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News: MotionKit.com Releases 1,500 HD & SD Animated Video Backgrounds
Motionkit.com has released a “one of a kind” animated video background bundle, which includes 1,500 artfully crafted looping animated video backgrounds. MORE. News: Sony Announces Availability Of Multi-Codec Video Encoder For Professional Blu-Ray Disc Authoring New Encoding Tool from Sony Creative Software Supports All Blu-ray Formats, Offers Customization and 30 Percent Faster Delivery Over Previous Sony Encoder at a Competitive Price Sony Creative Software, a leading worldwide provider of professional video and audio production applications, today announced the availability of Sony’s new multi-codec video encoder for Blu-ray Disc authoring developed in conjunction with Sony Electronics and Sony Pictures Entertainment. MORE. News: NASA and Internet Archive Launch Centralized Resource for Images NASA and Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, made available the most comprehensive compilation ever of NASA's vast collection of photographs, historic film and video Thursday. MORE. News: Scripps Howard Transitioning to HD News with Over 100 Fujinon Lenses Custom-built lens combined with JVC GY-HD250 camera to standardize HD news gathering and production for ten Scripps stations Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company has purchased an extensive complement of Fujinon HTs18X4.2 BERM lenses with 2X extenders. The more than 100 lenses are being used to outfit Scripps 10 broadcast TV stations, including six ABC-affiliated stations, three NBC affiliates and one independent. MORE. News: Eastwest Announces Winner Of “Score This Movie” Contest Doug Rogers, founder and producer of EASTWEST, has announced Justin Ray Miller as the winner of the virtual instrument company’s “Score This Movie” contest. For his winning composition, “The Polish Prescription for the People ,” Miller will receive all seven EASTWEST PLAY products. MORE. News: th1ng creates Toshiba idents for "tour de France" shown on Eurosport th1ng, the award winning animation and mixed media production studio, has created a series of six second idents for Toshiba aired on Eurosport, mainland Europe, this month. MORE. News: Image Metrics' Facial Animation Makes Music Video Debut With Gnarls Barkley Lead Singer Cee-Lo's Exact Lip Performance Added to CG Human Heart in "Who's Gonna Save My Soul," Produced by Radical Media Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation solutions to the entertainment industry, has projected life onto a photo-real CG heart that sings about its loss of love in Gnarls Barkley's latest video, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul," from the recently released album, The Odd Couple. Radical Media, producers of the video, turned to Image Metrics because its unique facial animation solution was the only one able to exactly capture lead singer Cee-Lo's lips for translation onto the digital heart. MORE. News: National Geographic Explorers-In-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert Shoot Upcoming Theatrical Feature Film on Botswana’s Big Cats With Panasonic AJ-HPX3000 Master Quality 1080P P2 HD Camcorders Among the highest echelon of international wildlife cinematographers Dereck Joubert and producer wife Beverly Joubert, both Explorers-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society, are currently in production shooting a feature film on lions in the wilds of Botswana. MORE. News: M-Audio Wins Best Buy BRAVO! Award for Excellence Company honored in Musical Instruments category M-Audio, a part of Avid Technology, Inc. , and a leading provider of creative tools for musicians, has been honored with the prestigious BRAVO! Award presented each year by consumer electronics leader Best Buy. MORE. News: Pixar, Sony, and Lucasfilm Host Studio Nights at SIGGRAPH As part of the newly expanded format of the Computer Animation Festival, SIGGRAPH 2008 will feature three all-star Production Studio Nights hosted by industry powerhouses Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and Lucasfilm. MORE. News: Panasonic Launches AG-HPX171E Compact P2 HD Handheld Camcorder Panasonic PBITS Professional & Broadcast Systems has announced the AG-HPX171E compact and light-weight P2 HD handheld camera. The AG-HPX171E features a newly developed Leica Dicomar zoom lens providing the widest angle of any 1/3-inch class camcorder. MORE. News: Panasonic Launches AG-HMC151E Tapeless Professional AVCHD Camera Panasonic PBITS Professional & Broadcast Systems has announced the AG-HMC151E AVCHD tapeless professional handheld camera. MORE. News: Lithuania's LNK TV Adopts Panasonic P2 Technology Largest Independent Broadcaster Prepares for HD Era With Panasonic Systems Panasonic PBITS have announced that LNK, Lithuania's largest independent broadcaster, has adopted Panasonic P2 technology for news and programme production. MORE. News: Arena Football League Chooses NewTek TriCaster™ to Produce and Web Stream Extensive Virgin Mobile ArenaBowl XXII Coverage TriCaster gives AFL fans around the world unprecedented access to the events and activities of ArenaBowl Weekend NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced