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. ... »
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.... »
Digital motion picture and post-production company PostWorks Los Angeles today announced the hiring of senior Hollywood colorist Scott Gregory. The announcement was made by PostWorks LA President Mike Doggett.... »
Today Gamma & Density Co. announced that it has commenced shipments of three versions of its 3cP software for color control of film and digital productions. Previously only available as a full-service rental to high-end film and digital productions, 3cP is now available for purchase for all levels of productions.... »
Daryn Okada has been chosen by his peers to serve a third one-year term as president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). The other officers are vice presidents Michael Goi, Owen Roizman, and Richard Crudo; Treasurer Victor J. Kemper, Secretary Isidore Mankofsky, and Sergeant At Arms John Hora. The board members include Curtis Clark, Caleb Deschanel, John C. Flinn III, William A. Fraker, Stephen Lighthill, Robert Primes, Nancy Schreiber, Dante Spinotti, and Kees Van Oostrum.... »
Digieffects, a developer of
popular visual effects software plugins today announced that it
has shipped Simulate: Illuma, a plugin package offering a
specialized collection of effects plugins for creating light
and glow effects.
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LaCie today announced the Little Big Disk Quadra 1TB, the
industry’s largest capacity, most powerful mobile storage solution to fit comfortably into the palm
of your hand. Joining already shipping 500GB and 400GB (7200 RPM) versions, the portable
Little Big Disk is LaCie’s workflow answer for speed- and capacity-demanding applications and
digital content creation.... »
Side Effects Software, an industry leader in 3D animation and visual effects software, is pleased to announce the planned release of Houdini 9.5 on July 15, 2008. Houdini 9.5 brings the 3D industry's first node-based workflow to the Mac ensuring that 3D artists can collaborate seamlessly in a multi-platform environment. Houdini 9.5 public beta release is available today for download on all platforms.... »
