Archive for April 16th, 2007

SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 16, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced free public previews of Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3, Adobe After Effects® CS3 Professional and Adobe Soundbooth™ CS3 software, components of the recently announced Adobe Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium. Video and creative professionals now have the opportunity to test these new public previews on Adobe Labs at http://labs.adobe.com/. The final shipping releases will be available worldwide in the third quarter of 2007. more

SAN JOSE, Calif. and LAS VEGAS — April 16, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that the BBC, through its technology partner Siemens, has selected Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium as its preferred solution for PC-based non-linear editing and post-production. Production Premium CS3 is Adobe‘s complete integrated post-production solution for video, audio, graphics and Web publishing that will be used to edit and deliver content across the Corporation‘s broadcast channels and Web sites. more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 16, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Adobe® Flash Media Solution Provider (FMSP) program. The new program is a consortium of professional streaming solution providers and publishers that offer consulting and implementation services for the Adobe Flash® Media Server. Aimed at customers who need to deliver live and on-demand streaming media applications, inaugural members of the FMSP program include: The FeedRoom; Multicast Media Technologies; Jalipo; Onstream Media; and stimTV. These industry-leading solution providers specialize in enabling organizations to broadcast live Flash streaming for sporting events, concerts, webcasts, educational and promotional events. more

SAN JOSE, Calif. and LAS VEGAS — April 16, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Adobe® Media Player™ at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show. This desktop application expands Adobe‘s Internet video solutions, adding to an emerging ecosystem that enables new ways to distribute and monetize media, while helping viewers discover and view high-quality content both online and offline. Leveraging Adobe‘s Emmy® Award winning Flash® architecture, the Adobe Media Player delivers more engaging video experiences to viewers while offering content publishers new abilities to distribute, track and build businesses around their media assets. A preview of the new player will be shown during NAB, April 16 – 19 (Booth SL 3220). more

Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth SL6113 (April 16, 2007) — AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced a new software upgrade to its XENA line of video playback and capture cards. XENA 2K, LH, and LS will support the upcoming versions of Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS3, After Effects® CS3 and Photoshop® CS3, all of which are part of the Adobe Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium release. more

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., April 16, 2007 — EFILM, the world‘s leading digital intermediate (DI) facility serving the film and television markets, has entered into a professional services engagement with Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK). Autodesk and EFILM are developing customized next-generation DI solutions for EFILM‘s facilities around the world. EFILM‘s color timing rooms are based on the EWORKS color grading system, consisting of a proprietary configuration of Autodesk Lustre and Autodesk Incinerator technology. more

Las Vegas, NV–NAB Conference– (April 16, 2007) — IMAGICA Technologies Corp., announced today the commercial release of the Imager HSR film recorder following the completion of beta testing at LaserPacific in Hollywood. IMAGICA is now shipping the Imager HSR film recorder and will be demonstrating the system during NAB 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center from booth #SL1029. more

Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth SU7511 (April 15, 2007) — AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced two new converters, the FS1 supporting virtually any video input or output in HD or SD and the GEN10, an SD/HD/AES sync generator for professional video post and broadcast environments. more

AJA Io HD Natively Supports Apple’s New ProRes 422 Format Enabling Portable HD editing on MacBook Pro and Mac Pro

Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth #SL6113 (April 16, 2007) — AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced Io HD, the next generation of AJA‘s popular Io series, delivering HD editing to the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro via its unique Firewire 800 (IEEE-1394b) interface. Io HD is the first device to natively support Apple‘s newly introduced ProRes 422 post production format in hardware. more

NAB 2007, Las Vegas, NV, USA – April 16, 2007 – Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced Multibridge Eclipse, a new editing system with revolutionary new features. Multibridge Eclipse can be seen on Blackmagic Design‘s NAB 2007 stand located at #SL 11020

Multibridge Eclipse is most sophisticated editing solution available, with the new 3 Gb/s SDI standard connections, Multibridge Eclipse allows twice the SDI data rate than normal HD-SDI, while retaining compatibility with normal HD-SDI and standard definition SDI equipment. 3 Gb/s SDI allows 4:4:4 video using a single BNC type connection, or Blackmagic Design‘s new 2k via SDI allows high resolution real time 2048 x 1556 feature film editing. For greater assistance in the feature film editing process, Multibridge Eclipse includes color management via built in 3D lookup tables. 3D lookup tables allow the accurate matching of film stock so editors can see the correct color of the final film output when editing. more