Original Film, the commercial/entertainment production company led by Executive Producers Bruce Mellon, Jeff Devlin and Joe Piccirllo, has signed four diverse directing talents — noted Australian shooters Brendan Williams and Tim Gibbs; EJ Foerster, known for his ad and feature film second unit work; and up-and-comer Ben Orisich.... »
Encore Hollywood has brought on visual effects artist John Roden as 2D Supervisor. Roden, who has broad experience as a compositor, matte painter and graphics designer for film, television and advertising, will seek to build and lead a team of artists engaged in those disciplines as part of a larger effort by Encore to grow its visual effects capabilities.
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Red Giant Software, publisher of
Knoll Light Factory and Trapcode, today added a new motion graphics tool
to its growing line of professional digital video products. Radium Glow
is used to add optical glows and glitter to projects easily.
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Band Pro Film & Digital introduces the Carl Zeiss +0.5 DigiDiopter. This new optic joins the DigiDiopter line of HD-quality diopters, currently available in +1 and +2 magnifications. ... »
In the competitive world of independent cinema and television pilot production, achieving the high-quality look of film while staying within budget is an ever-present challenge. For one talented filmmaker, however, Canon’s XH G1 and XH A1 HD camcorders provided an affordable, yet creatively versatile means of capturing first-rate images.... »
Next Limit Technologies is pleased to announce the release of an update for our revolutionary rendering software: Maxwell Render version 1.7.
This latest update – available today for existing customers – offers several new and vastly improved features including:
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DALSA today announced it is formalizing its already close relationship with Sohonet Solutions, the new production services division of Sohonet™. Sohonet Solutions will function as the preferred partner to manage the data workflow generated by the new generation of DALSA cameras. Working closely with Sohonet Solutions ensures the data output from DALSA’s Origin and Evolution cameras can be managed and delivered to the various production departments in the most effective way.... »
NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products today announced the release of LightWave Rendition™ for Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended. ... »
Noise Industries, developer of visual
effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today
announced that development partner SUGARfx (www.sugarqc.com) has
released the FxFactory powered FxPacks Design Tools and Slate Tools;
time saving workflow plug-ins for Apple Final Cut Studio® 2.0 and
Apple Final Cut Express 4.0 applications. The new Design Tools and
Slate Tools FxPacks can be used daily to ensure time-consuming tasks
such as slate generation, color management, and precise object
placement can be done quickly and with exact precision. SUGARfx
created the Design Tools and Slate Tools FxPacks using the Noise
Industries FxFactory Pro Plug-in Manager.
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Wiredrive 2.0 is a customer branded web-based platform for creative professionals used in organizing and sending video reels and client presentations for production, sales and promotional purposes.... »
Kung Fu Panda has captured critics and audiences with its irreverent mix of kung fu and heart, a tale of a slacker panda who dreams of being a kung fu master. Design and branding studio Shine was tasked with creating a main title sequence that conveyed all this while serving as a bookend to the 2D dream sequence that opens the film, and crediting 900 people who worked on it. The result, which clocks in at nine minutes, is a mini-movie in its own right.... »
Iridas has extended support for a number of tools and applications. Watch the interview with COO Patrick Palmer to hear about their new support for Cine-tal, ARRI D20 and D21, Dalsa, Phantom and 3D workflows.... »
Producer Keith Collea talks about the techniques employed on The Gene Generation, from pre-production all the way through to screening the film, to make this futuristic, sci-fi thriller on a shoestring budget. ... »
