Hollywood Post Alliance Announce 2009 Award Nominees

Gala Ceremony Scheduled for November 12th at the Skirball Cultural Center

Recognizing the abilities of the talented men and women behind the scenes who play a vital part in the creation of motion pictures, commercials and television, nominations have been announced by the Hollywood Post Alliance for the Fourth Annual HPA Awards.

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Cinesite To Provide Extensive Creature Effects on Warner Bros.’ Clash of the Titans

Cinesite has been selected by Warner Bros. to provide major creature animation on Clash of the Titans. The work involves a major battle sequence, and will include 2-D and 3-D shots as well as a lead CG creature.

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Sohonet Taps Richard Linecar as New Int’l Sales Manager

Sohonet, the experts in high speed data workflow for the global entertainment industry announced today the addition of post production industry veteran, Richard Linecar in the new position of International Sales Manager. Richard’s role with Sohonet includes overseeing sales, business development and marketing for the
company’s high-bandwidth data management services and production workflow consulting.

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Sohonet Taps Richard Linecar as New Int’l Sales Manager

Sohonet, the experts in high speed data workflow for the global entertainment industry announced today the addition of post production industry veteran, Richard Linecar in the new position of International Sales Manager. Richard’s role with Sohonet includes overseeing sales, business development and marketing for the
company’s high-bandwidth data management services and production workflow consulting.
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The Orphanage Brings VFX and DI Processes Together With Film Master

Digital Vision, the premier provider of picture enhancement systems for film and television post-production, announced today that top visual effects studio The Orphanage has purchased its Film Master finishing system to extend its creative and workflow management services to include DI and colour grading. With Film Master, The Orphanage is able to harness artistic talent more efficiently and eliminate re-work across the VFX and DI processes for both film and commercial work.

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Cinnafilm Unveils Breakthrough Graphics Parallel Processing Technology with Introduction of Cinnafilm HD1 Real-Time Film Look System

Cinnafilm Inc. an emerging force in the development of polished GPU parallel processing, today unveiled the Cinnafilm™ HD1 real-time film look system, a major breakthrough in film look effects for HD digital video. The new solution is the result of over four years of dedicated research to harness graphics card parallel processing. Cinnafilm HD1 is intended for creative professionals who wish to easily and cost-effectively apply the look of film to nearly any digital video source, while maintaining the highest levels of production quality and visual integrity. Cinnafilm HD1 streamlines transfer and rendering processes to provide a solution that is fast, efficient, and affordable. Filmmakers can now quickly achieve a studio celluloid look at a digital video price.

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DVS delivers enhanced DI workflow to MI Post

At the heart of MI Post’s new DI workflow is the DVS-SAN. With the introduction of the DVS-SAN, MI Post can manage and share content in a central location offering clients a flexible digital intermediate workflow with real-time 2K and HD processing. The DVS-SAN is a central storage system specifically designed for uncompressed video and digital film finishing where multiple workstations can access large amounts of data quickly and simultaneously in real time.

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L’Immagine Ritrovata Uses da Vinci Revival™ to Restore Invaluable Film Heritage

da Vinci Systems today announced that L’Immagine Ritrovata, a specialized film restoration lab and post-production facility, part of the Cineteca di Bologna in Italy, is using the company’s Revival™ image restoration system to repair, preserve, and conserve significant films from Italian and international film archives. Staff at L’Immagine Ritrovata work closely with the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and all of its members to restore films, including silent classics to 21st-century features and short-form programs.

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Proavio to Introduce New Line of Fibre Channel Storage Products for Growing Digital Cinema Markets

Proavio, U.S.A., a leading developer of storage systems and tools for digital media production, has announced today that it will be exhibiting a completely new line of 4Gb Fibre Channel storage solutions designed to accommodate the needs of growing digital cinema storage requirements.

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Silicon Imaging Announces Integrated 3D Technology Preview and Suite of New Features and Accessories for the SI-2K Digital Cinema Platform at NAB 2008

Silicon Imaging, together with it’s partners P+S Technik, CineForm, and IRIDAS, announce a host of platform enhancements to the SI-2K, improving the user experience behind the camera, and enabling a more streamlined post workflow that blurs the line between pre-production, on-set and post-production, creating a powerful non-linear workflow solution that covers the gamut from the initial concept to final delivery.

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