Archive for January 12th, 2011

Director-DP Romeo Tirone and Editor Louis Cioffi, ACE, Give Blow by Blow of Showtime’s Hit Show

(Burbank, CA) Createasphere continues its successful series of behind-the-scenes webcasts, The Best of TV: Dexter, on Saturday, January 29th. “Dexter,” compelling and popular, follows Dexter Morgan, brilliantly played by Michael C Hall, as a Miami Metro Police Department blood spatter analyst who works to help homicide division solve murders, yet also satisfies his dark desires by hunting and killing bad guys who slip through the justice system.

The Best of TV series offers attendees the chance to hear from key creative team members, see clips they have chosen and ask them questions. Director-DP Romeo Tirone, and award-winning editor Louis Cioffi, ACE, joins Iain Stasukevich, Contributing Writer for American Cinematographer, in a far ranging conversation about working on the show and their own pathway to this unique more

Continuing its relationship with Google, TEAK concepted and delivered a unique microsite that promotes the new Chrome notebook by asking users to take part in destroying notebooks in elaborate and entertaining ways. The destructions demonstrate a major advantage of Chrome OS: All of your apps, documents and settings are stored safely in the cloud.

“We wanted to highlight the speed and statelessness of Chrome OS in a fun way,” noted TEAK EP Greg Martinez. “So we created this concept of destroying the computer over and over to really emphasize that, regardless of what happens to your computer, your data would be safe.”

The easy-to-use site opens on a close-up shot of a Chrome notebook, with a chat box sitting off to the side. A “Lab Tech” welcomes users via chat, tells them about the notebook’s many features, and asks them to instant message suggestions for ways more

Global leader in 3D conversion comes to Chandigarh

Prime Focus opens 50,000 sq. ft. studio facility for 2D to 3D conversion, creating employment opportunities for over 3000 professionals

Chandigarh, India, January 12, 2011 – Prime Focus, one of the world’s largest visual entertainment services groups, has announced the launch of its new facility in Chandigarh, Northern India. This is the tenth Prime Focus facility in India. The company also operates studios in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Goa and Mumbai, in addition to international facilities in London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver and Winnipeg.
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3Dconnexion 3D Mice Now Supported by Google SketchUp 8 and SketchUp Pro 8

Fremont, Calif. – Jan. 12, 2011 – 3Dconnexion helps the SketchUp community build with greater ease and control with 3D mice support for Google SketchUp™ 8 and SketchUp Pro 8. 3Dconnexion 3D mice provide SketchUp users with advanced control of their designs and workspace for increased productivity when modeling buildings, furniture, appliances, cars and more.

Whether designing in context, creating a shadow study or photo-modeling existing models, 3Dconnexion 3D mice allow SketchUp designers to move more intuitively and with precise control. 3D mice enable SketchUp users to achieve more, providing a level of design interaction that is unattainable with a traditional mouse and keyboard, including:

- Superior Navigation: Allows SketchUp designers to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate as if they are holding the model or camera more

Includes custom impulses taken from around the globe over the past 7 years

Hollywood, CA – EASTWEST, the industry leader in virtual software instruments, announces Quantum Leap Spaces, a new, 24-bit true stereo convolution reverb that sets a new standard by utilizing new impulse recording techniques developed over the past seven years.

Produced and engineered by Nick Phoenix, Quantum Leap Spaces includes custom impulses taken over the past seven years from around the globe, with a focus on the western United States. Concert halls (including the EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Hall), churches, cathedrals, caverns, recording studios (including EastWest Studios), soundstages, forests, a swimming hall, parking garages, water tanks, a tunnel, vintage plates and custom digital reverb preset impulses ensure you’ll find the right space to fit your needs.

Ralph Kessler of masterpinguin supplied additional impulses. “Ralph more

Lombardi

Scharff Weisberg has teamed with projection designer Zachary Borovay to integrate video into two acclaimed Broadway productions, Lombardi and Elf. The relationship between Scharff Weisberg and Borovay goes back almost 10 years and includes Broadway productions such as Xanadu and To Be Or Not To Be as well as Peepshow in Las Vegas.

“The great thing about working with Scharff Weisberg’s, Lars [Pedersen] and T.J. [Donoghue] is that they really collaborate with you on the design of the system. That’s vital, especially when you’re dealing with the unique challenges that both Lombardi and Elf posed,” says Borovay.

Lombardi stars Dan Lauria as the Hall of Fame football coach and Judith Light as his wife. It is presented in the round at the Circle in the Square Theatre while Elf, based on the Will Ferrell more

EMERYVILLE, CALIF. – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading West Coast video and film integration firm, announced today the appointment of Julie Gantner as its new marketing director, effective Dec. 13. She will be based out of the company’s main office in Emeryville and responsible for promotional efforts, including marketing materials, event planning, and social media strategies.

“We are thrilled to welcome Julie to the ASG team,� said Dave Van Hoy, president of ASG. “She has an excellent background in developing marketing campaigns and branding initiatives for traditional and new media, which will help us build our brand and grow our business.�

Prior to joining ASG, Gantner designed and implemented marketing programs for a number of companies through her own company, Julie A. Gantner Consulting. Previously, she served as marketing and account manager for Marcom Showcase, a marketing communications firm, more

Sepultura, one of the world’s most popular and influential heavy metal bands, is set to appear at the AKG Booth, #7800 (in the Anaheim Convention Center) for two special autograph-signing sessions at Winter NAMM. The band will be on hand Thursday, January 13, at 2:00PM and Saturday, January 15, at 2:00PM. Appearing will be vocalist and guitarist Derrick Green, guitarist Andreas Kisser, bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. and drummer Jean Dolablla.

Formed in Brazil in 1984, Sepultura attained international fame for their uncompromising, aggressive music that blends heavy metal, thrash, extreme metal, hardcore and groove metal, along with the musical elements of the band’s native country. Sepultura has sold nearly 20 million records worldwide, with a new album due in 2011.

“Sepultura is another example of the reliability AKG offers performers across all genres of music, live or in the studio,� Alfred Reinprecht, marketing manager, AKG. “The band more

Radio Iasi, part of National Radio of Romania, recently purchased three Studer OnAir 2500 broadcast consoles with Route 6000 routing and signal processing systems as part of an upgrade of its facilities. Radio Iasi is a major regional public radio station from Iasi, Romania, broadcasting two programs throughout the eastern part of the country.

“Upgrading our broadcast consoles was a top priority when we decided to invest in a state-of-the-art facility,� says Constantin Burloiu, Technical Director at National Radio of Romania. “We chose the Studer OnAir 2500 for its unique combination of features including its clean, uncluttered control layout, easy access to key functions, comprehensive selection of analog and digital inputs and outputs and compact size.�

“Because we needed three consoles, having the ability for them to share audio and control signals was essential,� Burloiu continues. “The Route 6000 routers were perfect for our needs. We were able more

Adding to their growing list of prominent massively multiplayer online (MMO) game developers, Allegorithmic today announced that its automatic texture compression tool, Substance Redux, has been adopted by Runewaker Entertainment, as well as NetDragon Websoft Inc. and Wargaming.net, the maker of the popular World of Tanks game. All three studios will utilize the high-end tool to instantly reduce the texture size of their games.

Created to work within online games at any stage of development, Substance Redux allows textures of small- to large-scale MMOs to be quickly reduced by close to 50 percent, making this tool a state-of-the-art compression solution for online games that need to broaden their audience.

Specializing in the creation of massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG), Taiwan-based Runewaker Entertainment is best known for its popular game, Runes of Magic. The company recently implemented Substance Redux after the completion of the game and more