LOS ANGELES — The Advanced Imaging Society’s Lumiere Awards, presented by Dell and Cisco, awarded 23 statuettes for distinguished creative and technical achievement during its 11th annual awards cerem ...
January 23, 2020
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The deadline for entries for the 2019 Entertainment Technology Lumiere Awards has been extended. Entries can now be submitted before 5pm PT on August 29th.
August 26, 2019
MADRID, SPAIN — SGO (www.sgo.es) has pre-released a new version of Mistika Boutique, its full-finishing solution for Windows and MacOS. The release brings users upgraded HDR workflows, expanded hardwa ...
August 7, 2019
PORTLAND, OR — Wacom, the maker of pen & tablet solutions, has partnered with animator Mike Morris to launch Cartoon Crunch!, a reality show-styled mini-series about the process, pitfalls and brea ...
August 6, 2020
NEW YORK CITY — On Thursday, August 6th, Post New York Alliance will present a free online panel titled Reimagining Post-Production During and After COVID-19. The 4pm (EST) event is the latest edition ...
August 5, 2020
SAN JOSE, CA — Reallusion (https://www.reallusion.com) has added to its list of tools for the design of human characters. Character Creator 3.3 features new realism tools that work with the already re ...
August 4, 2020
LEIGHTON BUZZARD, UK — Custom Consoles (www.customconsoles.co.uk) is seeing a strong demand for their Operator Safety Screen since it first began shipping in early May. The company had more than 300 s ...
NEW YORK CITY — Called “one of the most prescient films of the decade,” She Dies Tomorrow ¸ from Neon and writer/director Amy Seimetz, centers on a woman who believes she is about to die from a myster ...
July 31, 2020
MELVILLE, NY — Canon has announced significant price reductions on its lineup of professional reference displays. The price drops are, in part, designed to make work-from-home and remote workflows mor ...
August 3, 2020
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Atomos (www.atomos.com) has announced the ability to record RAW at up to 4K/60p via HDMI from Sony’s new Alpha 7S III (ILCE-7SM3) full-frame mirrorless camera to its Ninja V HDR ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Alternative artist Floyd recently released her debut video What Do You Say. The project was a collaboration between San Francisco-based production company 88spire (88spire.com) and the ...
July 30, 2020
HOLLYWOOD — MTI Film (www.mtifilm.com) has released Cortex V.5.3, the latest version of its family of products for managing workflows on set and in post. The latest release includes a host of new feat ...
June 30, 2020
LOS ANGELES — Sohonet (www.sohonet.com), a specialist in connectivity, media services and network security for the media and entertainment industry, has partnered with Moxion (www.moxion.io) and its H ...
June 18, 2020
LOS ANGELES — Access:VFX (www.accessvfx.org), a non-profit coalition consisting of leading visual effects, animation and games studios, has announced the launch of a new West Coast chapter. The global ...
July 23, 2020
FRIEDRICHSDORF, GERMANY — Maxon (https://www.maxon.net) has announced the speaker lineup and schedule for its upcoming 3D and Motion Design Show for Siggraph 2020. Running from Tuesday, July 21st thro ...
July 14, 2020
FREMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagicdesign.com) has introduced the Ursa Mini Pro 12K, a new, digital film camera with an advanced 12,288 x 6,480 12K Super 35 image sensor, 14 stops of dynam ...
July 16, 2020
PARAMUS, NJ — Sony Electronics (http://pro.sony) recently unveiled a prototype of its new 24-inch 4K LCD professional picture monitor at the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition 2019 (Inter BE ...
November 14, 2019
BURLINGTON, MA — Avid (www.avid.com) has announced that Media Composer will deliver native support for Apple’s ProRes RAW camera codec and support for ProRes playback and encoding on Windows. In addit ...
September 13, 2019
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagicdesign.com) has announced Blackmagic RAW 1.5, a new software update with support for Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer, plus Blackmag ...
BOSTON — EditShare (www.editshare.com), a technology provider that specializes in collaboration, security and intelligent storage solutions, will showcase Helmut FX, IO, CO (Cosmo), and HK (Housekeepe ...
September 9, 2019
BERKSHIRE, UK — Audio post production facility Pip Studios (www.pipstudios.com) is now fully open, offering Dolby Atmos capability from its six, purpose-built stages on its site in Winnersh, Berkshire ...
LONDON — On Tuesday, August 4th, Foundry will host a Webinar looking at “Black Perspectives” in the visual effects industry. Three professionals will offer insight into their career journeys — from th ...
July 27, 2020
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Atomos is encouraging users to stay creative during the quarantine by filmming nature and wildlife in their own backyards. The company recently posted a video by staff member Da ...
