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Redrock Micro Delivers Another First: The New ultraCage | blue for Canon EOS C100

By PVC News Staff | September 13, 2012

First Support Cage for C100 Builds on Canon/ Redrock EOS Cinema Heritage

Redrock Micro, the recognized leader in affordable professional-level cinema accessories, announced today the new ultraCage | blue for the Canon EOS C100. Built in partnership with Canon for the premiere at IBC 2012, the ultraCage C100's form-fitting design matches the ergonomics and size of the C100, adds needed support and mounting features and minimizes bulk and weight. Read More

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An In-Depth Look at the Canon Autofocus System

By PVC News Staff | September 12, 2012

Learn how to master the autofocus system and gain full control of your camera

The EOS SLR makes it easy for anyone to simply zero in on a subject, press the button, and get generally good results. But why settle for good? Great results and gorgeous images are within your reach. Spend an evening with us and learn how to master the autofocus system and gain full control of your camera. Read More

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Dynamic Looks in All-New ready2go Projects & Templates for After Effects®

By PVC News Staff | September 11, 2012

Digital Juice Releases Multipurpose ready2go Collection 20 in Instant Download or DVD Format

Digital Juice® announced today that it is releasing ready2go™ Projects & Templates for Adobe After Effects® Collection 20. ready2go projects contain animated template graphics that provide After Effects users with a variety of professional finished looks, and feature expertly designed "drop zones" for text and video. This new collection in the ready2go library is available for purchase as either an Instant Download or as a boxed DVD product. The designs in this collection are multipurpose in nature, making them perfect for a wide range of projects from wedding videos, business presentations and network show promos to broadcast television commercial spots, sports highlights reels and training material. Read More

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Take control with Canon’s Wireless File Transmitter

Take control with Canon’s Wireless File Transmitter

By PVC News Staff | September 11, 2012

Join Canon Professional Market Representative Ed Meyers on September 20th, 2012

Designed to heighten the wireless mobility of the EOS-1D X DSLR and EOS C300 Cine cameras, Canon's WFT-E6A Wireless File Transmitter allows totally wireless remote control up to 450 feet (150m) from the camera, as well as wireless data transfer of EOS-1D X still images to remote computers. WFT Server mode can be accessed securely using a simple Web browser application. It looks small, but the WFT-E6A even lets you monitor the images or control either of the cameras from a web-enabled smartphone, tablet, or computer. Read More

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Panasonic Announces Delivery, Pricing of AG-HPX600 P2 HD Shoulder-Mount

By PVC News Staff | September 10, 2012

Future-Proof Options Include AVC-ULTRA Recording

Panasonic announced today that its new AG-HPX600 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder with 10-bit, 4:2:2 AVC-Intra recording will deliver this month at a suggested list price of Read More

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Kodak Names 2012 Student Scholarship Winners

By PVC News Staff | September 10, 2012

This year's recipients hail from the United States, UK, Germany and Singapore

The winners of the 2012 KODAK Student Scholarship Awards and KODAK Student Cinematography Scholarship Awards have been selected by a panel of judges led by award-winning cinematographer John Bailey, ASC. This year's recipients hail from the United States, UK, Germany and Singapore. Kodak's annual, international competition is designed to recognize superior filmmaking skills and creativity in the next generation. Accredited film schools from around the world nominated up to two students for consideration for each award who were judged on a combination of their past work, faculty recommendations and academic achievement. Judging took place in August. Read More

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Rapid Progression in Filmmaking Tech Mirrors Leap for Emerging Cinematographer Awards Honorees

By PVC News Staff | September 10, 2012

by David Heuring and Beige Luciano-Adams

Another year, another giant leap in progression for the industry's most prestigious event devoted exclusively to up-and-coming cinematographers. New digital camera technologies, along with traditional film emulsions, were used to produce what ECA Chairman Jim Matlosz calls "the most challenging year yet for our selection committee, due to the extremely high quality of work." The cinematographer and long-time Guild mentor says the "excellence meter" jumped, in part, due to the ECA's growing exposure across the breadth of the Guild and the entire film and television industry. "All of the attention we've received has really helped those members [attending the event] understand what it takes to create and submit a film that is truly great," Matlosz states. Read More

