WHITE PLAINS, NY — The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is hosting its Centennial Gala on Friday, October 28th in Hollywood at the Ray Dolby Ballroom. Actor John O’Hurley, be ...
September 12, 2016
AMSTERDAM — At IBC 2016, Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) announced Flame 2017 family extension 1 release for professional 3D visual effects, compositing and finishing. The update includes new 3D scene nav ...
September 9, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 12 scientific and technical investigations have been launched for the 2016 Oscars. These investigations are made public so ...
August 22, 2016
ENSCHEDE, THE NETERLANDS — Xsens (www.xsens.com), the provider of inertial motion capture technology, has launched a new education program offering studio-grade technology priced to meet educational b ...
September 22, 2016
LOS ANGELES – Animation Vertigo (www.animationvertigo.com), an outsource management company that provides motion capture animation to the entertainment industry, is partnering with Faceware Technologi ...
LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball recently called on Oishii Creative (www.oishiicreative.com) to produce a graphics toolkit for its 2016 Postseason promotional campaign. Using the track “Unstoppable ...
September 20, 2016
CARROLLTON, TX — FirstCom Music has introduced a new business venture that will offer original music for today’s digital storytellers. Middle 8 Music (Mid8music.com) is a custom music service that is ...
September 23, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The upcoming Production Music Conference (PMC), hosted by the Production Music Association (PMA), has announced that Shawn LeMone and Peter Cox are this year’s Mark Awards honorees. The ...
September 19, 2016
BURLINGTON, MA — Avid (www.avid.com) announced the availability of a new version of Avid Venue Software for its award-winning Avid Venue | S6L live sound system. Delivering on some of the most request ...
September 15, 2016
LOS ANGELES — On Sunday, September 18th, the Television Academy awarded the 68th Emmy Awards, recognizing excellence in primetime programming and individual achievement for the 2015-2016 television se ...
PARIS — Film Factory, here, is now using the Blackmagic Design Cintel film scanner for both its dailies and final film scanning workflows. Installed by MagicHour, the Cintel film scanner has been inte ...
LOS ANGELES — Slayer has released a new music video that continues its prison-riot theme. Pride In Prejudice follows the previously-released You Against You and Repentless storylines, and features the ...
FREMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design has released an update for its DaVinci Resolve editing and color correction software. Version 12.5.1 features support for Apple ProRes decode on Windows, ResolveFX enha ...
SANTA CLARA, CA — Assimilate’s (www.assimilateinc.com) Scratch 8.5, build 909, now includes support for Red’s new 8K Weapon Helium Sensor, as well as the 8K Weapon VistaVision-sized Sensor (full frame ...
August 16, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Cut+Run LA (www.cutandrun.com) has opened additional post production space within Playa Studios. Playa Studios is a 12,000-square-foot-space that’s dedicated to fostering creativity and ...
LOS ANGELES AND WHITE PLAINS, NY — The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) (www.smpte.org/join), the organization whose standards work has supported a century of technological a ...
BOSTON — Boris FX (https://borisfx.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GenArts Inc. (www.genarts.com), developers of special effects plug-ins. GenArts’ renowned flagship product, Sapphir ...
FRIEDRICHSDORF, GERMANY – Maxon ( www.maxon.net ) has announced a comprehensive, multi-year agreement with Nvidia ( www.nvidia.com ) that gives Maxon access to Nvidia rendering technology, including i ...
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — Blackmagic Design ( www.blackmagicdesign.com ) announced two key acquisitions during the IBC 2016 show in Amsterdam. The company has acquired Ultimatte, the blue and green scr ...
NEW YORK — NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast Corporation, has completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. The studio will become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, whi ...
August 24, 2016
PORTLAND, OR — Bent Image Lab (www.bentimagelab.com) has introduced their new Augmented Reality platform called youAR. The studio spent the last three years developing youAR along with computer vision ...
August 15, 2016
STUDIO CITY, CA — The Motion Picture Sound Editors (http://mpse.org/) and the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) will host the 8th Annual MPSE Golf and Poker Tournament on September 18th at the Angeles Nation ...
