AEON – A Life in a Day
The DMCI’s AEON follows a lifetime of seasons using 3D animation and light at TEDxSydney. Read more
MPC – Still Life Animation
MPC animated a decomposing classical still life painting in real-time, recreating a Dutch painter’s brush strokes and realistic behaviour of flies and maggots. Read more
DIT Station Upgrades on Sonnet Thunderbolt for On-Set Data
DIT Station’s Rogue4 for on-set data management has improved 
performance and added PCIe Storage and I/O integration by
incorporating Sonnet Thunderbolt hardware.
IGN Live Streams SXSW eSports with Blackmagic Design
IGN Pro League brought 27 international players to compete at 
their eSports tournaments at SXSW Gaming 2013, supported by
Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Camera Converters.
Guatemala’s Iglesia Cristiana Produces Live HD on Grass Valley
Iglesia Cristiana Casa de Dios, airing some of Latin America’s highest 
rated Christian programs, is using Grass Valley to outfit its church
for live production and global broadcast.
GenArts Sapphire 7 FX Gain Speed & Customisation
NAB GenArts Sapphire 7 focusses on more control, speed and a 
growing number of presets, aiming to facilitate production
of higher quality effects in less time.
modo 701 Redesigns Topology & Particle Simulations
modo 701 reveals changes, updates and new tools within the 
core functionality of most workflows including modelling, sculpting,
animation, effects and rendering.
Ubisoft Ubik Studio Upgrades Video Workflow on EditShare
Ubisoft Montréal has upgraded the multiplatform promotional game 
development workflow for Ubik, the company’s in-house creative
unit, with several EditShare products.
Autodesk Softimage 2014 Gains Camera & CrowdFX Controls
Development of the CrowdFX function has continued in Autodesk 
Softimage 2014, as well as other aspects of ICE, and adds a Camera
Sequencer is added for tighter scene control.
Autodesk Gameware Wins on AI, Lighting & Animation
Updates for Autodesk Scaleform, Navigation, Beast and HumanIK 
enhance compatibility for multiple platforms and game engines,
and add design and development tools.
iMovix UM+ Spine & Phantom Broadcast Sports in Slo-Mo
UM+ Spine is a broadcast integration package that incorporates 
the new Vision Research Phantom v-Series cameras with a single
connection, plus a camera control unit.
Aframe 2.0 Moves Video Assets Through the Cloud to NLEs
Aframe 2.0 cloud-based platform provides a quicker means of moving 
video content into NLEs, including Panasonic AVC integration, a new
user interface and an API Library.
Method Studios Appoints New President and CTO
Method Studios welcomes Christian Kubsch as President, overseeing 
the main base in LA and global operations, with Darin Grant as Chief
Technology Officer. Both bring extensive experience.
Digistor Boosts Training Opportunities for Content Creators
Digital media integration specialist Digistor has expanded its Sydney 
Training Centre, led by a new manager and running software courses
for editors and 3D and motion graphics artists.
Schneider Filters Capture Desert Skies on Breaking Bad
DP Michael Slovis ACS shoots the TV series ‘Breaking Bad’ in New 
Mexico, using Schneider filters to help define the show’s distinctive
desert skies.
Convergent Design Odyssey7 Joins Recorder & Monitor
Convergent Design Odyssey7 and 7Q are 7.7” OLED monitors with complete 
professional broadcast and cinematography recording functions.
OptiTrack Prime 17W Captures High-Resolution Motion Data
The OptiTrack Prime 17W motion capture and tracking camera has a 1.7 
megapixels sensor and a wide-angle field of view, to simultaneously track
body and finger data.
Geomerics Illuminates Games with Enlighten Middleware
Geomerics, lighting middleware developer for games, has upgraded 
their product Enlighten to integrate into workflows designed for a
broader range of platforms.
Matrox Monarch HD Streams and Records Live Video
Matrox Video is to show the Matrox Monarch HD, a video streaming 
and recording device that simultaneously streams live events and
records to Blu-ray for editing, at NAB 2013.
Boxx TV’s New Zenith Delivers Airborne HD SDI Video
Boxx TV prepares to demonstrate a new lightweight zenith transmitter 
on a remote-controlled helicopter for airborne filming in HD at NAB 2013
Aspera & UFC Deliver Fight Content via Cloud Transfers
UFC and Aspera are speeding up delivery of promotional and fight 
event content to TV, online and mobile devices for fans and distributors
through Amazon Web Services.
Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 Upgrades Particle Flow System
Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 has updated 3D animation for motion graphics, VFX, 
visualisation and game development. Viewport playback for complex scenes
has been optimised.
