Cinnafilm, a pioneering developer of advanced film and video production tools, announced the immediate availability of Cinnafilm HD1, the industry’s first all-in-one format conversion platform designed specifically for film simulation and unlimited frame rate conversion of digital video. The unique combined hardware and software platform leverages the power of graphics card parallel processing to deliver unmatched quality format conversions and celluloid simulations quickly, easily, cost effectively and most significantly, in real-time. HD1 places complete and instantaneous control of the artistic process directly into the hands of creative professionals without sacrificing production quality or visual integrity. Read on at The Briefing Room

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HP will unveil unmatched, powerful computing solutions for creative professionals at SIGGRAPH 2008, and provide multiple opportunities to see them at the show.

Demonstrations and talks from HP include:

• HP DreamColor Display technology

o Demonstrations of the technology offered at the bottom of every hour.

o Customers share their experiences at the top of every hour.

o Demos and customer talks held in HP booth #739. Read on at The Briefing Room

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Massive Software, developer of the artificial intelligence-driven animation system Massive, will be in Los Angeles during the SIGGRAPH 2008 conference, showcasing their latest product updates and unique customer projects at special events to be held throughout the show. Read on at The Briefing Room

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Avatar Reality, a development entity dedicated to the advancement of online community building, announced San Anselmo, Calif.–based virtual world developer Virtual Space Entertainment (VSE) as the newest addition to their Third Party Developer Program. VSE’s team of talented designers, led by renowned futurist Syd Mead, will create an entirely new, unique attraction that will serve as the first fully functional city for the upcoming massively multiplayer virtual world (MMVW) Blue Mars, which will launch in beta format at the end of 2008. At SIGGRAPH 2008, VSE will preview the development of their Blue Mars city at Avatar Reality’s booth, number 727. Read on at The Briefing Room

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IMAGICA Technologies, the engineering solutions division company of IMAGICA Robot Holdings, announced that O-gi, a new set of image quality enhancement plug-ins for Autodesk Inferno, Flame, Flint, Fire, and Smoke systems, is now shipping. O-gi is a set of powerful noise reduction and clean-up filters designed to help improve a range of image quality problems typically faced by postproduction facilities. Read on at The Briefing Room

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