Craft Animations Announces TurboSquid as Newest Reseller of Craft Director Tools

PVC News Staff | 12/20- 10:34 AM

GOTHENBURG, Sweden and NEW ORLEANS - Dec. 16, 2008 - Increasing the immediate availability of time-saving and cost-effective animation tools, Craft Animations™ AB, a leading developer of a new era of professional real-time 3D animation technology, today announced that the world’s largest online marketplace of 3D assets, TurboSquid, is now an official reseller of Craft Director Tools™ .

NVIDIA FIRST TO OFFER FULL SUPPORT FOR OPENGL 3.0

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

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Dec. 16, 2008 - Further demonstrating its leadership and commitment to OpenGL and the standardization process, NVIDIA® today released fully supported drivers for OpenGL® 3.0 for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux on its select GeForce® and Quadro® solutions. These drivers enable software developers to take full advantage of all OpenGL 3.0 capabilities, accelerating their delivery of cutting-edge media platforms and applications.

Matrox Announces Support for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium

PVC News Staff | 12/20- 09:52 AM

Matrox Announces Support for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium and the Windows Vista 64-bit Operating System on Matrox Axio LE and RT.X2 Realtime HD and SD Editing Platforms

Montreal, Canada – December 17, 2008 – Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that software release 4.0 for the Matrox Axio™ LE and RT.X2™ family of HD and SD editing platforms will support the recently released version 4.0.1 of Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium and Adobe Premiere® Pro CS4 software.  In addition, the Matrox 4.0 release will make use of the expanded memory and storage management support in the Windows Vista 64-bit operating system to facilitate seamless creative workflow and efficient editing of long-form and multi-format HD projects.

ARRI TRUE BLUE FIXTURES AWARDED TOP HONORS IN PRODUCT DESIGN

Scott Gentry | 12/15- 04:43 PM

NEW YORK, DEC. 1 – ARRI’s newest lighting products, the TRUE BLUE line of studio and Tungsten fixtures have garnered the International Forum (iF) Design Award – one of the most prestigious design honors in the world. Introduced earlier this year, the TRUE BLUE’s combine advanced technology and extensive feedback from lighting professionals to offer innovative lampheads with over 30 new improvements. This evolution in lighting fixtures has been recognized by iF, an independent organization that examines the success of design services in an economic context and promotes public awareness on the importance of design. Over 1,000 companies from 39 countries applied 2,808 products for an iF design award this year. 
The competition is open to manufacturers and designers of mass-produced products that have been on the market for three years or less or are scheduled to go into mass production during the year of competition. The iF jury evaluated the many entries for the following: design quality, workmanship, choice of material, innovativeness, environmental compatibility, functionality, ergonomics, visualization of use, safety, branding and universal design.
TRUE BLUE fixtures have quickly gained recognition for employing ARRI’s new, patented, cross cooling system to reduce lamp housing temperature by 25% and the lens temperature by 17% while offering maximum light output.
Says John Gresch, ARRI Inc. Lighting Vice President, “We are very pleased that our new TRUE BLUE line has been recognized with this prestigious award. The innovative design of these lights was based upon considerable input from our customers in the market who use ARRI Lighting on film and television sets around the globe.”

The upcoming awards ceremony will take place on March 3, 2009 in Hanover, Germany.

Mammoth HD Expands the Royalty-Free Collections with Lifestyle and Medical/Healthcare titles.

Scott Gentry | 12/15- 04:34 PM

The Mammoth HD Library now feature over 700 Collections and over 350 hours of SingleClip Material - including RED 4K/3K/2K for Broadcast, Marketing/Advertising, Film and Vertical HD for Digital Signage and Display.

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For more information on the collections and the Mammoth HD Hi Definition Footage Library, and to see the previews of all the Mammoth HD collections and clips, please visit the Mammoth HD website at http://www.mammothhd.com .

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Mammoth HD’s Production Partners include: G-Technology (http://www.g-technology.com ), Promise Technology (http://www.promise.com), Cal Digit (http://www.caldigit.com). AJA (http://www.aja.com), Quantum (http://www.quantum.com ), Bogen Imaging Group (http://www.bogenimaging.us) and NuVision (http://www.nuvision.com)

Artbeats announces free video podcast

Randy Boyes | 12/09- 04:29 PM

Myrtle Creek, Ore.—Dec. 8, 2008—Transform everyday projects into masterpieces in motion with expert tips from Artbeats’ new video podcast. World-renowned for its extensive library of royalty-free stock footage, Artbeats is now widely recognized as a source for creative inspiration and educational tools for incorporating motion into your everyday projects. The latest addition to the company’s line-up is a bi-weekly video podcast hosted by award-winning and industry-recognized motion designer Steve Holmes of Energi Design. Titled ‘Real World Footage Effects,’ the Artbeats podcast is intended to inspire and instruct both novice and expert motion designers by providing short, professional tips that they can regularly count on to help optimize creativity. The first three installments are currently available on iTunes, in both a standard hi-resolution version and an iPod version, as well as on the Artbeats website. Each episode demonstrates specific techniques in Adobe After Effects for editing video projects in innovative ways. To subscribe to the free bi-weekly podcast, please visit http://www.artbeats.com/podcast.

Announcing the EQE Boompole Apron

Randy Boyes | 12/09- 04:23 PM

For years, sound mixers have been struggling with the age old problem of transporting & storing boompoles on the sides of their soundcarts. PVC tubes, cups, and lots of velcro are the most common solutions. Equipment Emporium has come up with a much better answer!

Front Porch Digital launches all-in-one product for migrating content from videotape to data tape

Randy Boyes | 12/02- 02:55 PM

LOUISVILLE, Colo.—Dec. 2, 2008—Front Porch Digital, the leader in content storage management for media operations worldwide, today launched DIVAsolo, the world’s first all-in-one path for migrating content from legacy videotape to high-density data tape. DIVAsolo consolidates three proven technologies—SAMMA Solo, the world’s leading efficient-migration appliance, DIVArchive, and DIVAdirector—into a reliable, scalable, and cost-effective system for migrating archives of all sizes.

NVIDIA transforms high-end visualization with new Quadro FX 4800 graphics card

Randy Boyes | 12/02- 02:14 PM

SANTA CLARA, CA - December 2, 2008- Today, mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD), digital content creation (DCC) and broadcast applications received a major performance boost with the introduction of the NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 4800 ultra-high-end professional graphics card. With advances in GPU architecture, added graphics memory and 30-bit color, the Quadro FX 4800 gives professionals the right toolset to dramatically push the boundaries of realism, performance and quality.

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