SONY and Harmonic.

DVS CLIPSTER Supports ALEXA RAW Direct in Timeline

Tue, 01 May 2012 02:23:00 GMT

DVS and ARRI have certified the DI workstation CLIPSTER for ALEXA ARRIRAW, in
order to improve the quality and efficiency of post production workflows.

Sony F65 Gains 4K Workflow Support from ‘After Earth’ Production

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:02:58 GMT

NAB Colorworks, Sony Pictures Entertainments’ DI facility, is working with
several service providers to offer 4K workflow support for Sony’s F65
CineAlta digital motion picture camera.

Shotgun and Tweak Customise Studio Review with Revolver

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:59:14 GMT

NAB Shotgun and Tweak have coordinated on a new review product,
Revolver, for digital studios. Revolver combines production tracking
and review, so that teams in different locations can view their updated
Read more...

JVC Mobile News GY-HM650 Delivers Direct via FTP Transfer

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:54:02 GMT

NAB The new JVC GY-HM650 ProHD handheld mobile news camera runs dual
creating Web optimized, 1/4 HD images on a second card.

Fujifilm Permivault Secures Cloud Based Storage

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:51:22 GMT

NAB FUJIFILM Recording Media has introduced their Permivault cloud
based storage service. Permivault provides on-premise and off-site
system for long-term active archiving and disaster recovery.

FotoKem's File-based Dailies Boosts Post Pipelines

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:48:47 GMT

NAB The FotoKem nextLAB v3.0 on-set system manages digital camera
raw formats, RED Epic and Scarlet, Silicon Imaging, and the
Canon DSLRs and EOS lines.

eyeon Accesses NVIDIA CUDA and Bridges AVID Workflow

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:44:56 GMT

NAB eyeon Software is supporting NVIDIA CUDA optimization to provide
rendering power for VFX finishing of feature films, stereo and
broadcast production.

Cinedeck MX Replaces Tapedecks for Broadcast and Post

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:42:10 GMT

NAB Cinedeck MX is a new multi-channel recorder with wide
codec compatibility and workflow accessibility for broadcast
and post production facilities.

Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Pro Gets 4K Playback & Thunderbolt I/O

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:39:16 GMT

NAB Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Pro is a new model of SSD recorder
with four channels of 3 Gb/s SDI in and out, built-in high-speed
Thunderbolt I/O, and full HDMI and analog in and out including
standard XLR connectors for audio and

Blackmagic Design ATEM 2 M/E Mixes SDI and HDMI Audio

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:34:06 GMT

NAB The Blackmagic Design ATEM 2 M/E Production Switcher now has
a software update adding a full, built-in audio mixer.

AtomOS Operating System v3.0 Makes Production Smarter

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:31:02 GMT

NAB Atomos’ firmware update to their operating system, AtomOS 3.0
for their 10-bit recorders, adds functionality to mark in and out points
and tag clips using XML metadata.

ASSIMILATE Supports AMD Radeon HD Graphics and Bluefish444 Epoch

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:27:05 GMT

NAB ASSIMILATE is now supporting AMD Radeon HD 5770 and 5870
graphics cards on the MacOS X versions of their SCRATCH and SCRATCH
Lab digital Intermediate and dailies workflow software.

Aspera and Universal Pictures Collaborate on Post Transfers

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:21:12 GMT

NAB Universal Pictures has deployed the Aspera faspex system to send,
receive and share large media files internationally between production
facilities and post-production houses.

ALEXA Extends Anamorphic Cinematography

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:15:57 GMT

NAB ARRI ALEXA Plus 4:3 is a new ALEXA model similar to the ALEXA
Read more...

Blackmagic Cinema Camera Records CinemaDNG, ProRes and DNxHD

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:51:19 GMT

NAB Blackmagic’s Cinema Camera has a digital cinema camera design
with 13 stops of dynamic range, high resolution 2.5K sensor,
built in high bandwidth SSD recorder, and open file format support.

Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 9 Gets Colourists Up to Speed

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:39:58 GMT

NAB Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 9 has an updated user interface
and a workflow optimized for speed.

