Avid Editing Systems Add MPEG IMX Support
New Avid Xpress, Media Composer and Symphony versions transferred native MPEG IMX over SDTI-CP without quality loss and faster than real time.
La Grenouille Bleue Collects Graphics and Animation Tutorials
The French-language La Grenouille Bleue site indexed French and English tutorials on graphics, 3D and illustration in HTML and PDF formats.
3Dlabs Wildcat4 7110 Comes to Dell and IBM Workstations
The 256 MB Wildcat4 7110 offered AGP 8x professional graphics for Dell Precision and IBM IntelliStation workstations.
Pixar RenderMan 11 Adds Ray Tracing, Global Illumination and Deep Shadows
RenderMan 11 introduced controllable ray tracing, global illumination and deep shadows while accelerating large and complex scenes.
Roxio Releases VideoWave 5 Power Edition in Europe
VideoWave 5 Power Edition combined layered editing, picture-in-picture, chroma key, effects and integrated DVD authoring for €99.
Optibase Signs QuickVideo OEM Agreement with InfoValue
Optibase agreed to offer InfoValue QuickVideo server software for video servers, multicast video on demand and archives.
Lynx Adds Multichannel AES/EBU and ADAT Expansion Cards
Lynx LS-AES and LS-ADAT cards expanded LynxTWO and L22 systems with multichannel digital audio I/O at up to 192 kHz.
Alias|Wavefront Announces Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition
The free Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition added improved learning tools, data import and features from Maya Complete 4.5.
Ferro Software Adds C2A and SLR Tools for Animo
C2A transferred exposure sheets from CTP to Animo, while SLR automated local batch rendering of multiple Animo scenes.
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator Ships on Dell PCs
Dell bundled Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator for capturing, editing and burning home videos to DVD or Video CD.
Animago 2002 DVD Collects Award-Winning Computer Graphics
The Animago 2002 DVD collected a selection of the year’s most creative and technically accomplished computer-graphics entries.
NVIDIA Adds AGP 8x to GeForce4 GPUs and nForce2
NVIDIA’s AGP 8x products doubled interface bandwidth to 2.1 GB/s across GeForce4 graphics and nForce2 motherboard designs.
ThinPrint Adds Content-Beamer CDA for Citrix NFuse Elite
Content-Beamer CDA integrated ThinPrint’s remote document access and printing technology into Citrix NFuse Elite portals.
NXN Adds Microsoft Office Integration to Alienbrain 6.0
A free Alienbrain 6.0 plug-in brought asset management, version control and team workflow into Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
D-Motion 2002 Examines the Future of DVD
The D-Motion conference focused on DVD standards, high-definition formats, broadband portals, creative design and digital rights management.
Filmakademie Launches Music-Video Workshop with Popkomm Clipzone Reel
A three-month Filmakademie workshop paired filmmakers with selected bands to develop and produce music videos from the first idea onward.
Alias|Wavefront Introduces SketchBook Pro for Windows XP Tablet PC
SketchBook Pro turned a Windows XP Tablet PC into a pen-driven digital sketchpad for creative and business communication.
Media 100 844/X Boosts Productivity at Magic Eye
German post-production studio Magic Eye used the Media 100 844/X for real-time compositing, colour correction and layered finishing.
Digital Anarchy Releases Psunami and Aurora Sky for Final Cut Pro
Psunami and Aurora Sky brought ray-traced water, volumetric clouds and other 3D effects to Final Cut Pro on Mac OS 9 and OS X.
After Effects 5.5 Workshop CD Offers 2.5-Hour Training Course
Magic Multi Media’s workshop CD taught practical After Effects 5.5 compositing workflows to beginner and advanced users.
Testronic Laboratories Opens Ludwigsburg Facility
Testronic Laboratories opened a continental European office in Ludwigsburg for testing DVD content, function and compatibility.
Media 100 Introduces Lower-Cost 844/Xi Editing System
The 844/Xi combined four real-time video and alpha streams with 10-bit editing, compositing, effects and colour correction.
Mediahouse Chooses Quantel generationQ for Sports News
Mediahouse selected a Quantel generationQ server and editing system for SNTV sports bulletins and TWI programming.
Framepool Releases Second Stock-Footage Showreel
Framepool’s second showreel sampled more than 60,000 downloadable shots across locations, effects, sport, people, nature and business.
Edirol DV-7PR Delivers Real-Time Video Presentation
Edirol’s DV-7PR combined video and audio sampling, clip playback, live crossfades and multiple control options for presentations.
