Archive for January, 2011

Schwaz, Austria, Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ) – Vizrt Ltd., a world-wide supplier of production tools for the digital media industry, announced today that the German newspaper printing and publishing house, BZV, has selected its Online Content Management System (CMS) to drive the news portal www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de.

Eirik Svendsen, executive VP online, Vizrt, said, “We’re proud to have such a highly regarded newspaper as our next customer in the German market. This deal clearly demonstrates the important role that media-rich functionality plays in the distribution of online content.�

The core of Vizrt’s online system, Escenic Content Engine, will publish content to multiple channels, providing efficient and instant flow of information to websites and channels directly from Escenic Content Studio, the module that enables online design, layout and content creation. Together, Vizrt’s Online Content Management System provides a single production pipeline for text, image and video where dynamic content more

Free for everyone – the FxFactory based Manifesto plug-in pack offers both static title and title roll/crawl generators for creating captivating titles

Boston, MA– Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, is pleased to announce its latest FxFactory freebie plug-in pack, Manifesto. The brand new Manifesto titling plug-ins provide new and current FxFactory® users with a quick and easy way to generate eye-popping titles in Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Final Cut Express®, Motion® and After Effects®. Manifesto comes in two variants: a static title generator and a title roll/crawl generator.

Manifesto Highlights
• Optional Keyframing: No keyframes are required for animation. The text of choice is scrolled in and out of frame automatically based on the length of the generator track. This feature also lets users match a title roll (or crawl) to the duration of a different clip.
• Use Existing RTF Files: Manifesto can reference an existing RTF file on disk, allowing users to rely entirely on an more

SOLIDWORKS WORLD, San Antonio – Jan. 25, 2011 – Luxology® LLC today announced the availability of the Studio Environment Set 1 (SES 1) Kit, a new collection of high dynamic range (HDR) spherically mapped images that provide an excellent source of interior lighting for architectural renderings, industrial design presentations, engineering visualization and packaging design. This extensive library of images was produced exclusively for Luxology by Yazan Malkosh of 9b studios and is designed for use with modo 501, Bentley Systems’ MicroStation and PhotoView 360 from SolidWorks.

SES 1 provides a library of 51 HDR spherical images that provide photographic studio-like lighting for product shots, engineering visualizations, advertising art and packaging shots. The collection is designed for architects, industrial designers, engineers, packaging specialists and CAD visualization professionals who would like to be able to choose studio/interior lighting scenes without investing the time to create custom lighting set ups for more

NewTek, a worldwide leader in video and 3D animation products, today announced the release of TriCaster TCXD850 CS, a hardware control surface for the TriCaster TCXD850 high definition (HD) portable live production system. The TriCaster TCXD850 CS provides a physical connection to the 24-channel system’s functions and effects, allowing operators to make snap decisions with confidence and ease.

TriCaster TCXD850 CS hardware provides illuminated push buttons, twist knobs, a premium T-bar and three-axis joystick to control all of the functions and effects available in the TriCaster TCXD850, letting operators perform commands instantly.

“With live events, there’s no second chance. You have to be certain and you have to be fast. Our goal with every new product is to give our users the opportunity to deliver the best quality live production possible, with confidence and accuracy,” said Andrew Cross, executive vice president of Engineering, NewTek. “This more

Founded by Kenny Loggins over 30 years ago, the Christmas Unity Telethon is a broadcast annual fundraiser that raises money to provide food and life essentials, as well as Christmas presents and toys, for the underprivileged and economically challenged in the Santa Barbara area. Over the years, the professional production community and local major network television affiliate has gotten involved to provide the necessary technical and on-air support to present the 12-hour show to the regional tri-county area of California.



For the last three years, Santa Barbara Sound Design—owner/chief audio engineer Dom Camardella and his son Adam—has handled the broadcast music mix for the numerous acts that perform live during the broadcast. As one of the first and largest high-end recording studios in the area, SBSD has worked with more

– Cache-A To Apply Its Easy-To-Use Architecture To Emerging Industry-Standard Tape File System –

Morgan Hill, Calif., January 25, 2011 – Cache-A Corporation, a leading supplier of network-attached archive appliances for the digital film, broadcast and video professionals, announced today that it will collaborate with HP to develop an easy-to-use implementation of LTFS (Linear Tape File System) for the professional media and entertainment industries. LTFS is based on open source software and enables users to interchange content across different operating systems, software applications and physical locations.

“We are delighted to be working with HP as a key partner to develop the full potential of LTFS in the media and entertainment industries,� said Phil Ritti, President and CEO of Cache-A Corporation. “This collaboration combines the benefits of LTFS, which makes tape look like disk, with the convenience of Cache-A’s appliance approach, which makes tape actually behave like disk, to more

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