LOS ANGELES — With a background in compositing, Bob Kertesz founded BlueScreen LLC (www.bluescreen.com) three decades ago. The company specializes in live, on-set blue/green screen compositing and mul ...
July 25, 2014
SANTA ANA, CA — ProMax Systems (www.promax.com), the manufacturer of high-performance video storage servers and editing workstations, has acquired Cache-A (www.Cache-A.com), a supplier of network-atta ...
TORONTO — Side Effects Software (www.sidefx.com) has released Houdini Engine for Maya. This new plug-in provides animation and game studios with deep integration of Houdini’s procedural technology int ...
July 23, 2014
LOS ANGELES — Pixologic Inc. (www.pixologic.com), maker of ZBrush, the 3D sculpting application, recently announced its inaugural ZBrush Summit, which will take place on August 8th, 9th and 10th. The ...
SANTA MONICA — Apache Digital (www.apache.tv) is a new color-only house that was recently founded by two veteran commercial colorists and a long-time executive producer. LaRue Anderson, who serves as ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Convergent Design’s (www.convergent-design.com) Odyssey7 is the little sister to the company’s Odyssey7Q. The new professional HD monitor/recorder will ship in August and featur ...
July 21, 2014
ATLANTA — Biscardi Creative Media (www.biscardicreative.com) is offering rental space to Atlanta film and television productions, including edit and color-grading suites, 5.1 audio mixing, a screening ...
NEW YORK — Butter Music and Sound, which has locations on both coasts, recently signed senior composer/creative director Mike MacAllister to its team. He joins the studio from Human Music & Sound, ...
OAKDALE, MN — Corky Seeber, co-founder and president of Small Tree (www.small-tree.com) , has retired from the company. Seeber founded Small Tree in 2003 with Steve Modica and three other partners, an ...
July 18, 2014
FREMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design has announced the availability of Camera 1.8.2 software, which adds three new Apple ProRes file formats for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Pocket Cinema Camera and Produ ...
July 17, 2014