Super Bowl XLIII: Autodesk Technology Key Player in Commercials

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 3, 2009-Leading advertisers and movie studiosrelied on technology from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to tackle thecutting-edge visual effects and animation integral to delivering theirSuper Bowl XLIII message. “Super Bowl commercials and trailers are some of the most demandingentertainment projects in the world,” said Bruno Sargeant, senior industrymanager for television and broadcast, […]

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Music 2 Hues releases a new addition to its Flagship Series production music line.

Andy Wells, president of Music 2 Hues adds, “With the addition of this new release we are providing our content developers with new and exciting music selections. The new title: “Ragtime & Dixieland” is now shipping worldwide. “This release satisfies the needs of our clients who have been asking for a CD of New Orleans […]

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AJA Video Hits a Home Run for MLB Network

Grass Valley, CA (February 4, 2009)–AJA Video Systems, a leadingmanufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions,announced today that its KONA 3 video capture and playback cards andmini-converters are in use as part of a tapeless workflow at the newlylaunched MLB Network. KONA 3 is AJA’s top-of-the-line uncompressed capturecard for SD, HD, and Dual Link […]

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The Orphanage Shuts Its Doors

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As reported by Orphanage co-founder Stu Maschwitz on his blog, The Orphanage has indefinitely ceased operations. The San Francisco-based visual effects and animation company was founded a decade ago and was most recently the lead house on Frank Miller’s film The Spirit, and in the past had been the lead house on films including The […]

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I-Movix Products Featured at the 2009 NAB Show

SprintCam® Live V2.1 provides a market-leading combination of extremely high frame rates with the instant replay essential for live sports broadcasting. New for the 2009 NAB Show, SprintCam Live V2.1 allows the user to capture from 500 to 10,000 frames per second and to replay them instantly, which corresponds to a replay speed 20 to […]

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the Cloud, the 21st century business platform

Shift happens. The unexpected matters. And right now, there’s something in the air, something really big. It’s so big that to many it’s hidden in plain sight. To others it’s as clear as seeing a cloud in the sky. In fact, that something is indeedtheCloud, the 21st century business platform. Just as it was with […]

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After Effects Tips – Installment 4

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Continuing our series of After Effects tips, including the itty bitty tilde key and other essential shortcuts for manipulating panels, layers and markers: Expand panel to fill screen In the old days (After Effects 6.5 and earlier), you could easily make any panel fill the entire screen. This was particularly useful for the Project and […]

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Quicktip Day 05: FCP Keyboard changes are viewable in the menus

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Quicktip #5 (February 5, 2009) FCP Keyboard changes are viewable in the menus When you remap the Final Cut Pro keyboard the application is smart enough to display those re-mapped keys in the app’s menus. While this can be handy if you forget where you’ve mapped something it’s also helpful if you sit down at […]

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Enterprise Search and Information Access

Finding information is a vital requirement of every organisation but it is getting increasingly challenging as more and more data is stored in multiple media (written, visual, audio) and platforms, with Web 2.0 adding to the challenge by facilitating networked collaboration and user/customer/stakeholder contributions. Henry Stewart’s 2009 Briefing on EnterpriseSearch and Information Access Tuesday 24 […]

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