Leading stock video marketplace adds music and sound effects to its royalty-free collection

New York, NY, October 28, 2009 — Pond5.com, the fast-growing marketplace for stock video, has significantly expanded its offering by adding stock music and sound effects to it’s collection of downloadable royalty-free stock media. This major addition provides media producers everywhere with instant access to the full array of stock content needed in today’s production workflows.

The audio side of Pond5 launches with more than 15,000 sound effects and over 3,000 production music tracks, which will complement one of the leading stock video collections on the web. Pond5 now features over 240,000 royalty-free stock footage clips, with thousands more added each week. All media can be searched, previewed, purchased and downloaded directly from the site.

“We’re extremely excited about introducing audio on Pond5,” says CEO Tom Bennett. “We think the same factors more

Provides enhanced lighting for After Effects’ built-in lights

Wilmington, NC – November 3, 2009 – Digieffects,® a developer of visual effects software plugins, today announced that Falloff Lighting is available for purchase. Falloff Lighting provides enhanced lighting for After Effects’ built-in lights. Falloff Lighting is much more like that of the real world where light naturally decays or “falls off” as surfaces increase distance from the After Effects light.

According to Robert Sharp, president of Digieffects, “Falloff Lighting is a great complement to After Effects’ built-in lighting system. With After Effects it doesn’t matter how far away a layer is from a light, it is still illuminated the same amount by that light. However, if you use Falloff Lighting, objects will appear dimmer the further away they are from the lights illuminating them.

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Videoguys.com thinks it’s time to start talking more about one of the most cost effective tools you can add to your HD video editing arsenal - the Matrox MXO2 Mini. There are lots of great features in this mighty mite, and the new Videoguys FAQ on the Matrox MXO2 Mini will tell you all about them.



What is the MXO2 Mini?

The MXO2 Mini is a portable I/O (input/output) device. It supports both Standard Definition and High Definition footage. On the SD side you get composite, S-Video and Component input and output. For HD you get Component and HDMI in and out. HDMI can of course also be used for SD footage, but I like to think of it as an HD interface.

How do I hook up the MXO2 Mini to my computer?

The MXO2 Mini is an external more

Venice, CA— 3rd October, 2009—Lightcraft Technology has announced the successful long term rental of a Previzion® realtime on-set VFX compositing and tracking system by Zoic Studios. The time and money-saving system is being used in Zoic’s on set and post work with profoundly beneficial results to VFX aesthetics and budgets.

“Lightcraft Technology’s Previzion system is a critical component of Zoic’s on stage and post production pipeline called Z.E.U.S. (Zoic Environmental Unification System,)” says Mike Romey, Pipeline Supervisor for Zoic Studios. “The system binds pre-production digital assets with on-set visualization and post production effects and compositing. On stage, the system allows us to interact with digital sets in real time with a live more

Newest Version of mocha products Streamline Corner-Pinning Data Export Directly to Red Giant Warp

GUILDFORD, UK (November 3, 2009) — Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) today announced new software point releases of its popular planar tracking and rotoscoping software mocha and mocha for After Effects v2. Most notably with this new release, mocha v1.6 and mocha for After Effects v2 now support tracking data export directly to the Red Giant Warp After Effects plug-in.

mocha for After Effects v2 is a stand alone 2D tracking tool for the After Effects community based on Imagineer Systems’ unique 2.5D Planar Tracking technology. mocha for After Effects helps solve problematic shots that traditionally challenge point based trackers, such as footage with objects moving out of frame, lack of detail, motion blur and heavy grain. This helps the artist to generate solid tracks, giving position, scale, rotation, shear and perspective matched more

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris XML Transfer, a new Adobe After Effects plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects. Boris XML Transfer preserves all aspects of a Final Cut Pro project including effects, audio, media clips, transitions, and geometric transformations.

“Improved integration between Adobe, Apple, and Avid applications is a recurring request among digital media workgroups,” commented Boris Yamnitsky, president and founder, Boris FX. “Boris Continuum Complete and Final Effects Complete effects presets have always been compatible across Adobe, Apple, and Avid host applications. With the release of Boris XML Transfer, we bring integration to a new level, giving editors the ability to transfer entire Final Cut Pro sequences to After Effects - including multi-clip edits, effects, and audio.” more

New Presence Helps AmberFin Extend Support and Gain Access to Top Industry Talent

BURBANK, Calif. October 28, 2009 — AmberFin today announces the establishment of its new North American headquarters in Burbank, California, expanding its operations to meet the demand for best-in-class image quality for HD/SD ingest, video conversion and transcoding worldwide. Following on the heels of a newly announced deal with Warner Brothers, the opening of the Burbank office is the latest step in AmberFin’s North American market strategy and provides the company with ready access to the $68 billion entertainment industry while also extending customer support coverage to 20 hours a day. more

Matrox MXO2 LE I/O Device

Portable, Professional I/O for the Mac with Matrox MAX Technology for Faster Than Realtime H.264 Encoding

Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO2 LE, an HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O device for the Mac, is now available from authorized dealers worldwide. Matrox MXO2 LE streamlines editing with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. It provides all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy, portable breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity. Matrox MXO2 LE is also available with Matrox MAX technology for faster than realtime H.264 file creation using professional application such as Apple Compressor and Telestream Episode. more

Final Frame Post, a New York City based post production service provider announced that it provided the digital intermediate services for “Peter and Vandy,” a feature written and directed by Jay DiPeitro and based on his award-winning play. Peter and Vandy is about a young New York couple’s relationship that unfolds in a non-linear fashion and told in non-chronological order. It opened in limited release on Friday, October 9, 2009.

Will Cox, Final Frame Post co-founder and colorist, conformed, graded and digitally color corrected the material on their Digital Vision Nucoda Film Master system and Rising Sun Research’s CineSpace for color management. The data-centric workflow of the DI and the use of LUT’s, allowed frame-by-frame interaction and great control over the look of the feature ensuring precise calibration of the post production process. more

PowerUp Tools for a Down Economy

San Francisco, CA, October 22, 2009 – Red Giant Software has teamed up with SmartSound Software to sponsor Larry Jordan’s Final Cut Pro Seminars called PowerUp Tools for a Down Economy. more