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Blackmagic Design Announces UltraStudio 4K with Thunderbolt Technology

By PVC News Staff | September 07, 2012

UltraStudio 4K will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design IBC 2012 booth in Hall 7, Booth H20

Blackmagic Design today announced UltraStudio 4K, an attractively designed rack mount capture and playback device based on Thunderbolt™ technology developed by Intel® with collaboration from Apple®. UltraStudio 4K features full resolution 4K support, dual stream 3D capture/playback, 10bit hardware architecture, dual link 3 Gb/s SDI, support for up to 1080p60 in SDI,component analog and HDMI connections which support full SD, HD, and 4K , for only US$1,295. Read More

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AJA Announces Corvid Ultra, Multi-Format I/O Supporting 2K, 4K Workflows and Scaling

By PVC News Staff | September 07, 2012

Corvid Ultra is New OEM Solution Supporting 2K and 4K DI Workflows with High Frame Rate Support and Breakthrough Scaling Capabilities for all Resolutions

AJA Video Systems today announced Corvid Ultra, the latest product in AJA's Corvid family of OEM technologies, delivering superior I/O, processing and scaling for complex, multi-format 4K/2K and HD/Dual-link/SD workflows. Corvid Ultra is part of AJA's OEM program available to partners to incorporate into software applications or hardware systems to facilitate high-bandwidth / high frame rate performance using AJA's proven technology. Read More

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The Foundry Announces NUKE 7.0 at IBC 2012

By PVC News Staff | September 07, 2012

Faster than ever, and huge game-changing updates to industry standard compositing system

Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry is pleased to announce NUKE 7.0, a revolutionary version of its industry leading compositor. Read More

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Digital Vision and MTI Film form Strategic Partnership

Digital Vision and MTI Film form Strategic Partnership

By PVC News Staff | September 07, 2012

Companies will work to create grading and control dailies workflow

Digital Vision and MTI Film have formed a strategic technology partnership to develop a new digital dailies software solution, built upon Digital Vision's Nucoda colour grading system and the MTI's Cortex::ControlDailies solution. Introduced this morning at IBC in Amsterdam, the announcement marks the development of a previously unavailable dailies product in the marketplace, built upon two powerful technologies. Read More

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AJA T-TAP™ for Thunderbolt™-enabled Workflows Now Available

By PVC News Staff | September 07, 2012

Highly-portable device supports everything from SD to HD to 2K and muxed 3D with pristine 10-bit quality

AJA Video Systems today announced that T-TAP™, its compact, lightweight HD-SDI and HDMI Thunderbolt™-powered video device launched at NAB, is now shipping. AJA's T-TAP allows video professionals to leverage the power of Thunderbolt to deliver high-quality video and embedded audio output from any compatible Mac system. Read More

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Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Cinema Camera with Passive Micro Four Thirds

By PVC News Staff | September 07, 2012

Blackmagic Cinema Camera MFT will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design IBC 2012 booth in Hall 7, Booth H20.

Blackmagic Design today announced a second model of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera that features passive Micro Four Thirds lens (MFT) mount, so customers now have an even greater choice of lens options when shooting. The new Blackmagic Cinema Camera MFT model supports any Micro Four Thirds with manual iris and focus, and is also easily adapted to other lens mounts such as PL via third party adapters. The ability to use third party adapters to allow other types of lens mount is due to the Micro Four Thirds lens mount being much closer to the image sensor and allowing space for adapters to other lens mounts. Read More

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Boris FX Announces Final Effects Complete 7 AE at IBC 2012

By PVC News Staff | September 07, 2012

32-bit Float Support, Integration with Adobe After Effects Masks, New Transitions

