On November 14 at the Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles, an attentive audience saw the first public showing of some newly acquired Red 4K imagery, projected with the new Sony SXRD 4K projector.... »
Bitfilm is a six year old digital film festival held annually in Hamburg, Germany. According to bitfilm founder, Aaron Koenig: “bitfilm is a place where digital film makers of all kinds can find a home. The festival is a place for them to meet face to face and exchange ideas and enthusiasm.” And that it is.
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Avid Technology, Inc., today announced that its Softimage, Co. subsidiary has unveiled SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6, the latest version of its flagship 3D animation and character creation software. XSI 6 software introduces new solutions for accelerated animation that simplify working with 3D characters and motion capture data. A new collaborative framework in XSI 6 software also allows 3D artists to work together non-destructively, in a studio environment that provides easy integration with other 3D applications.... »
Can Divx, the scrappy independent company with the highly efficient video codec, help revolutionize not only the way video content is distributed, but how it’s created?... »
Silicon Imaging, with help from CineForm and Intel Corporation, today unleashed a 2K Digital Cinema camera system set to revolutionize movie and HD production. ... »
With a new name, a reinvigorated post-production conference track and a broader range of camera and software manufacturers on the exhibit floor, NAB NY may have finally found its niche. Now in its second year, the four-day conference and trade show held at the Javits Center earlier this week drew a respectable crowd and felt, for the first time, like the essential regional event it’s aiming to be.... »
Adobe Soundbooth will lbe the new default audio app shipping with Adobe Production Studio starting in 1997, with Audition survicing as a standalone program for audio professionals.... »
After bursting on the digital camera scene at NAB last April with the introduction SI-1920HDVR 10-bit digital cinema camera, Silicon Imaging is again making waves by partnering with Iridas to leverage its metadata-based color grading system Speedgrade to develop the first camera system to incorporate live "look" visualization for a color-managed pipeline from acquisition through
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Apple has apparently purchased the assets of Silicon Color, the San Diego-based company behind the FinalTouch line-up of finishing software for the Mac.... »
Autodesk is hosting a series of free product demos across the country to show off new enhancements and features of its signature visual effects, editing, and color-grading solutions.
These instructional events will illustrate how users can create innovative visual effects, move data faster, and streamline pipeline efficiency.
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Saturday night, the RED Digital Cinema headquarters in Lake Forest, CA, were burglarized and the company is offering $100,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators.... »
