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Das Element 2.3.2: Cleaner Ingest and Reverse Playback
Das Element 2.3.2 adds reverse playback, MTL support and CPU thread controls, while fixing ingest, RAW proxies and metadata.
FrameRef 1.1 opens portals across your reference mess
FrameRef 1.1 tackles large reference collections with portals, voice memos, mind-map edges, labels, AI tagging, image tools and improved video navigation.
SGO Workflows Slate automates burn-ins
Browser-based Workflows Slate turns pipeline metadata into reusable burn-ins and slates for dailies, VFX pulls and delivery.
das element 2.3 speeds library browsing
Version 2.3 adds AVIF import, popularity data, gallery navigation and CLI fixes aimed at large studio media libraries.
Using C4D’s Axis Tool in a Product Viz workflow
SilverwingVFX shows how he handles object axis in his Cinema 4D studio workflowthat ensures a fast and fluent process even with challenging and unoptimized computer aided design imports.
PolygoFlow Dash asset manager goes free on Fab
Free Dash asset manager lands on Fab: browse local assets across UE5 projects, tag up to 1000 assets a month, and use smart collections.
InstaMAT Test: Painting, Procedurals and Pasta
InstaMAT merges painting, materials, and mesh editing into one node-based tool that connects Substance-style workflows with procedural control. Sounds great, so we'll get our hands dirty and test it!
ZBrush 2026.1: Retopo & Assets
Retopology arrives as a sculpting native system, photogrammetry lands on iPad, and ZBrush’s assets finally move out of Program Files.
Das Element 2.2: Major Step Forward for Asset Management
The new Das Element 2.2 release strengthens 3D handling, adds dynamic permission controls and custom Python action hooks to make studio asset management even smoother.
Peakto for Premiere: search your footage like never before
At Adobe MAX 2025, CYME launched “Peakto for Premiere Pro”: a plugin giving editors AI-search across local and shared media without the cloud.
UE Organizer: Taming the Unreal Vault Jungle
DocHardGames’ UE Organizer finally brings order to your Unreal Engine Vault. Free for browsing and tagging, $5/month for one-click import, AI tagging and sync.
Project Manager 3.41 Adds Translucency, Archives & Online Licences
Project Manager 3.41 lands with archive import, PBR translucency, online licences, colour labels, and multi-category filtering for 3ds Max users.
Dash 1.9 Makes a Splash in UE5 Asset Management
Polygonflow's Dash 1.9 update enhances Unreal Engine 5 asset management with a free content browser, advanced shaders, and improved organizational features.
Adobe Substance 3D Stager 3.1 Beta
Adobe Substance 3D Stager 3.1 introduces key updates, enhancing material editing, asset management, and real-time rendering workflows.
Sketchsoft Releases Feather 1.0: Streamlined 3D Drawing
Sketchsoft’s Feather 1.0 introduces a real-time 3D drawing and modeling tool focused on efficient asset creation.
Unity 6: New Features After the Licensing Turmoil
Unity 6's release brings new features and stability enhancements. Licensing policies have been reworked after last year’s backlash, with better flexibility for small studios.
Intelligent Media Assistant?
Isn't it time to say goodbye to old workflows? And put the hype surrounding AI to good use? Instead of breathless marketeer newsletters that nobody reads anyway, there are also useful applications - for example Cara One.
Element 2.1: Asset management for VFX professionals
The latest version of Das Element 2.1 brings numerous improvements, including enhanced video controls and improved library migration.
The knights from the cutting table rush to the rescue
As I often work on several projects at the same time with Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop, it's difficult to keep track of the time spent. In my search for a solution, I came across "Knights of the Editing Table".
A new element is here!
Element, our favourite 3D asset manager, is entering its second version - now with infinite scroll, duplicate detector and the long-awaited assignment of textures and maps to geometry within the manager!
Hitchhikers Guide to … asset libraries?
Let's talk about asset management! But why do we actually want to organise our assets?
Shotgrid at the discounter?
It's not just VFX studios that have digital assets of all kinds - CGI pipelines are now
now run through all industries. We take a look at what a discounter is doing with Shotgrid (formerly Shotgun).