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today announced Final Effects Complete Complete 7 AE (FEC 7 AE). Featuring 3D particle effects, a complete range of auto-animating transitions, and unique text and edge treatments, Final Effects Complete AE brings over 120 designer effects and transitions to Macintosh and Windows versions of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS6, CS5.5, CS5, and CS4. The new Version 7 release features 32-bit float support, integration with After Effects mask path controls, new Beat Reactor integration for Adobe Premiere Pro, and 10 new filters and transitions. Read More

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Professional Sound for Video Filming: the MKE 600 camera microphone from Sennheiser

By PVC News Staff | September 07, 2012

Developed to have superior sound quality coupled with uncomplicated handling

Whether it is an afternoon at the zoo, a special holiday video or your very own video documentary, a video camera is always a treasured companion on such special occasions and creative projects. And discerning video enthusiasts often have the highest demands when it comes to sound quality in particular. To meet these demands, audio specialist Sennheiser just unveiled a new camera microphone at IBC in Amsterdam: the MKE 600 shotgun microphone. Read More

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Autodesk Smoke 2013 Pre-Release Trial Attracts Thousands of Video Editors

By PVC News Staff | September 07, 2012

Professional Editors Thrilled by Extended Smoke Software Free Trial and Opportunity to Contribute to Development Process

At the International Broadcasting Convention 2012 (IBC), September 7 to 11, 2012, Autodesk, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADSK) will show off the latest version of the Autodesk Smoke 2013 professional video editing software pre-release trial. Since announcing the new Smoke earlier this year, Autodesk has been closely collaborating with thousands of editors working in broadcast, cable and corporate video to guide the development of the software. IBC will be the first public viewing of the pre-release trial version 4. Read More

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emotion3D introduces the Stereoscopic Suite X2 plugins for Adobe After Effects

By PVC News Staff | September 06, 2012

The plugins feature numerous enhancements for working with stereoscopic material

emotion3D is proud to announce the immediate availability of the second version of its award-winning suite of plugins for Adobe After Effects. The Stereoscopic Suite X2 for Adobe After Effects features numerous enhancements for working with stereoscopic material, bringing capabilities to the Adobe After Effects platform that were previously only available on turnkey systems costing tens of thousands of dollars more. New functions available in the SSX2 include automatic stereoscopic geometry corrections, improved disparity map generation and depth budget adjustment, depth transitions for reduced eye strain between cuts of differing depth, and new visualization tools and specialized plugins for a more efficient stereoscopic workflow. In addition to new functions and workflow, SSX2 includes quality improvements to its unique Stereo-to-Multiview conversion feature for repurposing stereoscopic material for glasses-free (auto-stereoscopic) content delivery platforms. Read More

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ARRI Introduces Ready to Shoot Kits for Blackmagic Cinema Camera

By PVC News Staff | September 05, 2012

Kits from the ARRI Pro Camera Accessories line are built for a wide variety of users, situations and environments

Blackmagic Design today announced that ARRI, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of professional motion picture equipment, has introduced Ready to Shoot Kits for Blackmagic Cinema Camera. Read More

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Free Webcast: Best Practices For Adopting An Automated, Policy-Based Video Infrastructure

By PVC News Staff | September 05, 2012

Media, Asset Management and Post Production Professionals can sign up now for essential information

Media production and distribution have become more complex business processes with the proliferation of sources and distribution channels. Best-of-breed media processes demand support from ever more intelligent infrastructure that can carry policy-prescribed operations based not only on the asset's metadata but on the intrinsic characteristics of the asset itself. A media-aware infrastructure can simplify workflows and complement the human team, reducing costs and minimizing the possibility of errors. This session will cover best practices to turn your infrastructure into an invaluable "member" of your production team. Read More

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Panasonic Delivers BT-LH2170 High-Performance Monitor with Native HD Resolution and Die-Cast Frame

By PVC News Staff | September 04, 2012

21.5" Monitor Offers Full HD IPS Panel and Stunning Color Reproduction

Panasonic announced today that its new BT-LH2170, a 21.5" LCD premium-performance production monitor with native 1920 x 1080 HD resolution, advanced 2D and 3D assist features and significant advances in functionality, will begin deliveries this month at a suggested list price of $3,695.00. Read More

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