Archive for January 24th, 2011

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – JANUARY 2011: Metric Halo has earned an Outstanding Technical Achievement award by the TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Foundation for the Digital Converter Technology of its LIO-8 AD-DA. The foundation announced the award at January’s NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. The win adds satisfaction to the honor of Metric Halo’s three previous TEC nominations for its SpectraFoo sound analysis software, its ULN-2 +DSP combination multi-channel mic pre/converter/processor, and its ChannelStrip multi-platform plug-in. To celebrate the victory, Metric Halo will offer the LIO-8 and its technological sibling, the ULN-8, at an amazing 25% discount, through all Metric Halo sales channels, from January 24 through February 18, 2011. So, as they say, act now.

The Metric Halo LIO-8 is an eight-in AD, ten-out DA FireWire converter with eight channels of AES I/O that supports up to 192 kHz sample rates. Every aspect more

Five time Oscar-nominated director, Mike Leigh, famous for films such as Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies and his latest – Another Year, has directed the new Jobsite ad campaign created by London ad agency Hooper Galton. The campaign features British actor Max Beesley, star of Survivors and Hotel Babylon, who has been the face of the brand since 2008.

The integrated campaign, which aims to inspire people to consider the life-altering decision to change jobs, features two :30 and two :10 TV ads which will run for four weeks from January 10th. The campaign also comprises two bespoke :15 executions for mobile (the first ads ever written for this media) and video-on-demand, as well as press, online and social media.

Aiming to be the antidote to job-seeking inertia, the campaign tactically launches in January when people are thinking of changes they want to make more

Chicago, IL – Beast, one of the nation’s top editorial facilities, has announced the hiring of Mark Anderson as smoke artist for its Chicago facility. Anderson joins Beast after a two-year stint at Crash + Sues Minneapolis, where he worked with a diverse list of clients such as Target, Best Buy, AAA, Subaru and FedEx to name a few. His credits include an extensive amount of finishing and VFX work.

“Mark’s a triple threat of creative talent, technical wizardry and the kind of dude you want to hang with,” said Beast Chicago executive producer Melissa Thornley. “Not only is he an amazing smoke artist, he can fix your motorcycle if it breaks down. Mark’s passion for film and advertising and his enthusiastic attitude are the perfect fit for us.”

Prior to his stint at Crash, he spent more

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Iroquois, ON, Canada – January 24, 2011 – Ross Video announces the appointment of Jim Siega as Business Development Manager for XPression, Ross’ Real Time 2D/3D HD character generator. more

Tigerpaw to help New Partners with Data and Application Integration

BELLEVUE, Neb., (January 24, 2011) — Tigerpaw Software, Inc., developer of the most comprehensive business building software for technology providers has launched a new initiative to reach out to more than 1,000 telecommunications vendors across North America.

“We are engaging our telecom customers to show them how we can help them quickly, easily and profitably make the move to IT,� said James Foxall, president of Tigerpaw Software. “We’ve already met with several telecom leaders with the intent to strengthen our partnerships, the vastness of our integrations, and to explore new opportunities as our large telecom customer base adds data to their offering.�

Tigerpaw is working with mutual vendors to design several key enhancements aimed at facilitating additional partner interaction to create a powerful public API with the most more

Jim Carbonetti, stereoscopic supervisor and compositor for 3D Blast, Inc in Los Angeles, has earned a reputation in the industry as an expert in guiding studios, producers and directors in 3D stereoscopic production, taking them from concept through post pipelines and delivery. He has an impressive portfolio of stereoscopic projects under his belt, and was recently tapped to guide the stereoscopic production for Napoleon 3D, a new comedy starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Russian actress, Anna Semenovich that brings an entirely new perspective to this legendary historic military conqueror.

IRIDAS caught up with Jim recently and he shared with us his experience on the set, and provided some insight into how SpeedGrade 2010 streamlined the stereo pipeline for the crew.

Using the latest version of Speedgrade 2010 on location during filming of Napoleon 3D in Kiev and more