Off to the cloud with Blackmagic raw files?
Transcode BMD raw footage natively with Alteon.io - saving creative professionals many hours of work. Alteon.io promises to support other important file formats.
The element appears in version 1.2!
VFX Library Software from Munich gets an upgrade. Further development focuses on user-friendliness and teamwork. Founder Jonas Kluger presents the new functions.
Version 1.1.4 of “das element” released!
Is the future of asset management coming from Munich? The new version offers incremental improvements that will fuel your asset organisation mania!
Element-ary Asset Management
There's something with AI and industry relevance for asset management - and it's also from Munich. Do you already know the element?
Quixel Assets for Abandoned Interiors
A curated Quixel Megascans selection supplies statues, cushions, metal tables, stools and fireplaces for decayed environments.
Post-Apocalyptic City Asset Pack Updated for Unreal Engine
Kimmo Kaunela’s Post Apocalyptic City pack added interiors to a modular Unreal Engine environment containing around 200 adjustable elements.
USD Shell Extension | Release
Actvision released: a source-free software solution for USD file management.
Kyno as an editing assistant for Resolve
Review: In DP 04 : 2020, our author Uli Plank took a look at the management app Kyno - and its support for Blackmagic Design.
Connecter 3.0 Expands Asset Management Integrations
Connecter 3.0 adds Revit support, improved 3ds Max and Blender integrations, PBR previews, image comparison and backup tools.
Closed Caption Creator
Fresh out of beta: The free web-based application has officially been released.
Here Comes Kyno ….
Screening, logging, organisation and transcoding, all compatible with Excel, Premiere (or FCP) and then an intuitive interface too - with Kyno there are no more excuses for an untidy archive.
Toon Boom Manager
Toon Boom Animation has acquired asset-management, production-tracking and review tool Tactic Studio and renamed it Toon Boom Manager.
ftrack Customer Showreel
The ftrack Customer Reel contains lots of great breakdowns, including from “Kung Fury” and “Mara and the Firebringer.”
Shotgun 6.3 with New Functions
The media app helps artists and supervisors manage and edit media in a project. Now there is a new version with practical functions.
New SLiB BROWSER PRO Plugin for Maya
The completely revised version of the library assistant runs more stably and can export shaders or even entire assets.
Following the Acquisition of Blue Order: Avid Expands Interplay into a Complete Media Asset Management Solution
New Interplay product series enables media companies to increase the value of their assets, collaborate in more varied ways and gain enormous flexibility.
NAB 2009: NorCom Presents Complete MAM System
NorCom presents NCPower Compact, a preinstalled media-asset-management system covering ingest through playout.
S4M’s VPMS wins over 2008 Innovation Award jury
S4M’s Video Production Management System won over the 2008 Innovation Award jury in the Business Software category.
Blue Order and NBC cooperate on Olympic coverage
Blue Order will provide digital asset management for NBC’s coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Final Cut Server Begins Shipping
Apple begins shipping Final Cut Server, a server-based media asset management and workflow-automation system.
Adobe Releases Public Beta Version of Photoshop Express
Free online software offers Photoshop technology for anyone who takes digital photographs
Picturepark 6.0 Adds an AJAX Interface
Picturepark 6.0 introduces an AJAX-based interface designed to make the media asset management system more responsive in a web browser.
ERCO chooses the Pixelboxx media asset management system
ERCO is now using the web-based enterprise media asset management system Pixelboxx to manage its product images and descriptions.
ARD.ZDF Medienakademie Partners with S4M
ARD.ZDF Medienakademie has received exclusive training rights for three S4M products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
S4M Reviews Second VPMS User Meeting
German commercial and public-service broadcasters met in Cologne for S4M’s second VPMS User Group Meeting.
More variety – MCI Open House 2008
Following last year’s successful debut, we invite you to another Open House in Hamburg on March 6 under the motto "More Variety 2008". From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Studio Hamburg site, you can inspect, discuss and try out solutions for broadcast and media, from products and systems to studio equipment.
