Toon Boom Announces New Animate Pro and Manager

Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced two new outstanding innovations: Toon Boom Animate Pro builds upon Animate’s feature set and delivers also 2D-3D integration as well as scanning options and full compositing capabilities with 50 built-in special effects. Toon Boom Manager provides full tracking capabilities to monitor the production progress in real time. Toon Boom […]

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Take control of your job management and scheduling

Take control of your job management and scheduling Learn whySONY,Warner Bros.,ARD,YooStarandSABhave already ordered Version 4 of the CEITON Workflow-Management-System. This revolutionary system offers you unprecedented controls over your specific media workflows, job scheduling and management. Plus with a new reporting engine, Oracle support, and tools for completely customizing your design, you’ll understand why this is […]

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Data Rot

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Well-known author David Pogue recently aired this interesting piece on “data rot” for his CBS Sunday Morning tech series, which has been transcribed for the New York Times web site. Aside from containing some interesting geek trivia and a renewed warning that DVD lifespans vary greatly (5 to 100 years, depending on the brand and […]

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MSM on Hollywood’s Obsolete Business Model

HDFilmTools shed a little light recently on mainstream media coverage of the major upheaval in Hollywood’s traditional business model. With the credit crunch, the rise of piracy, and slacking DVD sales, the industry is in a unique position that they’ve not had experience with in the past. While these changes have not occurred overnight, it […]

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MSE Inks Exclusive Distribution of Intel-A-Jib

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Burbank, CA. March 2009. Matthews Studio Equipment, the leading provider for grip equipment for the international entertainment industry has recently signed an exclulsive distribution deal with California-based Intel-A-Jib. “We are excited to bring Intel-A-Jib, a unique modular jib system that can go from zero to ten feet in two minutes without tools to our national […]

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Matrox Adds New Features to Matrox MXO2 I/O Devices for the Mac

Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that release 1.3 for the Matrox MXO2 product line is now available as a free download from the Matrox website to all registered users. This release brings users a host of new productivity features and workflow enhancements. Highlights include the following:ยท Scaling on the input for capture – Users […]

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Omneon MediaDeck(TM) GX Offers Complete Channel-Playout Functionality With Choice of Automation

Omneon Inc. today announced the release of MediaDeck(TM) GX, a complete channel-playout solution that combines proven video server playout, world-class graphics, and advanced audio processing, all of which operate under the control of the user’s preferred automation system. Offering rich branding and master control functionality, MediaDeck GX makes it easier and more affordable for broadcasters […]

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H.R. 1464 – The “OER Bill”

Jane Park, March 27th, 2009 The open educational resources movement has been picking up steam lately, even attracting the attention of legislators. What’s hot in the new Persian year (aka the start of spring) is the recently introduced “OER Bill“. What’s that, you say? Well in its own words, it’s a bill “To require Federal […]

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A Rose-Colored Tint, by Any Other Name

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Although I am primarily an After Effects artist, I also spend some time in Final Cut Pro and Motion. Quite often, I want to translate a favorite technique from one into the others. Unfortunately, this is usually accompanied by a spirited session of find-the-filter as the same visual effect may have different names – even […]

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Location based mobile cinema

Storytelling becomes a physically viewer controlled experience. A journey of fiction ties to a journey of fact! GPSFILM “The Using Of” from GPSFILM on Vimeo.“Movies as dérives,” notes D. Scott Hessels, media artist and filmmaker based in Singapore, on his Facebook. His latest work, GPS Film, is open-source software for filmmakers and developers to create […]

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