Academy Award-winning actor and critically acclaimed screenwriter, director and producer Tim Robbins will deliver the opening keynote speech on Monday, April 14 at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.... »
The Tiffen Company, Steadicam Division, is pleased to announce the introduction of the FLYER-LE. Based on the award-winning Steadicam Flyer technology, the LE Steadicam is a new design offering many new features and benefits for the operator.
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Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009
Autodesk today began shipping two new versions of 3ds Max, its leading 3D
modeling, animation and rendering software. In February 2008 the company
first announced 3ds Max 2009 software for entertainment professionals, and
3ds Max Design 2009 software, a tailored 3D application for architects,
designers and visualization specialists.
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Smoke & Mirrors New York, the VFX shop behind Feist's hit videos, Light Up the Night, and 1,2,3,4 is pleased to welcome Executive Producer Celest Gilbert into the fold.... »
FilmCore has launched a new Creative Services division at its studio in San Francisco. The editorial house is seeking to move beyond its niche in post-production while providing ad agencies with an alternative solution for the production of new media advertising, including advertising for the web and mobile devices, viral campaigns and branded entertainment. Services offered by the new venture will run the gamut from concept development and brand strategy through design, animation and post. It will also offer help with new media strategy and distribution. ... »
Continuing to broaden the scope of its creative roster, bi-coastal production company The Joneses has signed award-winning director Allen Martinez for exclusive U.S. representation for commercials. Martinez, whose recent work includes spots for Coca-Cola out of TBWA Moscow, and Brahma Beer, an international spot for Advanta and McGarry Bowen, is known as a gifted storyteller with a seductive sense of humor. A lengthy acting background has also made him very skillful in directing talent. ... »
V4x, an innovative software
platform for mobile content creation, will showcase its new product
suite for Adobe Flash and Flash Lite at NAB 2008 in Las Vegas, NV
April 14-17 at stand SU5022.... »
Sorenson Media, the worldwide leader for video compression and decoding solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Sorenson Squeeze 5, Sorenson Squeeze 5 Pro (formerly Sorenson Squeeze PowerPack), Sorenson Squeeze 5 for Flash and Sorenson Squeeze 5 for Flash Pro. This major release of Sorenson Media’s award-winning compression and encoding software offers benefits that include speed increases, superior audio and video quality, workflow enhancements and many pre-processing options. Sorenson Squeeze 5 now allows users to process multiple files simultaneously on computers with multiple cores, features new and improved codecs and filters for higher quality output and offers a new, workflow-friendly organization of presets.... »
On the heels of a string of successful sites for clients such as Virgin America, 2k Games, Time Warner, Kiehl's, Nintendo, and Atlantic Records, full service Interactive Agency ROKKAN announces the opening of a new San Francisco office ... »
International Duplication Centre (IDC), a New York City-based digital post-production and new media facility, today announced that it has acquired Phoenix Productions and has formed a new fully integrated production, creative motion branding and post-production division, Air Station, headed by Chris Phoenix.... »
MOTU, Inc. is now shipping Windows support for the V3HD FireWire video interface and converter. Users can download the new PC drivers and software at v3hd.com, giving them immediate and complete compatibility with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 (Version 3.1 or higher) running on Windows XP or Vista (32).... »
Brand New School (www.brandnewschool.com), the bicoastal directing collective, announced today the company signed Vadim Turchin as CG Supervisor for the New York office.... »
Umlaut is pleased to welcome Inome Callahan to its editorial team. Callahan joins Umlaut's existing roster, which includes Doug Brown, Jessica Congdon, Peter Johnson and Jean Kawahara.... »
