Archive for May 20th, 2011

EMERYVILLE, CALIF. – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading West Coast video and film integration firm, has hired Alan Hirshberg as a lead technical specialist for its Technical Services Team, effective May 9. He will be based in Southern California and offer field service and consultation for ASG clients in the region.

Prior to joining ASG, Hirshberg served as president of Studio Computer, which specialized in consulting for storage area networks, servers, video editing, and other entertainment-based IT projects. He also worked as chief engineer for Mojo, where he supervised the technical aspects for the construction of a 17,000-square-foot facility with 25 editorial stations and a new machine room, and as chief technology officer and director of systems support for JPR Engineering.

“Alan has spent the past 15 years designing and integrating IT systems for television and motion picture more

Inspired by Paris one century ago, the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) 2011 is a month-long cultural celebration that began April 7, bringing together the worlds of dance, music, visual arts, theater, film and literature. The PIFA 2011 events take place across several Center City locations. “Styling a Second Empire: A Light and Sound Experience,” located adjacent to Philadelphia’s historic City Hall, is an outdoor visual experience that included a soundtrack delivered by an EAW® line array speaker system. Saben Shawhan, senior A/V systems consultant with Philadelphia consulting firm Metropolitan Acoustics, LLC, designed the audio system, and Starlite Productions of Moorestown, New Jersey, provided technical and logistical support.

The EAW system consists of two stacks, each comprising four EAW KF740 three-way line array modules plus two EAW SB1002 dual 18-inch subwoofers. EAW FB174 flybar/ground more

RevUp Render, an innovator of cloud computing technology for the architectural, entertainment and graphics design communities, announced today RevUpVCS 3.0 Virtual Cloud System (VCS) with RevUp RealityServer, the first commercially available product for the building industry using the NVIDIA mental images RealityServer and iRay GPU-based supercomputing render platform. RevUpVCS 3.0, a high-performance computing (HPC) workstation residing within the cloud powered by RevUp RealityServer® offers architects, designers and engineers access to supercomputing-level performance from virtually any remote location.

RevUpVCS 3.0 with RevUp RealityServer utilizes high-performance CPUs, GPUs, system memory and I/O configurations, developed in partnership with RenderStream of Austin, Texas, to deliver maximum performance and BIM model-sharing capabilities in the cloud. Compatible with most leading 3D design and modeling software programs, including AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, NavisWorks, Solidworks, McNeel Rhino, Bentley, and others. RevUpVCS with RevUp RealityServer also helps users reduce costs by eliminating the need for expensive desktop more

New mocha Family v2.6 Continues Improvements on VFX and Stereo Conversion Workflow, Nuke Roto Exports Now Support 1:1 Key Frame Relationship for Greater Flexibility

GUILDFORD, UK (May 20, 2011) — Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) today announced it has launched a new point release for its mocha family of powerful, standalone 64-bit tracking and roto tools built on its award winning Planar Tracker™. With this new point release, mocha, mocha AE and mocha Pro v2.6 now features more powerful and flexible roto export features for Nuke artists, significantly improved performance on the Windows platform, and a number of additional performance optimization and stability improvements. As a result of these new features, mocha artists can export mocha roto shapes directly to Nuke v6.2 with a 1:1 keyframe relationship, allowing significantly greater editing control within Nuke.

Imagineer Systems works closely with customers to identify opportunities for enhanced performance and workflow more