BURBANK, CA - Robert A. Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company announced that Disney has agreed to acquire computer animation studio Pixar in an all-stock transaction, expected to be compl ...
January 24, 2006
PARK CITY, UT - Blackmagic Design (www.Blackmagic-design.com) is demonstrating the new Adobe OpenHD turnkey system in Intel's booth at the Sundance Film Center in Park City. The Adobe OpenHD turnkey c ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Editing house Umlaut (www.umlautfilms.com) has added Jennifer Suttlemyre to its executive team. She will serve as general manager of the studio, which features a roster of six editors.
LOS ANGELES - Realscan 3D (www.Realscan3D.com), an LA-based effects company specializing in the creation of film quality digital doubles using structured light 3D scanning, has delivered a scanned, an ...
January 23, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO - Spy Post (www.spypost.com) has added senior compositor/VFX supervisor Jon Wank. He brings over 10 years of experience to the studio having worked in high-end commercials, films, music ...
BURBANK, CA - Modern VideoFilm (www.mvfinc.com) has hired digital intermediate editor Nicholas Hasson, known for his proficiency on the Quantel iQ system. Hasson's arrival at Modern further expands th ...
January 20, 2006
LONDON - Visual effects developer The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk) has launched Furnace 3 for Shake, a collection of image processing plug-ins designed to significantly enhance workflow and producti ...
SAN JOSE, CA - Adobe Systems (www.adobe.com) has expanded its Adobe OpenHD alliance - originally started with Dell, HP, Intel, and Microsoft - to include 10 additional industry partners delivering cap ...
CHICAGO - The Digital Video Professionals Association (DVPA), an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of pros who rely on digital video technology, has launched an online resource center devote ...
January 19, 2006
PARK RIDGE, NJ - At a press event yesterday, Sony introduced the next generation of its XDCAM Professional Disc system. The new line-up includes two high definition optical camcorders and two professi ...