August 1, 2016
Brian Cox of Flarelight Films (flarelightfilms.com) recently created two new music videos for the alternative metal band Gemini Syndrome. A long-time friend of drummer Brian Medina, Cox was already on ...
August 19, 2016
Scott Rudd is a creative director based in the UK who specializes in music-related work. His career took off approximately three years ago, when work on a music video for his own band caught the atten ...
August 18, 2016
NEW YORK — The Blue Collar Post Collective is hosting its annual “Post NAB NYC” party on Tuesday, May 17th, giving East Coast post professionals a chance to learn more about many of the key products i ...
May 10, 2016
BURBANK, CA — For those that missed NAB this year, The Editors’ Lounge will host a post-NAB evening on Friday, April 29th at 6:30pm. The evening will feature an up-close look at all the latest from Bl ...
April 27, 2016
LAS VEGAS — Post ’s team of writers, contributors and industry pros recently spent long days on the show floor of the 2016 NAB Show in Las Vegas, searching for the most innovative and coolest new prod ...
April 26, 2016
NEW YORK — Audio Network (www.audionetwork.com) has announced that Adobe Premiere Pro CC users will now benefit from a new integrated panel providing direct access to the company’s catalog of over 100 ...
September 6, 2016
MELVILLE, NY — Canon USA, Inc., has extended its Cinema EOS family of professional cinematography products with the introduction of the EOS C700, EOS C700 PL and EOS C700 GS PL cinema cameras. Featuri ...
September 1, 2016
LOS ANGELES – The Academy has voted 17 students as winners of the 43rd Student Academy Awards competition. The Academy received a record number of entries this year – 1,749 films from 286 domestic and ...
August 30, 2016
LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced that Oscar-nominated film editor Mark Goldblatt ( Terminator 2: Judgment Day ) has won the runoff election for the open ...
LOS ANGELES — FuseFX has further strengthened its production staff with the addition of visual effects producer Sean Tompkins. A two-time Emmy nominee ( Falling Skies, Hemlock Grove ), Tompkins joins ...
LOS ANGELES — As HBO’s big winner Game of Thrones stacked up an impressive 16 trophies (including Outstanding Special Visual Effects for its “Battle of the Bastards” episode, considered as one of the ...
September 14, 2016
SANTA MONICA — Singer/songwriter Ian Bern is the latest addition to Killer Tracks’ Artist Series. The Nashville-based artist has drawn strong reviews for his debut single Enough/It’s Not You on B3SCI ...
July 1, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Geoffrey Mann has changed the name of his music library, Moss Landing Music, to Black Sheep Music (www.blacksheep-music.com). Founded in 2006 as a boutique music library specializing in ...
June 2, 2016
BEAUFORT, SC — SmartSound Software (www.smartsound.com), the provider of customizable royalty-free music and soundtrack creation technology, has released Sonicfire Pro 6. Seamlessly integrated with Sm ...
May 16, 2016
ARLINGTON, TX — Filmmaker and veteran storm chaser Martin Lisius has has plans to complete the sequel to his 1995 documentary The Chasers of Tornado Alley later this year. The upcoming doc — working t ...
April 25, 2016
SAN JOSE, CA — Adobe ( www.adobe.com ) announces new features, including new virtual reality capabilities, across its Creative Cloud tools for video editing, motion graphics, audio and collaboration.
April 13, 2016
ARLINGTON, TX – StormStock is continuing to broaden its stock footage offerings with the inclusion of 2016 US presidential campaign footage. Cinematographer and founder Martin Lisius recently captured ...
March 3, 2016
VENICE, CA — The Entertainment Technology Center at USC (ETC), Equinix and Google are coming together to raise awareness of new cloud-based workflow technologies for creative companies. On September 1 ...
September 7, 2016
CULVER CITY, CA — G-Technology (www.g-technology.com) and Atomos (www.atomos.com) have collaborated to create a suite of storage solutions designed to streamline the content creation process. The new ...
HUDSON, MA — At IBC 2016 in Amsterdam, storage solutions provider Facilis Technology (facilis.com) will demonstrate a virtual reality 360 3D playback system using its TerraBlock shared storage. Conten ...