Quantel previews RevolutionQ for fast-turnaround broadcast production

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:35:29 GMT

NAB Quantel RevolutionQ for broadcast production uses low cost, commercial
storage allowing customers to choose their hardware platform to
store quantities of content online and make it available to multiple users.

Imagineer mocha Pro v3 Adds New 3D Camera Solver

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:28:29 GMT

NAB Imagineer Systems mocha Pro and mocha AE version 3 are now released
with new rotoscoping tools including the transform tool and join layers
Read more...

The Foundry Support Windows in HIERO

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:24:44 GMT

NAB The Foundry has a new Beta version of HIERO allowing users to download
and trial the software on Windows.

Editshare Lightworks Returns with Stereoscopic Workflow

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:22:13 GMT

NAB After an 18-month beta program, EditShare will release their Lightworks
NLE on 28 May 2012, re-built and optimized for multi-platform deployment
including long-GOP editing.

Avid Interplay Sphere Extends Newsrooms with Distributed Production

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:18:54 GMT

NAB Avid Interplay Sphere is a real-time access application enabling broadcast news professionals to acquire, access, edit and finish stories using a cloud-based architecture.

Avid Multi-Platform Distribution Publishes Video to All Screens

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:15:52 GMT

NAB The new Avid Multi-platform Distribution or MPD system addresses new demands for multi-screen media viewed through a variety of TV, online, social and mobile channels.

AJA T-TAP Tiny Thunderbolt Delivers10-bit SD, HD & 2K

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:06:33 GMT

NAB AJA T-TAP is a new palm-sized bus-powered adapter using
Thunderbolt connectivity for simultaneous 10-bit SD, HD and 2K
output through SDI and HDMI connections.

AJA Ki Pro Quad Supports 4K and Canon C500 Workflow

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:00:43 GMT

NAB AJA Ki Pro Quad, a new solid-state portable video recorder, can capture
3840 x 2160, 2K 2048 x 1080, and HD 1920 x 1080, for

AJA Ki Pro Mini v4.0 Now Supports DNxHD, Ki Pro Rack is Released

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:56:59 GMT

NAB AJA Ki Pro Mini, facilitating direct camera-to-edit workflows, now has a
new v4.0 firmware upgrade including optimized support for the Avid DNxHD
video codec. This update is available now

Sony Opens SRMASTER Workflow with SR-D1 Memory Drive

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:09:55 GMT

NAB Sony is launching the SR-D1, a compact Memory Drive Unit aiming to extend the F65RAW and SStP work-flow to wider application, both on set and in post.

Panasonic MicroP2 Cards and Adaptor Now in Development

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:07:41 GMT

NAB Panasonic is developing a new higher-speed, lower-cost series of memory cards called microP2 card with an SD card form factor, set for release in 2013.

Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 to Support Workflow Updates & AVC-ULTRA

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:05:05 GMT

NAB Panasonic has introduced a new lightweight, shoulder-mount
P2 HD camera recorder with 10-bit, 4:2:2 AVC-Intra recording.

Panasonic Upgrades AG-AC160A, AC130A AVCCAM HD and AF-100

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:00:07 GMT

NAB The Panasonic AG-AC160A and AG-AC130A are upgraded versions
of its recent AVCCAM HD camera recorders.

Matrox Aligns with Adobe CS6 on MXO2 and Mojito I/O

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:56:00 GMT

NAB Matrox Video supports the upcoming release of Adobe Creative Suite 6 and
Adobe Mercury Transmit with the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices and the
Matrox Mojito MAX I/O card.

Grass Valley EDIUS v6.5 Integrates Editors with STRATUS and K2 Dyno Replay

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:48:31 GMT

NAB Due to its codec, multiformat file support and speed, Grass Valley’s EDIUS HD,

nonlinear video

Autodesk Smoke 2013 Puts Compositing on Editor’s Timeline

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:43:57 GMT

At NAB 2012, Autodesk showed Smoke 2013, redesigned as a video editing
and visualFX tool for the Mac with a new workflow placing node-based

Lightbeam Systems Power Up New E5 Series Workstations

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:28:55 GMT

NAB Lightbeam Systems’ new E5 series of workstations, render nodes and GPU
nodes are based on the Intel Xeon processor E5 2600 series, NVIDIA
Quadro professional graphics and NVIDIA Tesla GPUs.

