Archive for April, 2010

Sessions on Streamlining Digital Content Creation Offered by ARRI, Adobe, The Foundry, IRIDAS, and Marquise Technologies, plus NVIDIA subsidiary mental images

NVIDIA will be presenting a full day of educational sessions at the FMX conference on Thursday, May 6, 2010. FMX is Europe’s leading conference catering to the computer graphics, animation and visual effects markets, which takes place from May 4-7 in Stuttgart, Germany. NVIDIA will also be providing Quadro product and workflow demonstrations at the PNY Technologies GmbH booth (List-Saal; 3.1). For more information please visit: http://www.fmx.de/nvidia.E.2444.html. more

Los Angeles, CA (April 30, 2010) — The Previsualization Society today announced “Previs 2010,” the organization’s inaugural event in Los Angeles scheduled for May 8. The one-day gathering will bring together a wide spectrum of professionals who use and interact with previs for an exploration of current previs approaches, workflows and new work. The event is open to Previsualization Society members as well as non-members. more

Baltimore, MD— In conjunction with ICF International, Washington DC, Cerebral Lounge has completed work on “Love Through the Ages,� a :30 PSA to promote the national Two of Us public education campaign (www.twoofus.org) on behalf of the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC). more

– Expertise with in-engine development delivers a somber, cinematic teaser –

On April 13th during “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,� the teaser broke for the Microsoft Xbox 360 title Gears of War 3, the latest installment of the blockbuster franchise from Epic Games, which releases April 2011. The trailer, “Ashes to Ashes,� was directed by Vernon Wilbert of Mothership for agencytwofifteen (formerly T.A.G.). Joseph Kosinski of Anonymous Content was the creative director and Digital Domain was the digital studio. The somber, cinematic :75 teaser was created within the game engine using a production pipeline Digital Domain developed on previous “Gears of War� efforts. The trailer is viewable at: http://digitaldomain.wiredrive.com/l/p/?presentation=6c0eb3f6b1664428acf6fc5acffbb489 more

Milpitas, CA, April 28, 2010 — Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced that the United States Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center at Fort Rucker, Alabama, will be installing the company’s high-end Linux GPU-based DaVinci Resolve system. more

Professional musical calculator for iPhone and iPod touch adds new features

Minneapolis, MN (April 30, 2010) – Audiofile Engineering, a leading audio software developer for Mac, has released Backline Calc 2.0, an update to their professional music calculator app for Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Backline Calc is an indispensible tool for musicians, music students and teachers, DJs, audio and video engineers and broadcast technicians, featuring more than 20 calculators and converters to cover virtually any musical situation, conveniently written for Apple’s iPhone OS. more

San Francisco, CA, April 30, 2010 – Red Giant Software today released plug-ins compatible with Adobe® Creative Suite® 5. For a complete list of products available now, version numbers, and pricing information, please visit the Compatibility Chart. The Frequently Asked Questions page is another helpful resource for understanding Red Giant Software’s policy for upgrading to Adobe CS5. The CS5 upgrades from Red Giant Software are only applicable to users that choose to upgrade to After Effects® CS5 and Premiere Pro® CS5. Customers do NOT need to get the latest version if they are not using Adobe CS5. more

Woodland Hills, CA, April 29, 2010–Songs To Your Eyes (STYE), one of the leading music library companies in the world, and its founder, Opher Yisraeli, have announced that they will sub publish the IDYLLIUM Classical Music Catalogue in North America along with numerous other territories.

IDYLLIUM is a beautifully recorded, public domain classical music collection, which was recorded in Italy by the Armonie Symphony Orchestra, and covers music by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Schubert, Debussy, Chopin, Handel, Rossini, Bach, Strauss, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and more. more

HPA Award Winners Share Experiences and Excitement for the Only Industry Award Show Focused on Talent and Innovation in Post Production

(Los Angeles, CA) On May 12, 2010, at the Frank G. Wells Theater on the Disney lot, the Hollywood Post Alliance will open its Call for Entries for the upcoming 2010 HPA Awards. The evening will also feature a panel of past winners and a cocktail reception. In addition, there will be an exciting announcement and a special award winner will be revealed. The HPA Awards recognize a spectrum of behind the scenes post production talent in fields including color grading and digital intermediate, sound, compositing and editing for Features, Television and Commercials. more

SAN ANTONIO – April 29, 2010 – NewTek, manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced that the life-size mechanical organs showcased in the feature film, “Repo Men,” were developed with NewTek LightWave 3D. At the forefront of artificial organ development for “Repo Men,” is Hollywood-based, Creative Character Engineering (CCE), which used the advanced 3D modeling capabilities of LightWave 3D, to bring the artificial organs from concept to reality. more