Autodesk Announces 2015 3D Animation Software

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Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) unveiled the 2015 versions of its popular 3D animations tools: Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Softimage, and the newest addition to the lineup, Maya LT, a 3D animation and modeling tool for professional indie game makers. Autodesk also announced the availability of the 2015 Entertainment Creation Suite for 3D animation and […]

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Matrox Announces Low-Profile, Multi-Channel SDI Card with High-Performance Hardware Processing

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Matrox® Video today announced the Matrox X.mio3 LP SDI video card, part of the next generation of Matrox DSX Developer Products. X.mio3 LP is a low-profile, half-length PCIe card that offers up to eight reconfigurable I/Os, from SD to 4K. Multi-channel hardware processing accelerates compute-intensive operations including motion-adaptive de-interlacing, up/down/cross scaling and mixing/compositing for all […]

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Fujifilm Introduces New IS-Tower Imaging System at NAB 2014

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Adding to its acclaimed Image Processing System line up, FUJIFILM North America Corporation’s Imaging Division will demonstrate prototypes of its IS-Tower Imaging System at the National Association of Broadcasters show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Booth #C7025 Center Hall, from April 7-10, 2014.  The system includes the FUJIFILM IS-Tower Software, which, […]

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ARRI Releases Software Update Packet (SUP) 9.1 and ARRIRAW Converter 3.0

As technology evolves, ARRI continues to sustain and improve the performance of the ALEXA family of cameras with the release of ALEXA Software Update Packet (SUP) 9.1 and the ARRIRAW Converter (ARC) 3.0. The ARRIRAW Converter is ARRI´s free reference tool for processing ARRIRAW files in the optimal quality. A new, exciting feature includes the […]

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ASSIMILATE Announces Powerful SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab v8

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ASSIMILATE, the industry’s leading provider of DI and dailies digital workflow tools, today announced SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab® v8. These new versions offer unprecedented Apple® ProRes encoding capabilities on Windows, multi-GPU Debayering of RED media and support for Blackmagic Decklink cards. Windows users now have full ProRes encoding parity with Mac users. No more slow, […]

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Long shadows: adding body to flat design in After Effects

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The trend toward flat design hit big in 2013 with newer user interfaces of Windows 8 (“Metro“) and iOS7, and website and logo redesigns by Google and others. As part of a general move away from skeuomorphism, Adobe application design elements “flattened out” after CS5. Flat and thin may be in, partly due to hi-res […]

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Get Started Fast with Avid for Final Cut Pro 7 Editors : Lesson 4

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If you've just made the switch from FCP7 to Media Composer 7, than the fourth lesson in this five part tutorial series will help you make the transition as smooth as possible! The purpose of Avid’s Get Started Fast tutorials series is, of course, to get you up and running with Media Composer 7 as […]

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Harris Broadcast Becomes Imagine Communications and GatesAir

Harris Broadcast, a portfolio company of The Gores Group and a market share leader of media software, networking and over-the-air solutions serving the global media and entertainment markets, today unveiled Imagine Communications and GatesAir at its inaugural MediaDay held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.   Imagine Communications will be headquartered in Dallas, […]

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The Demise of NBC Burbank Part 2

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Recently, I wrote about the beginnings of NBC’s historic lot in Burbank as the Peacock network completed its move to nearby Universal Studios.  The look back on NBC Burbank’s sixty-two year history wouldn’t be complete without exploring some of the technical history NBC engineers made over the years. NBC continued to build on the Burbank […]

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Product Review: Steadicam Curve for GoPro Hero3/3+

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First came the Steadicam Smoothie a couple years ago and they teased us with the Curve about a year ago at NAB 2013, but now it’s finally shipping and I got one to test with. Smaller and more compact than the Smoothee but is it better? Steadicam Curve The new design of the Steadicam Curve […]

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