Tuesday, September 02, 2008

NFL’s Buffalo Bills invest in Panasonic P2 HD equipment to shoot game-day features, web video

Randy Boyes | 09/02- 12:55 PM

SECAUCUS, NJ (August 28, 2008) – To enrich the viewing experience of on-site and on-line Buffalo Bills fans, the NFL franchise recently purchased Panasonic P2 HD production equipment to shoot game-day features that will be shown on the team’s 82’ by 35’ in-stadium HD video display. The same programming will be carried on the team’s closed-circuit cable network that airs in the facility’s suites and club areas.

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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Panasonic’s advanced AVC-Intra codec supported by Avid in latest releases, hardware configurations

Randy Boyes | 09/02- 12:47 PM

SECAUCUS, NJ (August 27, 2008) – Panasonic Broadcast announced today that new editing solutions from Avid Technology, Inc. offer import and native editing support for its AVC-Intra codec. The Avid® products supporting AVC-Intra include Avid Media Composer® software – Version 3.0; Avid Media Composer Mojo DX – v 3.0; Avid Media Composer Nitris® DX – v 3.0; Symphony™ Nitris DX – v 3.0; Avid NewsCutter® software – v 7.0; NewsCutter Mojo DX – v 7.0; and NewsCutter Nitris DX – v 7.0.

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Telestream acquires live production and streaming specialist Vara Software

Randy Boyes | 08/28- 11:53 AM

Award-winning, real-time video production products position Telestream for explosive growth

Nevada City, Calif., August 27, 2008 – Telestream, the provider of Flip4mac, Episode and FlipFactory content repurposing and workflow automation products, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of European-based Vara Software Ltd., a privately-held company. The acquisition adds the products, technologies and employees of Vara Software to those of Telestream, Inc., a privately-held US-based company. Vara Software brings successful, award-winning live production and streaming products to the Telestream product family. The acquisition expands Telestream’s reach beyond encoding-based media workflow solutions for leading broadcast, media and entertainment companies to include powerful tools for real-time creation and distribution of video content over the Web for a broad range of businesses.

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

wondertouch releases significant feature enhancements for particleillusion for MAC OS X product line

Randy Boyes | 08/28- 11:46 AM

ST. LOUIS (August 27, 2008) - wondertouch™, a leading software developer of high performance particle effects creation tools, today announced that new versions for its particleIllusion™ 3.0 and particleIllusion SE line of product offerings on the Mac® OS® X are now available. The updates to particleIllusion 3.0, wondertouch’s industry standard, full-featured standalone particle effects application, and particleIllusion SE, the company’s introductory version, gives digital content creators working on Apple’s advanced operating system more ways to quickly and easily create complex effects: explosions, smoke, fire, sparkles, motion graphics backgrounds, space effects, creatures, and abstract artistic effects. The new changes and enhancements are available to current wondertouch customers free-of-charge.

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Canon U.S.A. announces the introduction of the new EOS 50D digital SLR camera

Randy Boyes | 08/28- 11:35 AM

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 26, 2008 – With the demand for digital SLR cameras reaching unprecedented levels, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, is answering the call with the announcement of the next evolution in advanced amateur digital SLR photography, the EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera with 15.1 megapixel resolution and Canon’s new DIGIC 4 image processor. Designed to offer extraordinary quality and image control for the advanced photographer with a passion for the art, the Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR camera includes an expanded ISO range, improved noise reduction, and in-camera photo editing features. Canon has loaded the EOS 50D camera with a number of enhancements and some trickle-down technology from Canon’s professional Digital SLR cameras, as well as a new Creative Auto Mode (CA) that gives users more creative flexibility to make image setting adjustments conveniently without the need to be a photo expert.

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Wonderdog Media produces Pacific Northwest medical news network with Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 HD

Randy Boyes | 08/28- 11:28 AM

SECAUCUS, NJ (August 25, 2008) – Wonderdog Media (Tacoma, WA), one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier digital video production companies, has made Panasonic’s solid-state AG-HVX200 P2 HD camcorder its mainstay acquisition tool since early 2006. The award-winning facility specializes in corporate and commercial video, and is dedicated to serving non-profits such as CARE International and Habitat for Humanity.

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Friday, August 22, 2008

Century adds lens accessories for Sony HVR-Z7U

Randy Boyes | 08/22- 06:28 AM

Schneider Optics introduces a full array of professional Century HD lens accessories to complement Sony’s HVR-Z7U and HVR-S270OU camcorders. These 72mm lightweight optical attachments provide high resolution image clarity, while enabling the camera to go wider, reach further, and move in closer than the lens alone will allow.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Maxon delivers fully loaded Cinema 4d R11

Chris Meyer | 08/12- 11:26 AM

Next Generation Product Suite Offers Non-Linear Animation plus many other new features

MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today unveiled CINEMA 4D Release 11 (R11), the next generation of its highly acclaimed 3D animation software suite. The super-charged release is packed with advanced capabilities that deliver dramatically improved ease of use and workflow, image quality and integration into any production pipeline. CINEMA 4D R11 highlights include a non-linear animation system, new global illumination render engine and dramatically improved render speed. Customers also benefit from the powerful Projection Man matte painting system, developed by MAXON for Sony Pictures Imageworks, support for the COLLADA file format and CineMan — a RenderMan-compliant tool that connects to Pixar’s industry-leading rendering solution. Additionally, multiple improvements were made to MAXON’s popular texture painting toolset BodyPaint 3D Release 4. All of these capabilities and more serve to underscore MAXON’s ongoing and deep commitment to helping 3D digital artists further advance creativity and control.

“MAXON has spent the last 20 years developing some of the industry’s most advanced 3D software technologies; continually raising the bar for 3D animation software excellence,” said Harald Egel, CEO and co-founder, MAXON. “CINEMA 4D R11 is no exception. This release contains the next-generation features our customers worldwide have come to expect from MAXON.”

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