Archive for September 9th, 2009

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IBC 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands – September 10, 2009 - Blackmagic Design today announced the purchase of all assets of DaVinci Systems LLC. This purchase means Blackmagic Design will now offer DaVinci Resolve DI color correction systems and DaVinci Revival film restoration products for sale worldwide.

DaVinci Resolve working with stereoscopic 3D and 4K, and DaVinci Revival film restoration will be demonstrated at IBC 2009 at the DaVinci booth 7.D08.

Since 1984 DaVinci have been, and continue to be, the standard in post production. There are thousands of colorists worldwide who understand the performance, quality and workflow of DaVinci color correction systems. DaVinci is the name behind more feature films, television commercials, documentaries, episodic television production and music videos than any other grading system.

DaVinci Resolve is unique in supporting more real time color correction than any other system. This more

Engineer Michael Brauer Uses Dangerous Monitor ST-SR to Mix Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing” in 5.1 for Theatrical Release of Artsy Video

Edmeston, NY – September 9, 2009 – Multi Grammy Award winning, Mix Engineer Michael H. Brauer recently mixed Coldplay‘s “Strawberry Swing” from Viva La Vida specifically for a theatrical release with a new art-concept video. Could this be the best idea ever for getting high-resolution surround audio into the ears of the public? Brauer mixed the song at his room at Electric Lady Studios, NYC using the Dangerous Music Monitor ST-SR surround monitor controller. While the new video debuted at London’s Odeon Theater in July, playing before major movie releases, Coldplay is set to release “Strawberry Swing” as a single digitally on September 14. The band is currently on a US tour. more

Detroit, Michigan– Blastwave FX (www.blastwavefx.com), the HD sound effects label, announced the release of Starter FX Sound Effects, a new download pack of stereo MP3 files. With 500 sounds spanning categories from Ambiences to Whooshes, this compact collection offers sound designers all the basics to get started with any production.
Every sound was originally recorded at 24 bit 96kHz to ensure the highest quality for today’s production needs, then delivered as high quality stereo .mp3 files.
Starter FX categories include Ambiance, Crashes, Distortions, Foley Footsteps, LFE, Warfare, and many, many more!
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September 8, 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, more

Highlights Will Include A Look At Cinnafilm’s Pixel Strings GPU-Based Parallel Processing Software Engine – Featured in the ARRI Relativity Software Solution – and New ‘Clean Module’

Albuquerque, September 8, 2009 – Cinnafilm, Inc., the software engineering developer of advanced GPU-based film and video post production tools, announced the details of its IBC 2009 presence – the leading international forum for the electronic media industry (September 11 – 15, at RAI Amsterdam). Cinnafilm CEO Lance Maurer will be at the convention with partner ARRI, the professional motion equipment world leader, showcasing at its booth the latest versions of Cinnafilm’s high-performance image processing technology tools found in ARRI Relativity™ (Relativity™). more

Digital Rapids’ StreamZHD Encoding
and Live Streaming System

September 9, 2009 — IBC 2009, Amsterdam, Stand 7.G41: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences — has released a significant new version of the Stream software for the company’s StreamZ, StreamZHD and DRC-Stream encoding and live streaming systems. Available immediately, version 3.1 enhancements include support for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Smooth Streaming adaptive bit rate technology; expanded format support including Sony’s XDCAM HD422 system and RED camera files; and new features supporting downstream advertising insertion and aspect ratio management workflows.

Stream version 3.1 includes support for IIS Smooth Streaming, an HTTP-based platform for adaptive bit rate delivery of live and on-demand content to Microsoft Silverlight based media players. IIS Smooth Streaming dynamically more

Showplace Recording, Education, Communication, Film & TV Production Facilities
Plus a Rare Visit To NJ’s Historic Edison Labs

NEW YORK: Drawing from the NY area’s unparalleled variety of media-rich options, 127th AES Convention Technical Tours Chair Lou Manno has once again developed a stellar series of rare, behind-the-scenes visits. 127th Committee Chair, Agnieszka Roginska reports that this year’s program covers a particularly diverse field. “Lou Manno has a keen eye (and ear) for uncovering unique destinations guaranteed to be of great interest to AES attendees,” Roginska says. “We all benefit from his encyclopedic knowledge of New York’s pro audio community.”

The AES Technical Tour Program Includes:

Friday, Oct. 9:

11:30AM – 1:30PM

NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions: At 7500 + sq. ft. this recording studio/teaching complex currently under construction near Washington more

IBC 2009 Press Announcement

New advanced EditShare Flow features include Avid and Final Cut sub clip creation, live logging, customizable metadata fields and logging templates.

Amsterdam – September, 9, 2009 – EditShare®, the technology leader in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, unveiled at IBC 2009 (Stand 7.D22) new workflow engineered ingest and browse capabilities for EditShare Flow, its multi-channel SDI ingest solution. Fully integrated with the EditShare award-winning shared storage solutions, Flow delivers ground-breaking recording and media management capabilities such as the EditShare Universal Media File technology that enables Avid® and Final Cut® editors to simultaneously access and read the same media files stored on an EditShare media space. Partnering efforts with developers like Automatic Duck further leverage Universal Media File technology by enabling editors to not only open the same media file, but to read sequences and their associated media using Avid and Final more

The Brief:

In a flurry of snow, fog, and shattering ice sculptures, Haunt infuses Big Pink’s latest video, Dominos, with an unforgettable visual mix that perfectly complements the up-and-coming group’s lyrics, look, and sound.

The video, a sequence of close-up and medium-distance shots of various speed and focus, show the band rocking onstage as the Haunt-generated chaos rains down around them, the various explosions and debris enhancing the message of sadistic glee that bleeds through the song. Click 3X worked closely with production company Partizan and handled all the VFX and Flame work for the project. more

Anonymous Content director Joseph Kosinski, most recognized for his commercial campaigns for Gears Of War 2, XBOX 360, and HUMMER is once again available to direct commercials after an extended hiatus while working on Disney’s TR2N starring Jeff Bridges, Garret Hedlund and Olivia Wilde. more