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Carl Zeiss to Show New Compact Prime and Compact Zoom Lenses at IBC
Responding to demand from cinematographers who need larger apertures while working with high-speed compact Primes, Zeiss will introduce the new Compact Prime CP.2 25/T2.1 lens at IBC next week in Amsterdam. The company will also show a new full-format 4K …
Christie to Screen Scorsese’s Hugo in 3D Laser Projection at IBC
IBC has just confirmed that a 3D screening of Martin Scorsese's Hugo, prepared for a 14-foot lambert presentation (2D brightness levels with 3D glasses) via laser-illuminated projection, will close the IBC Big Screen showcase on Monday, September 10. The screening, …
Previs Specialist Persistence of Vision Expands Beyond Feature Film
Microsoft, Snail Games, and Nike are among the first non-movie-studio clients for previs services from Hollywood's Persistence of Vision (POV). The company's new Multi-Media Content division will target producers of TV spots, video games, webisodes, music videos, and other non-feature-film content. "During …
Fabric Engine’s Creation Platform Helps Software Developers Tap AMD GPUs
Fabric Engine is aiming to make the development of proprietary, high-performance software viable for a broader range of VFX studios. The company's new Creation Platform, shown in the AMD booth at SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles this week, is a framework …
Trumbull, Muren, and Others Vouch for High-Frame-Rate Cinema
A funny thing happened when renowned VFX supervisor Dennis Muren bought a new Sony TV. He started to become absorbed by the effects of the MotionFlow system that increases image smoothness by interpolating frames. "I was looking at the old Mac …
NVIDIA’s Dominick Spina Joins LightWave 3D Group
NewTek announced Wednesday the formation of a new Burbank-based division, the LightWave 3D Group, which will be led by Rob Powers, formerly NewTek's VP and Head of 3D Development. Dominick Spina joined the new group today as VP of Worldwide …
Wacom Interactive Tablets Touch the Future of Education at SIGGRAPH 2012
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Aug. 2, 2012 – At SIGGRAPH 2012, August 5 – 9th at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Wacom (Booth 819) will showcase the ways its Cintiq and Intuos5 tablets are helping educators enhance teaching and better assisting …
NewTek Names Rob Powers President of New LightWave 3D Group
NewTek said it's giving LightWave 3D a new push, putting NewTek executive Rob Powers at the head of a new division charged with increasing adoption of the company's modeling, animating and rendering tool worldwide.The company's LightWave 3D Group will target …
MTV Announces 2012 VMA Nominees
It's a cliche that MTV barely shows music videos anymore, but the channel still likes to oversee the glitzy Video Music Awards, which are handed out every year in a splashy ceremony at the Staples Center in downtown L.A. This …
What Do Digital Domain’s 3D Patents Cover? Read Them Here
Digital Domain Media Group (DD) generated a lot of buzz in the VFX industry with its announcement, earlier this month, that it was signing up licensees and suing infringers of patents that it claims cover the fundamentals of the 3D …