the Arena Football League selected TriCaster™ portable live production system to produce and web stream 11 ArenaBowl XXII Weekend events taking place July 24-27 in New Orleans. MORE. News: Ascent Media Promotes Lee to V.P. Features Sales Feldman Also Joins Feature Sales Team Ascent Media Group has promoted Jackie Lee to the newly-created post of Vice President of Feature Sales/Creative Services Group. Lee will lead the sales effort for post production facilities in the group that provide Digital Intermediate and other services for feature films. MORE. News: Special Blend Gives City Explorer TV a Hot New Makeover Design Studio Also Brands New Luxury Explorer TV Network Following a months-long design and animation process, Special Blend has delivered new branding for City Explorer TV, the largest in-hotel visitor information television network in the United States. MORE. News: Voice of America Selects Broadcast Pix Slate 2100 Switcher for Live Broadcasts Broadcast Pix™, the company that redefined the production switcher as a live integrated production system, announces the sale of its Slate™ 2100 switcher to the Voice of America in Washington, D.C. A second Slate 2100 is also in place at VOA’s London facility. MORE. News: Award-Winning Agency Digital Kitchen Shoots Digital Preview Show For Movie Theaters With Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 P2 HD Camcorders Recurring Production Seen on 14,000 Screens Is Shot in AVC-Intra 100 Heads up and out of that popcorn tub to savor the arresting visuals of a digital pre-show with movie-related news and features that runs in thousands of theater locations and screens nationwide. For the past several months, production company Digital Kitchen has utilized Panasonic’s AJ-HPX2000 P2 HD camcorders to shoot this plum assignment for one of the world’s largest cinema advertising companies. MORE. News: PIXELLEXIS Powers Next Generation Parallel Processors with Ambric® Silicon New technology will solve many compute-intensive problems – Initial target is eliminating JPEG 2000 and 4K processing bottlenecks PIXELLEXIS SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGIES has announced that it will use the TeraOPS-class Ambric® massively parallel processing array chip for its new RedBrix™ and RedCard™ products. The two companies are initially collaborating to bring a real-time HD Motion JPEG 2000 codec solution to market, with expectations of broader offerings in the future. MORE. News: Nationally Syndicated Show AQUA KIDS Shoots in HD with JVC ProHD GY-HD110 Cameras Award-winning children's program, Aqua Kids, travels the globe with JVC's GY-HD110 cameras to share its adventures with and educate young people about the importance of protecting marine life. MORE. News: CafeFX Gets Emmy Nomination For “John Adams” Visual effects nomination is among 23 Emmy noms for the HBO miniseries, the most of any program this year Visual effects facility CafeFX received an Emmy® Award nomination for visual effects for their work on the HBO Films miniseries “John Adams.” MORE. News: Canon U.S.A. XH G1 HD Camcorders Help Revolutionize The Look Of An Acclaimed Daytime Drama In an industry where longevity is a true measure of success, the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light is an all-time champion. Created for radio in 1937 as The Guiding Light, the show transitioned to television in 1952, and has since earned multiple Emmy Awards and the distinction of becoming the longest-running scripted series in broadcast history. MORE. News: Cine-tal Systems to Showcase LCD Monitors, Portable Video and DI Processor, and Color Management Technology at IBC At IBC 2008, Cine-tal Systems plans to display its entire line of display, image processing and color management solutions. Featured products will include DAVIO™, the company’s new, portable HD video and DI image processing system, which will be seen in Europe for the first time. MORE. News: FOR-A Canada Celebrates 20th Anniversary FOR-A Canada is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. When first founded, the business of FOR-A America had been thriving in the U.S. and a sales network and relationships with video dealers in major cities such as Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa were established to satisfy demand in the Canadian market. MORE. News: Full Range of Stantron® A/V Products Now Available Online Stantron®, a division of Mayville Products Corporation, now has its full line of audio and visual products available in catalog form. MORE. News: Headlight Reinterprets a Classic with Wolfie From New York-based Design + VFX house Headlight comes Wolfie, an inventive interpretation of the classic The Boy Who Cried Wolf fable. This animated two-minute short was stylishly crafted for the second annual Twenty120 film collection. MORE. News: CityEngine Generates Rome in One Day Procedural Inc. Ships New Urban Modeling Solution, CityEngine, Allowing Mass Creation of City Models 10 Times Faster for Film & TV Production, Game Development, Architecture and City Planning; Free Trial Version Available For Download. At this year’s SIGGRAPH, a spectacular 3D recreation of ancient Rome will be revealed