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NAB Video: Adobe’s Ellen Wixted on CS6 Production Premium
Adobe Senior Product Manager Ellen Wixted tells James Mathers all about the new applications included in the upcoming release of Adobe CS6 Production Premium.Click here for more NAB video.
On the Eve of NAB, Post Announcements Are in Full Swing
Monday begins another big National Association of Broadcasters convention (at least that’s the day the show floor opens and gearheads are in heaven) and it looks like it’s going to be a big show. Yes, we all say that every …
Autodesk Reimagines Smoke as Bold New VFX/Editorial Hybrid
Taking direct aim at the pro video editorial and effects market, Autodesk today announced a new version of Smoke that combines track-based editorial and other standard editing conventions with its trademark compositing tools, letting both editors and compositors create high-level …
Adobe CS6 Revamps Premiere Pro Workspace, Revs Up After Effects
Adobe has more than usual riding on CS6, the latest version of its Creative Suite package for production and post. CS5.5 launched at NAB last year just as Final Cut Pro X was landing with a thud among users who …
Fusion-io ioFX Targets VFX Artists, 3D Playback
Fusion-io is targeting VFX artists with the 420 GB Fusion ioFX, a new solid-state memory product that's designed specifically to improve workstation performance for editing, compositing, encoding, transcoding, playback and rendering. The price point is also tuned to hit a …
Reliance MediaWorks Licenses The Foundry’s Katana
The Foundry said that Reliance MediaWorks is installing its Katana look-development and lighting alongside Nuke at its facilities in UK and Mumbai. Reliance becomes the fourth major customer for Katana, which The Foundry said is already in use at ILM and …
Mercalli V2 Pro from proDAD Now Supports Avid Media Composer and Symphony
German video effects company proDAD announced today that its Mercalli V2 Pro video stabilizer and rolling-shutter plug-in now supports Windows versions of Avid Media Composer 5.x and 6.x and Symphony 6.x. Macintosh support will be coming shortly, the company says.Andreas …
Autodesk Smooths Workflow in 2013 Product Line
Autodesk upgraded its full lineup of digital content ceation products for 2013, emphasizing a new "Ultimate" bundle that includes 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, Mudbox, and MotionBuilder for $7995. All of the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites now ship with Sketchbook Designer, …
Getty Images Is New Distributor for GreenScreen Animals
GreenScreen Animals, which provides stock footage featuring animals, is now being distributed through Getty Images. By providing footage of animals carefully shot against a green-screen background, the company hopes to save companies money over a shoot with a live animal …
Golaem Ships Crowd 1.4 with Mental Ray Support
Golaem is shipping Golaem Crowd 1.4, the latest release of its crowd-simulation software for Autodesk Maya. The latest version supports Mental Ray (both standalone and Mental Ray for Maya versions) with the addition of native .mi file export and a …