Monday, June 16, 2008

Luxology expands training offerings with two new modo tutorials

Randy Boyes | 06/16- 01:43 PM

Video learning tools popular with modo community

San Mateo, Calif. – June 16, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced the immediate availability of two additional modo® 302 video albums created by Luxology’s Training Division. The albums, entitled “Concept Car” and “Cartoon Kid,” are provided in high-definition resolution and provide step-by-step instruction on how to efficiently use modo software to model, paint and render.

The Luxology Training Division, led by Andy Brown, was formed over a year ago in an effort to answer the growing demand for high-quality learning materials for both novice and experienced 3D modo artists. Since its formation, there has been a continual flow of professional quality training materials on a variety of real-world topics. A typical video album from Luxology is priced at USD $25 and provides approximately 90 minutes of instruction and sample content. Each video is downloadable for immediate viewing and is formatted for playback on Mac and PC systems.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

New fiber-based extender from Gefen

Randy Boyes | 06/16- 01:35 PM

Delivers Hi-Def video up to 500 meters

CHATSWORTH, CA – For ultra long-distance digital video extension, Gefen offers its new DVI-1500HD. This system operates through robust sender and receiver units connected to the source and display at local and remote locations. One 4-link LC-LC multimode fiber cable delivers hi-def video from sender to receiver, supporting resolutions to 1080p full HD or 1920x1200 for computers. Up to 500 meters (1640-feet) in distance can be traveled with an instant delivery of data. HDCP-compliant video may be extended up to 100 meters (330-feet) using an additional CAT-5 cable for DDC transmission.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

On2 to showcase video compression technologies at CommunicAsia ‘08

Randy Boyes | 06/16- 01:12 PM

On2’s products address demand for rich video experience

Hong Kong, June 12th, 2008 - On2 Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: ONT), a global leader in video compression technologies, will be showcasing its broad portfolio on Booth 3G, 403 at this year’s CommunicAsia exhibition in Singapore between 17th and 20th June. On2’s involvement in CommunicAsia and recent appointment of John Fargis, to Vice President, Asia Pacific Sales, along with the opening of its Hong Kong office, all signal the company’s commitment to strengthen its presence in the region.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Magic Bullet Looks 1.1 adds Sony Vegas 8 support

Randy Boyes | 06/11- 10:59 AM

San Francisco, CA, June 10, 2008 – Red Giant Software, publisher of a line of professional digital video tools, including Knoll Light Factory and Trapcode, today released Magic Bullet Looks 1.1 with new support for Sony Vegas 8. Magic Bullet Looks has become the defacto standard plug-in for helping to set the mood for everything from a wedding to the next Sundance original. Support is available for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, Motion, and now Sony Vegas.

Magic Bullet Looks also includes the standalone Magic Bullet LooksBuilder, for pre-visualizing looks on set or anywhere. Portable presets load into any editing hosts, so the same Looks you create on set are the ones you finish with in the editorial suite: no need for an expensive finishing system.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

HP introduces world’s first affordable color-critical display

Randy Boyes | 06/10- 11:18 AM

HP DreamColor Display less than a quarter of cost of competing offerings

BERLIN, June 10, 2008 – HP today introduced its new color-critical computer professional display, available for less than a quarter of the cost of competing offerings.  The HP DreamColor Display features a new liquid crystal display (LCD) that provides a range of more than 1 billion colors in a 30-bit, LED-backlit display. The display is now shipping worldwide for a U.S. list price of $3,499.(1) The display is the result of an unprecedented technology collaboration with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NYSE: DWA) and addresses an increasingly critical need for affordable and consistent color accuracy in the animation, game development, film/video post, broadcast, product design and graphic arts categories.

The HP DreamColor display is expected to disrupt the economics of color management, making it possible, for the first time, to have a color-critical LCD display on every desk to make color checks, redesigns and multiple proofs a thing of the past. “With the new DreamColor display, HP has broken through barriers that have existed in display technology for the past decade,” said Ed Leonard, chief technology officer, DreamWorks Animation. “The new DreamColor display packs a list of significant advances into one amazingly powerful display, enabling an unprecedented level of color management and fidelity in our production process. It’s a digital filmmaker’s dream.”

