BEAUFORT, SC — SmartSound Software (www.smartsound.com), the provider of customizable royalty-free music and soundtrack creation technology, has released Sonicfire Pro 6. Seamlessly integrated with Sm ...

May 16, 2016

SANTA CLARA, CA — Assimilate (www.assimilateinc.com) has announced the open-beta version of Scratch 8.5, the latest version of its realtime post production tool for dailies, conforming, grading, compo ...

May 16, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Rob Hodgson has joined MPC Los Angeles as VFX creative director for the advertising division. A well respected and accomplished VFX supervisor and artist, his body of work includes Ang L ...

May 16, 2016

NEW YORK — Director Dave Meyers of Zanmi Films recently worked with Strange Invention's VFX supervisor Todd Sarsfield and the team at Nice Shoes (www.niceshoes.com) to create a music video for the sig ...

May 16, 2016

LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Professional Association (www.hpaonline.com) has opened its call for entries in the creative categories for the 11th annual HPA Awards. These categories recognize creative ...

May 16, 2016

LONDON — Deluxe’s Rushes (www.bydeluxe.com) has appointed Simona Cristea head of creative color. In addition to being an experienced colorist, Cristea is also an internationally-exhibited artist who’s ...

May 13, 2016

SAN JOSE — The Creative Storage Conference (www.creativestorage.org) will be held on June 23rd at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA. CS2016 brings together vendors, end users, r ...

May 13, 2016

LONDON — The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk), maker of the popular Nuke compositing solution, has appointed Jody Madden to the newly-created role of chief customer officer. The announcement follows the ...

May 13, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO — Unity Technologies (http://unity3d.com), a global development platform for creating 2D, 3D, VR and AR games and experiences, has launched its “Women in Gaming” speaker series. The seri ...

May 12, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Blackmagic Design’s Ursa Mini 4.6K digital film camera was recently used to shoot Aaron Carter’s new music video Fool’s Gold. The video was co-directed by Carter and platinum-selling son ...

May 12, 2016