Digital Content Briefing

MultiTouch’s patented computer vision system enables tracking of hands at 120 frames per second, in bright daylight or dark environments Innovative Campaigns for Lincoln Motors and T-Mobile Enable Creative Public and Enterprise Display Applications for Retail, Advertising, Industrial Markets FOR RELEASE ON: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 NEW YORK – MultiTouch, Ltd., developer of [...]

Customizable User Interface, 3D Editorial Timeline and Skinning Workflows Make 3D Animation Easier Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), announced Autodesk Maya 2011 software – the latest version of its Academy Award–winning 3D animation software. A new user interface (UI), 3D editorial capability and enhanced skinning workflow help provide computer graphics (CG) artists with an end-to-end creative [...]

Automated Lip Sync in Face Robot and Innovative Rigs with Interactive Creative Environment (ICE) Kinematics Set New Bar for Character Animation Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced Autodesk Softimage 2011, a comprehensive 3D application featuring a unique, multithreaded GigaCore architecture and innovative tools: the Interactive Creative Environment (ICE) and Face Robot facial animation toolset. Softimage is [...]

Producing Higher Quality Imagery and Animation Is Now Faster and Easier Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 software — the latest version of its modeling, animation, rendering and compositing application. A new node-based material editor, innovative hardware renderer and full-featured compositor are new features offered in the 2011 release to help accelerate [...]

New Products Offer Increased Production Efficiency by Focusing on User Interaction, Workflow, Interface Design and Interoperability Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), has announced the latest versions of its Digital Entertainment Creation software for 3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, compositing, digital sculpting and 3D painting. The 2011 versions offer new features and enhancements that help accelerate workflows [...]

Lowry Digital, a subsidiary of Reliance MediaWorks Ltd. - India’s fastest growing film and entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance ADA Group - collaborated with groundbreaking-director James Cameron on his Oscar®-winning 20th Century Fox 3-D feature film, Avatar. The company applied their proprietary digital image processing to enhance the imagery in the [...]

greg-dolan-headshot.jpg Dolan Will Head Sales and Strategy for Industry Leader (Burbank, CA) Xytech Systems Corporation - the leading provider of Resource, Work Order and Asset management solutions worldwide - today announced the appointment of Greg Dolan as Executive Vice President. Mr. Dolan will have responsibility for the strategic direction of the company as well as sales, [...]

Linear Acoustic Director of Business Development, Asia, To Lead “Audio Under Control” Session KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Linear Acoustic, the leader in television audio control from production to transmission, will feature its AERO.air (5.1)™ 10-Channel Transmission Loudness Manager, AERO.qc™ Audio Quality Controller and LAMBDA-II™ Professional Digital Audio and Metadata Monitor at the annual Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union [...]

Visual effects company Method Studios announced today that it has brought VFX veteran Patrick Davenport on board as Vice President of Operations at its Santa Monica location, where he will be responsible for overseeing Method’s facilities in both Los Angeles and New York.

MEDIA ALERT SINGULAR SOFTWARE’S PLURALEYES TO BE FEATURED AT HOT-TOPIC DSLR MASTER CLASS WORKSHOP DSLR guru Jem Schofield teams up with Mac Business Solutions to present Video-DSLR production and postproduction techniques WHO: Jem Schofield: Founder of theC47, an online and offline resource for production based training, information and services, and host of [...]

dv_logo-for-web.jpg Nucoda’s Film Master Supports Oscar Winning Documentary (Stockholm, Sweden) Oscar winning documentary “THE COVE” follows an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers in a covert mission to penetrate a remote and hidden cove in Japan, where they uncover a horrifying microcosm of devastating ecological crimes; a massive slaughter of more than 20,000 dolphins and [...]

New York, NY – BET has a new look, thanks to the creative genius of INTERspectacular. It is bright, bold, and exudes confidence – just like the popular programming from the ever-expanding cable network. http://www.interspectacular.com/pages/bet/index.htm The BET re-design brings together again the creative trio behind the signature re-imaging of Comedy Central: INTERspectacular Creative Directors Luis [...]

Anonymous Content Director David Kellogg, working via FilmMaster for Leo Burnett Italy, created a light-hearted :30 showcasing the Fiat Doblò. Set in a sandy tropical paradise, the spot is a montage of three men goofily preparing for the rigors of fatherhood: one pats a pig slung over his shoulder, another rocks a shopping cart [...]

WAYNE, N.J., March 9, 2010 – Cinematographer Frederic Goodich, ASC, recently completed principal photography on the feature film, Mid-Life Gangsta. Shot in Los Angeles in a quasi-documentary style and composing for 2.39:1, the filmmakers used Fujinon’s HAe10×10 E-Series Zoom (10-100mm T1.8) and a set of HAe E-Series Prime Lenses, along with the Panasonic AJ-HPX3700 P2 [...]

‘No Compromise’ Solution Combines Fluent Workflow Software and Cost-Effectiveness with New HD 1080p-ready Hardware (Billerica, Massachusetts) March 9, 2010. Broadcast Pix™ will introduce Granite™, a native HD, 1080p-ready live video production system, at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 12-15 (Booth N4506). The new flagship product line for Broadcast Pix, Granite combines [...]

Video Content Repurposing Solution With Encoder, Clipping, and Trans-coding Tools Fort Lee, N.J., March 9, 2010 – FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce Prism System — on-the-fly, multiple-output video clipping software — at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 12-15 [...]

Fort Lee, N.J., March 9, 2010 – FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce the MV-3200 Series multi-viewer at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 12-15 (Booth C5219). The new multi-viewer supports mixed HD, SD, analog, and PC signals, and has [...]

CHATSWORTH, CA - It’s never been easier to schedule playlists and select from pre-recorded content for digital signage installations. The new HD Digital Signage Player from Gefen offers a variety of flexible functions that serve both large and small digital signage installations while controlling the content over IP. Users can upload pre-recorded video in [...]

March 8, 2010—Veteran mobile production company NEP Supershooters, based in Pittsburgh, Penn., had three of its most advanced high-definition production trucks parked outside the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif., complete with Grass Valley™ HD production equipment and systems, to televise the 82nd Academy Awards® ceremony on Sunday, March 7, live [...]

Joachim Back’s The New Tenants took home an Oscar last night in the best Live-Action Short category. With VFX and Finishing courtesy of Smoke & Mirrors New York (SMNY), The New Tenants tells the terrifying story of two men who move into an apartment and discover its cursed history through a disturbed cast of [...]