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CINNAFILM and ARRI Partner to Showcase Latest Innovations in Film and Video Post Production Technology at IBC 2009

Highlights Will Include A Look At Cinnafilm’s Pixel Strings GPU-Based Parallel Processing Software Engine – Featured in the ARRI Relativity Software Solution – and New ‘Clean Module’


Albuquerque, September 8, 2009 – Cinnafilm, Inc., the software engineering developer of advanced GPU-based film and video post production tools, announced the details of its IBC 2009 presence – the leading international forum for the electronic media industry (September 11 – 15, at RAI Amsterdam). Cinnafilm CEO Lance Maurer will be at the convention with partner ARRI, the professional motion equipment world leader, showcasing at its booth the latest versions of Cinnafilm’s high-performance image processing technology tools found in ARRI Relativity™ (Relativity™).


Relativity, the groundbreaking modular suite of software tools developed by Cinnafilm, leverages its Pixel Strings™ technology, the first software engine to harness the potential of GPU-based parallel processing for motion estimation and spatial-temporal image filtering. The software provides more

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Cinnafilm Signs Global Reseller Agreement with Professional Motion Picture Equipment World Leader, ARRI

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cinnafilm, Inc., an engineering software firm dedicated to the development of powerful, reliable and intuitive film and video post production tools for creative professionals, today announced it has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar global reseller agreement with ARRI, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional motion picture equipment. The agreement gives ARRI the worldwide rights to market and resell Cinnafilm’s high-performance image processing software suite, leveraging its powerful GPU-based motion estimation engine, Pixel Strings™. Newly christened as ARRI Relativity, this groundbreaking software suite provides unprecedented levels of power and performance for professional-grade format conversion, retiming, film simulation, degraining and texture control—innovative technology co-developed with Digital Film Central — all on a single workstation. A technology launch event is scheduled to take place on June 2, 2009 in the Los Angeles area and will be open to press and industry professionals by invitation only. more

CINNAFILM TO CELEBRATE RELEASE OF CINNAFILM HD1 DURING SIGGRAPH

On July 31st, Cinnafilm, a pioneering developer of advanced film and video production tools, announced the immediate availability of Cinnafilm™ HD1, the industry’s first all-in-one format conversion platform designed specifically for film simulation and unlimited frame rate conversion of digital video. more

Cinnafilm Ships Cinnafilm HD1, the Industry’s First All-in-One Format Conversion Platform

cinnafilm-hd1.jpgAdvanced System Sets New Standard for Real-Time Film Simulation and Unlimited Frame Rate Conversion from Any Digitized Video Source


Albuquerque, New Mexico - July 31, 2008 - Cinnafilm Inc. (www.cinnafilm.com), a pioneering developer of advanced film and video production tools, today announced the immediate availability of Cinnafilm™ HD1, the industry’s first all-in-one format conversion platform designed specifically for film simulation and unlimited frame rate conversion of digital video. The unique combined hardware and software platform leverages the power of graphics card parallel processing to deliver unmatched quality format conversions and celluloid simulations quickly, easily, cost effectively and most significantly, in real-time. HD1 places complete and instantaneous control of the artistic process directly into the hands of creative professionals without sacrificing production quality or visual integrity. more

Karcher Design Taps particleIllusion 3.0 for Motion Graphics Brand Design Campaign

St. Louis, MO (October 10, 2007) — When San Diego-based creative firm Karcher Design was tapped by corporate giant CSC to create presentation materials for its annual senior leaders conference in support of a new global initiative, it had just over four weeks lead time. To meet the challenge, Karcher Design leveraged the power and versatility of wondertouch™, (www.wondertouch.com) particleIllusion™ to create a state-of-the art package of presentation elements, culminating in a spectacular, seven-minute motion-graphics intensive film. more

wondertouch Expands Pro Emitter Collection With Three New Libraries for particleIllusion

ST. LOUIS (July 25, 2007) - wondertouch™, a leading software developer of high performance particle effects creation tools, today released an additional three new libraries in its Professional Emitters (Pro Emitters) software line for particleIllusion™ 3.0. Each library contains 30 complex, ready-to-use, particle-based emitters that allow digital content creators to easily customize particle effects projects quickly and cost efficiently. The Pro Emitters supplement the already impressive selection of more than 2000 different preset emitters that ship with particleIllusion 3.0, as well as the additional emitters that the company releases free-of-charge each month, to provide artists with an impressive variety of effects choices. With today‘s announcement, the expanded wondertouch Pro Emitters collection now offers a total of 360 particleIllusion 3.0 emitters arranged into twelve themed libraries ranging from real-world effects such as explosions, fire, auroras, and breaking glass to motion graphics and artistic backgrounds, text and abstract effects. more

Q & A with Cinital Founder Eliot Mack

Cinital (www.cinital.com) is an exhibitor at NAB 2007 (booth SL4730). Company Founder, Eliot Mack, answers a few questions about the company‘s newly released Previzion HD Studio virtual set technology that will be on display.


Q: Can you tell us what distinguishes Previzion from virtual set solutions of the past?


Mack: Previzion is a unique end-to-end virtual studio solution that seamlessly integrates computer generated graphics and live video from real-time camera motion to create very realistic synthetic imagery. more

wondertouch releases new Universal Binary Version of particleIlusion 3.0 for Mac OS X

wondertouch™ www.wondertouch.com announces today the immediate availability of a Universal Binary version of particleIllusion™ 3.0 for Mac OS X, its award-winning particle effects application. particleIllusion 3.0.5 is a free update that runs natively on both Intel- and Power PC-based Mac computers. In addition to running full-speed on the new generation of Intel Mac computers, particleIllusion 3.0.5 contains numerous bug fixes and has been optimized; it delivers a 10- to-20 percent speed improvement over version 3.0.4 on Power PC Macs. (Full press release available here)


At NAB wondertouch (booth SL3827B) will show the new Universal Binary version of particleIllusion 3.0 in addition to the entire particleIllusion(TM) line of software products, including the highly-acclaimed new Pro Emitter Libraries. Alan Lorence, president of wondertouch, answers questions about the new Universary Binary release and the company’s participation at NAB. more

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Mechanism Digital Deploys particleIllusion 3.0 on the “Last Stand of the 300”

ST. LOUIS, MO — March 20, 2007 — wondertouch™, www.wondertouch.com, a high-performance developer of particle effects creation software tools, today announced that Mechanism Digital, a New York-City based facility specializing in 3D animation, visual effects, and broadcast design, relied on particleIllusion 3.0, the company‘s cornerstone particle effects application, to create realistic particle effects such as fire, smoke, dust and sparks, on “Last Stand of the 300,” The History Channel special (currently airing), which made its television debut on March 8. Mechanism has been using particleIllusion since 2001, and has used the software on “Engineering an Empire,” and “Inside the Volcano,” two other recent The History Channel programs. (Editors‘ Note: Downloadable image is available at: http://www.wondertouch.com/images/press/070320/arrows3brighter.jpg) more

wondertouch to Exhibit particleIllusion Product Line at NAB 2007

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wondertouch(TM) LLC, www.wondertouch.com, the award-winning developer of particle effects creation tools for the digital content creation industry, invites members of the press and convention attendees at NAB 2007 - April 16 through April19 - to stop by the wondertouch booth SL3827B (in the Plug-in Pavilion), where its particleIllusion(TM) software line will be on display. more

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