 | 16. |  | 4-D CREATIVE MEDIA BOOSTS HD FINISHING SERVICES Posted Date: 1/25/2010 NEW YORK - 4-D Creative Media (www.4-dcreative.com) has purchased a Quantel eQ equipped with the QColor in-context color correction option to handle its growing HD finishing needs. The media production company recently worked with Revlon, Conde Nast, NBC, Time-Life, Ford Motor Company, Wired magazine and the Wall Street Journal. Category: Daily News
|  | 17. |  | AUCTION HOPES TO AID EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS Posted Date: 1/25/2010 SANTA MONICA - Nonlinear telecine boutique New Hat (www.newhat.tv) is hosting an event on Wednesday, aimed at helping victims of the Haiti earthquake. Category: Daily News
|  | 18. |  | RECENT HIRINGS AROUND THE INDUSTRY Posted Date: 1/21/2010 These are just some of the recent appointments throughout the post production industry. Check out the February issue for more hirings. Category: Daily News
|  | 19. |  |  |  | THE LOOK ADDS TO GRADING CAPABILITIES Posted Date: 1/21/2010 LONDON - The Look (www.thelooklondon.com), which specializes in long-form and commercial work, has upgraded its Quantel suite to full Pablo specification, complete with the Neo grading panel. The studio also added a second grading suite featuring a Quantel eQ finishing system with the QColor grading option. Category: Daily News
|  | 20. |  |  |  | FUZE MOVIE MAKES REVIEW & APPROVAL SIMPLE Posted Date: 1/18/2010 SAN FRANCISCO — Thanks to the Web, it’s no longer necessary for collaborators to be in the same city, or even country. And a new product from Fuze Box called Fuze Movie is designed to make the review and approval task even easier for producers, directors, editors, visual effects pros and designers. Category: Daily News
|  | 21. |  |  |  | LIME HEADS UP HAITI RELIEF EFFORT Posted Date: 1/18/2010 SANTA MONICA – Lime Studios has partnered with the Global Water Trust to create Lime-Aid, a Haiti relief nonprofit, which debuted with a charitable auction of post production services benefiting children in Haiti. Lime-Aid is also gathering and delivering critically-needed goods to Port-au-Prince, and has set up a secure donations link on its Website (www.lime-aid.tv), as well as drop off points for donated items.
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|  | 23. |  | AVID UPDATES DS FINISHING SYSTEM Posted Date: 1/14/2010 TEWKSBURY, MA – Avid has introduced Version 10.3 of its DS finishing system. Avid DS combines effects, compositing and graphics capabilities with new features for realtime finishing. The latest release has been optimized to handle Red, 2K and Arriraw projects, and offers support for the Red Rocket accelerator card, which decodes .R3D files, freeing up the CPU. Category: Daily News
|  | 24. |  |  |  | ZOIC LAUNCHES EDITORIAL OPERATION Posted Date: 1/12/2010 CULVER CITY, CA – Digital production and VFX company Zoic Studios (www.zoicstudios.com) has opened Zoic Editorial, an editing operation within its facility. The editorial business will serve both the company’s VFX clients and outside projects seeking a high level of editorial, creative and technical expertise. Category: Daily News
|  | 25. |  | OMNI MUSIC REVEALS VIRTUAL NAB PLANS Posted Date: 1/12/2010 PORT WASHINGTON, NY – Omni Music is going “green and virtual” for NAB this April. While the company is not going to be in Las Vegas for the show, it will host an NAB booth online, where professionals can visit its studios and chat with sales people. Category: Daily News
|  | 26. |  | A.C.E. ANNOUNCES AWARDS NOMINEES Posted Date: 1/12/2010 UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - American Cinema Editors (www.americancinemaeditors.com) has announced the nominations for the 60th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, which recognize outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. The winners will be revealed during ACE’s 60th annual awards ceremony on Sunday, February 14. In addition, Avid will receive ACE’s first-ever Technical Excellence Award at the ceremony. Category: Daily News
|  | 27. |  | ARRI PRESIDENT/CEO STEPPING DOWN AFTER 48 YEARS Posted Date: 1/12/2010 NEW YORK – Arri president and CEO Volker Bahnemann will step down from his roles at the company this spring, leaving a 48-year legacy, 32 of which he served as CEO. His tenure included the initiation, development and refinement of numerous significant filmmaking technologies, including the Arriflex 35III, 765, 435 and 235 cameras, and Arri/Zeiss high speed and variable Prime lenses. Category: Daily News
|  | 28. |  | ASC ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR FEATURE WORK Posted Date: 1/11/2010 LOS ANGELES - The American Society of Cinematographers has announced the finalists in the feature film category for its 24th Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards competition.
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|  | 29. |  |  |  | PANASONIC DEBUTS HD 3D CAMCORDER Posted Date: 1/11/2010 SEACAUCUS - Panasonic (www.panasonic.net) recently introduced a fully-integrated, solid-state, HD 3D camcorder, which it plans to ship this fall. The unit integrates the camcorder, lenses, camera head, and a dual Memory Card recorder into a single light-weight body, eliminating the need for dual cameras and decks. Category: Daily News
|  | 30. |  | CINEFORM/INTEL DEMO HINTS AT 3D WORKFLOW POSSIBILITIES Posted Date: 1/8/2010 SOLANA BEACH, CA – At the CES show taking place in Las Vegas, CineForm’s (www.cineform.com) Neo3D and First Light 3D engine were used by Intel to showcase the power of the Core i7 processor. CineForm Neo3D enables users to edit 3D projects in realtime with full frame rate playback to an external 3D monitor. Category: Daily News
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