Archive for July 15th, 2010

Expansion of Services and Additions to Creative and Production Teams Bolster VFX Offering

Encore Hollywood has expanded its Visual Effects offering with the additions of Stephan Fleet as creative director, Emmy Award-winner Mitch Gates as CG supervisor and the promotion of Tom Kendall to the key role of executive producer. “We now offer on-set visual effects supervision, complete plate production and an extensive library of models and effects,” says Bill Romeo, Sr. VP of Ascent Media’s ETV (Entertainment Television) division. “Combined with key personnel additions, these moves represent our development as a business and an expansion of the VFX services we can provide.” more

Exhibiting With HHB Communications in Stand 8.D56

Wohler’s exhibition at IBC2010 will showcase a range of acclaimed products that increase broadcasters’ control, flexibility, and efficiency in managing complex audio and video monitoring in today’s digital and HD broadcast environments. The AMP2-16V will represent Wohler’s award-winning line of 16-channel modular monitoring systems, combining video monitoring with comprehensive audio management capabilities including industry-leading loudness control. In addition to demonstrating the Pandora dedicated loudness monitor, the company will highlight its new Presto multiview source selector, which makes 16 video channels readily available for monitoring and straightforward switching via integrated OLED pushbuttons, as well as the new CD-1 caption and subtitle video monitor adaptor, which renders captions or subtitles for any digital video monitor to display while converting 3G/HD/SD-SDI to DVI. more

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Quoting, Proposal Generation & Service Order Creation now completely Automated

BELLEVUE, NE (July 15, 2010) — Tigerpaw Software, Inc., developer of the most comprehensive business building software for technology providers, today announced that ChannelOnline customers can now import their supplier and/or product data directly into Tigerpaw to be managed all the way invoicing–without re-keying data. more

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — July 15, 2010 — Omneon Inc. today announced the appointment of Tom Lang as major accounts manager, a role in which he will be responsible for many of the company’s largest customers in the southeastern United States. Lang joins Omneon with 20 years of experience working with innovative broadcast solutions and leading broadcast networks. more

DVC Digital Video Competence, the most reputated German system-integrator and distributor for professional broadcast and streaming solutions, extends his portfolio with the Video Monitoring and Media Asset Management software products from ISID. DVC will be the official masterdistributor in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. more

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that a new Boris Continuum Unit, Lens Blur, is now available. The Boris Continuum Lens Blur Unit delivers Lens Blur, Lens Shape, and Lens Transition filters to Adobe and Apple video editing and compositing software. Each filter is mutli-processor accelerated for fast performance on modern computing platforms. more

SIGGRAPH 2010: Booth #138

Attendees to See Firsthand Benefits of mocha’s Planar Tracking, Seamless Export to Nuke, Innovative 2D-to-3D Conversion Workflows, Significant Performance Gains While Working with Multi-Layer Film Resolution Projects

GUILDFORD, UK (July 15, 2010) — Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) today announced it will demonstrate the newest version of its award-winning planar tracking and roto solution, mocha, at SIGGRAPH 2010 later this month in Los Angeles. During the conference, Imagineer Systems will demonstrate for the filmmaking, VFX design and post production community the numerous benefits of mocha, including seamless export capabilities to Nuke, drastically improved performance and support for multi-layer film resolution projects, as well as insight into mocha and its role in 2D-to-3D conversion workflow, increasingly in demand in Hollywood, India, and other 3D conversion hot-spots. more

See PhaseSpace in The Studio at SIGGRAPH 2010

Inviting New Artists to Experience the State of the Art in CG Content Creation

San Francisco, CA: July 14, 2010… PhaseSpace Inc. is inviting SIGGRAPH attendees to step into the shoes of filmmaking luminaries such as James Cameron and Robert Zemeckis, directing actors and guiding the action through a virtual camera using state-of-the-art optical motion-capture technology. This year again, PhaseSpace is joining a ‘who’s who’ of industry players in the SIGGRAPH 2010 Studio during the annual conference, July 25-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Studio will provide students, as well as established artists with a unique opportunity to work on their own projects with the same tools as those used at the world’s leading facilities. more

New Product Provides Faster Than Real-Time Media Transfers for Improved Workflow Efficiencies between Broadcast Servers and Editing Systems

Basingstoke, UK, 15 July 2010: Hi Tech Systems, a leading supplier of VTR and video server control panels to the broadcast industry, will be launching clipR, a new Windows™ application that simplifies the movement of video clips between a range of broadcast servers and Avid or Apple Final Cut Pro editing systems, at IBC 2010 (stand 10.A49). Powered by Marquis Broadcast’s Media Highway Technology, clipR will improve file-based workflows by providing fast and reliable media transfers without the worry of file incompatibility problems that often arises when media is moved between systems from different manufacturers. Marquis Broadcast will also be featuring clipR at IBC 2010 (stand 2.A58). more

Nine minute piece posted on Pablo 3D

London-based LipSync Post recently posted a nine minute promo on Pablo for Dan Films’ ‘Creeping Zero’. The piece, thought to be the first Stereo3D movie promo made, won two ovations at the European Film Market in Berlin (unheard of for a promo), and has been instrumental in helping to secure funding for the movie to go into production. Stereo3D shooting of the full live action movie will commence later this year with release scheduled for 2011. more