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CLASS ON DEMAND LEGENDS SERIES LIGHTS UP ITS TRAINING CURRICULUM

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CLASS ON DEMAND LEGENDS SERIES LIGHTS UP ITS TRAINING CURRICULUM

Popular training lineup now includes insider tips and tricks from film and video lighting Legend, Carl Gundestrup; Class on Demand also adds new Final Cut Pro Tutorial to the ‘Legends’ Series mix

Hoffman Estates, IL – April 6, 2011 – Class on Demand™, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, is pleased to announce that it has expanded its “Class on Demand ‘Legends’ Series” training initiative (http://www.classondemand.com/legends/). Powered by the Class on Demand Learning Platform’s secure streaming video server, “Class on Demand ‘Legends’ Series” offers beginners and seasoned professionals a chance to attend the most acclaimed short-format training seminars from the convenience of their home or office computer. The seminars, webinars, and workshops share exciting techniques from some of the most talented minds in digital media and post-production, including Final Cut tutorial (more…)

Digital Film Tools Releases Rays

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Digital Film Tools Releases Rays

Visual effects innovators add a ray of light to any creative project

Los Angeles, CA – April 6, 2010 – Digital Film Tools, developer of visual effects software, today announced the availability of a brand new plug-in for visual effects artists – Rays. The Rays plug-in allows users to easily create stunning and realistic light ray effects in any creative project. Known as volumetric lighting in computer graphics, or crepuscular rays in atmospheric optics, this dramatic effect adds polish and style. Create shafts of light streaming through clouds, rays filtering through a forest canopy, beams of light on a foggy night, or rays shooting out from text. Rays adds a striking and dramatic quality to any image.

“Since the rays are only added to highlight areas, they have the effect of passing through objects and simulate a third dimensional (more…)

Final Cut Users ‘Get’ Bundled with Av3 Software’s New Production Power Packs

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FINAL CUT USERS GET BUNDLED WITH AV3 SOFTWARE’S NEW PRODUCTION POWER PACKS

Production Power Packs designed to maximize workflows at minimum cost; first power pack couples Get with Boris AAF Transfer for editors working with both Final Cut Pro and Media Composer

Get Dialog Search Tool for FCP Overview Video

Boston, MA – April 6, 2011 – AV3 Software, developer and distributor of unique and innovative workflow tools for digital media, is pleased to introduce to the creative community its brand new Production Power Packs: bundled software designed to maximize workflow and production quality at minimum cost. To kick-start the Production Power Pack initiative, AV3 Software partnered with Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated graphics and effects technology for the broadcast, post-production, film, and multimedia markets. This first specially priced package bundles AV3 Software’s Get dialog search application powered by Nexidia with Boris (more…)

NewTek Introduces Third-Party Video Developer Program at NAB 2011

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LAS VEGAS – NAB Show – April 5, 2011 – NewTek, worldwide leader in video and 3D animation products, today announced the debut of their Video SDK (Software Development Kit) Program, designed to provide support and access to a series of NewTek SDKs. Third-party developers will now be able to tap into the power of proprietary NewTek iVGA(tm), LiveSet(tm) and DataLink(tm) technologies. The program also includes the ability to access add-on plug-in architecture and support for remote control through a TCP/IP communication link. tricastertcxd850_angled.jpg

“With the continuing success of our video product line, including TriCaster and 3PLAY, we are seeing an increasing demand from developers and customers alike to have improved access and integration into our products,” said NewTek Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Cross. “With the creation of this program, we are very excited to be able to provide the software for (more…)

Singular Software Presto For Final Cut Pro: Beta Now Available

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Revolutionary synchronization application works alongside FCP to create engaging presentation videos; innovative tracking and automation technology syncs presenter, screen, and slides in just minutes