VIRTUALREEL Digital Commercial Archive Creates Reels in Minutes
VIRTUALREEL lets advertising agencies and commercial-film producers manage advertisements in a digital in-house archive and create reels quickly.
PLAZAMEDIA Uses Blue Order Media Archive for Its Live Sports Production Environment
Customers benefit from faster and more flexible availability of production material.
MW: GridIron Software Demonstrates Flow
At Macworld, GridIron CEO Steve Forde demonstrated Flow, the new application and asset-management program for Mac and PC, to the DP editorial team.
Ascent Media wins major contract from French television
Ascent Media Systems & Technology Services (S&TS), a provider of consulting, systems-integration and technical-support services for the media and entertainment industries, has won a major contract from leading French broadcaster Télévision Française 1 (TF1). The contract covers the design and construction of a new tapeless production system for all of TF1’s news and sports programmes.
S4M at Canadian Broadcast Conference SAC 2008
S4M – Solutions for Media is taking part as a sponsor for the second time when the Canadian broadcast conference SAC opens its doors in Toronto. On February 11 and 12, 2008, around 200 high-ranking delegates will learn about topics relating to the broadcasting sector.
TOBIS Works with BrightDrive Media Sharing for Film Restoration Project
Bright Systems announces that Tobis Portugesa S.A., Lisbon, has chosen media sharing to ensure a better postproduction workflow.
NDR Activates S4Schedule Short-Term Planning
Norddeutscher Rundfunk now uses S4Schedule for short-term programme planning and frame-accurate transmission workflows.
Sabrina Heeke Is “Germany’s Super Trainee”
ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion trainee achieves best result in DIHK final examination/"National Best Honours" on December 12 in Berlin.
Put in the Right Light – Ingenuity in “High-Speed Reality” Through RTT
The new versions of RTT DeltaGen and RTT Portal create more flexibility and design freedom to visualise design concepts and products in the highest quality.
Gerhard Möller at Blue Order
Blue Order Solutions AG, a worldwide provider of integrated workflow and media asset management solutions for the media and entertainment sector, has recruited Gerhard Möller as Vice President of Business Development.
13 prizes and distinctions for creative work by ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion
13 prizes and distinctions for creative work by ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion.
Creative Solutions cleans up at the 9th International Eyes & Ears Awards.
Studio Hamburg and Exozet Partner on IPTV
The companies combine video production, asset management, portal development and TVNEXT technology for IPTV and video-on-demand projects.
Cinegy and Orad Link Broadcast Graphics
Cinegy and Orad will demonstrate a shared database workflow for broadcast graphics, templates, rundowns, clips, and audio at IBC.
RTT AG Continues Massive Growth Course
Realtime Technology AG, RTT for short, (stock exchange abbreviation: R1T) surpasses even the record figures from the previous quarter in the second quarter of 2007 and in the overall view of the first half-year:
SIGGRAPH 2007: DeltaGen 7.0 and Portal 3.0 from RTT
RTT AG only recently released its most important products in a new version – RTT DeltaGen 7.0 and RTT Portal 3.0, which the Munich VR specialist is presenting at SIGGRAPH 2007. DP spoke with Andrea Gunschera, responsible for Content Production, and Shawn Hempel, head of the research department at RTT. In the interview, the two provide insight into company philosophy, workflow concepts and career opportunities at RTT.
Sony Wins British Horseracing Archive Project
The British Horseracing Board selects Sony XDCAM HD, HDXchange and PetaSite for recording and archiving races.
RTT: DeltaGen 7.0 and Portal 3.0
3D visualization for product development, design, marketing, sales and after-sales
NAB: Vizrt Integrates Acquisitions into Its Product Range
New Viz-Video Hub media asset management system / Viz-Multichannel supports broadcasters with several channels / Multi Platform Suite for mobile devices
NAB: Quantel with New Infrastructure Solution
GenePool, Max and Sam are components of a new infrastructure solution for post houses
VPMS Enters Tagesschau News Production
S4M's VPMS manages ingest, archive playout, file transfer and synchronised video storage in ARD's Tagesschau workflow.
