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Pixologic Releases ZBrush 4R5 for Windows and Mac

Pixologic announced another new release of its Zbrush sculpting and painting program, adding a broad array of features. Improvements to general workflow and usability in ZBrush 4R5 include new Quick Save and Auto Save features, which should help make it … more »

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In the Field with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera

If you pre-ordered the Blackmagic Cinema Camera (BMCC) shortly after its NAB debut, it's been a long road. The camera missed its originally scheduled ship date as Blackmagic Design dealt with behind-the-scenes issues having to do with the camera's CMOS … more »

Q&A: Marco Solorio on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera

Marco Solorio is the owner of OneRiver Media in Walnut Creek, CA. As an early user of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera (BMCC), he's employed it on a number of projects, shooting ProRes most of the time but switching to raw … more »

Q&A: The Diamond Brothers on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera

Based in New York City, Jason and Josh Diamond, aka The Diamond Brothers, have been among the first users of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera (BMCC). They've put the camera through its paces on music video and TV shoots. We got … more »

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Eyeon Ships Connection v1.5

Eyeon updated its Eyeon Connection plug-in for Avid's AVX2 architecture to v1.5, adding new features to its round-trip functionality between Eyeon Fusion and Avid Media Composer, Symphony, NewsCutter, and DS. By building a bridge between Avid's NLE environment and Fusion's … more »

Assimilate Starts Scratch and Scratch Lab Direct Rentals

Assimilate announced this week that it would begin offering a rental option for its Scratch and Scratch Lab products via its website. Customers can use a credit card or PaylPal account to rent Scratch or Scratch Lab for anywhere from … more »

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Autodesk Ships Smoke 2013

Following more than six months of pre-release trials, in which the company sought input from working editors on sweeping changes to one of its flagship software programs, Autodesk said it started shipping Smoke 2013 this morning. The new version of … more »

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Matrox Ships DS1 Thunderbolt Docking Station

Aiming at Macbook Pro and MacBook Air users who want to easily hook up to large displays and Gigabit Ethernet when they're at their desks, Matrox today began shipping its new DS1 Thunderbolt Docking Station. It's available now in the … more »

FirstCom Gets Christmas-y with Mannheim Steamroller

Putting the finishing touches on some holiday-themed projects? Reaching for some generic jingle-bell instrumentals? FirstCom has something special for you — for the first time this year, the company is exclusively representing Mannheim Steamroller, which it describes as "the #1 … more »

Bluefish444 Create Cards Now Support Avid Open I/O

Bluefish444 said the latest version of its Mac OS X installer adds support for Avid Open I/O to its Create line of uncompressed HD-SDI cards. The new OS X 10.7 installer "provides cross-platform SDI I/O solutions to Avid users for … more »