MINNEAPOLIS, MN (November 19, 2009) – It’s the world’s most important rock destination. The multipurpose Foster Theater at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum hosts everything from live performances by rock royalty to intimate interviews. And when the whole world is watching, there are no do-overs. That’s why they chose Vaddio to capture every history-making moment. more

CHICAGO—Hybrid production studio Vitamin applied its distinctive touch to The Story, the latest music video from Maroon 5 and director Bob Carmichael, which uses hundreds of still photographs and a blaze of animated graphics to tell the tale of the band’s recent world tour. more

New York, NY - A hi-tech home is not just for Bill Gates anymore. Todd Broder’s B3 Productions, along with New York marketing agency Campfire, has created a technology-centered home makeover special called My FiOS Home as part of Verizon’s branded entertainment campaign. Mechanism Digital was the chosen studio to design and produce a graphics package and 3D pre-visualizations for the show, which are now airing on the FiOS1 channel in New York and New Jersey. more

Flexible parameters of new Pan and Zoom 2 freebie enable the effortless creation of stunning photo animations inside both Apple and Adobe host applications

Boston, MA – November 10, 2009 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that it has released an update to its popular freebie generator plug-in, Pan and Zoom. The intuitive controls of the new Pan and Zoom 2 plug-in enables users to easily create stunning Pan and Zoom effects, a photo animation style made popular by cinematographer Ken Burns, without a single keyframe. The new release also boasts motion blur to generate the best-looking animations at any frame rate, and a bonus transition, which allows editors to use the same photo animation techniques to move between two clips. more

3D title at end of show-open designed and animated by Mechanism Digital. This model is also used in lower thirds and bumpers during the special.

New York, NY - As we near the next decade of the twenty-first century, we approach the prophetic end of the Mayan calendar and experience an increased awareness of the coming date of December 12, 2012. To address the buzz and rumors surrounding that day, Rebecca Ratliff of Peacock Productions produced a television special for Syfy that will air November 8, 2009 at 9pm EST. Because this is a show that blends the indefinite with fact, they partnered with animation studio, Mechanism Digital, to design a graphics package that accentuates the unknown while maintaining the integrity of the truth. more

Video, Multimedia and Technology Editors

LA JOLLA, CA (November 04, 2009)—

NewBlue, Inc. today launched Video Essentials III, the third and latest offering in its best-selling Video Essentials series of video effects and transitions plugins. NewBlue Video Essentials III provides highly-practical video tools designed to solve everyday production issues. The collection includes Rolling Shutter, Image Mapper, Edge Smoother, Split Screen, Gradient Tint, Spotlight and three additional video effects plugins. more

Finding the perfect clip now comes with an added benefit. Artbeats, the industry’s leading creative royalty-free stock footage resource, has introduced an online scavenger hunt in celebration of the industry’s newest all-inclusive stock footage service, Artbeats FootageHub. Taking place now through Jan. 31, 2010, the Artbeats $40,000 Scavenger Giveaway provides participants weekly opportunities to win free stock footage collections, software packages and industry resources. All successful searchers will also receive automatic entry in the Scavenger Giveaway Grand Prize drawing featuring a top-of-the-line MacBook Pro laptop, thousands of dollars worth of Artbeats stock footage and incredible software prizes from renowned industry developers Adobe, Boris FX, CoreMelt, Maxon, NewBlueFX, Red Giant Software, Smartsound, Total Training and VASST. more

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 – Why is it so hard to get represented by a talent agent? And once you get an agent, how do you get them to keep calling you back for auditions? This is the battle cry of almost every actor looking to secure and maintain talent representation. Tony Nation, President/Partner of Actors Connection, New York City’s largest educational and networking studio for professional actors, reveals these secrets and more in a brand new DVD seminar available on Amazon.com called “How to Get & Keep An Agent,” directed and edited by actor turned filmmaker Michael Stever. more

Chicago, Illinois: You won’t find a printer, post-it-note or scrap of paper at Cimaglia Productions (www.cimagliaproductions.com), a Chicago-based, full service production company. This forward-thinking production company operates more efficiently by incorporating sustainable business practices. Its seasoned staff of media professionals has created one of the leading high tech, energy-efficient production offices in Chicago and Boca Raton—completely paperless, completely sustainable. more

Over 50 unique sessions on advanced editing and motion graphics techniques and new Apple end-user certification courses highlight the 3-day conference for TV, video, film, motion graphics and new media professionals.

New York, NY – October 30, 2009 – Future Media Concepts (FMC), the premier authorized digital media training organization for postproduction, broadcast, and content creators, announced the agenda for the 6th annual Digital Media DC Conference at Government Video Expo 2009 from December 1-3 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The three-day conference will offer over 50 unique sessions in 5 parallel tracks and a variety of end-user Apple® certification courses divulging the industry’s most advanced editing techniques. All sessions and courses will be delivered by the nations most sought after industry instructors, award-winning editors, authors and power users. more