Designed for professionals for whom accurate color management is essential and consumers who seek to use only the best in technology innovations, the HP DreamColor display achieves more than 64 times the colors available on mainstream LCDs. Reds, blues and greens are visibly deeper, blacks are four times darker and whites are adjustable.  The DreamColor display is designed to match the requirements of professional industry standards and includes one-button access to seven pre-sets covering all the important color space standards. The display also includes a night vision interface for darkroom working conditions. “Until now, accurate and standout color has been out of reach for the majority of digital content creators,” said Jun Kim, vice president and general manager, Displays, Personal Systems Group, HP. “Our DreamColor display advances color accuracy for the world’s storytellers – our most demanding of customers of performance technologies.”

The new HP DreamColor display includes the HP DreamColor engine software, which manages the display to deliver reliable, accurate, easy color, every time, and the DreamColor calibration kit for precision calibration.  The HP DreamColor LP2480xz is the first display to be introduced under the HP DreamColor Technology initiative, a two-year technology collaboration between HP and DreamWorks Animation that aims to deliver accurate color that remains consistent from application to application, device to device, and medium to medium. HP introduced the first printers built on the DreamColor engine in March 2007. About HP HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $110.4 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com .

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Imagine Products announces release of two new versions of P2-enabled videologge

Randy Boyes | 06/10- 10:54 AM

HD Log for Apple platform and TEP HD for Windows

CARMEL, IN (June 9, 2008) – Imagine Products, Inc. announced today the release and general availability of two new versions of it’s most popular P2-enabled videologgers:

HD Log , for the Apple Macintosh platform, and TEP HD for the Microsoft Windows platform. Both are flexible loggers and asset management tools that have been further improved for use with the native MXF video format stored on P2 memory cards.

“HD Log set the ‘Gold Standard’ for P2 viewing at NAB 2006 with it’s instant import and preview utilizing QuickTime reference files, a methodology now followed by nearly all P2 enabled Macintosh applications” said Dan Montgomery, President of Imagine Products, Inc. “We’ve added even more convenience features to preview, catalog and archive P2 media on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.”

The software has a totally retooled ‘Offloading’ feature for making FAST copies of P2 cards to up to three (3) locations. Offloading now works with cards of any name, or ‘Untitled’ and ‘NO NAME’ cards. It makes sequential copies from Panasonic 5-card readers, or P2 Store, plus any number of additional mounted volumes.

The offload process unlocks all the files and folders, making them easy to work with including eventual deletion from scratch disks. Several possible auto-naming conventions promote consistency and accuracy of copies. You can even clear the card contents and rename it, all in one easy setup. There’s also an auto-offload mode to make quick work of stacks of cards.

Another new feature is the Verification Report of the offloading activities. The report lists the cards/volumes copied, where saved and named, date, billable time, and verification results. The report may be saved or printed.

P2 functions are grouped for easier access in both applications, including a new direct ‘P2 Import’ menu item to speed clip viewing, and the popular P2 Repair Wizard (for regenerating damaged or missing metadata files and the P2 folder structure). Both loggers also feature Copy and Paste clips from various cards’ contents then Save As>New P2 Volume to output just selects to your NLE.

Archiving to Quantum “A” series LTO3 or SDLT tape drives has been streamlined and sped up too. When you ‘Send to Quantum’ the software now prompts for the ‘Quantum Tape Name’ to automatically insert in each Clip’s metadata. Save the log file locally, or merge into one of Imagine’s library systems, to build an ‘offline’ searchable index to all your P2 clips.

New in HD Log is the choice to export small, QuickTime reference pointers to save disk space, or the full resolution .MOV files, with accompanying XML data for use in Final Cut Pro. The movie files may be renamed from any field data (e.g. USER CLIP NAME) during export.

HD Log and TEP HD start at $299.00 for the Bronze versions. Both are download products. HD Log version 5.0 is a free upgrade for version 4.x users. TEP HD version 12.0 is a free upgrade for version 11.x users. Download your copy today!

Imagine Products, Inc. develops high value, innovative digital logging tools, video analysis solutions, archiving systems and asset management software for video professionals. Imagine Products’ corporate headquarters is located at 1052 Summit Drive, Carmel, Indiana 46032, USA.  The company can be reached by phone at (317)-843-0706, by fax at (317)-843-0807, or on the web at http://www.ImagineProducts.com/

HD Log (tm) and TEP HD are trademarks of Imagine Products, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Vinten Offers Plug & Play Prompter for Election Coverage

Randy Boyes | 06/10- 10:45 AM

iScript: Work-anywhere solution for mobile production units

Vinten, a Vitec Group brand, now presents the Vision iScript portable prompting system, especially suited for busy political coverage.