Scannova Automates Image Cutouts with Studio 2D and Scannova 35
Scannova combined blue-screen techniques and neural-network software to automate image cutouts and 3D product presentations.
Trimetric Offers Optical 3D Scanning with UV-Mapped Textures
Trimetric’s ATOS HR scanning service projected digital photographs onto measured polygonal geometry and generated UV-mapped textures.
Maya Learning Days Introduce Beginners to 3D
Alias|Wavefront’s free Maya Learning Days introduced beginners to modelling, rendering, Paint Effects, Artisan and dynamics.
Mini35 Digital Adapter Wins Cinec Award 2002
P+S Technik and RAID Filmproduktion won a Cinec special award for the Mini35 adapter for 35 mm lenses on Mini-DV cameras.
Digital Anarchy Aurora Sky Creates Photorealistic Clouds
Aurora Sky added volumetric cloud and sky effects to After Effects, with a Final Cut Pro version then in beta.
CG Artist Launches Project-Based DVD Video Seminars
CG Artist introduced project-based training DVDs that let graphics students watch experienced artists build real projects step by step.
Avid Cuts Prices for Xpress DV 3.5 and EduPack
Avid reduced Xpress DV 3.5 prices by up to 30%, including lower-cost standard, PowerPack and education editions.
Discreet Bundles Combustion 2 and Cleaner
Discreet bundled Combustion 2 compositing with Cleaner media encoding for €1,850 excluding VAT until 31 December 2002.
Boris Continuum Complete AVX Released for Avid
Boris Continuum Complete AVX integrated more than 90 effects filters directly into Avid editing systems on Mac and Windows.
Adobe Graphics Server 2.0 Automates Image Conversion
Graphics Server 2.0 converted master images into multiple formats and sizes for web and cross-media production.
Pinnacle Expression 2.0 Released
Pinnacle Expression 2.0 offered entry-level DVD and CD authoring for home videos, digital photos and slideshows.
Optibase MGW 2400 Streams Low-Bitrate Windows Media Video
The MGW 2400 combined multichannel hardware encoding and Windows Media streaming for DSL, cable, satellite and enterprise networks.
Roxio PhotoSuite 4 Platinum Reduced to €29.99
PhotoSuite 4 Platinum combined photo correction, effects, albums, slideshows, printing and web publishing.
Curious World Maps 3.5 Adds 3D Map Animation
World Maps 3.5 created layered 2D and 3D geographic animations for video, presentations and web delivery.
Digital Juice Offers Royalty-Free Graphics, Animation and Music
Digital Juice bundled 55 GB of production graphics, looping backgrounds and a 1,000-track music collection for editors.
Alias|Wavefront Announces Fourth Annual 3December Event
The free 2002 3December events connected 3D professionals and students in seven cities with Maya classes, speakers and technology demonstrations.
ECTS 2002: LifeMode Demonstrates Head Facial Animation
LifeMode Interactive’s Head package provided character creation, automated lip sync and multilayer facial animation for games.
ECTS 2002: Tron 2.0 Returns to the Grid
Disney Interactive showed Monolith’s Tron 2.0, a PC action game set twenty years after the original film.
ECTS 2002: Shade – Wrath of Angels
Cenega previewed Shade – Wrath of Angels, an action game following a detective through crypts, laboratories and military bases.
ECTS 2002: Bandits – Phoenix Rising
Bandits – Phoenix Rising combined vehicle combat, 22 missions and eight-player multiplayer in a post-nuclear world.
ECTS 2002: Rainbow Six – Raven Shield
Ubisoft previewed Rainbow Six – Raven Shield with Unreal Engine lighting, an emotive camera, weather effects and improved AI.
ECTS 2002: The Thing Video Game
Vivendi Universal previewed a squad-based action game continuing John Carpenter’s The Thing twenty years after the film.
LSI Logic and SGI Demonstrate High-Performance SAN System
The SAN Server 1000 demonstration combined SGI shared storage with film restoration, video-on-demand and live delivery applications.
Sonic DVD Producer 3.5 Shown at IBC
DVD Producer 3.5 added menu-design tools, automated motion buttons, transcoding improvements and complementary DVD proofing and audio-authoring products.
Ultimatte Adds Advant-Edge to 24p HD Systems
Ultimatte integrated real-time Advant-Edge keying, dual-link 4:4:4 I/O and software control into its 24p HD product line.
Vicon iQ Motion-Capture System Begins Shipping
Vicon iQ unified motion-capture processing from marker detection through editing, skeleton fitting and export to Maya or MotionBuilder.
