Month: February 2012

BenQ Introduces Short-Throw Projectors with Interactive Projection Technology

Posted on by PVC News Staff
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BenQ America Corp. today introduced its new MW860USTi and MP780 ST+ interactive short-throw projectors with ultra-short-throw ratios of 0.37 and 0.49, respectively. Designed to provide teachers and students with the ultimate interactive experience in any classroom setting, the versatile teaching tools feature BenQ’s second-generation PointDraw™ interactive projection technology with dual pen support. BenQ’s second-generation PointDraw™ […]

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Q and A with Bunim/Murray’s Mark Raudonis about their recent Avid switch

Posted on by Scott Simmons

Back in January news broke that reality television producers Bunim/Murray were switching their post-production facilities from Final Cut Pro to Avid Media Composer. This probably didn’t come as a great shock to anyone who follows post-production as the release of Final Cut Pro X had left many people (especially those in the broadcast world) a […]

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Another week in After Effects

Posted on by Rich Young
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Here’s another summary of the last week or so of news on After Effects — with assorted tutorials, scripts, demos, documentaries, and more. Please note that these roundups are for quick review and comparison, and that there is almost always vital information from the originating authors at the links provided-and often free presets, projects, or stock […]

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Full Compass Systems Appoints Jim Ripp as Assistant Sales Manager

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Full Compass Systems, a national leader in professional audio, video, lighting, A/V and musical instrument sales, has selected Jim Ripp as its new Assistant Sales Manager. Ripp has a wide range of sales and management experience related to the music industry and will be a solid addition to the Full Compass Sales team. Ripp studied […]

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Spy Opens Doors On New Creative Studio In Santa Monica

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SPY, a FotoKem company offering creative finishing services for commercials and feature films, has opened a new studio in Santa Monica, Calif. SPY: LA extends the capabilities of its main facility in San Francisco, and will specialize in VFX based commercial productions. SPY: LA began work in December on a number of visually compelling spots […]

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Nikon Launches The 36MP D800

Posted on by Dan Carr
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Nikon has unveiled the new D800 today which features a 36MP full frame sensor along with all of the video function improvements we saw on the D4. In an interesting twist, Nikon will also be offering a D800E which is identical except for the omission of the anti-aliasing filter. This should provide increased sharpness in […]

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Canon Launches Three New Lenses

Posted on by Dan Carr
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The long awaited replacement to the Canon 24-70 f2.8 L workhorse has finally been unveiled alongside two unique new prime lenses. The new Canon 24-70 f2.8 L II is 10mm shorter than it's predecessor as well as 150g lighter which will make a lot of people happy until they hear the suggested price of $2300! […]

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Anton/Bauer Provides Rock-Solid Dependability For “The Amazing Race” As It Treks Across The Globe

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Since their first day of production back in 2001, crew members of the hit reality television series “The Amazing Race” have counted on Anton/Bauer® products to power them through even the toughest geographic and weather conditions. Flash forward to the present, as the show concluded its 20th season, and Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec […]

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Kicking the tires on the Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Multicam update

Posted on by Scott Simmons
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As we all know by now Apple released their promised update to Final Cut Pro X that added multicam. It’s only been a week and there’s already a lot of articles and tutorials about how this new feature works. I sat down with it some over the weekend to kick the tires and see how […]

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25 Camera Angles in 25 Minutes

Posted on by Mark Spencer
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Steve Martin (Ripple Training) and I just completed a tutorial on multi-camera editing for the Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 update. In that tutorial, we used 5 camera angles from a 5-camera music video greenscreen shoot we produced, plus two other angles: one for clean audio, one for some motion graphics. But we actually had […]

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