NAB 2007, Las Vegas, NV, USA – April 16, 2007 – Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced HDLink Pro, a new model of the popular HDLink converter that allows low cost DVI and HDMI displays to be used for SDI monitoring. HDLink Pro can be seen on Blackmagic Design‘s NAB 2007 stand located at #SL 11020

HDLink Pro allows any supported DVI or HDMI display to be used for incredible HD-SDI monitoring. HDLink Pro supports the new 3 Gb/s SDI standard for twice the SDI data rate than normal HD-SDI. 3 Gb/s SDI retains compatibility with normal HD-SDI and standard definition SDI equipment, however the higher 3 Gb/s data rate allows 4:4:4 video using a single BNC type connection, or Blackmagic Design‘s new 2k via SDI allows high resolution real time 2048 x 1556 feature film editing. more…

NAB 2007, Las Vegas, NV, USA – April 16, 2007 – Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced Intensity Pro, a new low cost and extremely high quality video capture and playback card for professional videographers. Intensity Pro can be seen on Blackmagic Design‘s NAB 2007 stand located at #SL 11020

Intensity Pro is the first card to combine the high quality of HDMI capture and playback with the wide compatibility of analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video and analog audio capture and playback. It enables users to capture directly from the HD camera‘s image sensor, bypassing the video compression chip for true uncompressed video quality. Now users can go beyond the quality limits of HDV for editing, design and authoring with Intensity Pro. more…

LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER, BOOTH C-4226, APRIL 16-19, 2007: Ikegami Electronics (U.S.A.), Inc., the world-leading manufacturer of advanced high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) television production solutions for broadcast and professional video applications, will display a wide range of new products at the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) exhibition, in Las Vegas.

Ikegami’s new NAB 2007 products include one-piece compact servo-filter HD cameras, new tapeless HD field recorders, a holographic video-archiving system, a new compact aerial HD camera, and improved angle of view LCD monitors. In addition to these new products, Ikegami will also show two new HD and multi-standard studio and portable companion cameras and a new camera-control unit and base station. more…

NewTek Announces LightWave® Rendition™ for Adobe® Photoshop®

Las Vegas, Nevada — NAB — April 16, 2007 — NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced launch plans for their latest development, LightWave Rendition for Adobe® Photoshop®. The product created by NewTek’s 3D division provides photorealistic 3D render output, such as recently used in the feature film “300″, for Adobe‘s just revealed Photoshop CS3 Extended. Based upon the Emmy® Award-winning render engine native to LightWave 3D®, Rendition™ for Adobe Photoshop gives creative artists the ability to render models imported through Photoshop CS3 and deliver the richness of detail, textures and lighting attributes found in the original 3D object format, all within the Photoshop environment. more…

New Render Features in LightWave® v9.2 Help Make Demanding Car Race Sequences Photoreal

Las Vegas , Nevada — NAB– April 16, 2007 – NewTek, Inc., innovator of award-winning 3D animation and video products, today revealed the extensive use of LightWave 3D® by the artists at Zoic Studios in the creation of the new Fox Series, Drive. The series as described by Fox is “an action-fueled drama following a diverse group of Americans driving for their lives (or the lives of their loved ones) in a sinister, cross-country road race.” The show features locations all over the U.S. but the production is headquartered in Los Angeles, resulting in the extensive use of green-screen photography to transport the audience from location to location. Zoic Studios has developed an entirely new approach to the visual effects for Drive by introducing an omniscient camera that moves seamlessly from the open road in and around moving vehicles. more…

Las Vegas, NV (NAB) – 16 April, 2007 – At NAB 2007, Digital Vision, a leading developer of advanced digital media applications for film and video, announces that The Camera House, a Los Angeles provider of on-set and post solutions, has purchased a Digital Vision Film Cutter system with the DVO image processing option. more…

Stockholm, Sweden- 16 April, 2007 – Digital Vision, a leading developer of advanced digital media applications for film and video, announced that premiere Detroit-based commercial post-production company GTN/Ringside Creative has purchased two Nucoda Film Master systems. The company has implemented the new grading systems on a SAN to enable nonlinear finishing workflows that simultaneously provide greater creative possibilities and throughput than the linear telecine-based finishing processes traditionally used for commercials. more…

Increases Performance and Capacity of First Data Tape System Enhanced for File-based Workflows

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 16, 2007 – Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive, today announced that its award-winning
A-Series Professional Video Technology will be available on the LTO (Linear Tape-Open) tape drive platform, beginning with LTO-3. By adding this leading mid-range format to the A-Series product line, Quantum will provide video professionals with a new, higher-performance archive solution offering up to 400 GB (native) of removable networked storage capacity in a tape-based file system that is MXF -aware. Quantum will be demonstrating its A-Series solutions at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB 2007), Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth SU 13809, April 16-19. more…

Company‘s A-Series Data Tape Solutions Feature New MXF Capabilities, Including Ability to Store Complete MXF Program Inventories

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 16, 2007 – Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive, today announced its participation in the first public demonstrations of the MXF Mastering Format Project at the Network Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2007. Sponsored by the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA), the demonstrations are designed to provide real-world solutions for key workflows, focusing on creating a single MXF master file from which multiple versions of a program can be created. This work was started two years ago by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. more…

AUTODESK CONNECTS TO QUANTUM‘S NEW STORNEXT 3.0 SOFTWARE TO POWER ITS MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT SOLUTIONS AT NAB
StorNext Provides High-Speed, Low-Latency Backbone for Content Delivery and Data Sharing Across Autodesk Visual Effects, Editing/Finishing and Color Grading Technologies

LAS VEGAS, Nev., April 16, 2007 – Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive, today announced that Autodesk, a world leader in 2D and 3D design software, is using Quantum‘s StorNext® data management software with its suite of media and entertainment systems products, currently being showcased at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB 2007), Las Vegas Convention Center, April 16-19. The use of StorNext with Autodesk products provides a scalable solution that can enable digital artists to generate high-quality content more quickly. more…