Tailor-made for on-the-move campaign news coverage requiring multiple daily setups and dismantling, portable Vision iScript fits in one neat, custom-built, rolling case.

This smart fluid head and teleprompter combination is designed to work with the A/C or battery-powered GoPrompt 12 system from Autoscript. When combined with a Vision Ped Plus pedestal or two-stage Pozi-Loc tripod, it is ideal for studio or corporate applications and rugged, remote location work.

Autoscript’s GoPrompt differs from a traditional teleprompter because the computer, with a standard Windows XP operating system, is built into the prompting screen. GoPrompt 12 offers a high-brightness screen for outdoor work, network or USB connectivity, wired keyboard and mouse and integral prompting software.

The system employs a 900 MHz wireless scroll control, so the only cable necessary is the power cord that powers the prompters from mains or batteries.

Complementing this, the Vision iScript pan/tilt head offers a range of unique, practical features including preset counterbalance and a unique integral head/prompter platform interface.  This allows secure attachment or removal of the GoPrompt 12 and simple ENG set-up. A purpose-designed support bracket facilities quick set-up and breakdown.

For further information on the Vision iScript and the complete range of Vinten camera support systems and accessories, call 888-2Vinten or go to http://www.vinten.com

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Monday, June 09, 2008

MAXON to showcase Cinema 4D’S capabilities at Promax|BDA 2008

Randy Boyes | 06/09- 12:46 PM

Powerful motion graphics

Motion Graphics Artists Around the World Rely On CINEMA 4D’s MoGraph Module to Create Award-Winning Content for Broadcast Industry Giants

MAXON Computer invites members of the press and all other Promax|BDA 2008 attendees to stop by the MAXON booth, #10 in the Networking Village, to see the latest versions of the company’s professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. MAXON’s flagship software solution, CINEMA 4D, one of the fastest growing and most widely used 3D products for digital content creation, is used by artists around the world to create compelling motion graphics for some of the broadcast industry’s most widely recognized entities, including The Weather Channel, MTV, CMT, Comedy Central, BBC, Al Jazeera, NBC, FOX, NFL, Court TV, National Geographic Channel, Univision, and the BBC, to name just a few.

Recent high profile broadcast projects that have leveraged CINEMA 4D include TMZ TV, Dr. Who, ET/The Insider, Nike Power, the Academy Awards “80 Years of Oscars” montage, SoBe Life Water Superbowl’s “Thrillicious” commercial, NBC Sunday Night Football broadcast package, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune openings, NBC’s identity rebranding, “Big Science” on the Discovery Channel and many more.

What: Promax|BDA North America 2008
When: June 17th – 19th
Where: Hilton New York – 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York City
Booth: #10 Networking Village
Booth hours: June 17th: 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., June 18th and June 19th: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Promax|BDA is the world’s largest television marketing conference attracting industry leaders and executives from top television networks, cable channels, local stations, station groups, distribution, syndication, media and creative agency, design and emerging media. Through sessions, panels, exhibits and screenings, Promax|BDA brings together the world’s leading creative and strategic marketing professionals for three days of dialogue, debate and discussion about the international business of television marketing, promotion and design.

Booth Highlights

Visitors to the MAXON booth will see the company’s full range of motion graphics solutions and associated demonstrations, including MAXON’s popular MoGraph module, which provides artists with a broad palette of tools that make it easy to create everything from flying logos to abstract effects. Booth demonstrations will also highlight the significant workflow enhancements CINEMA 4D brings to creative professionals in the production of award-winning TV programming, commercials, motion graphics, broadcast graphics and promos, feature films, film/game/television pre-visualization, interactive gaming and video production.

About CINEMA 4D
CINEMA 4D’s core application contains everything needed to quickly and easily create high-end 3D images and animations. Additional modules provide added functionality and customization to suit a wide array of industries. Modules can be purchased individually or in bundles. CINEMA 4D renders scene files directly to popular editing and compositing applications including After Effects, Final Cut, Shake, Combustion, etc., and is completely cross-platform for Windows and Mac.

How: To schedule a booth visit with Paul Babb, president of MAXON USA, please contact Vicky Gray-Clark, Ambient Public Relations, (408) 243-8880, , or Laurie Guarino, (408) 876-7064, , or feel free to stop by the MAXON booth. Additional information on MAXON can be obtained on the Web at http://www.maxon.net.

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