Switching to P2 is about to get a lot less expensive, thanks to a new line of low-priced P2 media introduced by Panasonic at its NAB press conference earlier this afternoon.... »
Today LaCie announced the general availability of the LaCie 12big Rack product range – an enterprise class 2U rack-mounted portfolio, targeted at corporate IT users and video professionals. The LaCie 12big Rack Fibre, LaCie 12big Rack Serial, and LaCie 12big Rack Network, provide (respectively) SAN, DAS and NAS storage solutions that are designed to target the most demanding uses through their performance, customization, minimized downtime and ease-of-use. The range features multipathed 4x 4Gb/s fiber channel connections, dual mini-SAS connection (SFF-8088) or dual 1Gb/s Ethernet connection – making the 12big Rack portfolio a comprehensive storage range.... »
A turning point in the career of Public Enemies producer Bryan Carroll was when he worked as a film and visual effects editor for James Cameron on Titanic. “That’s what sparked my interest into shooting movies digitally from script to screen,” he said.... »
Public Enemies, the John Dillinger biopic directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard, is one of the summer’s most hotly anticipated films. The feature pairs Mann with his frequent collaborator, cinematographer Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC, who also shot — on 35mm film — Mann’s The Insider (1999), Heat(1995), The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Manhunter (1986). This time, having had good experiences with the three digital features already under his belt (2007's Slipstream and 2008's Deception and Flash of Genius), Spinotti shot digitally, using the Sony CineAlta F23 camera system. Film & Video caught up with Spinotti in Australia, where he is prepping for another F23 project, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, directed by Michael Apted.... »
Spiral Graphics Inc. has revealed Genetica 3.5, a stunning new version of its flagship seamless texture, animation, and HDRI environment map editor. The new version, which will be free to licensed users of Genetica 3.0, can be preordered for a 25% discount.... »
Blackmagic Design Inc. today released support
for software developers who want to use DeckLink, Intensity and Multibridge products
on the Linux platform.... »
DigieffectsR, a developer of popular
visual effects software plugins, today announced that it will sponsor
Rogue Kite on The Natural Forces Summer Tour. Rogue Kite, a Wilmington,
NC-based production company and rental house founded by Michelle Boley,
consists of five current and former UNCW film studies students. The
group will spend four weeks driving around the United States shooting
hours of footage with a RED ONE camera. The group will be working on
several projects including filming footage for the Digieffects Natural
Forces upcoming product release and a feature documentary tentatively
entitled Revisiting the American Dream.... »
In rapid response to the release of the new iPhone 3Gs, Zacuto USA, leading indie camera accessories maker in the professional market, has released a handgrip iPhone rig, the Zgrip iPhone PRO. This rig attaches to the iPhone while shooting video and is the first serious solution for shooting video with the iPhone 3Gs.... »