Canon Builds Four New Zoom EF Cinema Lenses

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:21:13 GMT

NAB Canon is developing four new digital cinematography zoom lenses for use
with 4K resolution cameras and compatible with Super 35 mm-equivalent
cameras, suited to motion picture and television shooting.

Canon EOS-1D C DSLR Records High-Res 4K Video

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:54:16 GMT

NAB The new compact, lightweight Canon EOS 1D C DSLR camera targets motion
picture, television and other digital high-resolution production, recording 4K
video to support post effects.

Canon Develops Digital Cinema Camera for 4K Capture

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:26:36 GMT

NAB Canon is developing a new, interchangeable-lens digital cinema camera, the
EOS C500/EOS C500 PL, capable of recording 4K-resolution video with RAW
output, targeting motion picture and television production.

Firefly Cinema Brings Colour Grading, Dailies and Post On Set

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:29:57 GMT

NAB Firefly Cinema have created one of the first collaborative colour grading
applications, with tools covering tasks from daily management through
to post-production.

Render Rocket Launches Unlimited Test Renders on Projects

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:06:36 GMT

NAB The cloud-based rendering company, Render Rocket, has just launched two
new programs, a free, unlimited test render program and a referral program.

Dashwood Stereo3D Cat Supports Blackmagic Design's 3D Monitoring Devices

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:01:08 GMT

NAB Dashwood Stereo3D CAT 3D calibration and analysis software now natively
supports 3D input from Blackmagic Design's UltraStudio 3D or Decklink
Extreme 3D.

PipelineFX ArtistView GUI for Qube! Controls Render Farms

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:35:35 GMT

NAB The new PipelineFX ArtistView GUI for Qube! has been developed to make
the application’s queue control, project updates and render previews more
accessible to artists.

ToolsOnAir’s just:Broadcast Suite Integrates Social Media and MAM

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:26:53 GMT

NAB ToolsOnAir has formed a series of collaborations extending the functions of
their just: Broadcast Suite of multichannel production tools for video
broadcast in time for NAB 2012.

Autodesk’s Store Simplifies 3D Animation in 3ds Max 2013

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:22:03 GMT

NAB Autodesk has introduced a new Animation Store for their 2013 releases of
3ds Max animation software and Autodesk 3ds Max Design visualization
software, which is now shipping.

Matrox Ships HD-SDI Scan Converters for Mac & Supports FCP 10.0.4 Monitoring

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:11:52 GMT

NAB Matrox Convert DVI and Matrox Convert DVI Plus HD-SDI scan converters now
include support for the Mac. All functions previously available only on the PC
are now available to all users.

Telestream Pipeline & LiveEdit Capture Springsteen Live at the Apollo

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:36:57 GMT

The Telestream Pipeline network video capture system supported fast turn
around editing for the ‘Bruce Springsteen Live at the Apollo’ concert in New
York in March, recording multiple camera feeds in real-time and encoding to
Avid DNxHD format.

Digital Rapids Encoders Stream Live for PERFORM

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:11:39 GMT

Sports media specialist PERFORM deploys 150 Digital Rapids StreamZ Live
encoders and Broadcast Manager multi-encoder automation software to
live stream thousands of sports events to viewers on multiple types of
devices and platforms.

Sony HDC-2000 and HDC-2550 Support Live Production

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:57:48 GMT

The new Sony HDC-2000 and HDC-2550 broadcast cameras are designed to
integrate into existing live production set ups and workflows with multiple
outputs for studio and field use.

Sony HXR-NX30P Records Stable Shots for Field Production

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:08:26 GMT

Sony has added the HXR-NX30P palm-size HD camcorder to the NXCAM line with
balanced optical steadyshot image stabilisation to eliminate camera shake in
diverse field production environments.

