Author Archives: Beth Marchant

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With New Scrub and Scan Tools, Shutterstock Continues to Grow

Online stock library Shutterstock has been in growth mode since it was founded in 2003, though one could argue that the addition of video footage in 2006 helped it turn a corner. At NAB last month, Ben Pfeifer, Shutterstock's VP of New Business, … more »

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Red Giant’s On-Set DIT Tool BulletProof Now in Beta

Red Giant used NAB to officially launch its new logging, backup, review, on-set color and delivery tool, BulletProof, in private beta since April 1. A public beta will precede shipment of the full version this summer, for Macintosh only. A … more »

Vimeo Focuses on Content Creation with Launch of Brand Creative Fund

NEW YORK, April 23, 2013 –Vimeo today launched its Brand Creative Fund product, a new resource for brands to develop high-quality, “brand-enabled” video content in collaboration with the global network of innovative creators on Vimeo.  Each Brand Creative Fund engagement … more »

Vimeo Creates Brand Creative Fund to Connect Filmmakers and Marketers

Vimeo announced a new resource this morning called the Brand Creative Fund that will let brands—whether in-house marketing department, creative agencies or both—collaborate with Vimeo's worldwide network of filmmakers. Serving as an agent of sorts, Vimeo's creative team will help … more »

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Schneider Optics Announces New Family of 4K Xenon FF-Primes for HDSLR Cameras

Lens and filter manufacturer Schneider Optics showed a new family of cine-style prime lenses aimed at Canon's 5D Mark III and Nikon D800 cameras at NAB. The Xenon FF-Primes, designed and to be built by Schneider-Kreuznach in Germany, feature a rugged … more »

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Fusion-io 1.6 TB ioFX Card Targets 4K and Stereo 3D Production

Fusion-io has introduced a 1.6 TB version of its ioFX accelerator/storage device for 4K+ and stereo-3D productions that is expected to begin shipping this summer. It joins the 420 GB capacity version of the NAND flash memory-based, PCI Express-delivered device … more »

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Local Hero Post’s Leandro Marini on the Promise of Creative DI

I first sat down with colorist and Local Hero Post owner Leandro Marini back in September during IBC. In front of a full Assimilate Scratch system in a curtained corner of Assimilate's booth, he showed me some of the things … more »

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Adobe Reveals After Effects Advancements and Details of AE and Cinema 4D Workflow

Adobe today officially announced new features inside a coming version of After Effects that will take rotoscoping in a entirely new direction and will further enhance workflows that rely on roundtrip comps between AE and Maxon's Cinema 4D. Although Adobe … more »

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New After Effects and Cinema 4D Pipeline in the Works

Regular users of both Adobe After Effects and Maxon Cinema 4D got some great news Tuesday when Adobe and Maxon announced they had formed a strategic alliance and would begin developing solutions that both simplify and evolve workflows in After … more »

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Collider Conference to Help VFX and Graphics Community Converge in NYC

Based on the success of its Style Frames New York conferences geared to advertising creatives and executives, Stash Media is launching a New York show aimed at the wider community of area visual effects, motion graphics and animation staff and … more »