LOS ANGELES — The Advanced Imaging Society’s Lumiere Awards were recently presented, awarding 23 statuettes for distinguished creative and technical achievement. The thirteenth annual awards ceremony ...
February 21, 2023
LOS ANGELES — The Advanced Imaging Society’s Lumiere Awards were presented today, recognizing distinguished creative and technical achievement in immersive storytelling using advanced visual technolog ...
March 4, 2022
I expect 2022 to be a breakthrough year for virtual reality, augmented reality and other forms of expanded realities. The technology is advancing rapidly and becoming less expensive and more accessibl ...
January 24, 2022
In the animated feature Rally Road Racers, a rookie race-car driver squares off against a long-reigning champion while having to overcome treacherous terrain and unexpected obstacles.
September 13, 2023
AUBURN, WA — Puget Systems (www.pugetsystems.com) is partnering with Vū (www.vu.network) to exclusively provide media servers to power Vū’s newly-launched, turn-key virtual production platform. Vū One ...
September 6, 2023
LONDON – Mocap and performace capture facility The Imaginarium Studios (imaginariumstudios.co.uk) recently made three key hires. Alex Hill comes on board as business development manager for gaming, wh ...
BURLINGTON, MA - Avid has introduced Pro Tools Sketch (Avid.com/pro-tools-sketch), a new nonlinear, clip-based creation tool in Pro Tools software that is also available as a free iPad app. Pro Tools ...
September 22, 2023
KOKKEDAL, DENMARK - DPA Microphones (www.dpamicrophones.com), the Danish manufacturer of high-quality condenser microphones, has opened a new headquarters in the Copenhagen suburb of Kokkedal. The mod ...
September 20, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO — Swell Music + Sound (www.swellmusicsound.com) has tapped music veteran Ana Velasco as its new executive producer. The Bay Area studio specializes in original music, sound design, sonic ...
September 19, 2023
LOS ANGELES — Visual effects house Digital Domain (www.digitaldomain.com) has entered into a co-brand partnership with PRG (Production Resource Group), a provider of entertainment and live-event solut ...
NEW YORK CITY — Alt_Mix (www.altmixstudio.com), the boutique audio post and sound design studio launched by Cory Melious last year, is moving to the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan. Alt_Mix is ...
September 18, 2023
Seattle-based MØAA recently released the video for her new single The One. The track is the second off of her sophomore LP “Jaywalker,” which arrives on October 13th, via WWNBB Records.
FREMONT, CA - Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagicdesign.com) has introduced Blackmagic Camera, a free app that adds digital film camera controls to the Apple iPhone. Based on the same operating system a ...
September 14, 2023
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Atomos (www.atomos.com) has introduced the latest generation of its Shogun camera-mounted monitor/recorders. Shogun and Shogun Ultra both incorporate the new AtomOS 11 operating ...
LOS ANGELES - Brothers Michael and Peter Cioni have officially announced Strada (strada.tech), a new startup that aims to drive creative professionals to work exclusively in the cloud. Following month ...
CHALFONT ST. GILES, ENGLAND — Adam Shell has joined Digital Orchard (www.digitalorchardgroup.com) in the newly-created role of head of technology. The announcement follows the growth of the company’s ...
September 12, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO — MovieLabs (www.movielabs.com), the technology joint venture of the major Hollywood motion picture studios, has released a new white paper in the 2030 Vision Series. "Interoperability i ...
August 30, 2023
NEW YORK CITY — Sofia Kerpan of Modern Post (https://modernpost.com) recently won the 2023 MTV Video Music Award (VMA) for “Best Editing” for her work on Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire music video. Directed ...
Vine FX (vinefx.com) is an award-winning visual effects company in Cambridge, UK. Previously, Vine FX has operated out of various cutting rooms in London, as well as set up facilities on-set at Leaves ...
July 26, 2023
SINGAPORE — Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s (www.np.edu.sg) School of Film & Media Studies (FMS) has unveiled an immersive on-campus space called the M:idea Playground, as well as announced a series of str ...
