Archive for February 21st, 2008

Las Vegas, NV, February 21, 2008 – Nucomm, Inc. is unveiling its new 7 Series HD and HD ready product at NAB 2008 (Booth C3007). Nucomm’s entire ENG/OB product line is now capable of HD operation using built in encoding/decoding technology. Presenting today’s broadcast arena with the convenience of field upgradeability, all 7 Series products can be delivered with HD capability or delivered as SD and can be easily field upgraded to HD via a software key. Prior to this announcement Nucomm’s HD product line consisted of the CamPac 2 HD/SD wireless camera transmitter and Newscaster DR HD/SD diversity receiver that have been well received as the premier wireless camera system in the industry. The 7 Series displaces the SD product line as Nucomm’s standard product. more

Win Marks Third Award for Maya in 2008

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 21, 2008 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced today that developers of its Autodesk Maya Fluid Effects System have been awarded Technical Achievement Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Maya Fluid Effects System allows digital artists to create realistic animation of liquids and gases, using novel simulation techniques for accuracy and speed, as well as a unique scripting language for working with volumetric data. more

32 high performance processors in water cooled state-of-the-art single 2 RU enclosure

Montreal, Canada, February 21st 2008 – Pixellexis Systems & Technologies has confirmed that it is on schedule to show the completed version of its revolutionary REDBOX processor accelerator at the NAB Convention in Las Vegas April 14th-17th 2008. (Booth SL 10530 South Hall Lower) more

Studio City, CA, February 21, 2008 – Before Noon Post Production Sound Services, Inc. (Before Noon,) has been launched as an independent, “forward thinking,� full service audio post production company for the entertainment and corporate industries. Before Noon is helmed by multi-Emmy Award winning audio specialist Peter Cole, a specialist with over 30 years of experience working within Hollywood’s audio community. more

NOISE INDUSTRIES PARTNER COREMELT RELEASES NEW FXPACK FOR APPLE FINAL CUT STUDIO 2 AND FINAL CUT EXPRESS 4
GPU accelerated plug-ins support high precision rendering for optimal visual effects production workflows

Boston MA – February 20, 2008 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today announced that partner Core Melt (www.coremelt.com) has released a brand new Noise Industries FxPack titled “CoreMelt PolyChrome�. The new FxPack is designed to run on Apple Final Cut Studio 2 (FCS 2) and Final Cut Express 4.0 (FCE 4) leveraging Apple’s FxPlug architecture. more

Irvine, CA, Feb 21, 2008—Multi-award winning editor Christopher Willoughby has joined forces with Shelter, a prominent, full service editorial house specializing in national, regional and local TV spots, as a partner and lead editor. In addition, Willoughby and Shelter have just completed both production and editorial on a new Del Taco spot, entitled “Annoying,� featuring Del Taco’s “Beast� character. The spot, which breaks today, promotes Del Taco’s crispy fish tacos, and marks the first commercial to be produced by Shelter. Stuart Shook, president/founder, Shelter, made the announcements. more

Avatar Reality Inc., a development entity dedicated to the advancement of online community building, today announced collaboration with e frontier Inc. to utilize their Shade 10 and Shade Home Design software to bring a variety of architecture home designs into Blue Mars, a new massively multiplayer virtual world (MMVW) launching at the end of 2008. more

NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies, today introduced the NVIDIA Quadro® FX 3600M professional GPU for notebook and laptop workstations. This new graphics solution defines a new level of graphics performance and advanced visual computing for designers, engineers, and scientists who demand the functionality of a desktop workstation on a notebook platform. more

21st February 2008 – Digital Vision, the premier supplier of picture enhancement systems for film and television post-production, announces today that leading London post production company The Farm Group has purchased a second Film Master colour grading system. The second machine is installed at Farm-subsidiary Uncle, where it has so far been used on projects as diverse as The Mighty Boosh (BBC3) and Wild at Heart (ITV1). more