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Emmy® Award-Winning Fourth Wall Studios’ Founders to Premiere New Interactive Show at Fall ETE

Fourth Wall Studios To Demonstrate Its Pioneering Innovations Changing the Face of Modern Storytelling at Createasphere's Entertainment Technology Expo

By PVC News Staff | October 09, 2012

Fourth Wall Studios founders (l-r): Jim Stewartson, Elan Lee and Sean Stewart

Createasphere is pleased to announce the addition of a transmedia keynote by the founders of Emmy® Award-winning Fourth Wall Studios at its Fall Entertainment Technology Expo (ETE) taking place November 7-8 at the Burbank Marriott in Los Angeles. Fourth Wall Studios' Jim Stewartson, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, and Elan Lee, Chief Creative Officer and Co-founder, are set to premiere one of the studios' latest interactive programs that exemplifies the power of multi-screen experiences. The keynote will take place November 7 at 1:30pm. Read More

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Five Questions with Bill Dispoto, Partner, Dattner Dispoto and Associates

By Christine Purse | October 03, 2012

We recently had a great conversation with Bill Dispoto, partner with Fay Dattner in the highly respected agency, Dattner Dispoto and Associates. The agency is located in Los Angeles, and represents an elite, international group of innovative and creative producers, cinematographers, production designers, costume designers, VFX artists, editors and other production personnel.

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Register Now for an Important FREE Interactive Webcast on Media Management

Join us on September 19th, 2012 at 11:00am PDT

By PVC News Staff | September 11, 2012

As a media professional, you're certainly aware of how complex the world of media production and distribution has become. With the advent of multiple platforms, sources and distribution channels, that complexity has only intensified. Best-of-breed media processes demand rigorous support from ever-more intelligent infrastructures that can carry policy-prescribed operations based not only on an asset's metadata but the intrinsic characteristics of the asset itself. Read More

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Post Production Master Class Brings Focus to Dynamic Environment

Createasphere Presents Career-Building, Expert-Led Sessions in New York and Los Angeles

By PVC News Staff | September 05, 2012

Createasphere will again present its intensive, career-oriented Post Production Master Class (PPMC) in New York and Los Angeles. PPMC NY is set for September 27th at the New Yorker Hotel and PPMC LA will take place November 8th during Createasphere's Entertainment Technology Expo at the Burbank Marriott. Read More

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A Perspective on Post

Matt Schneider from Technicolor-PostWorks in New York talks about where the industry is and where it might be headed

By PVC News Staff | August 29, 2012

Matt is one of a number of experts participating in Createasphere's Post Production Master Class in New York in September, a gathering of the brightest and most informed post production experts in the city. Read More

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Five Questions With … Craig Mizrahi, Production Agent, Innovative Artists

By Lisa Muldowney | August 29, 2012

Createasphere sat down with agent Craig Mizrahi for an in-depth discussion about talent representation in the world of production and post. An excerpt of the conversation follows. Read More

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Siggraph 2012 - All New Storage Options from WD

Check out two new options providing all the room you need

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 28, 2012

Tod Yage from WD talks to us about two different products that WD showed off at Siggraph 2012. The WD VelociRaptor is the world's only 10,000 RPM SATA hard drive, making it the fastest SATA hard drive on the market. He also shares about their new WD Red drives that are specifically designed for high-storage NAS systems. Read More

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Siggraph 2012: Spheron Captures the World Down to the Pixel

Experience the kind of detail that can be captured and experienced with their 3D camera

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 23, 2012

Peter Taylor from Speron talks to us about their 3D camera which can create a 360 degree view of a room or area. It provides a user with the ability to see high dynamic range and instantly change the image by altering variables such as daylight or shadow. Read More

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Siggraph 2012: The World’s Fastest Workstation

Check out Boxx Technologies' renderPRO product and their 4050 Workstation

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 21, 2012

Shoaib Mohammad talks to us about what Boxx Technologies had to show at Siggraph 2012. He gives us some key details and specifications for their new renderPRO product and also explains how and why the 4050 workstation is ideal for a business that has room to grow. Read More

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Storytelling of the 21st Century at Siggraph 2012

