Archive for December, 2009

New Creative Editorial Finishing Software for Mac OS X Snow Leopard Now Shipping

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced that it is ready to start shipping Autodesk Smoke 2010 for Mac OS X, a software-only editorial finishing tool and the first Autodesk finishing product designed to run on the Mac. Smoke software’s proven editorial finishing tools harness the 64-bit power of Snow Leopard to provide an interactive, all-in-one finishing experience. more

AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced today that Autodesk has qualified the KONA 3 as the only digital video I/O card approved to work with Autodesk Smoke editorial finishing software running on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. more

New Colour Grading Service Allows Post House Plans to Expand into Features
LONDON—Mexico City post house Oxido has acquired a Baselight ONE from FilmLight enabling it to offer colour grading services for the first time. The company’s principal aim is to provide grading services for its existing advertising clients, but it also plans to use Baselight to expand into long form post production. Oxido, whose advertising credits include work for Banamex, Telcel, Nestlé’s and Kellogg’s, expects to grade its first feature film later this year. more

Internal EDID management, support for resolutions up to 3840×2400 and plug and play application make this switcher shine.

The leader in digital connectivity solutions today announced its next generation 4×1 KVM DVI DL Switcher. This new version supports the connection of one display using either single or dual link DVI, giving the user more flexibility while supporting resolutions up to 3840×2400. more

Junk-A-Juke Program provides free archive and storage systems in exchange for donated end-of-life optical jukeboxes or legacy storage devices

Ottawa, Canada – December 15, 2009 – KOM Networks™, world leading provider of storage management solutions for secure archiving compliant data protection and retention, today announced the Junk-A-Juke program. A unique program that will collect and recycle obsolete and legacy storage equipment and donate all the money generated from raw materials to Feed The Children. In exchange for the older equipment, KOM offers a new Dell Powered KOMpliance Archive with equal capacity and superior performance, a fully compliant enterprise class server and archive solution free-of-charge with a three year maintenance agreement. KOM’s goal is to collect and recycle enough hardware to feed one million children! more

When U2 fans open the deluxe edition of No Line on the Horizon, the band’s latest CD, they will find a book containing a beautiful color photo gallery that documents the legendary rockers throughout the album production process. Nola’s Kenny Morrison – working closely with Nola EP Charlie Curran and the book’s designer, long-time U2 Creative Director Catherine Owens – snapped these beautiful shots in Ireland and France. In an acknowledgement of Morrison’s high standing in the art world, his work sits in the book alongside some giants in the field: he shares photo credits with internationally renowned black-and-white photographer Anton Corbijn, and a Hiroshi Sugimoto photograph graces the front cover. more

The BriefRhino‘s Harry Dorrington directed a dazzling, 100 percent CG spot promoting Comcast’s Triple Play Rewards program. Dorrington directed the :30 entirely in-house at Rhino, completing it only five weeks after Agency M approached the studio for the project. more

WAYNE, NJ December 15, 2009 – Larger Than Life…In 3D, a new concert film that features performances from Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper and Relentless7, and Gogol Bordello, is currently in movie theaters for a limited, one-week engagement that began Dec. 11. The 3D concert film was shot with a combination of various 3D rigs using 2/3-inch HD cameras fitted with a pair of Fujinon HA42x9.7BE lenses. Three pairs of Fujinon HA22x7.8BE and one pair of HA16x6.3BE lenses were also used during the production. more

Jon Wehr of Cleveland’s SoundCom Systems, Ordway’s Head Sound Engineer Wendell Bell, and Anthony Nittoli of Akustiks, LLC

Minnesota’s leading arts facility, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, is home to a wide variety of performances, encompassing the finest in American musical theatre, world music, dance, jazz, opera, orchestral music and vocal artists. In addition to its in-house productions, Ordway also hosts theatrical road shows, and have three major arts partners, the Schubert Club, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Minnesota Opera. In 2006, the Ordway was awarded a $7.5-million in bonding funds from the state of Minnesota, of which they began a multi-tiered renovation process that included a major overhaul of its performance audio and video systems in the 1,900-seat main hall, theatrical lighting system, rigging, stage floor and lobby event space, as well as security and HVAC systems. more

Gearhouse South Africa’s Cape Town branch supplied all technical elements – staging, lighting, audio, LED and technical crew to Out The Box Productions for the annual “Switching on of The Festive Lightsâ€? in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
This year, the event featured a distinctive soccer theme, highlighting the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup and the imminence of the Final Draw, that took place in Cape Town a few days later. more