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Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that new development partner, Boinx Software, has released the FxTiles FxPack at NAB 2009. The FxFactory-powered FxTiles is a brand-new collection of 3D filters and transitions designed for the Adobe After Effects CS3 / CS4, Apple Final Cut Studio and Apple Final Cut Express applications. A well known developer of video applications for the Mac platform, Boinx Software has an extensive background and a list of accolades for their impressive image technology developments. Read on at The Briefing Room
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FCP (Final Cut Plug-in) is the latest release from the folks at SmartSound, the creators Sonicfire Pro 5. The plug-in provides interoperability between Apple Final Cut Pro and Sonicfire Pro 5 featuring the ability to set markers in Final Cut which in turn enables Sonicfire to calculate the exact amount of music needed. Continue reading at MixBlog.
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Maxell continues its immersion into the world of tapeless field recording with its massive iVDR push at NAB this year. Company executive and iVDR guru Rich D’Ambrise today walked me through the advances in Maxell’s iVDR strategy compared to a year ago, when the rugged field media device was first shown around. Today, iVDR-Xtreme is now available and shipping, and in addition to that, the company is diving into all sorts of other iVDRish arenas.
Among those areas, at the Maxell booth, you can now see work in progress related to iVDR for FireWire, iVDR smart adapters for cameras that do not have host mode capability, iVDR for field viewing, and iVDR desktop drives, not to mention iVDR consumer products, some of which are already available in Japan. more…
As usual, Autodesk is busy at NAB with new products—most notably, Flare 2010, which the company calls “a creative companion” to Flame and Inferno, designed to perform a mix of advanced tasks and support tasks that can be handled by junior level artists who collaborate with senior-level Flame and Inferno colleagues.
But the company’s real innovation at the show may be its steadfast focus on looking for ways to drive business to its users by offering them solutions for new and evolving workflows those customers will be getting themselves involved with in the coming weeks and months. Bruno Sargeant, a broadcast market manager for Autodesk, told me today that the company is working closely to develop not only new tools, but techniques in collaboration with artists in various market segments that can them port over to other market segments. more…
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AmberFin announces that Miranda Technologies has signed an OEM agreement to incorporate and resell AmberFin’s industry-leading iCR ingest functionality as part of its playout server offering. As a result of this agreement, Miranda customers will receive significant benefits including best-in-class multi-format SD/HD ingest, ultra-reliability, easy integration and multi-vendor interoperability. Read on at The Briefing Room
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Avid‘s big NAB 2009 news has to do with identity and structure. The parent company will now share its new audio/video centric logo with Digidesign, Pinnacle Systems, M-Audio, and Sibelius. Continue reading at MixBlog.
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Zacuto was showing off a ton of new products at NAB 2009, including its unique gunstock rigs for DSLR shooters (See D.W. Leitner’s take on shooting with a DSLR here.). Here’s an extensive overview of what Zacuto will bring to shooters this year.
JVC‘s Carl Hicks, director of broadcast sales demonstrates the company’s new HM700 camera, which records directly to SDHC memory cards in the QuickTime format for Apple Final Cut Pro and optionally to SxS media compatible with Sony’s XDCAM EX format. Watch the video.
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eyeon Software unveiled Generation 1.1 at NAB. Generation is a new class of software, which fills a gap in post and VFX workflows by offering a platform for artist collaboration and a visual canvas for efficient shot management. The new version of Generation adds new playback and image adjustment features, and extends the collaborative capabilities of the application. Read on at The Briefing Room
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I saw TASCAM‘s slick, miniature M-164 analog mixer at the show. It features six mic inputs, EQ, built-in meter bridge plus digital reverb, delay, and chorus. Continue reading at MixBlog.
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