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Colourist Omar Godinez Puts Resolve to Work on ‘The Courier’

Films In Motion in Louisiana invested in a new Blackmagic Design Resolve grading suite and

engaged colourist Omar Godinez to complete top quality post and finishing on ‘The Courier’,
entirely in-house.

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Atomos Ninja 2 Gains AtomOS 3.0 and Ready-to-Edit Functions

The Ninja 2, the latest version of Atomos' 10-bit HDMI field recorder, records to all ProRes and

several Avid codecs, can be configured for multiple-camera shoots and has pre-editing functions.

Workflowers Infrastructure/Cloud Extends Studio Services Globally

Workflowers, based in France, is using its telecommunication partners around the world to provide

new on-demand infrastructure services to production and postproduction facilities.

After Effects CS6 Goes for Speed and More Screens

Adobe Creative Suite 6, now released, includes updates to After Effects designed mainly for speed.

Cinematic VFX and motion graphics can be produced faster with the new Global Performance Cache
and 3D camera tracker.

Digital Rapids Streams Live Cricket from India, Opens Up in Sydney

Digital Rapids StreamZ Live adaptive bit rate encoders is set to stream the 51-day Indian Premier

League tournament live online of through the indiatimes.com website and via YouTube.

Imagineer Introduces Academic Discounts for Film Students

Imagineer Systems is launching a discount pricing program for universities, film schools and high

schools, to make it easier to incorporate skills from mocha Pro v3 and its planar tracker system
into curriculums.

JVC Cameras Extend News and Broadcast Capabilities

JVC brought interesting cameras to the NAB 2012 Show. These were the 4K GY-HMQ10 camcorder

introduced in September 2011, the GY-HM650 for fast Mobile Newsgathering and the new low-light
GY-HM600 with wide angle 23x autofocus zoom lens.

Dubsat Media Front Manages Digital Ad Assets in the Cloud

Dubsat MediaFront is a new cloud-based advertising asset management suite of software. A user

can view and preview a media asset library on the desktop or a smart-phone, from any location.

Sorenson Squeeze 8.5 Speeds Encodes and Adds 5GB Storage

Sorenson Squeeze 8.5 has gained speed increases with video encoding engine improvements,

including parallel processing and Intel Quick Sync Optimization. New outputs now include
MPEG DASH in MP4 with H.264.

Dalet Extends NLE Integration Options with Adobe, FCP and Avid

Dalet Digital Media has increased integration with several non-linear editing platforms. Editors who

work in groups from NLE workstations do not need to work in isolation, and have access to
metadata-based reference and search tools.

Cooke Optics and ZGC Welcome Juergen Schwinzer

Cooke Optics and Cooke distributor ZGC have appointed Juergen Schwinzer, with 40 years of

experience at ARRI, in a diverse sales and technical role. He brings a large amount of varied
industry knowledge and technical expertise to both organisations.

Canon HD Lenses Go to Global Television for OB and Major Series

Global Television in Sydney reached a purchase agreement with Canon Australia during the

NAB 2012 Show for 17 Canon HD Box-style and Electronic Field Production lenses with
full controls.

The Avengers Conquer Digital Workflows with ARRI ALEXA

DP Seamus Garvey and second unit VFX photographer Jake Morrison, both first-time ALEXA

shooters, describe camera testing and on-set workflows for ‘The Avengers’.

OptiTrack and Nvizage Go Undergound with the Titans

In ‘Wrath of the Titans’ the director and VFX team needed to choreograph complex battle sequences

between live actors and CG creatures within shifting virtual sets. Nvizage used an OptiTrack Insight
VCS mocap setup to help stage the action.

OConnor Handgrips and Sony F3 Capture Cine Look for Documentary

Austrian filmmaker Richard Ladkani sought a special, cinematic look for his documentary ‘Gas

Monopoly’, the first feature-length documentary shot on the Sony F3 in Europe, using OConnor
gear to shoot in extreme situations.

Telestream Vantage Transcode HE Server Distributes Over-the-Top

Telestream’s new Vantage Transcode HE Server is specialized to accelerate transcoding and

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packaging for multiscreen delivery, including OTT, Web, mobile and IPTV.

Boxx TV Extends Meridian System for Broadcast Shooters

Boxx TV’s Meridian Lite RF HD camera transmission system with zero-delay and Meridian Tallis

tally and iris-only control are new, low cost camera support for video and live broadcast.

Cinesite Announces Sale to UK Private Investor Endless LLP

Cinesite visual effects studio and Endless LLP, an independent UK private equity house, today

announced that Endless LLP has acquired Cinesite from Kodak for an undisclosed amount.

BBC Studios’ ‘The Persuaders!’ Remaster Receives FOCAL Nomination

BBC Studios and Post Production’s Digital Media Services team has digitally restored the

complete series of the 1970s hit show ‘The Persuaders!’ for Blu-ray release, and earned a
FOCAL International Awards nomination.

WD VelociRaptor Raises Performance with 1TB Drive

Western Digital’s new VelociRaptor 1TB hard drive, one of the largest capacity 10,000 RPM hard

drives available, is designed for high-performance PCs, Mac computers and workstations.

SONY Supplies 24 HDC2400 Camera Chains to Global TV

Australian provider of outsourced television production services Global Television

has purchased 24 Sony HDC2400 camera chains at the 2012 NAB Show.

FMX 2012 Gets Immersed in a Virtual World

FMX 2012 is highlighting the advent of Virtual Production, transferring former

analogue processes into the digital realm, blurring boundaries between
pre-production, production and post.

Adobe SpeedGrade Adds Lumetri Engine and Stereo Tools to CS6

Adobe SpeedGrade is a new colour grading component in Creative Suite 6 that adds

the Lumetri Deep Colour Engine to production workflows and uses the full dynamic
range in footage.

Adobe Prelude CS6 Ingests, Logs and Finds Assets Fast

Adobe Prelude CS6 software is a new application added to the Adobe Creative

Suites to organise video production tasks and help artists start work on projects
sooner.

NVIDIA GPUs Accelerate Adobe CS6 Workflows

Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium gains speed and interactivity with

acceleration from NVIDIA Quadro and Tesla GPUs, giving video and CG artists
and editors further acceleration for motion graphics, VFX rendering and more
complex grading.

Corel WordPerfect Office X6 Spans iOS to Android, eBooks to Video

Corel WordPerfect Office X6 has added new multiple monitor support, file previewing