where revolutionary graphics technology has been applied to reconstruct the extremely detailed virtual urban environment. It wasn’t until now that professional users could actually buy the software that made it possible, Procedural Inc.’s CityEngine®. MORE. News: Sound Devices 744T Syncs Up With Sound Effects Crew On "Batman: The Dark Knight" Cars, motorcycles, weapons and other hi-tech gadgets are a key element to the power and mystic of the latest Batman film Batman: The Dark Knight. To give energy and reality to these great “toys,” Hollywood sound recordists John Fasal and Eric Potter employed some high-end technology, using Sound Devices’ 744T field recorders and 442 and 302 field mixers to capture authentic sounds for the film. MORE. News: Avastor Launches New Line Of SDX Portable Hard Drives Avastor, a leading manufacturer of ultimate storage solutions for audio/video professionals, introduces its new line of SDX portable hard disk drives. Targeting the prosumer market – as well as the pro market – the SDX line is more competitively priced than the highly popular HDX drive which offers the ultimate in external professional portable storage. MORE. News: Leading Post Production Facilities Save Customers Time and Money Finishing High Profile Projects on Avid DS Nitris Systems "Law and Order", "Black Gold" and "Deadliest Catch" among productions using Avid DS Nitris systems on multi-format, multi-resolution projects Avid Technology, Inc. today announced that a majority of today’s popular film, television and commercial projects such as 2008 Cannes award-winning Three Monkeys, Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, NBC’s Law and Order, truTV’s Black Gold and ESPN’s E:60, are finished on Avid® DS Nitris® systems. MORE. News: DUCK Takes Simon Blake Under Its Wing Los Angeles-based DUCK, formerly Duck Soup Studios is pleased to welcome veteran multi-disciplined director Simon Blake to their growing roster. Over the past several years, Blake has directed under the aegis of Chelsea Pictures, Sandwick Films and Brick. MORE. News: Final Cut/LA Welcomes Editors Matt Murphy & Dean Gonzalez Final Cut/Los Angeles has expanded its team again with the signing of Editors Matt Murphy and Dean Gonzalez. Murphy just completed a spot for Jawbone via ad agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky. Gonzalez is working on music videos for 9th Ward and LL Cool J, as well as spots for Adidas and Jimmy Choo. MORE. News: SBS Australia Selects Harris Corporation’s ONE™ Integrated Broadcast Solution for Playout Facility Rebuild Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has received an order from Special Broadcasting Service , Australia's multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster, to supply a fully integrated broadcast solution for the comprehensive rebuild of SBS Australia’s playout facility in Sydney. MORE. News: Aviom Goes The Distance For University Of Ulsan Ice Rink Pro16® Gear Delivers High Fidelity Audio Distribution A recent installation of Aviom gear at the University of Ulsan ice rink proves that you don’t have to sacrifice sound quality when transporting audio over long distances. The Korean university wanted a way to send audio from its radio station/studio to remote clusters of speakers in its ice rink over a stretch of some 500 feet/150 meters. MORE. News: UC San Diego Unveils World’s Highest-Resolution Scientific Display System Calit2 Also Releases New Version of CGLX Cluster-Based Visualization Framework As the size of complex scientific data sets grows exponentially, so does the need for scientists to explore the data visually and collaboratively in ultra-high resolution environments. To that end, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology has unveiled the highest-resolution display system for scientific visualization in the world at the University of California, San Diego. MORE. News: FrameCycler Anchors VFX Pipeline for 'Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D' FrameCycler Anchors VFX Pipeline for 'Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D' VFX Supervisor Christopher Townsend Speaks about Stereo Postproduction FrameCycler, with IRIDAS' DualStream stereoscopic technology, played a key role in the VFX pipeline for 'Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.' With the additional demands which stereo filmmaking places on visual effects work, effective review and image analysis tools are essential. MORE. News: Autodesk at SIGGRAPH 2008 View Latest Product Releases, Learn Tips and Tricks from Industry Experts, Attend Special Events and More At SIGGRAPH 2008, Autodesk will showcase the most recent releases of its 3D solutions and compositing applications, as well as the latest versions of the recently acquired Autodesk ImageModeler and Autodesk Stitcher software. MORE. News: Ascent Media Group Garners Emmy Noms Artists from Ascent Media Group’s Todd-AO, Modern Music and Sound One facilities have received a total of seven nominations for 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards. MORE. News: Solid State Logic Reports Continued Strong C Series Sales Broadcasters From Around North America Add C100 and C200 Consoles to Their Facilities