LA JOLLA, CA – High‐end cartoon effects for video are no longer the exclusive domain of Hollywood big boys thanks to video special effects creator NewBlue, Inc. Now anyone using leading desktop video software can take advantage of this free plugin download to “toonup” live‐action video with NewBlue Cartoonr, the company’s fast, easy and free way to give scenes a cartoon look. Users seeking effects for Adobe Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Liquid, Adobe After Effects, Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress Pro, Canopus Edius, Pinnacle Studio and Ulead VideoStudio can download this free video effects plugin at http://www.newbluefx.com/cartoonr. more

World’s Stock Imagery Sales Leader Will Offer Industry’s Easiest Way to Purchase all Types of Multimedia Under One Account

CALGARY, Alberta, May 14, 2008 –Today, iStockphoto, the company that revolutionized the stock photography market by offering images online for prices as low as $1, announced it will add royalty-free audio tracks to its collection of downloadable stock content in September 2008. In so doing, iStockphoto will become the first company to offer stock imagery, video footage, vector illustrations, Flash files and audio for purchase under one payment model, on one convenient site. more

Company Background

Echolab Corporation is a leading provider of video production switchers and tools that offer flexibility and on-air reliability for the production and distribution of digital media in a variety of formats. The company’s products include the Overture1™ and Overture2™ video production systems, MultiPlayMD™ multichannel instant-replay system, MegaKeyMD™ clip player/mixer/keyer, and Conductor™ control integration system, all of which provide functionality and ease of use critical to professional-quality production. Echolab is online at www.echolab.com. more

Honeyshed.com uses JMR’s BlueStor Storage Array to boost post production efficiency

Chatsworth, Calif. – May 13, 2008 - JMR Electronics, Inc. (www.jmr.com), a premier supplier of Storage and Server Platforms for OEMs, Systems Integrators and VARS, today announced that its BlueStor™ External PCIe RAID Storage System with PeSAN™ Technology has been in use at HoneyShed (www.honeyshed.com) as part of their post production process. more

New Facility’s Services Include Stereoscopic DI and Post for Features and TV

BURBANK (May 12, 2008)—Responding to Hollywood’s growing demand for 3D production and post-production, Stereoscope has opened its doors to serve the creative community. Equipped with the new version of Quantel’s Pablo 4K color grading system, which can handle real-time stereoscopic post-production, the studio has been designed from the ground up to provide a full range of stereo3D digital content services, from development through distribution. more

Portland, Ore. – May 9, 2008 – CHIFOO (Computer-Human Interaction Forum of Oregon), Oregon and Southwest Washington’s local SIGCHI chapter, and Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Oregon and Southwest Washington’s local SIGGRAPH chapter, today announced that celebrated designer, author and researcher of human aspects of technology Bill Buxton will present “Design Thinking: Action and Ecosystem,” beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11 at the World Trade Center Auditorium (Bridge Level) more

Studio City, CA (May 8, 2008) - Viewers will answer the question, Who is TV’s All-Time Funniest? this Friday during a two-hour special. If television aficionados were to assemble a list of TV’s favorite comedy characters from the greatest sitcoms in history, who would be the favorites? TV fans across the country were asked to choose their funniest characters in the following eight categories: Funniest Comedy Fathers, Funniest Mothers, Funniest Kids, Funniest Relatives, Funniest Neighbors, Funniest Friends, Funniest Boss and Funniest Co-Workers. Collected by Nielsen Media Research, the results will be revealed in the two-hour TV’s All-Time Funniest, A Paley Center for Media Special, airing FRIDAY, MAY 9 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. more

IRVINE, Calif. — May 8, 2008 — Sonnet Technologies, a leader in providing local storage systems for professional users of Macintosh®, Windows®, and UNIX® systems in the film, video, and broadcast industries, today announced the Fusion™ RAID Expander, which provides a simple and cost-effective solution for connecting up to seven Sonnet Fusion SATA RAID desktop or rackmount storage systems to a single computer for even faster performance and access to up to 56 terabytes (TB) of protected storage. The Fusion RAID Expander extends a computer’s PCI Express® (PCIe) bus outside of the box and provides seven slots for installing PCIe cards. The Sonnet expansion system delivers plug-and-play installation and is transparent to the computer’s operating system for zero-configuration use. more

ERLANGER, KY, May 7, 2008—The latest video scaler added to TVOne-task’s inventory is the 1T-VS-626. It can accept audio embedded in the incoming HDMI signal or from the separate Toslink or analog stereo inputs. The HDMI output can then be scaled to the same or a different resolution. Output audio is simultaneously present embedded in the HMDI signal and separately as Toslink and analog stereo providing maximum flexibility for systems integration. more

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