Walter Biscardi, founder and president of Biscardi Creative Media and one of the founding members of the Atlanta Cutters, today announced that Small Tree, a leading designer and manufacturer of Ethernet network shared storage, would serve as the initial platinum sponsor for the newly formed post-production group.
The primary objective of Atlanta Cutters, which is open to video editors, animators, sound designers and other local creative professionals, is to foster collaboration across the city’s growing production community by focusing on the critical tools and workflows used within their craft.
“A lot of us in the creative industry are trying to do too much by ourselves - the one man band kind of thing - while there might be a really great animator or sound designer right in town who would be an invaluable resource for a project,” Biscardi said. “Uniting professionals from different more
Free Singular Software Presto for FCP update adds new features for creating visually appealing and engaging presentation videos in just minutes
Vancouver, British Columbia –Singular Software™, a developer of workflow automation applications for digital media, is pleased to announce the latest update to its innovative presentation video software, Singular Software Presto™, version 1.2, for Final Cut Pro®. Singular Software Presto dramatically simplifies the creation of high-quality presentation videos. Working alongside Final Cut Pro, Singular Software Presto synchronizes, arranges, and edits the footage of the presenter, presentation slides, and video taken of the screen in just minutes. A free update for all existing customers, the new Singular Software Presto 1.2 offers four new layout templates, better animated transitions between layouts, smoother presenter tracking, and an option for rounded slide corners. For more information or to download Singular Software more
LYNX Technik AG, provider of modular interfaces announced that it will exhibit at SMPTE 2011 in cooperation with partner Techtel. The SMPTE exhibition will be held in Sydney, Australia July 19-22, 2011. more
DFT Digital Film Technology, provider of high-end film and digital post production solutions that preserve, manage, and deliver your pictures, announced that New York-based post facility, Nice Shoes has purchased a SCANITY 4K/2K film scanner. SCANITY will be installed at Nice Shoes in August and will support current film projects as well as new business models including film archive & restoration.
Nice Shoes is a long-term customer of DFT Digital Film Technology, purchasing its first Spirit in 2000, and making further significant investments over the years. After a thorough evaluation of available technology, as well as analysis of the continued trends of digital acquisition and digital post production, Nice Shoes has invested in a SCANITY 4K/2K film scanner to support its changing business model and the changing face of post production.
Even though film commercial production work is trending downwards, Nice Shoes more
– Christie® has recently completed a 3D Advanced Visualization System for the Maritime Studies Department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). Established in 1986 with a mandate to educate students on communication and transportation needs, the school has evolved to become one of China’s leading universities for maritime studies and engineering.
The lecture hall installation features a 1×3 curved screen, 2.5 meters high by 8 meters wide and capable of displaying a blended, seamless image on a 90-degree field of view (FOV). The rear positioning of the projectors makes it possible to augment ocean engineering lecture materials with advanced 3D visuals that give students the feeling of being truly “on board.” It is the first site in China incorporating three Christie Mirage HD12 stereographic projectors and two Christie Spyder X20 video processors and the first rear-projected curved installation.
Grab your favorite Boinx Software Apps from the Mac® App Store™ for insanely low prices until Lion ships; Select price promotions start today at just $0.99 US!
Puchheim, Germany – July 8, 2011 – Boinx Software is counting down the days to the official launch of the new Mac OS X® Lion with insane promotional discounts on all Boinx Apps available exclusively at the Mac App Store. Beginning today, select Apps like Mouseposé and PhotoPresenter start at just $0.99 US! Each day, Boinx will increase the price of the Apps by one tier until prices return to their normal state or Lion ships.
“Whenever Apple releases a new version of Mac OS X, I am like a kid in a candy store – I just can’t wait for all the goodies that are about to come my way,” comments Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx Software. “Our more
Iroquois, ON, Canada – July 5, 2011 – NBC’s new top-rated show, The Voice, went live Tuesday, June 7th with on-screen Twitter feeds provided by Ross Video’s XPression 2D/3D CG & Motion Graphics System and social data feeds moderated by the Mass Relevance Platform. XPression graphics were used for both the lower third Tweet display on-air and a Twitter stream that ran across four flat-screen monitors in The Voice Social Media Room, the show’s social media headquarters. more
Ross Video will show the latest in television live production and infrastructure solutions at IBC 2011in Amsterdam. All product lines will showcase their advancements on Ross’ newly expanded IBC stand. Be sure to stop by stand 9.C20, to see these exciting new developments as well as one or two last minute surprises.
Vision QMD & Octane Production Switchers
Ross Video’s Vision Series high-end production switcher family marks another industry first with the addition of selectable user layouts for its unique internal MultiViewers. Vision MultiViewers offer tremendous flexibility and cost savings while dramatically simplifying control room design, integration and cabling. Vision series production power has been further enhanced with the addition of the new 8 keyer MultiDSK module, doubling the layering power of program outputs. This new module is backward compatible with more
More than 140 effects, generators and transitions now compatible with the new Final Cut® Pro and Motion® releases; free upgrade for existing users
Boston, MA –Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, has announced FxFactory® 2.6 for Final Cut Pro X® and Motion 5. The upgrade makes more than 140 filters, generators and transitions from FxFactory Pro available inside Final Cut Pro X. All FxFactory-based plug-ins continue to be available in previous versions of Final Cut Pro and other hosts, including the new Motion 5. The upgrade is free for current FxFactory Pro customers.
Apply Tilt Shift and other filters to your previously recorded time-lapse sequences upon import to iStopMotion; Under-the-hood tune-ups enhance quality of your animations; Russian localization now available
Puchheim, Germany – June 21, 2011 – Boinx Software rolls out iStopMotion 2.8, the latest upgrade to its popular stop motion animation software. Headlining the list of new features and improvements is iStopMotion’s new ability to apply filters to imported images. Boinx engineers also went under-the-hood in version 2.8 to restore Canon DSLR camera functionality that was lost with the Mac® OS X 10.6.5 system update, as well as make major improvements to color management. Rounding out the updates in version 2.8 is the software’s localization of the Russian language.
“Sometimes, a customer reports what seems to be a minor bug and it looks like a totally trivial thing. Then we dive in more
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