Get an up close look at the graphic novel that can literally come to life

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 20, 2012

Steve Cooper from Smith Micro Software talks with Brian Haberlin about his original graphic novel, Anomaly, which was created used Poser. He shows us the augmented reality app that comes with the novel which allows the user to literally interact with the characters and give them a life that goes beyond the pages of the novel. Read More

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Intel Shows off Quick Sync at Siggraph 2012

Render in less time than it takes to grab a coffee

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 20, 2012

Intel's Surresh Rangarajulu talks to us about Quick Sync, which accelerates decoding and encoding for a significantly faster conversion time. This product also enables the processor to complete other tasks thereby improving overall PC performance. Read More

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Siggraph 2012: Autodesk Working to Develop the Next Generation of Virtual Production Technology

Listen to the virtual production news that was announced at the show

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 20, 2012

Robert Hoffman talks to us about the news that Autodesk has formed a relationship with Lightstorm Entertainment and Weta Digital to build the next generation of virtual production tool sets. He explains how and why this development will change and improve the techniques artists use and the way projects are developed. Read More

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Siggraph 2012: Wacom’s Interactive Pen Displays

Three new must-have interactive products for creative professionals

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 20, 2012

Wacom's Doug Little took the time to show us the interactive pen displays Wacom showcased at Siggraph 2012. He shared great info about the Cintiq 22HD, Cintiq 24HD and Inkling pen tools while allowing viewers to get a real sense of how the pen and screen are practically an extension of a users mind. Read More

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Siggraph 2012: emotion3D Allows Users to Change Their Camera Position Virtually

Plug-ins available for After Effects and Nuke

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 14, 2012

Tom WIlson from emotion3d tells what the company showed off at Siggraph 2012. He tells us how the plug-ins allow a user to control a shot's depth by virtually adjusting the camera's position. Read More

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Nvidia’s Big Announcement at Siggraph 2012

Learn key details about the latest generation of Maximus technology

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 14, 2012

Greg Estes from NVIDIA discussed their big news with us at Siggraph as they announced the latest generation of NVIDIA's Maximus technology. It enables artists, animators and editors to take advantage of multiple GPUs in the same work station. Read More

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Siggraph 2012: Communicate with Everyone and Everything Using g-speak

g-speak provides a way to communicate with multiple machines, displays and users using hand gestures

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 13, 2012

At Siggraph 2012, Tom Armbruster from Oblong Industries took the time to talk to us about g-speak, which is a gestural interface system that provides a means to communicate with multiple machines, multiple displays and multiple users using hand gestures. They work to bring any device, user or system together to allow effortless collaboration. Read More

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The Foundry Shows off Mari 1.5 at Siggraph 2012

Learn about the brand new creative features and exciting developments that Mari has in store

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 13, 2012

Jack Greasley from The Foundry talks to us about the latest features of Mari 1.5, which is their high-end digital paint tool. He provides some details about Mari's development and also shares with us what projects it has already helped bring to life. Read More

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Siggraph 2012: Check out the Many Poses You Can Create with Poser

Poser Pro 2012 allows you to move and position characters in every way imaginable

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 12, 2012

Steve Cooper took the time to show us what Poser Pro 2012 is capable of at this years' Siggraph. Poser gives the user an environment to pose characters in any way they want and instantly create incredibly detailed and unique poses for them. He explains and shows the many different capabilities Poser features. Read More

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Hitachi Data Systems Shows Off Its Hits at Siggraph 2012

The HNAS Platform helped create VFX sequences from five different studios

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 10, 2012

At Siggraph 2012, Jeff Greenwald talked to us about the work Hitachi Data Systems presented in its booth. All of the film clips being shown rendered the full post production animations and VFX work using Hitachi's HNAS Platform. Read More

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Siggraph 2012: 5th Kind Manages Workflows in the Production Process

Take a look at how the complicated production process can be managed efficiently

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | August 10, 2012

At Siggraph 2012, 5th Kind showed off the technique and system it has developed to not only look at each layer of production but also to manage the workflow to create a rich archive that can be utilized whenever it is needed. Steve Cronan shows us how the system works and tells us how it can be integrated with a number of different companies and tools. Read More

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