in Time for Digital Broadcasting Change Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for music, broadcast and post production professionals, is pleased to announce continued strong demand for its highly popular C Series digital consoles. Both the C100 and C200 are enjoying attention from a wide variety of installations throughout North America. MORE. News: Ikegami CMOS Cameras Provide High Definition Format Flexibility For Yes Productions Nine Ikegami HDK-79EC HD Native Multi-Format CMOS Camera Systems Provide the Ability to Operate in 1080/60i, 1080/24p, 720/60p, or Optional HD Formats The arrival of HDTV has introduced new challenges for television production services providers, whose clients may ask them to create video programming in any of several HD formats. MORE. News: Spy Post Teams Up with Director Ian Schiller on New Specialized Cycling Campaign RED Workflow & Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Key To Tour De France Spots With Tour de France currently underway, Specialized Bicycle Components has launched a new global campaign with help from Director Ian Schiller and Spy Post. MORE. News: 2nd Annual Twenty120 Goes Live The 2nd-annual Twenty120 collection went live on www.twenty120.com, Thursday, July 17th. MORE. News: NewTek TriCaster™ Brings World’s Largest Pro Surfing Competition to Fans Go211 Live Featuring Honda US Open of Surfing to be produced and web streamed live NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced that Go211.com, the leading social networking website for action sports enthusiasts, has chosen TriCaster™ portable live production system to produce and web stream Go211 Live, the largest action sports, music and lifestyle festival in North America, which takes place July 24-27 from Huntington Beach, California. MORE. News: Broadcast Pix Launches New Channel Program for Americas Three-Tiered Dealer Program to Support Company’s Explosive Sales Growth Broadcast Pix™, the company that redefined the production switcher as a live integrated production system, today announced that it recently launched a new Channel Program for the Americas to support its rapidly expanding marketing efforts and explosive growth. MORE. News: MainConcept Releases New Video Converter for Mac/Intel MainConcept Reference 1.5 Brings Multi-Codec Support to a Variety of Markets Including Post Production, Broadcast, Cinema, Internet & Mobile TV and IPTV solutions MainConcept GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DivX, Inc. and one of the world’s leading providers of video and audio codecs as well as software development kits to the broadcast, film and consumer electronic markets, today announced that it has released the next step of its Cross Platform Encoder application called MainConcept™ Reference 1.5 in a new version for Mac/Intel. MORE. News: Visual Effects Software Leader Genarts Hires Katherine Hays As CEO Former Massive, Inc. Founder and COO Will Lead GenArts Following Strategic Investment from Insight Venture Partners GenArts, a leading provider of visual effects software for the film, broadcast and video industries, announced today that former Massive Inc. Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder Katherine Hays has been hired as CEO. MORE. News: Citizen Pictures and Base2Studios Prevail at 2008 Telly Awards Quality results in quantity for two Colorado-based film production and post-production companies. Citizen Pictures and sister company Base2Studios surpassed competition in the 29th Annual Telly Awards and together took home ten Telly’s. MORE. News: Expansion Team Composes Soundtrack To Jet Blue’s In-Flight Entertainment Creative Director Alex Moulton Strikes Perfect Note Airlines In-Flight Branding/Identity Package Launching a revamped in-flight premium movie service, airline jetBlue turned to original music/sound design/licensing house Expansion Team to brand the launch of the new 'jetBlue features.' MORE. News: Zoic Studios Hosts Comic-Con Panel: "Exceeding Expectations and Exploring New Worlds-Feature Effects for the Small Screen" Zoic Studios moderates a discussion with VFX Supervisors on their passion for creating narrative enhancing, eye-popping effects for television. MORE. News: Smoke & Mirrors New York Takes Flight with Subaru In the new Subaru spot Fly Out helmed by Oscar nominated Shine director Scott Hicks via Carmichael Lynch, Smoke & Mirrors New York Creative Director Sean Broughton leads his VFX team in the creation of a bird sanctuary teeming with thousands of rare species. MORE.   
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Compression for video streaming, the web and other uses is the focus of this Cow forum. Broadcast Video The Broadcasters Community of the World (COW) is designed as a place where broadcast editors can exchange ideas and comments. Join in the discussions at... Web Streaming - Audio|Video CreativeCow's Web Streaming forum is for users interested in learning about using the web for streaming purposes. Apple Color Apple Color is a Mac-based color correction system in use in many studios worldwide. MAYA A forum for all things Maya. Hosted by a great team of high-level users. 
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