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
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (aotodesk.com0 has released Maya 2020, giving animators, modelers, riggers and technical artists a host of new tools and improvements. Building on the powerful animation featu ...
December 10, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) has released Arnold 6 with Arnold GPU, which is designed to simplify how artists and studios create content, giving them speed and flexibility, as well as t ...
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the nominees for the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The three-hour telecast, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will air live o ...
December 9, 2019
November 22, 2019
TOLUCA LAKE, CA — James Longeretta, owner of global post production solutions provider Vortechs, has teamed with veteran supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Joe Schultz to launch Waterman Soun ...
November 20, 2019
CHICAGO — CEntrance (www.centrance.com) is now shipping the MixerFace R4B professional field recording solution. The mobile recording interface comes with a pair of PivotMics PM1 XY stereo microphones ...
November 8, 2019
WINTER HAVEN, FL — Dolphin Image Studios (http://dolphinimagestudios.com/) has opened a new studio that’s designed to help support television and film productions. Situated on eight acres of private l ...
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
LOS ANGELES — X2X Media Group (www.x2x.media) has formed X2X Labs, a technical team focused on developing specialized services and workflows in pre-production, on-set, and throughout the post process. ...
HOLLYWOOD — Veteran colorist Kevin Michael Kirwan has joined Periscope Post & Audio (periscopepa.com). Kirwan brings more than 20 years of experience as a senior colorist and credits on more than ...
NEW YORK CITY — Senior colorist Vincent Taylor is bringing his extensive experience in the grading suite, along with his background and training as a cinematographer, and his far-flung cultural perspe ...
NEW YORK CITY — Veteran colorist Anthony Raffaele, whose work includes Café Society, Mapplethorpe and Fahrenheit 11/9, has joined the finishing staff at Sim, New York (siminternational.com). With cred ...
November 21, 2019
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
LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its 5th annual Careers in Film Summit on Saturday, October 5th, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The day-long ...
October 2, 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
LONDON — Soho-based VFX studio Freefolk (https://freefolk.com) recently announced a promotion, as well as made two new hires. Cheryl Payne has been promoted from senior producer to head of commercials ...
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
SOUTH KOREA — Areia Creations (http://areiacreations.com) has been busy creating music videos for KPOP artists such as Musky and Ferry. The studio uses Blackmagic Design’s Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and ...
August 8, 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 — At Unreal Academy London, Epic Games announced the acquisition of Quixel (www.quixel.com), the creator of the large photogrammetry asset library and bundled toolset. All Quixel Megascans will ...
November 13, 2019
NEW YORK CITY — Creative editorial shop Uppercut (https://uppercutedit.com) has added London-based editor Billy Mead to its roster, marking his first representation in the US. Mead joins Uppercut with ...
November 18, 2019
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (oscars.org) has announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 92nd Academy Awards. The Academy’s Visu ...
December 4, 2019
LOS ANGELES — A total of 159 features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 92nd Academy Awards. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requ ...
November 12, 2019
LOS ANGELES — Friday, November 15th is the deadline to submit Oscars Submission Forms in the general entry categories to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 92nd Academy Awards conside ...
LOS ANGELES — Dneg (www.dneg.com), a provider of visual effects, animation and stereo conversion services, has bolstered its global client services team with the promotion of Lee Berger to executive v ...
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