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Origo Film Group, Raleigh Studios Budapest and FotoKem Announce Alliance for Raleigh's New State of the Art Studio in Hungary. California,Hungary, -- November 20, 2009--

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Raleigh Studios, the largest independent studio operator in the United States, has formed a strategic alliance with FotoKem, one of the leading motion picture post production companies in the United States, to operate a full service lab and post production facility out of Raleigh's new state of the art studio in Budapest. Raleigh's Europ..... ...Read More »

Mass Animation's Ground-Breaking 'Live Music' Animated Short Film Released Today with TriStar Pictures' 'Planet 51' SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- November 20, 2009-- SANTA CLARA, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- 'Live Music,' an innovative new animated short film from Mass Animation and sponsored by Intel Corporation, opens in select theaters nationwide today, marking a ...Read More »
Prime Focus VFX Adds Sparkle to 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' -- November 19, 2009-- Prime Focus VFX, formerly Frantic Films VFX, has completed 175 visual effects shots for the Summit Entertainment release, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" directed by Chris Weitz. Prime Focus contributed a majority of the film's most frequently featured visual effects, including CG water, atmospherics, CG matte painting and environment work, and the "Diamond Skin" effect on Edward and the other vampire characters. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is based on the popular series of novels by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and hits theaters Nov. 20th. ...Read More »
Prime Focus Names Mark Intravartolo Creative Director, North America -- November 18, 2009-- Prime Focus, one of the world's leading visual entertainment services groups, has named Mark Intravartolo Creative Director for North America. ...Read More »
NVIDIA Expands Award-Winning 3D Vision Technology to Notebook Market SANTA CLARA, CA -- November 18, 2009-- SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/18/09 -- Introduced earlier this year for desktop PCs, NVIDIA® 3D Vision(TM) technology instantly became the preferred 3D solution for playing computer games, watching movies, or viewing photographs in full resolution stereoscopic 3D. NVIDIA today, along with the world's leading PC manufacturers, notebook panel manufacturers, and content develop..... ...Read More »
Get the Look of Sci-Fi Holograms with Holomatrix from Red Giant Software San Francisco, CA -- November 17, 2009-- Red Giant Software has released Holomatrix, a new After Effects plug-in that lets you control your reality and offers a new dimension in effect generation. Many science fiction feature films and TV shows feature holographic communication and interfaces. Red Giant Holomatrix allows you to easily recreate that effect with just a few clicks. ...Read More »
China Digital Animation Development Provides First Quarter Business Update and Reports 54% Increase in Animation Design and Development -- -- November 17, 2009--
NEW YORK and HARBIN, China, Nov. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China Digital Animation Development, Inc. (OTCBB:CHDA) today provided a business update and announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2009.


Mr. Qiang Fu, Chairman and Chief Executive..... ...Read More »
Creative Group's Audio Mix Maestro Helps VH1 Pay Tribute to Def Jam For 2009 Hip Hop Honors New York, NY -- November 16, 2009-- Creative Group, the industry's premier full-service post production facility, recently delivered the audio mix of the 2009 Hip Hop Honors Awards to VH1. ...Read More »
Rainmaker Reports Results for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- November 13, 2009-- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/13/09 -- Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. (TSX: RNK) announces its results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. "The results for Q3 were disappointing but not unexpected due to external production delays. We have experienced a further loss from continuing operations for the third quarter of $939,000, compared to a los..... ...Read More »
Autodesk Expands Online Guide to Sustainable Design for Green Building Retrofits PHOENIX -- November 12, 2009-- PHOENIX, BUSINESS WIRE -- Greenbuild Expo: ...Read More »
MAXON's CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D Play Starring Role in District 9, Surrogates, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra NEWBURY PARK, Calif. -- November 12, 2009-- NEWBURY PARK, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Some of this year's hottest movies, including G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Surrogates and District 9, all have one thing in co ...Read More »
Autodesk and ICF Outline Path to Achieving Carbon Reductions in Buildings PHOENIX -- November 11, 2009-- PHOENIX, BUSINESS WIRE -- Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), a world leader in 2D and ...Read More »
International Postproduction Facilities Company Optix Digital Pictures Acquires Crunch Recording Group Toronto, Canada -- November 11, 2009-- Optix Digital Pictures, a group of full-service post-production facilities located in Toronto, Hamburg, Berlin and Dubai, has acquired Toronto-based Crunch Recording Group, according to George Levai, co-founder of Optix. ...Read More »
Inter BEE 2009: Autodesk to Present Visual Effects Software and a Tech Preview -- November 11, 2009-- Autodesk, Inc., is participating in the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition (Inter BEE) in Hall 7, Booth 7407, at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba, Japan, November 18-20, 2009. At Inter BEE, Autodesk is showing a technology preview of its industry leading Autodesk Smoke editorial finishing software running on the Mac OS X platform. ...Read More »
Autodesk Licenses ISOGEN Technology From Intergraph SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- November 11, 2009-- SAN RAFAEL, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- ...Read More »
Noise Industries Releases Free Pan and Zoom Animation Plug-In Boston, MA -- November 10, 2009-- Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that it has released an update to its popular freebie generator plug-in, Pan and Zoom. The new Pan and Zoom 2 is free and supports the latest versions of Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Final Cut Express®, Motion and After Effects®. ...Read More »
Film Masters Are In The Picture For Pixar Stockholm, Sweden -- November 09, 2009-- Digital Vision, a global leader in color grading and enhancement systems, has announced that Pixar Animation Studios will take delivery of two Digital Vision Film Masters and replace the current color grading systems at its Emeryville headquarters in the coming weeks. Pixar is a renowned producer of award-winning animated films. The systems were chosen to support the studio's plans to build a true non-linear, cutting-edge workflow. ...Read More »
NCIS, CSI: NY, House, True Blood, The Good Wife: Autodesk Software Fills the Air -- November 05, 2009-- Post-production houses regularly turn to digital entertainment creation software from Autodesk to help bring movie-like visual effects into millions of homes in this season's most-watched television programs. Highlights include a 3D video game universe in "House," the evocative color finishing of "Mad Men" and the UEFA Europa League rebrand. ...Read More »
BOXX Partners With SolidWorks to Offer Certified 3D CAD Solutions AUSTIN, TX -- November 09, 2009-- AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/09 -- BOXX Technologies, an innovator in high-performance computing systems for visual effects, post production, graphic design, and advanced visualization, today announced that their Series workstations have been certified by DS SolidWorks to run all 2010..... ...Read More »
Imagi's 'Astro Boy' Leaps Onto Movie Screens With Autodesk Maya SoftwareImagi's "Astro Boy" Leaps onto Movie Screens with Autodesk Maya Software (Graphic: Business Wire) HONG KONG -- November 09, 2009-- HONG KONG, BUSINESS WIRE -- The newly released animated film 'Astro Boy' brings the iconic Japanese manga character to movie theaters. Filmmaker Imagi International Holdings Limited (HKEx: 585) creat ...Read More »
Autodesk Takes Leadership Role in Greenhouse Gas Reductions SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- November 09, 2009-- SAN RAFAEL, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- ...Read More »
3D Eye Solutions, Inc. Retained To Provide 3D Conversion Technology for 'The DOME Project' in Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' Concert Tour Michael Jackson's "This Is -- November 06, 2009--

