Archive for August 12th, 2008

Los Angeles, CA – (August 11, 2008) — Music and sound design company BWN is excited to announce that it has expanded its Los Angeles offerings with the addition of sister company Outlaw. BWN has acquired Outlaw, a full service audio post facility with a successful 25 year-history, from retiring company owner Allan Roth.

“When considering selling the company I had hoped to find a buyer that would take Outlaw Sound to its next level of success. I feel that BWN is the company that can do that,� says Roth. more

Demonstrating the versatility and power of JBL EON® series loudspeakers, the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue (Sha Tin) is outfitted with an EON system for the racetrack area during the 2008 Summer Games. While the majority of the Olympic events are taking place in Beijing, the equestrian events are being held in Hong Kong. more

SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles – August 12, 2008 – MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today unveiled CINEMA 4D Release 11 (R11), the next generation of its highly acclaimed 3D animation software suite. The super-charged release is packed with advanced capabilities that deliver dramatically improved ease of use and workflow, image quality and integration into any production pipeline. CINEMA 4D R11 highlights include a non-linear animation system, new global illumination render engine and dramatically improved render speed. Customers also benefit from the powerful Projection Man matte painting system, developed by MAXON for Sony Pictures Imageworks, support for the COLLADA file format and CineMan — a RenderMan-compliant tool that connects to Pixar’s industry-leading rendering solution. Additionally, multiple improvements were made to MAXON’s popular texture painting toolset BodyPaint 3D Release 4. All of these capabilities and more serve to underscore MAXON’s ongoing and deep commitment to helping 3D digital artists further advance creativity and control. more

~ MusiLUX and SpeakerLUX Cables Prevalent Throughout Video Post Facility~

HILLSIDE, NJ – SOS Video Communications is now totally wired! A Columbus, Ohio-based video post facility known for its regional commercial and corporate projects, SOS Video Communications turned to Wireworks Corporation, the leading innovator of audio/video cabling systems, for the company’s best-selling MusiLUX and SpeakerLUX products that are being utilized throughout SOS’ facility. more

Public Beta Upgrade Offers Comprehensive Metadata Editing Tools

REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN – Sound Devices continually looks at ways to improve workflow from field production to post production. The recent release of a public beta version of Wave Agent is an important addition to workflow management. Compatible with both Mac and PC platforms, the new software provides comprehensive metadata editing tools for .WAV and associate metadata files as well as file playback for sound files recorded with the company’s popular 7-Series Digital Recorders — the 702, 702T, 722 and 744T models as well as the newest recorder in the series — the 788T. more

3D models and datasets have become too large for the standard desktop workstation to handle. To help combat the problem, NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual computing technologies, announced today the D Series of NVIDIA Quadro Plex® Visual Computing Systems (VCS) available in deskside or rackmount configurations. Engineered to provide the most robust NVIDIA Quadro® GPU visualization performance to date, the Quadro Plex systems are ideal for the styling and design, geosciences and scientific visualization industries, working with extremely large 3D models, datasets and power walls. The new Quadro Plex series provides performance improvements of up to 100% over previous versions and offers massively parallel processing capabilities using multiple Quadro graphics cards for visualization, large-scale projection and display, or computation with the NVIDIA® CUDA™ Parallel Computing Processor. more

Demand for better graphics performance and programmability within the professional notebook market continues to increase as animators, designers and engineers work with larger 3D models, datasets and images. NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual computing technologies, continues to address the demand with the introduction of a new series of NVIDIA Quadro® FX mobile GPUs, featuring an NVIDIA® CUDA™ Parallel Computing Processor. Leading workstation manufacturers such as Dell, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP and Lenovo are now offering the new series of Quadro FX mobile GPUs across a wide range of professional notebook workstations. more

Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced Bentley Systems, the global leader in software for sustaining infrastructure, has licensed its Nexus rendering technology. Bentley chose Nexus for its overall performance and plans to use it for enhancements to Bentley’s MicroStation product line and many more applications in Bentley’s comprehensive portfolio of products. more

Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced that DS SolidWorks has entered into a technology licensing agreement to utilize Luxology’s Nexus® rendering technology. As one of the leading 3D mechanical CAD software vendors worldwide, DS SolidWorks selected Nexus for its modern architecture and superior rendering capabilities.

“Luxology has a strong emphasis on workflow in addition to very modern technology,� said Fielder Hiss, director of product management at DS SolidWorks. “We welcome them as a new technology partner and are excited to deploy their renowned rendering technology in our future product developments.� more

MAYWOOD NJ, August 12, 2008 – Production equipment rental companies have always faced the challenge of keeping up with changing trends in technology, and the needs of a broad range of clients and end-users. At New York-based Keslow Television (KTV), the decision to expand their HDTV camera inventory led them back to Ikegami. KTV’s recent purchase of Ikegami’s HDK-79EC Multi-Format CMOS HDTV camera systems provides users with the ability to operate in 1080/60i, 1080/24p, or 720/60p. Optional formats also available include high-speed dual-link 1080/60p, 1080/50i, and 720/50p, and – for Super Slow Motion – 1080/120i and 720/120p. more