Digital Domain Creates Faeries, Moonlight and a Monster for Carnival Row

VFX Supervisor Aladino Debert talks about creating an entirely digital train chase, faeries’ wings in flight and bringing terror to life in a photoreal monster for Season 2 of Carnival Row.

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Digital Domain Creates Faeries, Moonlight and a Monster for Carnival Row

Broadcast

AIMS Releases Drafts of VSF’s TR-10…

AIMS announces that the Video Services Forum (VSF) has made available the initial drafts of its TR-10 suite of…

VFX

Alliance for Open Media Calls for Proposals on…

AOMedia members are encouraged to submit entries to initiate the creation of compression tools that optimise 3D graphic…

Animation

Cinesite Agrees to Invest in The Imaginarium…

Cinesite is to invest in The Imaginarium Studios, a pioneering performance capture and virtual production company with…

Training

Digistor Accelerates Post Training with Apple…

Digistor’s training facility is now equipped with Apple Mac Minis and Mac Studio workstations, matched with Eizo's…

Storage

Cobalt Iron’s New NAS Protection Improves NAS…

Cobalt Iron’s Compass NAS Protector, part of the Compass SaaS backup platform, speeds up backups, simplifies NAS data…

Cameras

Sony Plans Cinematic New Firmware Updates for…

Sony is planning to release majornew firmware updates for the FX6 full-frame camera and VENICE 2 digital cinema camera,…

Broadcast

PHABRIX Rx 2000 Rasterizers to Support NEP’s…

NEP in the US purchased over 30 PHABRIX Rx 2000 rasterizers to verify and validate signals from OB trucks and other…

Broadcast

Dejero Connectivity Keeps Online Shopping On…

TJC shopping channel used Dejero EnGo mobile transmitters and GateWay network aggregation to maintain business…

Broadcast

Trans Media Chooses Pebble’s Redundancy, High…

Indonesia’s Trans Media TV network launched a new automated Pebble playout system for reliable delivery of two…

Animation

disguise and Move.ai Generate Real-Time Mo Cap…

disguise and Move.ai developed Invisible real-time markerless motion capture that transfers movements automatically in…

Broadcast

Dalet Flex Supports Development of Radio…

Radio France adopted Dalet Flex to update its workflow, asset management and media production capabilities, with a…

Post

Marcy Robinson Tells Reality’s Story in Colour…

Marcy Robinson, senior colourist at Nice Shoes, graded the documentary drama ‘Reality’ in DaVinci Resolve, bringing…

Cameras

Astera LED-based Fresnel Lights Combine…

Two new LED Fresnel lights from Astera make both the advantages of LED and the creative qualities of Fresnel lighting…

Disrupt

Bitmovin Player Streams Video Live from the…

The Recording Academy used Bitmovin Player to deliver a live stream from the 2023 GRAMMY Awards to music lovers…

Broadcast

Magna to Demonstrate IP Production and…

At Broadcast Asia, Magna Systems plans to demo new IP core infrastructure, production and distribution; cloud streaming…

Disrupt

Italy’s NVP Builds Innovation Hub on Open…

NVP Innovation Hub in Cologno media city is built on open IP standards and Grass Valley’s AMPP SaaS, enabling NVP to…

Broadcast

Zero Density Strengthens its Senior Management…

Zero Density announced the appointment of three new senior leaders to support the company's global growth and enhance…

Disrupt

SNews Arion NRCS Integrates Viz Flowics…

Vizrt’s HTML5 graphics engine Viz Flowics, now integrates with SNews’ Arion newsroom system to help news productions…

Disrupt

European League of Football Builds Remote…

European League of Football built a cloud-powered remote production infrastructure for their 2023 season with AWS, from…

Production

EZtrack and Cooke Partner on Near Real Time…

Cooke and EZtrack partnered to develop a coherent, integrated system that brings the work of conceiving and making…

Adobe Photoshop Integrates Generative AI to Support Design Workflows

Post

Adobe integrated generative AI capabilities from Firefly engine into Photoshop as Generative Fill, a rapid, non-destructive approach to adding,…

Sony and Lega Serie A Deliver Action and Emotion from Coppa Italia Final 

Cameras

Sony and Lega Serie A supported the production of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa final using Sony’s cameras in innovative new ways to highlight the…

Jennifer Mendes Takes a Chance on Colour at Loudness Films

Post

Colourist Jennifer Mendes talks about the world of post in Portugal, making a career change from motion design to colour, and working on some of the…

Arcitecta and Spectra Logic Collaborate on Scale-Out NAS and Object Storage

Storage

Arcitecta and Spectra Logic together developed two new systems to help organisations simplify data lifecycle management, and improve performance data…

