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Do You Doddle? If You Use Call Sheets, You Probably Should
Back in 2010, Mobile Imagination released the first interactive production guide iOS App on the market. Drawing from existing production guides and film commissions around the world, the company reorganized available databases into an easy, searchable and free App called …
MTI Film’s Control Dailies Lands at NBC Universal
MTI Film announced today that Cortex::ControlDailies, its new on-set and near-set system unveiled at this year's NAB, has been purchased by NBC Universal to process and manage its digital dailies. The node-based solution grew out of MTI Film's Control Dailies …
First Sessions Announced for SIGGRAPH 2012
SIGGRAPH 2012 organizers today announced a full slate of panels helmed by visual effects and character animation supervisors heading to this year's exhibition and conference in Los Angeles on August 5 – 9. The production sessions on tap this year …
Walter Biscardi on Changing Up the Post Pipeline
Walter Biscardi, founder of Biscardi Creative Media in Buford, GA, was so turned off by the new approach to editing in Apple's Final Cut Pro X that he resolved to find a replacement for his former favorite NLE. While he …
Pixar Slashes Price of RenderMan Studio, Adds Maya Support to Base Package
Gearing up for the summer release of RenderMan Studio 4.0, Pixar bundled RenderMan for Maya in the base RenderMan Studio 3.0 package and cut the price to $1300, including an embedded renderer. Previously, RenderMan Studio 3.0 sold for $3000 with …
Joe Facchini Leaves Panasonic for AbelCine
Joe Facchini, until recently Vice President of Media and Production Services at Panasonic, where he worked for 25 years, has been named Executive Director of Sales and Product Marketing at AbelCine in New York. According to a release issued by AbelCine …
Mik Wells Joins Imagineer Systems as Head of Engineering
Mik Wells, a color science and 2D and 3D compositing expert who has held posts with Softimage and Avid, has joined Imagineer Systems as its new Head of Engineering. In his new role he'll lead the company's mocha development team.Wells …
Jason Dowdeswell is New Head of Production for Digital Domain in Vancouver
Digital Domain Productions said today that Jason Dowdeswell will head Vancouver-based productions, talent and teams, as well as lead collaboration with Digital Domain facilities in Venice, San Francisco, Florida, London, and Mumbai.Dowdeswell's career prior to joining Digital Domain included two …
Cine Gear Expo Opens Today in Hollywood
If it's June, it must be time for Cine Gear Expo. Now in its 16th year, the show brings together vendors of motion-picture cameras and a wide-variety of gear related to cameras and the art and science of image making. …
Vimeo Partners with SmartSound, Adds Custom Music Tool
Vimeo today unveiled the first of what is to be a suite of cloud-based or downloadable "Enhancer" tools that will help a broader range of Vimeo users put more of a polished finish on their videos. The inaugural Enhancer tool …