July 6, 2023
PARKER, CO — Bryce Button, AJA’s director of marketing, passed away suddenly on Friday, May 19th. The company issued the following statement:
May 23, 2023
CUPERTINO, CA — Apple (apple.com) has unveiled Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, making the video editing and music production tools more affordable and available to content creators. Both release ...
May 9, 2023
FREMONT, CA — At the 2023 NAB Show, Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagicdesign.com) announced the Ursa Mini Pro 12K OLPF, a new digital film camera that adds a high performance optical low pass filter to ...
April 26, 2023
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 ...
September 13, 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 ...
LONDON — FreshTracks Music UK (freshtracksmusic.co.uk), the independent music publisher, has launched Smart Search technology that harnesses the power of AI to simplify music searches.
September 15, 2023
PARIS — Technicolor (www.technicolor.com) has announced its commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard and the Business Ambition for 1.5º, in order to reduce busines ...
March 10, 2022
NEW YORK CITY — Editorial, finishing and VFX studio Uppercut (uppercutedit.com) has promoted Lisa Sadek to head of production at its New York office. In addition, the studio has hired Jared Thomas, wh ...
November 8, 2021
Demi Lovato’s Swine video has garnered more than a million views since it debuted two month ago. The song is centered around abortion rights, with numerous queer and trans people appearing in the vide ...
September 11, 2023
LOS ANGELES — Wild Capture (wildcapture.io) is using volumetric capture technology to create high-quality digital humans. The company’s Unify Solver turns volumetric footage into standard 3D animated ...
April 27, 2023
ROUND ROCK, TX — Dell (www.dell.com) offers the Precision 7960 in both tower and rack configurations. The company had both at their booth at NAB this year in Las Vegas. The 7960 tower can scale in per ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Magicbox (www.magicbox.ninja) brought its Magicbox Superstudio mobile virtual production trailer to this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas, The semi truck transforms into a turn-key virtual ...
LONDON — Disguise’s (www.disguise.one) new integration with SaaS platform Volinga.ai enables filmmakers and virtual production specialists to quickly generate 3D environments. Users can now capture re ...
July 12, 2023
LOS ANGELES — Creative and technology studio Preymaker (https://preymaker.com) has expanded its West Coast team with four new hires. Adam Lambert, Roxy Zuckerman and Michael Reed join Preymaker’s crea ...
May 10, 2023
NEW YORK CITY — Machine (machinesound.co), the London-based sound and music production company, has opened up a new studio in Manhattan on West 22nd Street. The London location has built long-standing ...
LONDON — Five of Framestore's (framestore.com) top creatives have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The group represents the company’s studios in Montreal, ...
June 29, 2023
SAN JOSE, CA — Adobe (www.adobe.com) recently shared that 10 Oscar-nominated films used the company’s creative applications to bring their stories to life. This included three Oscar-nominated document ...
March 17, 2023
FREMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design’s (www.blackmagicdesign.com) tools were used on a range of films that were recognized at the recent 95th Academy Awards. The company’s digital film cameras and DaVinci ...
March 16, 2023
October 7, 2021
NYACK, NY – Flavorlab (www.flavorlab.com) is an audio production company that composes, records, mixes and masters music and sound for brands across the world. The studio created the theme song for AB ...
September 21, 2021
SANTA MONICA – Universal Publishing Production Music has announced that two of its companies – Santa Monica-based Universal Production Music and Dallas-based FirstCom Music – are merging to create a n ...
August 3, 2021
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 ...
July 14, 2020
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 ...
March 6, 2020
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
BURLINGTON, MA — Avid (avid.com), the company behind the Media Composer nonlinear editing system and Pro Tools digital audio workstation, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an a ...
August 10, 2023
Since launching its upgraded program and new TPN+ platform in early February, the Trusted Partner Network (TPN), powered by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), is experiencing rapid adoption of its ...
June 13, 2023
SAN JOSE, CA — Adobe (adobe.com) has introduced powerful new AI and 3D innovations across its family of video and audio applications. AI-powered features help automate time-intensive tasks so video ed ...