Archive for June, 2010

Myrtle Creek, Ore. – June 29, 2010 – Continuing their commitment to offer a wide variety of royalty-free stock footage in one simple, customized search, Artbeats today announces the addition of three new footage brands to their library. Expanding the selection of high-quality options to over one hundred different brands allows Artbeats customers access to new footage from Martin Lisius, Johner Motion and GlamourKey. These brands, and many others, are available for viewing and purchase through the Artbeats FootageHub. more

Image credit: Image courtesy of Davide Pepe www.davidepepe.com. Effects featured are GenArts Monsters GT: Nightsky, Flare, Luna, PixFly & Sapphire: FilmDamage.

Now CS5-Compatible and Chock-Full of Additional Upgrades, Monsters GT Offers After Effects Users More Control, Better Performance and the Most Unique Effects in the Industry

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – June 15, 2010 – GenArts, Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today the availability of GenArts Monsters GT™ for Adobe After Effects on Windows. With a one-of-a-kind collection of effects that encourages endless creativity, Monsters GT is the perfect complement to the everyday tools found in industry-standard Sapphire 5 for After Effects. more

Debut of Lightworks Open Source and Shared Storage workflows for post and broadcast

London, UK – July 6, 2010 – EditShare®, the technology leader in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage, has announced plans to exhibit their end-to-end production workflow at the IBC 2010 exhibition held in Amsterdam from September 10 – 14, on stand 7.E20. more

New Vector MultiPlay multi-channel playout solution proves its commitment to the future of 3D broadcast with support for existing channel operators today

Barcelona, Spain – June 30, 2010 – Vector 3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, has qualified the Vector MultiPlay product line, which includes the all-in-one VectorBox, for 3D broadcast workflows. In lab tests with Assimilate’s DI application, vizRT CG and the highly popular Final Cut Pro editor, Vector MultiPlay provided exceptional ingest and 3D playout performance with full capabilities for automating playout. “With stereoscopic 3D workflows taking center stage, we must proactively confirm our commitment to support 3D playout for both existing and new customers,� comments Pau Ceano, research and development manager, Vector 3. more

Media Recording, Enrichment & Repurposing technology breaks digital boundaries; broadcasters able to capture, monitor and repurpose any channel transmission from around the world

Tel-Aviv, Israel – June 30, 2010 – Actus Digital, a provider of web-based media monitoring and management solutions for broadcasters, government agencies and content producers, today announced that it will be showcasing its groundbreaking global channel monitoring solutions at the IBC 2010 exhibition, held in Amsterdam from September 10 – 14, 2010 on stand 4.A91. more

San Francisco — June 30, 2010 — Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective software for photographers and digital artists, today announced a free update to their popular ToonIt! Photo cartooning plugin. ToonIt! 2.6 adds compatibility for Adobe Photoshop CS5 and 64-bit operation on Mac systems; the Photoshop plugin is already compatible on Windows/Vista. The 2.6 update also adds many behind-the-scenes improvements, like background rendering, to make ToonIt faster and more responsive. more

Christie added six more awards to its trophy case during the months of May and June. The cache of recent awards demonstrates the industry’s preference for innovative and high quality products that are at the forefront of today’s technology.

Christie’s Large Venue Projectors recognized with three awards

Christie captured top spot in Pro AV magazine’s annual Brand Leader survey,winning the Large Venue Projector category for the second consecutive year. The magazine invites Pro AV integrators, installers, consultants and end-users to complete an exclusive online survey, asking them their brand preferences in 23 AV product categories. More than 250 AV professionals completed the survey with Christie defeating the competition by a wide margin. more

Parking and MatrixStore Provide New Cost-Effective Edit Sequence Archive and Restore Solution

Basingstoke and Caerphilly, UK, 30 June 2010: Marquis Broadcast, specialist in content workflows and media integration software, and Object Matrix, a leading developer of media archive systems, have announced a joint technology partnership. The two companies are providing a new cost-effective solution for broadcast and post-production workflows, using Marquis’ Parking archive and retrieval software and Object Matrix’ MatrixStore near-line archive system. Powered by Marquis Broadcast’s Media Highway Technology, the new development takes advantage of Parking’s easy to use edit sequence archive and restore functionality and MatrixStore’s secure, cost efficient near-line storage. more

The new 1 Beyond Wrangler Mini 3D™, the industry’s first stereo Raw and HD-SDI uncompressed DDR (Direct-to-Disk Recorder) and Viewer.

1 Beyond™, Inc., a leading provider of digital video production and post production systems, today announced the new 1 Beyond Wrangler Mini 3D™, the industry’s first stereo Raw and HD-SDI uncompressed DDR (Direct-to-Disk Recorder) and Viewer.

Available immediately starting at just $11,995 complete, the new 1 Beyond Wrangler Mini 3D is a radically new on-camera solution for professionals shooting in 2D and 3D. With support for all major mono and stereo cameras, the Wrangler Mini 3D utilizes a new 8 processor design providing the power for DDR features never before available including: more

Duality Experience Is the Last Word for Senior Class Study

BOSTON, MA – Berklee College of Music recently installed a 48-channel Solid State Logic Duality SE console in its advanced study mix room. Duality provides Berklee with the ideal bridge between traditional analogue signal flow, and the control of a DAW, giving senior class students a state-of-the-art real world experience before graduation. Duality’s superior sound quality and routing flexibility made it the console of choice for this program. more