Grass Valley at IBC 2009

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“Innovation, Performance, Passion – It’s Gotta Be A Grass” At IBC 2009, Grass Valley™ will present yet another strong showing of technologies and systems demonstrations that support a wide range of innovative broadcast and professional production applications and give users high performance, value, and a fast return on investment. The company’s exhibit stand (#1.D.11) will […]

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High Definition Review and Approval with Apple TV

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Image courtesy Apple My production company, like many of yours, has jumped with both feet into the HD waters. Production is easier than ever with great tapeless acquisition formats. Post keeps getting simpler with powerful desktop solutions and great breakout boxes. Seems like the only place it really falls apart is the client review stage. […]

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NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH 2009: The GPU Revolution is Here!

What: NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH 2009: The GPU Revolution is here!When: Aug. 4-7Where: New Orleans, NVIDIA SIGGRAPH booth #2001 At SIGGRAPH next week, NVIDIA and its partners will be demonstrating how NVIDIA technology is powering the latest innovations in art and science. Stop by the NVIDIA SIGGRAPH booth to discuss the GPU Computing revolution, view demos […]

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KICKSTAND BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO 3D CHARACTER ANIMATION-SHIPS STRETCHMESH 1.5 FOR AUTODESK MAYA

Kickstand LLC, an innovator of advanced character animation and custom pipeline technology, today announced the worldwide availability of StretchMesh 1.5 software for Autodesk® Maya® software. For a limited time, StretchMesh 1.5 is being offered at the introductory per-seat price of $199. A powerful surface deformation plug-in designed to seamlessly integrate with Maya 3D modeling and […]

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Glue Tools Press Release for Phantom Cine & ARRIRAW Toolkits

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Glue Tools releases Phantom Cine Toolkit v2.0.10 and ARRIRAW Toolkit 1.0.3. Included in these releases are a number of small fixes (including a correction to the “White Point from Camera” for Phantom Cine) and a new Debayer Algorithm for both products. Below you will see the new Debayer (GT Hybrid A) and previous best quality […]

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New Element Technica Accessories Support RED One Electronic Viewfinder

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Element Technica expands their RED One EVF line with a family of precision accessories that work seamlessly together to support the camera’s electronic viewfinder. The EVF Deluxe Mounting System has become the industry standard for RED One users worldwide. It provides a secure interface, capable of attaching to a variety of points on the camera […]

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Digital Rapids Extends Acclaimed Multi-Platform Video Solutions w/Support for Microsoft Silverlight

Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids — the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences — today announced support for Microsoft Silverlight 3 in Digital Rapids’ comprehensive range of studio encoding, transcoding and live streaming systems. Silverlight 3 support further extends the proven abilities of Digital Rapids’ award-winning […]

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Boris FX Announces New Boris Continuum Unit: Cartoon Look

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that a new Boris Continuum Unit, Cartoon Look, is now available. The Boris Continuum Cartoon Look Unit includes the Cartoon Look, Pencil Sketch, Charcoal Sketch, and Watercolor filters from Boris Continuum Complete 6: • BCC Cartoon Look – BCC Cartoon Look […]

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Social Tagging – Questions Answered on Correction Tools and Vendors

All social input strategies rely on the good-graces of well-intentioned users habituated to provide input over time to succeed… Social strategies will self-correct for this problem over time under the presumption that more users than not will provide “good” information. A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of giving a presentation on taxonomy vs. […]

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Would the Real Social Network Please Stand up?

This ideas in this post are based on conversations with Bernie Hogan and should be interpreted as the production of our co-thinking. All too frequently, someone makes a comment about how a large number of Facebook Friends must mean a high degree of social capital. Or how we can determine who is closest to who […]

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