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EZtrack and Cooke Partner on Near Real Time Workflow for Productions

Cooke and EZtrack partnered to develop a coherent, integrated system that brings the work of conceiving and making movies and VFX much closer to the set, in much closer to real time.

May 23, 2023

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Memnon Appoints Marcelle Quinn Williams to Help Safeguard Māori Heritage

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

May 22, 2023

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

Colourist Shaley Brooks scanned and restored ‘Perth’ for today’s viewers using the Cintel Scanner and DaVinci Resolve Studio for editing, grading, VFX and audio post production.

May 21, 2023

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Matrox Video Cards and SDK Enhance Channel Density at Studio Berlin

Studio Berlin automates nonstop recording for productions that need high reliability and availability, using Matrox servers, cards and DSX SDK to enhance ingest and channel density.

May 15, 2023

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Entertainment Technologists and NEP Virtual Studios Demystify Virtual Production

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

May 14, 2023

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Adobe Firefly and Bard by Google Integrate under Content Authenticity Initiative

Firefly will soon be the primary generative AI partner for Bard, Google’s chatbot, supporting its text-to-image capabilities, using open-source credentials to bring transparency to image origins

May 13, 2023

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Preymaker Expands West Coast Talent in VFX, CGI and Immersive Media

Creative and technology studio Preymaker is expanding its West Coast team with four new hires -- Adam Lambert, Roxy Zuckerman and Michael Reed.

May 08, 2023

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Mandy Walker AM ACS ASC Wins 2023 Australian Cinematographer of the Year

Mandy Walker AM ACS ASC won the Australian Cinematographer of the Year Milli Award at the 2023 Fujinon Fujifilm Australian Cinematographers Society National Awards on 6 May.

May 05, 2023

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AJA ColorBox v2.0 Adds TV and Live Modes, Plus New LUT-based Conversions

AJA’s v2.0 firmware for ColorBox adds a new TV Mode and Live Mode and expands its Colorfront Engine video processing options, with a custom User Overlay library for shot framing

May 03, 2023

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arkona and Manifold Build Service-Based manifold CLOUD for Live Production

arkona technologies and Manifold Technologies have launched live production core infrastructure built on private cloud COTS hardware, available as a service-based ecosystem.

May 01, 2023

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Zero Density Previews On-Air Graphics and Camera Tracking for Virtual Sets

Zero Density’s upcoming system for on-air broadcast graphics is based on Unreal Engine, and the Traxis Camera Tracker now serves as a central hub for managing camera and lens data.

April 27, 2023

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Brompton’s TrueLight Calibration Enhances Accuracy and Realism for ICVFX

Brompton demoed their TrueLight calibration at NAB, fully calibrating all pixels and controlling the spectral output from new LED panels that include diodes emitting colours beyond RGB.

April 13, 2023

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