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Red Rentals Mexico Gets Top Results with the SCRATCH-RED 4K Digital Workflow

Rodrigo Huerta and Luis Bustamante, founders of Red Rentals Mexico, knew that filmmakers and agencies are looking for more economical methods for creating and producing high-quality films, documentaries, and TV commercials. With the advent of RED's 4K digital camera, as well as the SCRATCH-RED 4K Digital Workflow, they immediately realized the potential for producing digital imagery projects on par with 35mm film yet at substantially lesser cost. Read More

Alex Olegnowicz founded Imarion (pronounced EE-mary-on) in 1995 on what he now refers to as low-end systems such as Adobe Premiere and Avid Xpress NT software. If the systems were low-end, however, the work Imarion produced was not. Successful projects enabled Olegnowicz to upgrade his systems and, by 1998, to add online editing to Imarions services. In 2003, Imarion added two Autodesk Smoke software system to its technology arsenal and, just last year, it brought in an Autodesk Lustre software systems to provide top-quality color correction and DI. Read More

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SCRATCH is the Backbone of the Efe-x CINE 2k and RED ONE 4k Data Pipeline

Within eight years, Efe-x (Bogota, Colombia) has become the largest post production facility in Colombia. They re now building the needed infrastructure to produce films using the RED ONE 4k camera. As the backbone of the Efe-x digital pipeline, ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH Digital Process Solution has been a key factor in the company's growth. Read More

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Blazingly Fast

In addition to currently completing construction of two facilities in Southern California, PostWorks has already implemented a unique workflow which prominently features AutodeskÂ® SmokeÂ® and AutodeskÂ® LustreÂ® software. The new company hopes to bring this highly specialized digital intermediate (DI) workflow process to a much broader spectrum of clientele. In what amounts to a post company actively leveraging data-centric and future-looking technologies, PostWorks Los Angeles is also bringing tomorrow's techniques to film and television clients. Read More

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HD Production for ESPN`s new miniseries goes Mobile

Digital production is rapidly gaining ground in film and television production, expanding the options for projects relying heavily on graphics, colorizing or other visual effects. In order to take full advantage of the benefits offered by the use of digital cameras and other cutting-edge technologies, producers need to have easy access to a flexible digital workflow capable of handling large data streams efficiently and cost-effectively. Read More

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Paper Bag at Forefront of RED-SCRATCH Workflow

Paper Bag uses the latest in digital technology for its high-quality production, digital intermediate (DI) and post production projects. With a keen eye to the future of digital cinema, the RED ONE camera is now in use at Paper Bag. For DI and post production, they employ a SCRATCH-RED Workflow, using ASSIMILATE`s SCRATCH® Digital Process Solution. Read More

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Walmart brings blu-ray down to $128

Have you been wanting to get a blu-ray player but have been waiting for the price to go down? The wait is over. Read More

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Microsoft chopping Zune prices

The software maker plans to announce on Wednesday a price cut for its flash-based models. The 4GB version will drop to $99, the 8GB model will drop by $10 to $139, and the 16GB model will sell for $179, down from $199. READ MORE Also Mi... Read More

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It's the most photographed time of the year

Everyone's doing it - - and chances are that you are too. For the new PC (Windows / Vista) users, and uninitiated (there will be more of you than ever this year) - you'll find a world of great gift development/giving photo ideas... Read More

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Free Holiday footage

Joel sent me a notice about the Free Holiday footage / $9 for S&H. Some of it is pretty useful - especially for DV editors who need to put something together BEFORE the holiday decor goes up. DVD of SD clips. (Graphic clips are pretty bad th... Read More

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Electronic Drum Kit Shirt!

Great googly moogly, this is awesome! Read More

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