Archive for December, 2010

BURBANK, CA – Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, will showcase its DIONIC HCX 120 watt-hour capacity battery, CINE VCLX Batteries, SO-SF35 and SO-14/28R Snap-On Belts at Band Pro One World 2010 Open House.

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BURBANK, CA – Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, will showcase its DIONIC HCX 120 watt-hour capacity battery, CINE VCLX Batteries, SO-SF35 and SO-14/28R Snap-On Belts at Band Pro One World 2010 Open House.

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Hoffman Estates, IL – Class on Demandâ„¢, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, is pleased to announce the latest “Class on Demand Legends Seriesâ€? weekly training webinars featuring acclaimed digital media instructor Larry Jordan. The new webinars, titled “Secrets of the Motion Tab in Final Cut Pro®â€? and “Edit and Trim Faster in Final Cut Proâ€? can be accessed today in streaming video delivery format through the Class on Demand Learning Platform (http://www.classondemand.com/legends/).

An expansion of the current Class on Demand training lineup, “Class on Demand Legends Series� provides an exclusive “inside look� at the inner workings of influential industry experts and figureheads. This week, Jordan continues to delve into the “Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro™� with both “Secrets of the Motion Tab in Final Cut Pro� and “Edit and Trim Faster in Final Cut Pro.�

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MERYVILLE, CALIF. – In conjunction with Dolby Laboratories, Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading West Coast video and film integration firm, presented “3D Workflow 2010� last week at the Dolby Theater in San Francisco. The free daylong event included several conference sessions that addressed a variety of 3D production issues from acquisition to delivery.

“This was our second year with a 3D focus for our end-of-year workshop, and we had another full house,� said Dave Van Hoy, president of ASG. “Film and video professionals are still trying to develop 3D workflows that are cost effective and techniques that deliver excellent images to audiences. This event is special because it encourages communication within our industry. Our customers present challenges they faced in the real world and then share their solutions.�

The program included presentations from professionals with hands-on 3D production experience as well as companies that have developed 3D more

NEW YORK: Audio Engineering Society

Executive Director Roger Furness has announced that the 130th AES Convention will be held in the Novotel London West Convention Centre, Friday, May 13 – Monday, May 16. The 131st Convention is confirmed for NYC’s Jacob Javits Center, Thursday, October 20 thru Sunday, Oct. 23.

“Extraordinarily positive attendee and exhibitor feedback confirmed the success of our 129th Convention in San Francisco this past November,” Furness said. “We received high marks on all levels, technical, social and organizational. A palpable sense of optimism permeated the entire event.

“Our Convention Committees have already begun the year-long process of developing both these major 2011 events. The call for papers has been posted for the London Convention, and NY Convention Chair Jim Anderson meets this week with our Committee here to begin plans for October,” Furness adds.
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Milpitas, CA – December 15, 2010 – Blackmagic Design today announced that Company 3, one of the US’s premiere post production facilities for features, commercials, TV and music videos, has purchased and installed eight additional Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolves. The high-powered 4 GPU Resolve 7.0 for Linux non-linear color correction systems will be installed in the company’s Santa Monica and New York locations, and will be used for traditional and 3D color grading with the firm’s film, television and commercials.
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WAYNE, NJ – JVC Professional Products Company today announced that KLRT, the FOX affiliate in Little Rock, Ark., has adopted JVC ProHD cameras for studio and ENG use. The Newport Television station, which serves the Little Rock-Pine Bluff market (DMA #56), purchased four GY-HD250Us to replace Thomson LDK 1707s as its main studio cameras for daily newscasts, as well as eight GY-HM700U cameras for ENG use. FOX16 News went live with its new studio cameras yesterday, and has been using its new GY-HM700s in the field since August.

Ideal for ENG work, the GY-HM700 is a compact, shoulder-mount camcorder with three 1/3-inch progressive scan CCDs. It records full 1280×720 and 1920×1080 images, and its proprietary MPEG-2 encoder supports all major HD signal formats, including 1080i and 720p. Its dual card slot design records to low-cost, non-proprietary SDHC solid-state media cards in more

Imagineer Brings On Stereoscopic, VFX Artist Mary Poplin as Product Specialist in LA; Imagineer’s Martin Brennand Opens Australian Office to Support Pac Rim, Asia Customers

GUILDFORD, UK (December 15, 2010) — Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) today announced it has expanded its worldwide team of product experts in the wake of the launch of its newest 64-bit VFX software, mocha Pro. With this announcement, Imagineer Systems has named stereoscopic artist and VFX industry artist, Mary Poplin, as its new Product Specialist in Los Angeles, CA, effective immediately.

Additionally, Imagineer System’s Martin Brennand has been charged with opening the Australian office for the Company, and is responsible for supporting customers, partners and prospects in the Pac Rim and Asian VFX markets. These expansions translate to a new level of customer presence for Imagineer Systems, with personal touch service available now in nearly every time zone around the world.
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Digieffects Launches New A La Carte VFX Plug-In Offerings; Snowstorm to Become First Plug-In Available Outside of Bundled Plug-In Families

Wilmington, NC (December 15, 2010) – Digieffects® (www.digieffects.com), a developer of popular visual effects software plug-ins, announced today it is unveiling a new product line strategy for 2011 with a more streamlined, organized product line; and effective immediately, offering the choice of purchasing singular plug-ins a la carte style. Under this new and continuously emerging approach, Digieffects Snowstorm will be available as a stand-alone purchase starting Monday, December 19, 2010. Additional stand-alone plug-ins will be added to the a la carte menu throughout 2011.

“We recognize that Digieffects impacts VFX artists on many levels, from large post houses and VFX shops, to freelancers and students. We also recognize that not everyone – freelancers and students especially – has the resources to buy entire suites of VFX plug-ins more

Proactive Report Generation From Any Point of View, User Behavior Analysis, Scalable, and a Help Desk That Facilitates Changes Within 24 Hours
All Equal Driving Down Ongoing Costs

Red Bank, N.J., December 14, 2010— OneCall Manage, provider of a systems-thinking infrastructure for wireless management, today announced that its wireless management software suite has business intelligence (BI) level database access and report generation capabilities.

Key attributes of BI software are its ability to access hidden, granular data, and then present that data from any point of view the user chooses. Further, BI software translates that data into natural language, and auto-generates a single report that enables CFOs and other executives to problem solve discretely. If that software can also access dynamic data on the fly and include it in the report’s point of view, the ante of BI is upped to be labeled analytics-driven BI software.

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