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
NEW YORK CITY — Looking Glass Factory (http://look.glass/lkgpro), creators of one of the first desktop holographic displays, has introduced Looking Glass Pro, a new, all-in-one 3D visualization soluti ...
May 31, 2019
LOS ANGELES — Technicolor’s (www.technicolor.com) MPC scored two Oscar nominations in the Visual Effects category for the studio’s work on The Lion King and 1917. The Lion King, from director Jon Favr ...
January 17, 2020
LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (www.visualeffectssociety.com) has announced its 2020 board of directors' officers. The officers, who comprise the VES board executive committee, were elected ...
January 16, 2020
NEW YORK CITY — The inaugural RealTime Conference (https://realtimeconference.com) will address the growth of realtime technology and how it is shaping a range of industries. The conference will take ...
January 15, 2020
LOS ANGELES — Alibi Music Library (www.alibimusiclibrary.com) and Full Sail University (FullSail.edu) are collaborating to bring students high-quality music and sound effects that will enrich their co ...
CHICAGO — Full service audio production and post production facility NoiseFloor LTD (www.noise-floor.com) has added a new partner. Bryen Hensley joins co-owners Jamie Vanadia and Cory Coken as part ow ...
January 14, 2020
NEW YORK CITY — International creative audio network Squeak E. Clean Studios (www.squeakeclean.com) has added Nick Doering as a producer, working out of their New York studio. Doering will leverage hi ...
LOS ANGELES – The American Society of Cinematographers (www.theasc.com) has named Terry McCarthy CEO of the organization. In this newly created role, McCarthy will be responsible for all business matt ...
LOS ANGELES — The American Society of Cinematographers (www.theasc.com) has nominated eight feature films in the Theatrical and Spotlight categories of the 34th ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards. Win ...
January 9, 2020
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY — Coinciding with Apple’s launch of their latest Mac Pro workstation, Colorfront (www.colorfront.com) has announced a new, annual rental model for its Colorfront Express Dailies, whi ...
December 11, 2019
VANCOUVER — Skylab Post (http://skylabhq.com) is a new post production studio that offers turnkey Avid editing suites at its Gastown location. The studio has partnered with Screen-Dragon to offer six ...
January 3, 2020
LONDON — Cinelab (www.cinelab.london), here, recently provided restoration services for the new 4K re-release of Wham!’s Last Christmas music video. The restored and remastered track comes 35 years af ...
December 18, 2019
LOS ANGELES – Nominees for the 92nd Oscars (www.oscars.org) were announced this morning, covering 24 categories. Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their re ...
January 13, 2020
LOS ANGELES – The Producers Guild of America (PGA) recently announced the Motion Pictures and Television nominees for its 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards. Winners in these categories will be announ ...
NEW YORK CITY — FilmLight and Light Iron are teaming up to present a free, one-day course that looks at the fundamentals of color grading, color spaces and media management — all in Baselight v5. The ...
October 15, 2019
NEW YORK CITY — Sparked (https://www.sparkedconnections.com ) is an inclusive networking organization created by Isabelle du Plessis, head of marketing at The Mill in New York, and Jenny Natelson, a p ...
October 14, 2019
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
HOLLYWOOD — The Advanced Imaging Society (https://theadvancedimagingsociety.com) has announced the winners of the 2019 Entertainment Technology Lumiere Awards. The organization’s 10th annual ceremony ...
September 24, 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
BURBANK, CA — Picture Shop VFX (pictureshop.com), a division of Picture Head Holdings, has acquired Ghost VFX, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Picture Shop VFX has existing locations in Los Angeles, V ...
LONDON — Creative software developer Foundry (foundry.com) has released Katana 3.5, the latest version of its asset-based look development and lighting tool. Katana 3.5 has a newly rebuilt core engine ...
January 10, 2020
NORWICH, UK — FXhome (www.fxhome.com) has completed a significant update to HitFilm Express, the free version of the company’s advanced editing, VFX and compositing tool. HitFilm Express 13 adds a num ...
September 26, 2019
AMSTERDAM — The 4K 4Charity Fun Run returns to IBC on Saturday, September 14th. Scheduled to take place at Amstelpark in Amsterdam, the event (https://4k4charity.com) is in its sixth year and is open ...
September 6, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC — The Uber Elevate team recently previewed a video that shows what it sees as another revolutionary transportation offering - the aerial ride-sharing service Uber Air. The company calle ...
June 21, 2019
MARINA DEL REY, CA — Director/motion designer Giovanni Bucci recently completed work on a music video for his own band, Oddko. The Disobey video was produced by Void N’ Disorder (https://voidndisorder ...
August 27, 2019
LONDON — Riff Raff director Ryan Staake and The Moving Picture Company (www.moving-picture.com) worked in close collaboration to weave together the real world and a game-like fantasy for Ed Sheeran ne ...
August 12, 2019
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 ...
NEW ORLEANS — TurboSquid (TurboSquid.com) has increased the capabilities of the StemCell automated 3D converter by adding compatibility with 12 file formats and applications. With StemCell, 3D models ...
December 5, 2019
LONDON — Usama Al-Qassab has joined Moving Picture Company (www.moving-picture.com) in the newly-established position of chief growth officer. MPC created this position in an effort to accelerate grow ...
December 3, 2019
NEW YORK CITY — Creative studio Nice Shoes (www.niceshoes.com) has hired Adam Liebowitz as creative director of editorial, marking the official launch of a dedicated creative editorial division at the ...
January 6, 2020
LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (https://oscars.org) has announced shortlists for nine categories for the 92nd Academy Awards. Nominations voting begins on Thursday, Janu ...
December 17, 2019
LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (www.visualeffectssociety.com) announced the nominees for the 18th Annual VES Awards. The yearly celebration recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and ...
SANTA MONICA, CA — Production music company Killer Tracks has rebranded as Universal Production Music. The new name strengthens its alignment with parent company Universal Music Group, a leader in mus ...
September 12, 2019
LAS VEGAS — Killer Tracks (www.killertracks.com), a Universal Publishing Production Music company, is introducing new music from its catalog at NAB 2019, including the latest music from Abbey Road Mas ...
April 5, 2019
MONTREAL – Spectravelers (www.facebook.com/Spectravelers), a game sound design team made up of Arnaud Noble and Benoît Marsalone, has released its first sound library - an underwater collection called ...
October 24, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS — Timelapse+ (www.timelapseplus.com) has introduced Timelapse+ Studio, a Lightroom plug-in that offers professional quality timelapse organizing and editing. The plug-in allows users to gr ...
May 7, 2019
LAS VEGAS –– Telestream (www.telestream.net), the provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions for the production and distribution of video, has announced the latest version of Wirecast, its ...
April 3, 2019
FORT WORTH, TX — Through the 19th of December, FilmSupply (www.filmsupply.com) is hosting the “Not-So-Secret Santa $50K Giveaway,” a holiday promotion that will award 50 winners over three weeks. Film ...
December 7, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO — Pix and Codex have announced that the two companies are uniting under a single, unified brand identity via the establishment of the X2X Media Group (www.x2x.media). This brand consolid ...
November 11, 2019
NEW YORK CITY — Boutique post production studio Running Man (http://runningmanpost.com) has invested in a new Facilis shared storage system featuring the Facilis HUB One server. Running Man’s list of ...
October 31, 2019
HUDSON, MA — Facilis Technology (http://facilis.com), the provider of shared storge solutions for media workflows, has partnered with Qualstar (www.qualstar.com), the designer and developer of LTO tap ...
September 11, 2019