Archive for June 25th, 2007

Cast of Thousands of CG Animals Created in Massive to Populate Modern-Day Noah‘s Ark Tale

Auckland, NZ (June 25, 2007)–Massive Software was used to create lifelike computer generated animals for the upcoming Universal Pictures comedy “Evan Almighty.” Visual effects facility Rhythm & Hues tapped Massive, the artificial intelligence (AI) driven animation system, to build large establishing shots of hundreds of animals paired two-by-two as described in the biblical story of Noah‘s Ark. more

Clay Paky fixtures were the lighting instruments of choice for the 12th annual Critics‘ Choice Awards ceremony at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, January 13, 2007. The show was televised on E! on January 20.

Bestowed by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement, the awards are acknowledged to be one of the most accurate predictors of Academy Award nominations: Between 1997 and 2004, the Critics‘ Choice nominations predicted all but two of 35 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture. By comparison, the Golden Globe Awards were three times more likely to go a different way during the same period. more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — June 25, 2007 – da Vinci Systems today announced that Sean McKee of Screen Time Images and Screen Time Classics in Schaumburg, Ill. has deployed the da Vinci Resolve® FX digital mastering suite for color enhancement and mastering of “5-25-77″ — the true story of its director Patrick Read Johnson, his close attachment to “Stars Wars”, and his life experiences with Hollywood notables like Steven Spielberg and Douglas Trumbull. Produced by Gary Kurtz (“American Graffiti”, “Star Wars”, “The Empire Strikes Back”) and Fred Roos (“The Godfather II”, “Apocalypse Now”, “Lost in Translation”), the movie was screened on May 25, 2007 at the Star Wars Celebration IV event, held in Los Angeles on the 30th anniversary of the release of the original “Star Wars.” more

New Video Software Lets Students and Educators Create TV-quality Broadcasts

SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 25, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Visual Communicator® 3 software, which enables educators and students to easily create scripted, television-quality broadcasts. Designed for those new to video, the software is ideal for project-based learning, distance learning courses and campus-wide newscasts. With this new version, simplified templates and wizards give even inexperienced users the ability to create professional video presentations that can be streamed live over the Internet in the FLV format using Adobe Flash® Media Server software, or output to a projector, television, or Channel One Closed-Circuit System. more

San Francisco, CA – June 25, 2007 - Digieffects LLC, a developer of popular software plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Apple Final Cut Pro, announced today the purchase of Buena Software from Toolfarm, further adding to its arsenal of tools for creative professionals. more

London, UK. June 25, 2007 — Leading visual effects software developer The Foundry is delighted to announce the launch of NUKE 4.7, a significant product release featuring full support for OFX plug-ins, a brand new pricing structure, an upgraded version of the FrameCycler flipbook tool, an improved curve editor and a fast new optical flow node. In addition to the NUKE 4.7 release, The Foundry has announced that a new release of its Furnace for OFX plug-ins is imminent, the new Furnace for OFX toolset will feature 36 advanced image processing tools. more