ProSiebenSat.1 Group produces and broadcasts in true 16:9 for the first time
"The Niels Ruf Show" on Sat.1 Comedy is produced in anamorphic widescreen format.
IBC: Digital Video Ingest with Creator
At the IBC, Optibase launches a new series of storage products with the Creator ingest server
IBC: Ascent Media Starts Consulting
The film and broadcast service provider also wants to advise television broadcasters on the European mainland in future
IBC: WDR Tests Sched Player from VCS
Single-server playout automation is a step towards introducing self-operated studios
IBC: S4M Presents Dynamics Broadcast
Channel management system combines program planning with licence, material and asset management / S4Production installation at BR
IBC: Harris Cooperates in the Server Sector
Together with Isilon Systems and VT Communications, Harris offers new storage and automation solutions
SIGGRAPH: Bryce and Carrara Refreshed
With a major update for Bryce and a maintenance update for Carrara, DAZ polishes up the range of former Eovia products
VCC Establishes Media Asset Management Firm
Leporello markets a web-based archive and distribution platform for moving-image assets.
NAB: Avid – “Nonlinear Workflow Engine” and much more
Avid comes to NAB with numerous innovations, including the comprehensive Interplay workflow solution and numerous major updates
Lightroom: Adobe Presents Beta Version of Its New Tool for Photo Professionals
Software for importing, managing, developing and presenting digital images / Open architecture / Expanded handling of Raw data
Avid Announces Alienbrain Studio 7.5
Latest asset-management release comes in two editions with a new pricing model
Con4 Trade Fair Cologne: HP Shows Comprehensive DCC Solutions
Workstation Provider Presents a Broad Range of Products and Services for Content Management and Distribution
IBC: Omneon Presents ProBrowse for Spectrum Media Server
ProBrowse Simplifies Clip Management through the Use of Proxies
SIGGRAPH: Eyeon Announces Fusion 5 Ship Date
The compositing application is scheduled to ship on 31 August
Siggraph: Autodesk Presents 3ds max 8
Autodesk also used Siggraph to present a new version of its 3D solution
Free Endorphin Learning Edition Available
NaturalMotion offers its animation solution without motion-file export for non-commercial use
NAB Briefs: Product and Technology News
Product and technology updates from Panasonic, Avid, Digidesign, Thomson, Keisoku, Dalet and Pinnacle
Bundesliga Database Uses Apple Workstations
Twelve observing stations replace VHS recording for faster, higher-quality Bundesliga analysis
QVC Invests in Sony PetaSite Tape Library
QVC deploys a Sony PetaSite SAIT tape library and PetaServe storage-management software
Thomson Grass Valley Launches dMAX
Thomson Grass Valley introduced dMAX at its pre-NAB event as an initiative for digital media workflows and multi-platform distribution.
Bavaria Production Services Offers TV over IP
Bavaria Production Services is offering TV over IP as a full-service provider for internet-delivered television.
IBC 2004: S4M Shows Cross-Media Software Suite
From September 10 to 14, S4M Will Present Its Fully Integrated Cross-Media Software Suite and Its Latest and Most Up-to-Date Software Developments at IBC.
SHM Broadcast Expands Product Portfolio
SHM Broadcast now also distributes products from Pixelmetrix and Masstech.
Eurosport Installs SGT Media Manager
Eurosport has integrated SGT Media Manager into its new pre-transmission infrastructure for Eurosport and Eurosport News.
IRIDAS Shows SpeedGrade Colour Correction
IRIDAS is demonstrating non-destructive SpeedGrade colour correction and FrameCycler 2.7 at IBC 2003.
TWI Introduces ICF Workgroup Edition
TWI Interactive has introduced ICF Workgroup Edition for real-time production, management and distribution of digital media.
Farmers Wife 3.3 Manages Media Workflows
Farmers Wife 3.3 combined scheduling, costing, tape management, contacts and reporting for media-production operations.
VIVA Relies on Nonlinear Editing Solutions and Shared Storage from Avid
Avid ensures an efficient workflow at the Viva music broadcaster