Vancouver, British Columbia – Singular Software™, developer of workflow automation applications for digital media, is pleased to announce the public beta of Singular Software Presto™ for Final Cut Pro®. The Singular Software Presto application dramatically simplifies the creation of presentation videos. The application’s sophisticated computer tracking and automation technology works alongside Final Cut Pro to automatically synchronize footage of the presenter, presentation slides, and a video taken of the screen – creating a polished video of the presentation in just minutes. “Singular Software Presto makes it fast and easy to go from raw recording to finished video. By using a number of layout templates, users can automatically create a customized professional presentation video, (more…)

FxFactory Powered PHYX Keyer 2.0 Raises The Bar On Keying In Final Cut Pro, Motion, And After Effects

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Noise Industries and PHYX Inc. amp up popular keying plug-in pack with three new keying plug-ins for increased keying accuracy, speed and control

Boston, MA – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, and development partner PHYX Inc. are pleased to bring the VFX community PHYX Keyer 2.0 for the FxFactory® platform. PHYX Keyer 2.0 is an amplified collection of keying plug-ins designed to work inside Adobe® After Effects®, Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Apple Motion® and Apple Final Cut® Express applications. PHYX Keyer 2.0 is GPU-accelerated for speed increases of up to 300% and introduces three new professional-quality plug-ins to the existing pack; Composite Matcher, FastKeyer, and MatteFuse. Version 2.0 contains highly optimized, award-winning tools to create seamless and realistic composites, repair uneven green/blue screens, create and manipulate mattes, (more…)

Apple Staff Pick Dialog Search Tool for FCP Gets a New Price Point Just in Time for NAB

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APPLE STAFF PICK DIALOG SEARCH TOOL FOR FCP GETS A NEW PRICE POINT JUST IN TIME FOR NAB

Purchase AV3 Software’s Get for the new and improved – and drastically reduced – price of just $249

Boston, MA – April 1, 2011 – AV3 Software, developer and distributor of unique and innovative workflow tools for the creative community, is pleased to announce a brand-new, more affordable price point for the award-winning dialog search tool for Final Cut Pro® (FCP) editors, Get. Editors looking to save time, energy – and now money – can purchase Get for just $249 USD. Communicating directly with FCP, Get locates footage based on a patented phonetic search technology, powered by Nexidia, that produces the most accurate results possible based on the true spoken words within digital content. AV3 Software and Get will be on display at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, (more…)

VSN to unveil important new features in its broadcast architecture at NAB 2011

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Among the new features that VSN will be presenting at NAB 2011 the following stand out: integration of all Archive, News and MAM modules with current domains (Active Directory, LDAP, etc.) and Avid editing software, the UMP transfer accelerator integrated with VSNIPTRANSFER, a new version of its Traffic system and new workflows for graphics.

Pioneering the TAPELESS 2.0 concept, VSN will be presenting important new features for its broadcast software solutions for tapeless digital environments at the forthcoming NAB Show 2011. Located in booth N1208, the company will exhibit new versions of its products covering most areas of a broadcast workflow such as Archive & MAM, News Production, IP Video, Scheduling & Traffic and Master Control Room. NAB’s 2011 show, one of the most important broadcast events in the world, will take place on April 11th-14th in Las Vegas.

Archive & MAM

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Quantel to showcase latest innovations for Broadcast and Post at NAB 2011

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QTube set to be star of the show

16 March 2011, Booth #SL2014: At NAB Quantel will unveil a range of new and enhanced solutions for post and broadcast. Key themes are expanding file-based workflow, enhancing integration and boosting high quality Stereo3D productivity. The all-new Quantel booth will feature new products as well as refinements across the established and successful Broadcast and Post product ranges.

Global Media Workflow

Until now building fast, flexible workflows that span countries, continents and the globe has been impossible. At NAB Quantel will launch QTube, a system that delivers truly global media workflow, allowing media assets to be quickly and securely accessed from anywhere there’s an internet connection. Far more than just a media viewer QTube offers metadata editing, quality downloads and even frame accurate editing; all over the internet, with low latency and full security.

Quantel will be (more…)