ARRI CCM-1 Opens Up Full Camera Control for ALEXA 35 and ALEXA Mini LF

Cameras

ARRI’s new Camera Control Monitor gives full camera control and menu access for the ALEXA 35 and ALEXA Mini LF, with a 7-inch high-contrast LCD…

MSI Creator Z17 HX Accelerates Content with NVIDIA Studio, True Color Calibration

H-Ware

MSI’s new Creator Z17 HX studio laptop has performance for content creation applications, an accurate True Pixel 17in display, flexible connectivity…

Chaos V-Ray 6, update 1 Adds Control and Customisation to Maya and Cinema 4D

VFX

V-Ray 6 update 1 for Maya and Cinema 4D adds new tools to help insert millions of objects into imagery, fine-tune and control the behaviour of scene…

Maxon Adds AMD GPU Support for Redshift, Improves Unreal Integration

VFX

Redshift (3.5.15) is now compatible with some of AMD’s Radeon PRO GPUs, the Cineware bridge for Unreal takes direct imports from Redshift, and Cinema…

Memnon Appoints Marcelle Quinn Williams to Help Safeguard Māori Heritage

Production

As Strategic Account Director at Memnon, Marcelle will help to promote the importance of digitally preserving cultural assets and the people’s…

Pebble Automates New OTT Headend Facility at Intigral in Saudi Arabia

Broadcast

For its new OTT headend, M&E and sports provider Intigral engaged Pebble to design, supply and build its playout systems with channel integration,…

Nevion and Viacom18 Design and Deploy Live IP Contribution for TATA IPL

Disrupt

Viacom18 worked with Nevion on a HD and UHD/4K contibution system to deliver regional feeds for remote production and world feed contribution ahead…

Broadpeak Optimises and Maintains Quality of Experience at ORS

Disrupt

ORS deployed a fully managed, comprehensive delivery system based on Broadpeak’s Origin Packager to maintain the service continuity and quality of…

Cintel Scanner and DaVinci Resolve Restore a 16mm Feature for Modern Cinemas

Production

Colourist Shaley Brooks scanned and restored ‘Perth’ for today’s viewers using the Cintel Scanner and DaVinci Resolve Studio for editing, grading,…

Alex Gascoigne Joins Harbor UK as Senior Colourist

Post

Alex Gascoigne has spent the past 15 years building a reputation as a highly collaborative, creative colourist with a strong artistic eye and an…

FilmLight FLUX Store Tunes Up Windmill Lane’s Colour Pipeline and Network

Post

Ireland’s Windmill Lane studio upgraded their Baselight TWO systems, adding FLUX Store networked storage to update workflows, optimise performance…

Matrox Video Cards and SDK Enhance Channel Density at Studio Berlin

Production

Studio Berlin automates nonstop recording for productions that need high reliability and availability, using Matrox servers, cards and DSX SDK to…

Seven Network Chooses FUJINON 4K Lenses for Robotics and Automation

Cameras

Seven Network purchased FUJINON 4K barrel lenses to use in robotically controlled projects and automated systems, supported by the new S-10 drive…

Leostream’s Zero-Trust Network Access Secures Remote Computing on AWS

Disrupt

Leostream developed federated identity management with Zero-Trust Network Access, built to protect and connect users, data and applications across…

Kiloview Moves Youku into Mobile with NDI-based Vehicle and Server

Broadcast

Streaming platform Youku customised a live broadcast vehicle with Kiloview’s all-IP, NDI-based production and streaming equipment, and centralised…

Entertainment Technologists and NEP Virtual Studios Demystify Virtual Production

Production

A new paper and calculator tools support producers and studio executives with resources for planning and budgeting in new Virtual Production…

Sarah McGrail Joins Assembly’s Growing Team of VFX Talent

VFX

New York based creative studio Assembly welcomes Senior Vice President of VFX Sarah McGrail to its Senior Management team.

1. AIMS Releases Drafts of VSF’s TR-10 Recommendations for IPMX
2. PHABRIX Rx 2000 Rasterizers to Support NEP’s Professional Football Season
3. Dejero Connectivity Keeps Online Shopping On the Go at TJC
4. Trans Media Chooses Pebble’s Redundancy, High Availability for Playout
5. Dalet Flex Supports Development of Radio France's New Media Platform
6. Magna to Demonstrate IP Production and Cloud-Based Systems at Broadcast Asia
7. Zero Density Strengthens its Senior Management Team
8. Pebble Automates New OTT Headend Facility at Intigral in Saudi Arabia
9. Kiloview Moves Youku into Mobile with NDI-based Vehicle and Server
10. Vizrt Develops New Cloud-native HTML5 Graphics Based on Flowics Integration