April 15, 2020
NEW YORK CITY — T2 Computing (www.t2computing.com) is responding to the COVID-19/Coronavirus outbreak with a solution that allows editors to work remotely. Since the announcement from the CDC last wee ...
March 6, 2020
MARINA DEL REY, CA — Production and post company Void N’ Disorder (https://voidndisorder.com) recently worked on ODDKO’s new music video for D4TM. The post-apocalyptic visuals are straight out of a Ge ...
June 16, 2020
LOS ANGELES — Pop-music-agitator Dorian Electra has released a new single and accompanying video for the track Sorry Bro (I Love You) . The song was written back in January and shows off the artist’s ...
May 21, 2020
Avid (www.avid.com) announced an all-new version of its flagship video editing system, Media Composer, completely redesigned and reimagined for “today’s and tomorrow’s generation of media makers.” Unv ...
April 29, 2019
Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagicdesign.com) introduced Version 16 of DaVinci Resolve at NAB 2019. The software, which is now in public beta, features more than 100 improvements, along with the new cu ...
Adobe (adobe.com) announced performance updates and new innovations for the video and audio tools that make up its Creative Cloud package. Attendees at this year’s NAB Show got a closer look at the ne ...
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — Weta Digital, Streamliner and Avalon Studios have introduced a new LED-stage virtual production service that’s based in Wellington. The service brings together live stage exp ...
July 21, 2020
SEATTLE — Luma Touch (www.luma-touch.com) has added new professional features to its iOS editing app, LumaFusion. With the new V.2.3 release, LumaFusion now includes multiselect directly in the timeli ...
July 13, 2020
LOS ANGELES — Sandwich (www.sandwich.co) recently used Blackmagic Design’s Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, Blackmagic RAW and DaVinci Resolve Studio to shoot and grade a new online spot for Slack. The projec ...
June 29, 2020
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 819 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions t ...
July 1, 2020
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (oscars.org) and the ABC Television Network have announced that the 93rd Oscars ceremony will move to Sunday, April 25, 2021, as a result ...
June 15, 2020
LOS ANGELES — The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved rules and campaign regulations for the 93rd Academy Awards (oscars.org), which is scheduled to take place February 28, 2021. The COVID-19 pa ...
April 29, 2020
LOS ANGELES — International music and sound collective Butter Music and Sound (https://www.gimmebutter.com) has launched a new multicultural division that will work closely with agencies and brands on ...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD — On Saturday, August 1st, IATSE Local 695’s newly-formed Committee on Equity, Diversity & Outreach will host a live-stream on the challenges faced by sound and video engineers of ...
July 24, 2020
LONDON — Freefolk (https://freefolk.com) has delivered of a significant number of visual effects shots for the Netflix series Cursed. Based on the young-adult novel by Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler, ...
LOS ANGELES — The Production Music Association’s PMA Academy will hold a group of roundtable sessions on Tuesday, July 21st, at 11:00am PST. Five different breakout rooms will look at a number of topi ...
July 20, 2020
LOS ANGELES – Alibi Music (www.alibimusiclibrary.com) has promoted Julia Trainor to head of sync A&R, a move that recognizes the expanded role she has successfully assumed over the past several mo ...
SANTA MONICA – Music/audio agency Elias Arts has rebranding as Elias Music. The company is celebrating 40 years as a provider of music and sound for brands. They are also launching a new website (www. ...
June 23, 2020
SAN JOSE, CA — On Wednesday at 9am(PST), Adobe will use FB Live to present the Adobe Stock Film Festival. The livestream, which will be hosted by Adobe’s Jason Levine, will introduce 13 short films th ...
LONDON — Blisstek (www.Blisstek.com) is calling for film archive custodians to take action to digitize all historically-, culturally- and commercially-significant content before it is too late. To sup ...
NEW YORK CITY — Footage.net, the stock, archival and news footage search engine, has announced that over 50,000 preview clips from the University of North Texas's archive of local news are now availab ...
February 20, 2020
LOS ANGELES — OpenDrives (www.opendrives.com), the provider of network-attached-storage (NAS) solutions, has introduced a new platform that’s specifically designed to enable users to scale up in multi ...
BURBANK, CA — Hula Post (http://hulapost.com), which provides equipment rental services, has launched Hula Post Everywhere, a new post service that enables remote workflows during the COVID-19 pandemi ...
BURBANK, CA — The Hollywood Professional Association (www.hpaawards.com) has announced that the HPA Awards, which celebrate the creative brilliance and ingenuity of the HPA community, will take place ...
June 22, 2020