LONGWOOD, Fla., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 3D Eye Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TDEY) is pleased to announce that the Company has been retained to provide 3D conversion for the Michael Jackson "This Is It" concert tour. The tribute film was released exclusively for a special, limited, two-week engagement worldwide on October 28th. ...Read More »

NCIS, CSI: NY, House, True Blood, The Good Wife: Autodesk Software Fills the Air3D video game universe in hit TV show "House" created with the help of Autodesk software. Image Courtesy of Encore Hollywood. SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- November 05, 2009-- SAN RAFAEL, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Post-production houses regularly turn to digital entertainment creation software from ...Read More »
GenArts, Inc. Acquires wondertouch CAMBRIDGE, MA -- November 03, 2009-- CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/03/09 -- ., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today a definitive agreement to acquire ...Read More »
Zoic chooses Previzion to bolster Z.E.U.S. VFX pipeline Venice, CA -- November 03, 2009-- Lightcraft Technology has announced the successful long term rental of a Previzion realtime on-set VFX compositing and tracking system to Zoic Studios. The time and money-saving system is being used by Zoic for on-set and post work. It allows users to preview and manipulate complex VFX green screen shots while simultaneously recording accurate tracking data to reduce post assembly costs. Everyone in the VFX pipeline gets a clean, identical, timecode-matched image to work with, and the transfer of data between applications is achieved seamlessly through the Previzion system. ...Read More »
Imagineer Systems Enhances Workflow Between mocha, mocha for After Effects v2 and Red Giant Warp in New Point Release Guildford, UK -- November 03, 2009-- Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) today announced new software point releases of its popular planar tracking and rotoscoping software mocha and mocha for After Effects v2. Most notably with this new release, mocha v1.6 and mocha for After Effects v2 now support tracking data export directly to the Red Giant Warp After Effects plug-in. ...Read More »
Entity FX Creates Interstitial VFX for Michael Jackson's This Is It Santa Monica, CA -- November 02, 2009-- Entity FX contributed to the new concert-film with visual effects shots for "mini-movie" sequences originally intended to play in large-scale projection behind the performers on stage. ...Read More »
Prime Focus Software Seeking Beta Testers for Deadline 4.0 -- November 02, 2009-- Popular Render Queue Management Software Offers Improved Scalability, Stability and Improved Mac OSX Experience ...Read More »
Harkness Screens Celebrates 80 Years in Business -- November 02, 2009-- Harkness Screens, the world's leading manufacturer of projection screens for cinema applications is celebrating its 80th year in business. ...Read More »
JVC Certifies Globalstor ExtremeStor-4K for its Groundbreaking 4K Projector Chatsworth, California -- October 28, 2009-- Globalstor's ExtremeStor-4K, the company's video storage and playback workstation for 4K and RED 4K content, has won certification for use with JVC's DLA-SH4K 4K projector. ...Read More »
PipelineFX OnDemand License Rentals a Hit with VFX Studios Honolulu, Hawaii -- October 28, 2009-- PipelineFX, makers of Qube! , the leading render farm management software for film and post production, broadcast graphics, 3D design, game development, and digital media education around the world, today announced that ondemand license rentals have found success in visual effects studios. ...Read More »
48 Hours Non Stop Animation and Gaming at Global School, Saket India, -- October 28, 2009-- DELHI, October 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Global School, Saket in collaboration with BYOC is organizing a 48 hour non-stop animation and gaming festival and competition on the 7th and 8th of November at its auditorium. About 1500 students/gamers from all over India are expected to take part. It will create buzz in the gaming community and i..... ...Read More »
Sony Partners With BOXX to Offer Video and Audio Editing Solutions AUSTIN, TX -- October 26, 2009-- AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/26/09 -- , an innovator in high-performance computing systems for visual effects (VFX), post production, graphic design, and advanced visualization, today announced a partnership with Sony Creative Software, makers of ...Read More »
PipelineFX Releases Qube! 5.5 Honolulu, Hawaii -- October 21, 2009-- PipelineFX, makers of Qube! software, the leading render farm management software for film and post production, broadcast graphics, game development, and digital media education around the world, today announced the availability of Qube! version 5.5. ...Read More »

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