Zacuto’s Zwing-Away

PVC News Staff | 12/30- 01:13 AM

Zacuto is excited to announce the release of the Zwing-away, our highly anticipated new product for 2009.  Light (only 6.75 oz), inexpensive and simple to use, you can easily attach the Zwing-away to your already existing 15mm lightweight rods.  By then attaching your existing matte box to the Zwing-away adapter rods, your matte can quickly swing-away.  There is no need to throw away your current matte box to achieve the swing-away design, just purchase the Zwing Away adapter to convert your existing matte box to a swing away in seconds!  It’s all about keeping your camera package light, making quick camera modifications, while keeping your matte box off the ground.

Macworld FCPUG SuperMeet announced

Matt Jeppsen | 12/29- 12:18 PM

The agenda has now been set for the 8th Annual FCPUG “SuperMeet” to be held Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. Doors open at 4:30pm and presentations begin at 7pm and continue until 10PM. This SuperMeet promises to be the single largest gathering of Final Cut Pro users and Gurus during Macworld Conference and Expo SF.

- Apple: The latest on Final Cut Studio - JVC: Craig Yanagi of JVC will
announce the world’s first acquisition product developed especially for
Final Cut post production. Come and be a part of this historic event.

- BlackMagic Design presents M. Dot Strange: Filmmaker M.Dot Strange will
bring his magic to the SuperMeet.

- Bruce Nazarian: Blu-Ray on the Cheap. How to build a compatible Blu-Ray
Disk and burn it on DVD-R media without a Blu-Ray burner.

- Christine Steele: FCP Tips and Tricks

- Eric Escobar: “Plug-Ins Won’t Save You” A plug-in package alone won’t
create the “look” of your movie. A “look” is a combination of preproduction,
design, performance, camera work and post wizardry. Eric will show us how to
deconstruct a “look” from a TV show or movie, and reconstruct it
on-the-cheap.

- Yun Suh: Clips from the documentary film “City of Borders” (Show and Tell)

Rounding out the evening will be the always raucous “World Famous Raffle”
with over $40,000.00 worth of prizes to be handed out to several lucky
winners.

300 “SuperBag” Goodie Bags filled with over $200.00 worth of learning
resources will be handed to the first 300 people through the door. Food
(snacks) and drinks will be available throughout the evening.

Tickets are now on sale for only $10.00 each and it is expected this
SuperMeet will sell out. At this writing over 50% of the tickets are gone.
Historically every SuperMeet sells out.

For complete details on the SuperMeet including driving and transit
directions and instructions, a current list of raffle prizes and a link to
where to buy tickets, visit the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro (lafcpug) web
site. http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld09 Buy your tickets now!

D.A.S. AUDIO ONSTAGE AT SERGEANT PEPPER’S DUELING PIANO CAFÉ

PVC News Staff | 12/26- 11:17 AM

Long Beach, CA – December 2008… Located on the hugely popular Pine Avenue “restaurant row” just north of the Shoreline Village area that serves as the focal point for the area’s tourists, Sergeant Pepper’s Dueling Piano Café entertains its visitors with sing-along, belly aching laughter that is completely request driven, and riddled with adult humor and audience participation. Guests fill out a request and send it up to one of the talented pianists, each of whom knows hundreds of songs. From there, anything goes! An intimate room with a small stage, the venue recently opened and, at its entertainment core, is a sound reinforcement system from the D.A.S. Audio Variant catalog.

Techno-Jib on “Comedy Central Presents”

PVC News Staff | 12/23- 10:55 AM

Effective:  December 22, 2008

Camera Moves TeleCrane, the company that first brought the Techno-Jib to the East Coast, is bringing this new technology to the high-profile productions –  “Paula Abdul’s RAH!” and “Comedy Central Presents.”

Litepanels® New 1x1 Bi-Color LED Light

PVC News Staff | 12/23- 10:48 AM

Effective:  December 22, 2008

Litepanels, makers of award-winning and energy efficient LED production lighting, introduces the unique 1x1 Bi-Color.
Until now, when cinematographers, videographers and still photographers faced a change of lighting conditions between daylight and tungsten, they’ve either had to change lighting fixtures entirely, re-lamp the fixture, or use light-robbing filtration in front of the fixture.

Ikan unveils HDMI monitor

PVC News Staff | 12/22- 10:48 AM

V8000-HDMI 8” HD LCD Monitor                 Retail Price:  $995.00

Ikan releases its second generation, high definition monitor, the V8000-HDMI.  We’ve taken an already great monitor and improved its versatility with additional inputs and more power options.

Just like the original, the V8000-HDMI has pass through inputs for composite, S-video and SD/HD component, enabling you to use an array of different devices.  Additionally, it features the new HDMI input.  HDMI provides the native resolution of the original source and insures the highest quality.  The rear of the monitor now features 100mm VESA mounting threads for a variety of mounting options. 

Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2009

PVC News Staff | 12/22- 09:18 AM

Only in Chicago: The Legendary $7 Festival of 2009

(Chicago, IL, December 1, 2008) – With MacWorld recently announcing they are closing their doors for good and Midway Games laying of 150 full-time employees… the recession of 2009 is beginning to infect the minds of the creative industry with decreasing budgets and bottom lines.

cineXML enhances Red workflow for Avid on Windows Vista and OSX

PVC News Staff | 12/21- 10:53 AM

(Malmoe, Sweden - December 09, 2008)

Avocoda today announced the immediate release of cineXML - the offline to online workflow tool for Avid editing products and REDCINE.

cineXML provides a smooth Red workflow for Avid Media Composer and is available for both Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard.
It supports multi-layer timelines with effects and timewarps by utilising the new XML export feature in Avid FilmScribe™.

Sonnet Fusion™ DX800RAID Includes SAS Expander; Supports RAID 5 and RAID 6

PVC News Staff | 12/20- 10:38 AM

IRVINE, Calif. — Dec. 16, 2008 — Sonnet Technologies today announced the immediate availability of the Fusion™ DX800RAID, a high-performance, eight-drive RAID SATA storage system with a built-in SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) expander that enables connection of up to 16 eight-drive enclosures to a single Sonnet RAID controller. This newest addition to the Fusion line provides the speed required for working with uncompressed 10-bit 1080 HD video; the data security and monitoring critical in a large RAID system; and the straightforward scalability necessary for cost-effective, incremental expansion of storage capacity. The DX800RAID system supports RAID 5 and RAID 6, enabling safe recovery from single- and double-drive failures, respectively.

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