Archive for June 10th, 2011

Cinesite creates First Class visual effects

London, UK, June 10, 2011 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, has completed more than 115 visual effects shots for Twentieth Century Fox’s X-Men: First Class, which hit cinemas last week. Among the effects Cinesite created were a retro version of the Cerebro Room, Azazel’s fight sequences, a military parade in Red Square and Washington, DC devastated by nuclear war.
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UDC Touch

High Resolution Systems LLC has taken its popular UDC Touch, a Universal Device Controller with touchscreen interface, and expanded it into a line of dedicated products. High Resolution Systems will be showcasing the new product line in Booth 3389 at InfoComm, June 15-17 in Orlando.

“Customers have been asking for UDC Touch units dedicated to specific devices so we are introducing five new versions of UDC Touch, with customized displays and functionality, to meet their needs,” says Drew Taylor, sales engineer at High Resolution Systems. “UDC Touch for Christie Vista Spyder, Christie Projection systems, Christie Projection with Spyder, Lightware and AJA Ki Pro extend touchscreen Universal Device Control to the most widely used devices on the market today.”

UDC Spyder Touch is a dedicated touchscreen controller that communicates directly with the Christie more

Second installment of flagship Hollywood Series adds world-class Brass to award-winning Strings for pure Hollywood magic

Hollywood, CA – EASTWEST, the industry leader in virtual software instruments, follows their multiple award-winning Hollywood Strings Virtual Instrument with Hollywood Brass, a massive 150GB instrument that features unprecedented sound quality and the brand new PLAY 3 playback engine for the very latest in performance and control.

The second installment in the Hollywood series, Hollywood Brass is an epic achievement, once again combining the talents of Shawn Murphy, Doug Rogers, Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen. Recorded in place at EastWest Studio 1, widely regarded as the “best brass recording room in the entire world” with 5 user-controllable mic positions, Hollywood Brass is designed to work seamlessly with Hollywood Strings (and the upcoming Woodwinds and Percussion) for the ultimate in virtual Hollywood scoring.

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