Archive for May 7th, 2009

CINEPED, Torrance California, is announcing June 2009 availability of their new panoramic 360° camera support system. The final product will be unveiled at this year’s Cine Gear Expo June 5th & 6th at Paramount Pictures Studios, Hollywood CA. more

Ki Pro Tapeless Video Device Boosts On-Set Performance and Productivity of Newest JVC Pro Camera

AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced compatibility of its Ki Pro portable digital disk recorder with JVC’s new GY-HM700 camcorder. Ki Pro records files to the Apple ProRes 422 codec directly from camera and provides a new way of connecting production and post with its extensive analog and digital connectivity, delivering10-bit ProRes 422 media that is immediately available to edit within Apple’s Final Cut Studio. more

San Diego, CA, May 5, 2009 – Platformic, an end-to-end online web development environment and content management platform that allows businesses to quickly and easily build/update websites in real-time without sacrificing creativity or writing code, today unveiled version 3.0 of its enterprise web development software. The only content management system (CMS) on the market with a built-in point-and-click mechanism for building layouts visually, Platformic removes the need to hard-code websites or use Adobe Dreamweaver or any other third-party web authoring tools. The new version capitalizes on Platformic’s ability to greatly simplify web development and management with its browser-based building capability and cascading style sheet (CSS) template generation tool that automatically and visually writes fully validated, nested CSS Div structures through a point-and-click architecture. more

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France — May 7, 2009 — With more games moving online and digital distribution becoming an increasingly important business strategy for publishers, improving visual quality and allowing user-generated content while containing client size and broadening the audience has become a critical challenge. Allegorithmic, an emerging 3D technology company developing advanced texturing tools for real-time 3D content creation, is filling this immediate market need through the worldwide availability of Substance Air. more

Feature Film & TV Series Credits Highlight A Colorful Career

NEW YORK: Leading colorist Ben Perez has rejoined the expanding Mega Playground post-production complex. Extensive credits on such feature films as Michael Clayton, Duplicity, Spider Man 2,and Mona Lisa Smile, and for hit TV series including Ugly Betty, Homicide and OZ, have earned Perez a reputation as one of New York’s go-to colorists. Most recently with Technicolor NY, he previously worked with Riot Manhattan, Post Logic, Manhattan Transfer and Windsor Video. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 7, 2009) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems, supplied AVCON, a Cary NC-based audiovisual contractor, with a user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing HD solution for capturing video in the sanctuary at Hayes-Barton United Methodist Church. more

Famed PBS Kids TV Show Remade for the 21st Century

New York, NY – May 7, 2009 – Beatstreet Productions has finished audio post-production for 35 episodes of a new version of the classic children’s TV series, “The Electric Company” for PBS. The series combines a 15-minute narrative storyline that is interspersed with segments that include curricular clusters of music videos, sketch comedy, animation and short films. It features special guests including Whoopi Goldberg, Tiki Barber, Jack McBrayer, Wyclef Jean and original songs from Ne-Yo. more

NEW YORK CITY, May 7, 2009 – “Guys and Dolls,” the Broadway classic, was nominated Tuesday for Best Revival of a Musical and best Scenic Design of a Musical using modern movie technology to tell a timeless tale. The legendary Broadway musical, first produced in 1950 that tells the story of two New York couples betting on love despite the odds, took a new cutting-edge approach to the Great White Way. A major visual element in the new show is a large, 22-feet wide x 30-feet high LED screen that uses for the first time in the history of Broadway, movie style computer-generated images (CGI) and animation integrated into the live stage production. The 30-feet tall screen on stage with live actors interacting with photo real CGI animation transports audiences into 1935 New York and the world of “Guys and Dolls” for a show unlike anything Broadway has seen. The Oracle Film Group, a New York-based boutique film and animation house, was tapped to create the screen content. more

94% of Feature Films Screened Using Christie Projectors

CYPRESS, CA – (May 7, 2009) – Christie is delighted to announce that as the technical D-Cinema partner to the Cannes Film Festival for the third year running, there is a huge increase in movies being screened using the digital format. Out of the 53 features showing at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, the Official Selection for the Cannes Film Festival 2009 has revealed that at least 50 will be screened digitally compared to 20 screened digitally in 2007 and 37 in 2008. more

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