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

Nod of excellence for the Class on Demand Adobe and Apple Training Products

Hoffman Estates, IL – May 2, 2008 - Class on Demand, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, today announced they have won two 2008 Telly awards for their Class on Demand training titles; “Dreamweaver for Designers” and “Basic Training for Mac OS X Leopard”. This is the second consecutive year that Class on Demand has been recognized for the prestigious Telly Awards. more

Now bundled with the highly popular Class on Demand “Complete Training for NewTek SpeedEdit”

Hoffman Estates, IL –April 24, 2008 - Class on Demand, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, today announced the release of “Complete Training for NewTek VT[5] Live”. Lead by NewTek savvy instructor Faraz Ahmed, the latest Class on Demand for VT[5] live title delivers a phenomenal 6 hours of in-depth instruction for learning the ins and outs of the NewTek integrated VT5 Live production suite. A must have for any VT5 Live user, Ahmed’s instruction ensures users will walk away with the knowledge to master all of the digital media tools found in the new VT5 Live solution. more

San Mateo, Calif. — April 23, 2008 — Luxology LLC, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, today announced that it will host a training seminar entitled “modo® 302 Software for High Quality 3D Content Production” at fmx/08. The session will feature Luxology®’s Learning Tools Division Manager, Andy Brown, and will focus on rapidly creating a concept vehicle using modo. Free to all fmx/08 attendees, the modo 302 training session will take place on Monday,

May 5 from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Heilbronn Room at the Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart. For more information, please visit http://www.fmx.de/E.1.html. more

Music Books Plus, website distributor of over 8,000 books, Instructional DVDs, CD-ROMs, Software and Musical gifts is pleased to announce the launch of its BRAND NEW WEBSITE at www.musicbooksplus.com. Totally redesigned, this new site brings an exciting & innovative new look to the Music Books Plus lineup. The specialty areas featured include: Music Business, Directories, Publicity, Composition & Publishing, Recording, Audio & Video Production, Internet, Electronic Music, Instrument Instruction, Broadcast, Electronics, Lighting, Chart Toppers, Biographies, Fake & Song books. With this new site, Music Books Plus will be able to provide its customers worldwide with a great one stop secure source for all music related instructional materials, with the ease of shopping from their own home or office. more

Codex Digital (www.codexdigital.com), specialist in high-resolution media recording and workflow, is hosting a series of hands-on workshops during NAB 2008 that demonstrate the ease and practicality of assembling a complete data-based workflow from camera-to-post.

The “Codex On Location” workshops will take place at Codex Digital’s booth in the Central Hall (#C11212), with equipment provided by LA rental company Camera House, ARRI, Avid, and Assimilate. Utilising the same techniques and technology as used on a number of recent feature film projects, the workshops will reveal how Codex’s collaborative, non-linear workflows bring production and post production into parallel, replacing the film lab, telecine, tape-dubbing and ingest operations, and delivering enormous gains in productivity, creativity and budget. more

Myrtle Creek, Ore. –— April 7, 2008 –— What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas — except at the Artbeats NAB booth (SL5413), where attendees can take home a free Resource Disc chock full of tutorials, demos and ideas from top industry professionals for getting the most from stock resources. In addition, the Artbeats booth will be a training hub throughout the show, with multiple sessions each day taught by some of the industry’s leading digital video professionals, including Douglas Spotted Eagle, Steve Holmes, Rich Harrington, Rod Harlan and Aharon Rabinowitz. more

GLENDALE CA, March 27, 2008—NTC Chief Technology Officer Eric Pohl joins fellow industry experts in revealing the details of a ground-breaking initiative known as the NBC Olympics Highlights Factory, at the joint SVG (Sports Video Group)/NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Beijing Olympics Workshop, Wednesday April 16, in Las Vegas. The panel will detail the technologies and workflows of this project, designed to prepare more than 3,600 hours of video and audio content—more programming than all previous Olympic broadcasts combined—for distribution over multiple outlets. “Inside NBC’s Highlights Factory” is one of several panel presentations comprising the Beijing Olympics Workshop, an official NAB educational conference and part of the 2008 NAB convention, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. more

London— Chris Noellert, a post-production technology specialist, visual effects artist and editor, has joined FilmLight in the newly-created post of Product and Workflow Specialist. Formerly Technical Director at Nordisk Film Post Production, Stockholm, Noellert will work with FilmLight clients worldwide, assisting them in the design and implementation of workflows and in taking advantage of the unique collaborative potential of FilmLight’s scanning, colour grading and colour management technologies. more

PORTLAND, Ore. — March 21, 2008 — Looking for a job in computer graphics? Need some tips to gain a leg up? Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Oregon and Southwest Washington’s local SIGGRAPH chapter, today announced “Getting a Job in Computer Graphics,” an event designed to aide promising artists in their career search. On April 3 at 6 p.m., a group of prestigious industry representatives, hailing from Hot Pepper Studios, Intel, LAIKA, Oregon Film & Video and Wieden+Kennedy, will provide first-hand knowledge of recruitment within the multimedia industry. Their discussion will include tips for creating eye-catching demo reels, writing relevant resumes and cover letters, phone interview skills and other practical advice to help “wow” potential employers. more