Mission Critical Studios Plays Games with iPi Soft

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:52:11 GMT

Mission Critical Studios specializes in video game development for iOS,
Android, PC, Xbox 360, PS 3 and Wii platforms, and use markerless
motion capture, on the iPi Motion Capture system, to help them maintain
a competitive advantage in their field.

ToolsOnAir Joins Broadcast Suppliers for Open Workflow Network

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:25:52 GMT

ToolsOnAir, Vidispine, Object Matrix and Archiware have formed the Open
Workflow Network, a group addressing the movement of the broadcast
industry towards open, interoperable, cost-effective systems.

Gnomon and David Lesperance Teach Environment Sculpting

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:27:00 GMT

The Gnomon Workshop has released a new training DVD from ‘Halo 4’
environment artist David Lesperance, titled ‘Environment Sculpting’,
outlining the workflow he uses to design environments.

Switch Media Streams ‘Andy X’ Online

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:12:52 GMT

Multi-platform video specialists Switch Media recently completed a project streaming the
short movie ‘Andy X’ on the life and times of Andy Warhol, using the internet as its sole
distribution platform.

Reliance Mediaworks Build Global Pipeline on Katana and Nuke

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:41:10 GMT

Reliance MediaWorks has purchased a site licence of KATANA lighting software for The
Foundry to use in a KATANA-Nuke pipeline at their UK and Mumbai facilities.

Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Lifts the Looks on Nigerian Comedy

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:54:53 GMT

Jason R Moffat grading studio used multiple LUTs in the Blackmagic Design DaVinci
Resolve, mixing linear and LOG footage, to finish ‘Phone Swap’, a new Nigerian feature
film by Kunle Afolayan.

Quantel Pablo PA Automates Conforms at RingSide Creative

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:26:17 GMT

RingSide Creative in Detroit has purchased Quantel’s conform and preparation software,
Pablo PA, to handle time consuming conforms and leave its eQ, iQ and Pablo available
on client-focused work.

Canon EOS 60Da Astrophoto DSLR Shoots for the Stars

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:41:33 GMT

The Canon EOS 60Da digital SLR camera is made specifically for astrophotography, based
on an 18-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and a DiG!C 4 image processor, aiming for
low-light, long-exposure shooting.

John Carter and the Creatures of Mars

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:37:34 GMT

‘John Carter of Mars’ is the largest creature project Double Negative has ever undertaken, requiring two and a half years of work. Updating the facility’s pipeline to meet the demand resulted in an exciting new Creature FX division.

Sony NEX-FS700 HD Super 35mm Captures Super Slow Motion

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:03:39 GMT

The new Sony NEX-FS700/K full-HD camcorder is the latest in Sony’s line-up of NXCAM
inter-changeable E-Mount camcorders, designed for high-speed shooting and able to
capture footage at up to 960 fps.

Sony PMW-100 XDCAM Compact Shoots Broadcast Quality

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:56:42 GMT

The new Sony PMW-100 HD422 handheld camcorder is the smallest and lightest model in
the XDCAM family, with a 1/2.9-inch sensor and 5.4-54mm zoom lens, recording full-HD video.

VFX Artist Rob Nederhorst Teaches Realistic Compositing

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:40:20 GMT

In a new training video from The Gnomon Workshop, VFX and compositing artist Rob
Nederhorst explains critical elements that give quality composites a realistic feel.

Modus FX Brings on Winter Looks in Mirror Mirror

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:21:45 GMT

Modus FX completed 194 shots for ‘Mirror Mirror’ in just eight weeks, creating a forest snow
scene to replace the sound stage live action backgrounds.

HP Z1 AiO Boasts NVIDIA Quadro Graphics & Fast Renders

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:55:29 GMT

The new HP Z1 all-in-one workstation runs on NVIDIA Quadro graphics and Intel Xeon
processors for faster rendering. HP’s Z820, Z620 and Z420 workstations now support
multi-threaded applications for digital media, entertainment and CAD projects.