November 20 EL SEGUNDO, CA - Premiere Props, on behalf of David E. Kelley Productions, is holding an industrial auction and sale of post production equipment used for David E. Kelley Productions’ hit series, including The Practice and Boston Legal. The auction will also include furniture, set dressings and props. Post gear set for auction includes Avid nonlinear editors, Mac servers, high-end architectural printers, rolling media racks, and recorders.  

November 19 NEWBURY, UK - The latest version of Imagica’s Primatte keyer is now available to users of Quantel (www.quantel.com) iQ, eQ and Pablo systems. Primatte V.4 is faster and easier to use than its predecessor, and includes a number of new features that aid in producing great-looking keys.  

November 19 LOS ANGELES - For the third consecutive year, The Hollywood Post Alliance presented its HPA Awards to the top behind-the-scenes talent working in motion pictures, television and commercials.  

November 17 NEW YORK - Domenic Rom, who has served as COO of the lab at PostWorks since its acquisition three years ago, has been appointed to the newly-created position of SVP/general manager of post production services. Rom is a 28-year New York City post veteran who's worked with Unitel, Duart, Sekani and Moving Images. He's also involved with the Association of Cinema and Video Laboratories.  

November 17 LONDON - Hibbert Ralph Animation has signed up-and-coming animator George Bowler. He brings with him a graphic design and animation background, and has already secured a Nokia-sponsored short film commission since joining the studio.  

Emmy winner Aurore de Blois discusses her work on the visual effects for Battlestar Galactica, including the use of Eyeon's Fusion compositing application.  

Detroit Chop Shop (www.thedetroitchopshop.com) founder Ric Viers has written a comprehensive and well-organized book on how to create Hollywood-style sound effects.  

Elaine Cantwell, creative director and founder of LA's Spark, goes on the record, discussing trends in design as content crosses media platforms.