Many of This Season’s Most-Watched Programs Feature Autodesk Technology

Post-production houses regularly turn to digital entertainment creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), to help bring movie-like visual effects into millions of homes in this season’s most-watched television programs. Highlights include a 3D video game universe in “House,” the evocative color finishing of “Mad Men” and the UEFA Europa League rebrand.

Ascent Media, which provides creative and technical services through its worldwide network of media facilities, including Encore Hollywood, RIOT and Level 3, uses a combination of Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Inferno visual effects software, Autodesk Lustre color grading software, Autodesk Smoke editorial finishing software and Autodesk 3ds Max 3D animation, modeling and rendering software on more than 25 shows this season, including “NCIS,” “CSI: NY” and “House” (comprehensive more

OAK PARK, Mich. – RingSide Creative has unveiled a newly-built digital intermediate (DI) color grading suite, providing the production and film community with a powerful resource whose video and audio features far exceed anything else in Michigan. The investment in the suite is a clear statement of the company’s support for the film and advertising industries, bringing a Hollywood-style post production experience to Detroit. 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

Quantel eQ, iQ and Pablo users already benefiting from faster loading and better workflow with RED projects

Quantel has just released a new version of software for its eQ, iQ and Pablo systems which, among a number of other useful new features, also includes support for the RED Rocket accelerator board. RED Rocket only became available in August, and Quantel is the first manufacturer to release software that supports it, allowing Quantel users to benefit from the much reduced loading and conform times RED Rocket enables with RED-originated material. more

LOS ANGELES—Cinegy (www.cinegy.com) will showcase the latest version of its award-winning media asset management and archive solution cinegy workflow at the SMPTE Annual Tech Conference & Expo, October 27-29 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood.

Cinegy will be exhibiting at booth 101, demonstrating cinegy workflow version 8 and distributing free trial DVDs containing this latest release. The trial DVDs allow users to test cinegy workflow for 30 days, the entire end-to-end solution for production, broadcast automation, playout and distribution. Cinegy’s new products for advanced IP-based infrastructure, cinegy gateway and cinegy monitor, are also included on this DVD release. more

PHILADELPHIA, PA— When Director John Hillcoat wanted to create the post-apocalyptic world of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” which premiers nationwide November 25th, 2009, he chose DIVE as lead visual effects house for the skill and authenticity required to replicate the mood of the novel. more

Today at the REDucation Community Day in Los Angeles, CA (Los Angles Center Studios), ASSIMILATE announced its new, ROCKET FUEL bundle that includes the needed tools for real-time ingest, conform, delivery and output of RED ONE 4K digital camera material. Created specifically for cost-sensitive indies, filmmakers, and post-production facilities, and priced aggressively at $10,999 USD, ASSIMILATE’s ROCKET FUEL includes an Nvidia Quadro FX3800 SDI board, RED’s RED Rocket card, and ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH CINE 4K post workflow. more

Provide DCP Services for Todd Solondz’s “Life During Wartime”

Final Frame, a New York City based post production service provider announced today that it has expanded their services for the Digital Cinema post production market. Final Frame’s new DCP (Digital Cinema Package) services provide a complete solution for the encoding, secure key embedding, encryption, storing, decoding, viewing, and packaging of digital cinema content for delivery to digital cinemas and digital festivals / screenings. more

Simplifying the Software Purchasing Process for Artists and Facilities

Toronto: October 8, 2009… Building on the successful launch of Fusion 6.0 this summer and the upcoming release of Generation 2.0, eyeon Software Inc. has introduced a new a la carte pricing structure for software purchases. The new pricing model will allow artists and facilities to select from a range of purchasing options, with a variety of upfront costs and annual subscription fees. more

New Paris post facility opens with a workflow “dedicated to 3D”

FlyingS3D, a brand new Paris, France-based post production facility dedicated to stereoscopic 3D, has purchased a Quantel Pablo 4K equipped with the Stereo3D option as the centrepiece of its Stereo3D workflow.

Set up by Audrey Bourdiol, FlyingS3D benefits from her many years of experience in the post and DI production facilities business. “The Pablo was the natural choice for us because as well as being a fine color correction system, it also offers full conforming, editing, compositing, effects, versioning and deliverables within a single system,” says Audrey Bourdiol. “That makes it a natural hub for our workflow, avoiding the time and cost wasted in moving material around between two or more systems for most of the work we need to do.” more