Archive for April 8th, 2008

Myrtle Creek, Ore. –— April 7, 2008 –— What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas — except at the Artbeats NAB booth (SL5413), where attendees can take home a free Resource Disc chock full of tutorials, demos and ideas from top industry professionals for getting the most from stock resources. In addition, the Artbeats booth will be a training hub throughout the show, with multiple sessions each day taught by some of the industry’s leading digital video professionals, including Douglas Spotted Eagle, Steve Holmes, Rich Harrington, Rod Harlan and Aharon Rabinowitz. more

3CCD POV Camera System Provides 2K Capability for Digital Cinema and Stereo 3D Applications

Iconix Video, a leading developer of advanced high definition camera systems, digital cinema and end-to-end stereoscopic 3D workflow solutions, today announced the production of the next generation of the company’s HD-RH1F camera, the Studio2K. The Studio2K is compatible with the current line of Iconix camera products, and is the only point-of-view (POV) camera system capable of 2K digital cinema outputs. more

New Plug-ins Provide Image Quality Augmentation for Autodesk® Inferno®, Flint®, Flame®, Fire® and Smoke® Systems

IMAGICA Technologies Corp., the engineering solutions division company of IMAGICA Robot Holdings, Inc., announced today the introduction of O-gi, a brand new set of image quality enhancement plug-ins for Autodesk® Inferno, Flame, Flint, Fire, and Smoke systems. O-gi is a set of powerful noise reduction and clean-up filters designed to help improve a range of image quality problems typically faced by post production facilities. more

Las Vegas, NV, April 8, 2008 – RF Central, a leading digital microwave technology provider, is unveiling its new RMR-X6-II six-way COFDM diversity receiver at NAB 2008(Booths C3007 and C6622). Building on the success of its original RFX-RMR-X6, the RMR-X6-II delivers new advancements and capabilities. more

Great Genius and Profound Stupidity, a 27-minute experimental documentary, produced and directed by Benita Raphan and edited by New York-based jumP’s Lin Polito, has been selected for a worldwide premiere in competition at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. The film, which continues Raphan’s ongoing series on an elusive mix of geniuses; is an investigation of the balance between perceptions of intellect and idiocy, and is slated for American broadcast on The Sundance Channel next year. more

Mumbai, India – April 8, 2008 – India’s leading end-to-end post production company, Prime Focus Limited, has invested in eyeon Fusion® with the unprecedented purchase and installation of 1000 seats worldwide, making them the world’s largest Fusion facility.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Namit Malhotra, Managing Director, Prime Focus, said, “eyeon Fusion is yet another addition to our portfolio of world class products. We are confident that this award-winning compositor will give that extra edge to our customers across the globe. As we expand our operations, eyeon Fusion® will provide us with a perfect balance between a backroom power tool and a front room client station. With technologies like eyeon’s Fusion, we bring a higher level of quality, service, and experience for our clients while expanding our reach�. more

INDIANAPOLIS—Cine-tal Systems announced that it has developed customized, image processing technology for Dolby Laboratories that facilitates the playback of 3D movies using a Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema process while they are in production. The technology, which will be deployed under the name Cine-tal Color Processor for Dolby 3D, is aimed at movie studios and other producers of stereoscopic 3D films using a Dolby 3D Digital Cinema process for post production operations such as color grading and screenings. The system employs Dolby’s advanced color processing for playback of any 3D source material that has not yet been packaged into a DCP (Digital Cinema Package). Cine-tal’s solution ensures color accuracy in 3D playback, so that the playback image matches Dolby 3D Digital Cinema systems used in theaters. more

LAS VEGAS, NV—Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for music, broadcast and post production professionals, will feature its expanded portfolio of the popular C100 HD Digital Broadcast Consoles at NAB 2008, April 14-17, at the Las Vegas Convention Center (booth #N4031). The C100 HD, C100 HD-S and the new C100 HD-L Consoles, along with a broad range of routing and I/O options via the CS-B Stage Box and/or MORSE, are designed to fit installations from local stations and mobile trucks to national broadcasting facilities. more

Winnipeg, Canada – April 7, 2008—Frantic Films Software, the software development division of VFX studio Frantic Films VFX and a division of Prime Focus Group, announces that its Awake plug-in pack for eyeon Fusion 5 is now commercially available. The collection now features 10 powerful plug-ins that streamline stereo 3D compositing and visual effects workflows for artists using Fusion 5. Frantic Films Software will be demonstrating Awake from the eyeon Software booth at this year’s NAB Conference at booth #SL2616. more

Shipping Fusion® 5.3 and Fusion® 5.3×64

Toronto, Canada – April 8, 2008 – Toronto, Canada – eyeon Software Inc. will be shipping and showing Fusion® 5.3, Fusion® x64 and Rotation® x64 at NAB 2008 in Las Vegas.

Fusion 5.3 is the second major release under the new subscription program offered by eyeon. Clients who are currently enrolled in the program will receive a host of new features and upgrades at no additional cost. more