Blue Order Expands Media Workbench 2.2
Media Workbench 2.2 added personal folder structures, drag-and-drop transfers, watch folders and configurable metadata for distributed media teams.
Maxon Ships Cinema 4D Release 8
Cinema 4D R8 introduced a modular product structure, workflow and character-animation improvements, and seven optional production modules.
Audiotrak Introduces the MAYA 5.1 USB Audio Interface
The portable MAYA 5.1 USB provided two inputs, six outputs, optical S/PDIF, microphone and headphone connections for Windows PCs.
Yello Distributes PNY Quadro 4 XGL Graphics Cards
Yello introduced PNY graphics cards based on NVIDIA Quadro 4 XGL technology for CAD, animation and effects workstations in Germany.
Pinnacle Pro-ONE RTDV Adds Real-Time DV and MPEG Editing
The Pro-ONE RTDV added real-time DV output, hardware MPEG encoding, motion tracking and Adobe Premiere 6.5.
Sony Introduces the 25p HDW-750P HDCAM Camcorder
Sony’s HDW-750P brought 25p and 50i HDCAM recording to European television production with PAL-compatible post workflows.
Media 100 Adds i/DV and iFinish DV Editing Systems
Media 100 introduced entry-level dual-stream DV editing systems for Mac and Windows with integrated Adobe After Effects workflows.
KONA-SD Update Adds DV-to-SDI Conversion
KONA-SD software version 2.0 added a DV bridge, real-time SDI playback, 64-bit RGB rendering and Mac OS X 10.2 support.
Avid Xpress DV 3.5 Released for Mac and Windows
Xpress DV 3.5 added NaturalMatch colour correction and more than 100 software-based real-time effects on Mac OS X and Windows XP.
3Dlabs Releases Wildcat VP Graphics Accelerators
Wildcat VP cards used a programmable visual-processing architecture with more than 200 32-bit processors and OpenGL 2.0 support.
TurboSquid and Maxon Create a Cinema 4D Marketplace
Maxon and TurboSquid made native Cinema 4D models easier to buy, sell and exchange online.
Avid and Sony Demonstrate Lower-Cost HD Production
The Avid DS HD editor and Sony HDW-750P camcorder were presented in Berlin as a more affordable HD television-production combination.
Hahn Film Selects NXN Alienbrain for SimsalaGrimm
Hahn Film adopted Alienbrain to manage assets, revisions and project progress for the SimsalaGrimm animated feature.
Interactive Effects Releases Piranha HD 3.5
Piranha HD 3.5 added project management, batch rendering, version control, editing improvements and real-time warping for SGI Octane2.
Cartoon Rendering and Flash Export for Maya and 3ds Max
Cambridge Animation Systems released Inkworks cartoon rendering and Swiffworks Flash export plug-ins for Maya and 3ds Max.
Discreet Announces Cleaner 6 for Mac OS X
Cleaner 6 added QuickTime 6 and MPEG-4 support, Aqua interface changes, watch folders and multithreaded encoding for Apple Mac OS X.
DVC Qualifies Medéa VideoRAID Arrays for ClipRecorder HD
Medéa VideoRAID RTR and RTRX arrays were qualified for uncompressed real-time HD recording and playback with DVC ClipRecorder HD.
Maxon Reaches Third Place in the US Content-Creation Market
The 2001 Roncarelli Report ranked Maxon third in the US content-creation software market after rapid growth for Cinema 4D and BodyPaint 3D.
Audiotrak Prodigy 192: 24-bit Multichannel Audio Card
The Prodigy 192 combined six-channel analogue output, 24-bit converters, surround support and DirectWIRE routing for Windows PCs.
Media 100 Announces Early 844/X Customers
Advertising, television, education and post-production customers adopted the 844/X for real-time multilayer content design and visual effects.
Media 100 Begins Shipping the 844/X
Media 100 began worldwide end-user shipments of the 844/X and opened demonstration centres at authorised reseller locations.
Media 100 844/X Wins Three NAB 2002 Show Awards
The 844/X received the Vidy Award, TV Technology Star 2002 award and Video Systems Pick Hit at NAB 2002.
DVC Presents ClipRecorder HD Rack System
ClipRecorder HD combined uncompressed 8- or 10-bit recording, VideoPump I/O and QuickClip software in a turnkey disk recorder or SAN gateway.
E3 2002: NXN Portal Connects Publishers and Developers
The Alienbrain BMX web portal let publisher-side testers submit bugs and change requests directly to development teams without installing additional software.
Sony Online Develops EverQuest II with NXN Alienbrain
Sony Online Entertainment used Alienbrain to manage more than 100,000 2D and 3D assets during production of EverQuest II.
