Archive for July 18th, 2007

2007 FILM COMPETITION FINALISTS
Over twenty Judges representing the Festival’s Board of Directors chose from 400 films entered into some 700 categories, approximately 25% higher than in 2005. Final judging will take place immediately prior to the Festival and will be announced at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner Thursday, October 4th. All films entered into competition are eligible for the Grand Teton Award (Best of Festival) sponsored by Panasonic Broadcast. more

Teresis Online™ Gives Video Production Companies a Unique Opportunity to Simultaneously Cut Costs and Reduce Time to Market

SANTA ANA, Calif., July 18, 2007 - Teresis Media Management, Inc., the developer of the first and only complete video production asset management solution, today announced the launch of an online version of its software. Teresis Online™ harnesses the full power and benefits of Teresis technology in a “software as a service” business model, making it more affordable and accessible to a wide variety of customers from the independent film producer to the largest entertainment production companies. more

Burbank, CA, July 18, 2007 – Archion‘s highly successful new Synergy HD™ and Synergy HD4™ storage solutions are now compatible with the new Avid Unity™ MediaNetwork 5.0 storage system. The joint announcement was made by Mark Bianchi, CEO and Reuben Lima, COO, Archion. more

NaturalMotion Ltd., the developers of breakthrough 3D animation technology based on Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS), today announced that the Austin, Texas, division of BioWare Corp. is integrating morpheme into its pipeline and will be using it to develop assets for several undisclosed next generation game titles. morpheme is robust middleware designed to give developers and animators unprecedented creative control over the look of their final in-game animation by allowing them to author and preview blends, blend trees and transition graphs in real time. more

Ownership of industry leaders converge, expanding client offerings and catalyzing future growth.

Video Applications (VAI) and Scharff Weisberg (SW), firms with extensive histories in the presentation and staging markets, have announced a co-ownership agreement. The agreement creates a new holding company for the existing operations, enabling them to operate independently and work together strategically. more

Covering live events is not an easy task. First, there‘s the challenge of condensing hours, even days, into short, meaningful video clips. And that challenge can be compounded with the added time pressure of onsite video production — and the slimmest of deadlines. That‘s the reality for Jay Delp of JAY DELP PRODUCTIONS. Hopping from plane to plane, Delp covers approximately 15 multi-day conferences each year and produces onsite video highlights for show attendees. more