Press Releases

Adobe Frame.io Collab App Bolsters Premiere Pro and After Effects

Remote collaboration has been a dream of editors and production managers for years. I can remember seeing elaborate remote gear setups some 10 years and more ago that pulled together Avid edit systems, high-speed fiber networks and more, all to allow producers to keep an eye on onsite editing. As production moved from point-to-point setups […]

Lenovo Goes with the Latest Intel Procs Yet Aims for ‘Value’ Pricing

Intel touts the top-of-the-line 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS as “the world’s fastest desktop” chip; the Alder Lake family moves clock speed up to a smoking 5.5 GHz, pretty much the highest you’ll find on a PC. Finding it already installed in “value-oriented” offerings such as these from Lenovo is encouraging for those who need […]

Rode Adds a Cost-Effective Headset to Its Line of Mics

Rode has been making microphones, mixers and other gear for over 50 years, so you’d figure that by now they would have gotten around to supplying the other end of the equation, headphones. Well, they finally have, and the new NTH-100 offers up a smart solution for production, editing, web presentations and maybe just listening […]

Goldcrest Post Finishes Five Films for DOC NYC 2021

NEW YORK CITY—October 22, 2021— Goldcrest Post provided final color grading and editorial finishing for five films screening at next month’s DOC NYC fest. They include three world premieres and two films making their New York City premieres. The largest documentary film festival in the country, DOC NYC 2021 will feature in-person screenings Nov. 10 – […]

Rising Sun Pictures Deliver 300 VFX for Disney’s Much Anticipated “Jungle Cruise”

Studio applies its skill in photo-real environments producing stunning recreations of the Amazon rainforest. Adelaide, South Australia — Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) recreated huge swaths of the Amazon rainforest with photo-real accuracy for Disney’s rollicking adventure film Jungle Cruise. The breathtaking jungle environments are used in several scenes in the film, which follows wisecracking skipper […]

Goldcrest Post Sound Artists Garner Emmy Nominations for “The Queen’s Gambit”

Goldcrest Post Sound Artists Garner Emmy Nominations for “The Queen’s Gambit” NEW YORK CITY— Goldcrest Post sound artists have been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for their work on Netflix’s acclaimed limited series The Queen’s Gambit. Supervising Sound Editor Gregg Swiatlowski and Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer Eric Hirsch are nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing for […]

DGene Opens Volumetric Capture Stage

AI specialist’s new Louisiana facility features technology for creating 3D holograms of people and objects. LOS ANGELES—August 5, 2021— DGene, a Silicon Valley and Shanghai-based developer of AI technology and solutions, has opened a research and development and production facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The centerpiece of the new site is a 900-square-foot volumetric capture […]

No Loss // No Gain Uses Cooke Mini S4/i Prime Lenses to Bring a Specific Look to All Second Unit Photography

Leicester, UK – 29 June 2021 – When writer/director Christian Rousseau envisioned the look of No Loss // No Gain (NLNG), he knew that the two worlds the film would portray would need to be photographed differently, but the idea of using completely different lenses from two different manufacturers was not part of the initial plan — until cinematographers John […]

Cooke S4/i lenses transform Meet Your Master online expert interviews into intimate conversations

– Cinematographer Alexander Hackinger creates dynamic and sympathetic settings for online courses with experts – Leicester, UK – Director of Photography Alexander Hackinger has brought a cinematic yet intimate ambiance to the Meet Your Master German series of inspirational and entertaining online courses with the use of Cooke S4/i prime lenses and ARRI Amira and Alexa Mini cameras. Produced by Wolff Brothers, Meet Your […]

SMPTE Hollywood to Discuss Post-Production in a Post-Covid World

LOS ANGELES — May 14, 2021 — At its May virtual meeting, SMPTE Hollywood will host a panel of post-production leaders for a lively discussion on the industry’s future through covid 19 and beyond. The free event is slated for Thursday, May 27th at 6:30 p.m. PDT on Zoom. The past year has challenged the post-production […]