Criterion Games Uses Alienbrain for Code and Art Assets
Criterion Games adopted Alienbrain CodeClient to manage source code and visual assets within one version-control and workflow platform.
Optibase VideoPump HD Board Shown at NAB 2002
The VideoPump HD PCI board offered full-duplex 8- and 10-bit HD-SDI I/O, embedded audio and direct QuickTime-compatible recording to NTFS.
Lionhead Studios Selects NXN Alienbrain
Lionhead and its satellite studios adopted Alienbrain 5.0 to manage assets, projects, workflows and source-code versions across game productions.
Animo 4.1 Animation System Released
Animo 4.1 combined traditional 2D techniques with 3D elements, modular production tools, Macromedia Flash output and floating licences.
RenderMan Artist Tools 5.0 Released for Maya
RenderMan Artist Tools 5.0 added the Irma re-rendering system, multi-processor acceleration and support for PRMan Toolkit 10 features.
Pixar Introduces RenderMan 10 Toolkit
PRMan 10 added smart archives, subdivision-surface texturing, rendering controls and shader-language improvements.
Digital Broadcast Systems Takes Over Animo Distribution
DBS assumed German distribution and support for Cambridge Animation Systems’ Animo 2D animation software.
eMotion Adds ArchivePartner and CreativePartner to Its Product Range
ArchivePartner and CreativePartner brought scalable media-asset storage, search, rights management and online collaboration to smaller organisations.
LightWave 3D Tutorial Contest Announced
The 2002 LightWave 3D Tutorial Contest invited users to share practical knowledge in tutorials covering LightWave 6.5 or later.
GDC 2002: NXN Adds Project, Studio and Bug Management to Alienbrain
NXN announced PMX, SMX and BMX extensions for Alienbrain 5.0, covering project planning, studio reporting and integrated bug tracking.
Media 100 Introduces the 844/X Content Design System
The Media 100 844/X combined real-time image processing, multilayer editing and visual effects on standard PC and storage hardware.
eMotion Releases MediaPartner 4.1
MediaPartner 4.1 expanded workflow, collaboration, metadata import and bulk-ingest capabilities for enterprise digital media management.
Optibase Reports Successful VideoGateway Trials
European partners tested Optibase VideoGateway for business television, IPTV, mobile learning and distance education across broadband networks.
Optibase MGW 2000 2.7 Streams Television over IP Networks
MGW 2000 version 2.7 added scheduled encoding, multichannel configuration, closed captions and SDI input options for television-over-IP systems.
OPTOPlay: 24-bit USB Audio Interface with Analogue and Digital Outputs
Audiotrak’s OPTOPlay converted USB audio to analogue stereo and optical S/PDIF output at up to 24-bit resolution.
Audiotrak MAYA 7.1 Gold Brings Multichannel Playback to Desktop PCs
The MAYA 7.1 Gold offered eight audio outputs, ASIO 2.0 support and multichannel DVD playback for Windows desktop systems.
Audiotrak Introduces the MAYA44 Audio Card
The MAYA44 combined four analogue inputs and outputs with S/PDIF, microphone and headphone connections for desktop music production.
Lynx L22 24-bit/192 kHz Audio Card for Windows and Mac
Lynx Studio Technology’s L22 PCI card combined professional 192 kHz conversion, flexible digital mixing and expansion for Windows and Macintosh workstations.
Interactive Effects Releases Piranha HD 3.4
Piranha HD 3.4 expanded mastering, tracking, colour, rendering and editing capabilities on Silicon Graphics workstations.
New ECHOlab Mixers Designed for Mobile Production
ECHOlab introduced compact 2.5 M/E digital video mixers with up to six DVEs, Ultimatte chroma keying and support for multiple video formats.
Electronic Arts Signs Global Agreement for NXN Alienbrain
Electronic Arts selected NXN Alienbrain 5.0 to manage game-development production across its studios worldwide.
DVC Extends OnairForce for HDTV Digital Cinema
DVC’s OnairForce e-Cinema concept combined content scheduling, broadband delivery, storage and HDTV playout for cinema advertising.
DVC Presents OnairForce Broadcast Automation
OnairForce offered database-driven MPEG-2 scheduling and playout automation for small and medium-sized television stations.
Chaman Uses Alienbrain to Produce a Film and Video Game Simultaneously
Chaman Productions and Namco used Alienbrain to coordinate the simultaneous production of the animated feature film Axis and its accompanying video game across teams in France, Canada and Japan.