Rhinofx recently signed VFX Supervisor/Artist Jim Rider to reinforce their growing feature film division. With considerable experience across the entire realm of effects projects, Rider's talents include motion control, Flame, compositing, and animation. Jim is able to effectively synthesize his effects expertise, evidenced by a body of work that includes a long line of significant feature film projects including Across the Universe, Evan Almighty, Chicago, and Titanic. Rhinofx has also generated an impressive list of recent film credits, which include Perfect Stranger, The Nanny Diaries, and the current production of the Dreamworks/Paramount venture, Ghost Town. ... »
In its ongoing commitment to provide career-advancing education, Panasonic has announced today additional dates and cities for its popular P2 Workflow Workshops training program. ... »
Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd. will be on hand at InfoComm 2008 (Booth #C914) to show two high-performance HDTV cameras—from Hitachi’s broad portfolio of products—that serve a wide range of professional A/V applications. InfoComm is being held from June 14-18, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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Noise Industries, developer of visual
effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today
announced that partner Idustrial Revolution
(www.idustrialrevolution.com) has released CoverFlux, a brand new –
FREE - FxFactory FxPack plug-in for Apple Final Cut Studio 2.0 and
Apple Final Cut Express 4.0 applications. Much like the image carousel
effect seen in Apple iTunes® and the new Apple OS X 10.5 Leopard®
finder, CoverFlux dynamically displays user selected images in 3D
proportionally fanned across the screen with reflections and
transparencies. The CoverFlux FxPack automatically calculates the
stack and fan while providing comprehensive controls for adjusting
about any element of the display including, perspective, animation,
and text.
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Redrock Micro unveils the highly anticipated microMatteBox and microShoulderMount accessories for digital filmmakers that deliver cinema-grade light management and camera support at revolutionary prices. These new products build on Redrock’s growing family of cinema accessories that enable digital filmmakers to create dramatic film-style footage using standard digital video cameras. ... »
Looking to add another dimension to your next Adobe® Photoshop® project? DAZ 3D™, a leading developer of professional-quality 3D software and models, today announced the immediate availability of the DAZ Studio™ 3D Bridge plug-in for Photoshop. The 3D Bridge plug-in for Photoshop allows DAZ Studio users to automatically apply 3D imagery and artwork to any Photoshop project. To help artists master the seamless transfer application, DAZ 3D is offering a free 30-day evaluation license of the 3D Bridge plug-in for Photoshop prior to purchase.
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Returning to the place where he began his career, director Scotty Bergstein has signed with STORY for exclusive, national representation in commercials. Bergstein signed his first directing contract a decade ago with STORY affiliate The Joneses and has been directing for the past year through FM Rocks, where his most recent project was a campaign for Ameriquest and DDB, Los Angeles. He has already completed his first project for STORY, a pair of spots for Texas-based restaurant chain Dave & Buster’s via Dallas agency Slinghot. ... »
NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced award-winning LightWave® 9.3.1 is now available as a free 30-day trial for Mac OS X and both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows immediately... »
Smoke & Mirrors, the creatively-lead high- end post production house, has added to its bag of tricks with new staff appointments that strengthen its visual effects capabilities and post-production management teams. Joining the company is Nico Cotta, one of the UK’s most sought-after flame artists and VFX supervisors, together with producer James Niklasson who brings more than a decade of experience in supervising the post production on CG animation and visual effects in broadcast, music videos and commercials.... »
Click for a wink. Click again for a smile. Facial animation has never been simpler as DAZ 3D, a leading developer of professional quality 3D models and software, today announced the immediate availability of Mimic Pro for Carrara, a plug-in enabling seamless lip-synching, sound analysis and speech animation simulations directly within Carrara 6.2.... »
Zoic Studios is excited to welcome 3D Supervisor Paul Ghezzo to the company. Ghezzo is part of Zoic's award-winning Episodic Division and is currently supervising production on a variety of pilots, new shows and name brand programs for the Fall television season.... »
Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc.
today announced its partnership with Automatic Duck to bring the
editing process to the next level. Toon Boom Storyboard Pro exports
animatics in the AAF file format and Pro Import FCP takes them
straight into Final Cut Pro, with automated relink of video files and
unlimited audio tracks.
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NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced the next generation of its award-winning TriCaster™ line of portable live production and virtual set systems is shipping.... »
Responding to Hollywood's growing demand for 3D production and post-production, Stereoscope has opened its doors to serve the creative community. Equipped with the new version of Quantel's Pablo 4K color grading system, which can handle real-time stereoscopic post-production, the studio has been designed from the ground up to provide a full range of stereo3D digital content services, from development through distribution.... »
