Fast Cuts First to Acquire Autodesk Lustre in DallasMajor Upgrade for the Post House and Their Clients
September 01, 2010 -- Fast Cuts, the premier creative and post house in the Southwest has recently completed a series of substantial technical upgrades and additions to handle an increasing number of film, file based workflows and HD projects. All Avid suites have been upgraded to the newest Nitris systems running the amazing version 5 software. Fast Cuts has also opened their second Autodesk Smoke suite and is the first, and only shop, in Dallas to offer the Autodesk Lustre color correction system.

Avid Customers Take Home Top Honors at Emmy Awards24, Intervention, LOST, Mad Men, Modern Family and The Pacific among Avid customers who received prestigious awards this year
August 31, 2010 -- Avid today announced that the majority of Emmy Award winners across 30 categories at the 2010 Creative and Primetime Emmy Awards once again chose to use one or more Avid audio or video solutions to create this year's top television programming. In total, more than 90 nominees used Avid systems like Media Composer, Pro Tools and Sibelius on productions including: 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, Dancing with the Stars, Glee, LOST, Mad Men, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, The Pacific, True Blood and Whale Wars, among others.

Technicolor Receives Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing on GleeTechnicolor Nominated for Sound Services on Glee, True Blood and Dexter
August 31, 2010 -- Technicolor (Euronext Paris: FR0010918292; NYSE: TCH) today announced that two of its re-recording mixers have won the 2010 Creative Arts Emmys®, the U.S. television industry's most prestigious award, for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a One-hour Comedy or Drama Series. Technicolor's Joseph H. Earle and Doug Andham were selected by their peers to receive an Emmy Award for their work on Fox's "Glee – The Power of Madonna." The awards are part of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

SCRATCH 3D Workflow Helps "Les Krostons" Become Masters of the UniverseEfficient 3D Stereo Image Manipulation
August 30, 2010 -- "Les Krostons" want to take over the world and their impish intentions were recently revealed in a five-minute VFX-laden 3D stereo teaser, directed by Frederick Du Chau through Le Studio d'Imagination, and screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Duran Duboi in Paris harnessed the powers of ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH® Digital Finishing Solution in a streamlined file-based 3D stereo workflow, from set to post production, to DCP deliverables.

Reliance MediaWorks Expands 3D Capabilities; Alliances With Leading 3D Solution Provider In HollywoodAugust 26, 2010 -- Reliance MediaWorks Ltd., India's fastest growing film and entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance ADA group has expanded its global 3D capabilities by offering integrated 3D services across the entire film services value chain. Offers New Integrated 3D Services for Any Type of 3D Alignment Issues, Image and Detail Enhancements, Grain and Noise Management and On-Set Consulting with a Seamless Link to India-Based Capacities for Conversion, DI and Digital Cinema Packages on Fiber Optic...

Digital Magic Hong Kong Sets Up SCRATCH 3D and RED Workflows from ASSIMILATESCRATCH DI Workflow Ideal for 3D and RED Camera-Based Productions
August 23, 2010 -- Digital Magic Hong Kong, a leader in state-of-the-art post-production in Asia, has now established an ASSIMILATE SCRATCH digital intermediate (DI) workflow to specifically handle the conform, color grading, and finishing of RED digital camera's native R3D files, as well as 3D features shot with RED Digital Cinema's cameras. Because SCRATCH is resolution independent, it will also be used as a component of their 3D pipeline for film and other digital cameras/formats.

The American Documentary Showcase: Documentary Diplomacy Across the GlobeAmerican Documentary Showcase Screenings Scheduled Around The World
August 18, 2010 -- Award-winning contemporary American documentary films and filmmakers are giving audiences around the world new insights into life and culture in the United States. A touring program of about 60 independently produced documentaries is traveling to almost 25 countries worldwide, where U.S. filmmakers and film experts will introduce the films and conduct seminars and workshops on filmmaking and emergent media at U.S. embassies, international film festivals, universities and other venues.

RED/SCRATCH Workflow Puts Hong Place Vision At Forefront Of Digital Cinema in ChinaAugust 17, 2010 -- Riding high on the wave of digital cinema, Hong Place Vision is the biggest rental company of RED Digital Cinema cameras in Beijing, and has built a post-production studio to meet the demand for the rapidly rising number of digital film and TV productions in China. At the hub of their data workflow and DI tool suite is ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH Digital Finishing Solution. Chief Technician Yang Liu discusses their state-of-the-art digital workflow, one of their latest film projects, "Zou Shan Ren," as well as their business model of offering high-quality, cost-effective digital tools to filmmakers, TV producers, and broadcasters throughout China.

Point.360 IVC Digital Film Center Unveils Visionary Archive Technology at The Reel ThingSingle Strip 35mm B&W Film Archive Technology Offers Revolutionary Alternative to Traditional YCM Separations
August 13, 2010 -- Point.360 IVC/Digital Film Center, will introduce Visionary(TM) Archive Technology. Visionary Archive Technology is a new technology for archiving of color motion images. It is a unique process using only a single strip of black-and-white film as opposed to the traditional YCM 3-strip separations. The first presentation of Visionary Archive™ will be at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood during AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) Reel Thing XXV, August 13, 2010.

"Heeere's Johnny!"... Carson Entertainment Group Unveils 30-Year Library of Tonight Shows Starring Johnny CarsonDeluxe Archive Solutions was engaged to migrate the footage to a digital format
August 11, 2010 -- During his 30 years on NBC as host of The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson interviewed more than 22,000 guests. The legendary entertainer introduced Jay Leno, David Letterman, Joan Rivers, Ellen DeGeneres, Ray Romano, Jerry Seinfeld, Drew Carey, and Roseanne Arnold to national audiences for the first time on The Tonight Show, and most significant musicians, actors and comedians from 1962 through 1992 made an appearance on the show. Last year, Deluxe Archive Solutions was engaged to migrate the footage to a digital format. Leveraging its domestically based distributed workforce, Deluxe generated contextual metadata, full transcripts linked to video and presented a searchable user-interface for clip browsing and licensing.