Archive for July 21st, 2010

San Rafael, CA, July 22, 2010 — Based in Marin, California, The Kerner Group, the 30-year home to George Lucas’ original Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), and today a collection of innovative companies and divisions that offer award-winning creative services to the major motion picture studios, independent filmmakers, television studios and production companies, has restructured.

The restructuring of The Kerner Group comes one year after the company’s acquisition by entrepreneur Eric Edmeades, and is the result of a year-long analysis and R&D efforts by new senior management aimed at driving the Kerner brand forward. Concurrent with this anniversary, The Kerner Group has launched a number of new brands with services available to its diverse array of clients. more

Agency to Refresh Web Properties and Provide Digital Strategy

TILLAMOOK, Ore. – July 21, 2010 – Tillamook County Creamery Association, makers of the No. 1 selling natural cheese brand in the West, has enlisted Los Angeles-based Hello Design as digital agency of record and to provide digital strategy, interactive design and development services. more

Exec Producer Devin Sterling to Oversee DI Across All Locations

Santa Monica, CA and New York, NY – Further bolstering unification of its digital intermediate (DI) services, Company 3 has expanded Executive Producer Devin Sterling’s role to oversee DI operations between its Santa Monica and New York facilities, liaise with sister companies Method, and Rushes in London, as well as supervise any remote DI projects within Company 3’s international network of virtual outposts. Sterling will continue to work out of Company 3′s facility in Santa Monica. more

Shotgun Highlights Integration Partners, Launches Open Source Initiative for Developers/Studios, Hosts a Developer User Group and Previews Forthcoming Version 2.1

Shotgun Software will formally release Shotgun at SIGGRAPH 2010; the production tracking and collaboration system has been in private beta for over a year and has already amassed a dedicated client base of over 170 visual effects, video game and post production facilities. Shotgun Software will be exhibiting at booth #1218 during the SIGGRAPH Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 27-29th, alongside integration partners Tweak Software and PipelineFX. more

Tweak unveils a new intuitive interface in RV for playback, editing and side-by-side and A/B comparisons of digital media; company highlights integration partners

Tweak Software, makers of RV, the next generation image and sequence viewer for VFX and animation artists, announced today that they will unveil a new beta version of their popular playback tool at SIGGRAPH 2010. Tweak will be exhibiting at booth #1220 during the SIGGRAPH Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 27-29th alongside integration partners Shotgun Software and PipelineFX. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (July 21, 2010) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty pan/tilt/zoom cameras and high-end camera control systems, announces new contemporary furniture systems for classrooms and videoconferencing applications. Edge™ Videoconferencing Carts and Instrukt™ Educational Teaching Stations are designed to integrate modern form, function and style for any classroom, boardroom or training facility. more

IBC STAND # 8.D80

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE NEW AFFORDABLE SERVER CONTROL AND LIVE VISION SWITCHING PACKAGE, AND UPGRADED FEATURE-RICH CONVERTERS

Owslebury, UK (19 July 2010) — Brick House Video has announced plans to introduce TallyHo at IBC 2010 – a wireless on-air indicator for vision switchers. The manufacturer of award-winning compact and cost-effective analogue and digital switchers, and rate/standards and format convertors, will also highlight ShowTime – a new and affordable server control and live vision switching package. more

Illuminate Labs’ Technology Simplifies and Accelerates Game Development Process

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has acquired Illuminate Labs, a privately held maker of lighting technology for game development. Illuminate Labs’ Beast middleware solution and Turtle plug-in for Autodesk Maya software enable faster iteration on a game’s creative intent, and more realistic in-game lighting. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. more

audioEngine Mixer Rob DiFondi just completed a brilliant mix for ALLDAYEVERYDAY Director Jake Sumner’s latest short, a black-and-white encomium to soccer that stars the legendary Spike Lee and follows his thoughts and actions as he coaches his son’s team. As the film guides its viewers through the parks and ball fields of New York City, DiFondi blends Lee’s distinctive narrative voice with the notes of A Stroll Down Chrystie Street and the patter of a kicked soccer ball, the chatter of sideline spectators, and the constant sounds of the honking, screeching grind of New York City. The film debuted in June at Nike Stadium in New York. more

Apantac LLC, designer and developer of multiviewers and signal processing solutions is showcasing a sampling of its MT HOOD line of extenders, receivers, splitters, and switches, as well as its CRESCENT line of HDMI to SDI converters, and 3G-SDI distribution amplifiers at the IAAM “VenueConnect� 2010 trade show in Houston, Texas, July 24-26, 2010.

The Apantac products will be on display in “The Delta AV Experience� booth number 1147. Thomas Tang, Apantac’s President will be on hand to demonstrate the professional AV solutions and answer any questions, as will Steve Jellerson, Vice-President of Delta AV and Jim Mead, Delta AV’s Business Development Director. more