Archive for September 8th, 2011

Selected Design Will Be the Autodesk 3ds Max Design Software Box Cover and Splash Screen

What: Autodesk, Inc. and CGArchitect.com, with support from BOXX and NVIDIA, have kicked off the first Autodesk 3ds Max Design Hero Competition. Artists and visualization specialists have the opportunity to submit a scene or design created using Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 or Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2012 software, for a chance to have it selected as the 3ds Max Design “hero” image featured on an Autodesk 3ds Max Design software box cover and splash screen. The designer of the selected scene or design will also receive a 3DBOXX 8550 XTREME workstation with one NVIDIA Quadro 5000 GPU (graphics processing unit) and three NVIDIA Tesla GPUs, as well as US$5,000 in cash. Designers of the selected second and third place scenes or designs will receive an NVIDIA Quadro 5000 GPU.
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London, England – Codex Digital, the leading developer of digital media recorders and media management systems for film and television production, today announced a collaboration with P+S Technik to provide a workflow for the new PS-Cam X35 digital camera.
A setup of the PS-Cam X35 and a Codex Onboard Recorder can be seen on the P+S Technik booth at IBC 2011 (Hall 11, Stand E28). A Codex Onboard Recorder will be recording images from the PS-Cam X35 camera. The data packs can be moved over to a Codex Transfer Station for Mac OS X where the unique Codex Virtual File System will generate whatever deliverables are required such as Avid DNX-HD MXF or Apple ProRes for editorial or DPX for VFX and finishing. Codex is providing an entire production platform for the X35, from recording the images produced by the camera, through to dailies delivery and post production. more

From $36 Million DiMenna Center to Sear Sound & Brooklynphono

NEW YORK: No city personifies diversity like New York. The multiplicity of recording and performing options here would be hard to match in any of the world’s great cities. AES 131st Convention Committee Chair Jim Anderson reports that Technical Tour Chair Lou Manno and Joel Spector of the AES NY Section have developed a series of tours, which dramatically illustrate the scope of NYC’s thriving pro audio community. “There is so much going on in this town that the most difficult part of the job is making a final choice,” Anderson says. “Lou and Joel have clearly got their fingers on the pulse of the city. Their selections should be of great interest to our attendees.”

AES CONVENTION TECHNICAL TOURS INCLUDE:

THE DIMENNA CENTER FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC: This more

LOS ANGELES—California-based The Camera House, a premier provider of camera equipment to the film and television industries, has made a major investment in digital recording and workflow technology from Codex Digital.
The company has initially taken delivery of a Codex production package, which includes a Codex onboard recorder, data packs and a Transfer Station for Mac OS X. It plans to add other Codex technology in coming months. The new technology will be used to service productions shooting with ARRI ALEXA and other digital cameras and employing file-based workflows. more

IBC 2011: Sony Stand #12.A10
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Version Delivers Seamless Integration with Vegas Pro

Portland, OR (September 8, 2011) – Red Giant today announced it will debut Magic Bullet Looks 2 for Sony Vegas™ Pro in the Sony stand (#12.A10) at IBC 2011, Sept. 9-13, in Amsterdam. Magic Bullet Looks 2 is designed specifically to enable Vegas Pro users to tap into Red Giant’s powerful, industry-popular color design tool and instantly apply the effects directly within the Vegas Pro timeline.

Magic Bullet Looks 2 delivers the full scope of color design tools from the original Looks 2 and is compatible with both Vegas Pro 10 and the forthcoming Vegas Pro 11. Magic Bullet Looks 2 is fully integrated with Magic Bullet Suite 11 and features support for all Looks presets, including Red Giant Looks Guru Preset Packs. Users can also install Looks 2 more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — Responding to customer requests for lower-budget or simpler connectivity options on the range of Studer Vista mixing consoles, Studer has supplemented its highly flexible and expandable D21m remote stagebox system with two new models, both with a more fixed architecture.

The Studer D21m I/O system is based on card frames, each having the capability of accepting a wide range of different audio format cards, and multiple stageboxes can be easily distributed around large facilities.

But customers are requesting simpler and lower-cost solutions so Studer has responded with two new options.

Firstly, the new Studer Vi Stagebox provides a 6U solution including 64 analogue mic/line input XLRs and 32 analogue line output XLRs, with the option to replace any of the 8-channel cards with an alternative format such as AES, CobraNet™, Aviom or EtherSound™. The Stagebox more

High Resolution Systems is now offering comprehensive training for video professionals who want to master the Vista Spyder video processor, DVI routers and switchers, and device control. The package combines hands-on training in three related areas to ensure proficiency with some of today’s most in-demand AV technology and systems.

“It’s a powerful educational opportunity that incorporates the knowledge and experience that High Resolution Systems has in all three areas,” says founding partner Mike Taylor. “Almost every week we’re asked to train Spyder X20 users. We also offer digital video training sessions as the US distributor of Lightware Visual Engineering’s DVI routers and switchers through our Lightware U.S.A. division. And we market our own UDC (Universal Device Controller) control solution. Since those three areas work together it made sense to develop a training package that gives video professionals a deeper understanding of how to integrate the technology as a system more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — A new look Studer was unveiled by Andy Trott, Harman’s VP of Soundcraft, Studer and AKG, (VP and General Manager Mixers, Microphones & Headphones), at Studer’s Global Partners Conference today. In addition to the appointment of Bruno Hochstrasser as Studer GM announced last month, the digital mixing systems business has added two more strategic appointments heading up R&D and Product Development, reporting to Bruno.

Firstly, Peter Glattli takes over as head of R&D at Studer’s Development Centre based in Regensdorf, Switzerland. Peter joins from Super Computing Systems, a long-term partner of Studer’s. He holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the ETH Zurich and his background includes developing Super Computing’s Object Oriented software group.

Peter commented, “During my recent workshops with the Studer R&D team I once again experienced the innovative spirit that impressed me more

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today announced Boris Continuum Complete 8 AE (BCC 8 AE). BCC 8 AE delivers 200+ comprehensive VFX filters to Macintosh and Windows versions of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS5.5, CS5, CS4, and CS3. New flicker reduction and videoscope tools, OpenGL-accelerated 32-bit float support, and enhanced lens flares, particles, glows, lights, and After Effects integration headline this new release.

“The new BCC 3D Lens Flare filter is hands-down the best lens flare on the market,” commented Steve Oakley, Practical Illusions and Media Productions. “Orienting the flare layer to the camera is a snap and the new caustic features allow you to create unique organic looks.”

BCC gives editors and compositors the most comprehensive VFX plug-in suite ever created. A whopping 200+ filters include 3D more

CHICAGO, IL — Building on the success of their previous outing for Lucky Charms cereal, which found the iconic character Lucky the Leprechaun rendered in CG for the first time, Calabash Animation has expanded Lucky’s CG universe in ‘’Rainbow,’’ a new ad for the General Mills brand. The ad was created by agency Saatchi & Saatchi, New York.

‘’This was the most ambitious CG project that we’ve done to date, with so many characters involved and so much motion,” Wayne Brejcha, Calabash Creative Director says. “Three kids plus lucky and five avatars – the screen is just jammed with characters.’’

Picking up where the previous spot ”Everybody Flies” left off, ”Rainbow” begins with three kids still chasing Lucky and his beloved box of Lucky Charms as he flies aboard a magical cereal piece when he flies more