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Digistor Appoints High-End DI Specialist

Tue, Jan 05, 2010

Broadcast, post-production and digital media specialist supplier, Digistor Pty Ltd, has appointed Mr. Helmut Lottenburger as DI Workflow & Application Specialist working out of the company's Artarmon Office.

Matrox Enables State-of-the-Art HD Workflow for Quick News Delivery

Dynamic Visual Systems Enters Digital Signage Market

Wed, Jan 06, 2010

Digistor's new specialist business unit Dynamic Visual Systems formed to address the increasing demand for digital signage and kiosk information systems in Australia

BREAKING NEWS! 10 New Canon Camcorders from CES Las Vegas

BREAKING NEWS! 10 New Canon Camcorders from CES Las Vegas

Tue, Jan 05, 2010

Canon Australia today announced an exciting new line of four LEGRIA FULL High Definition, three High Definition and three Standard Definition Flash Memory video cameras

Boris Continuum Complete 6 Makes "Best of 2009" List

Wed, Jan 06, 2010

Can you name a plug-in package that offers almost 200 filters including ones that let you do true 3D extrusions of EPS files, text, and splines?

IceTV Update

IceTV Update

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

IceTV has now added 'Advanced Searching' to IceTV Interactive to make it even easier for you to find your favourite shows on digital free-to-air TV.

Sony announces first AVCHD camcorder for professional markets

Sony announces first AVCHD camcorder for professional markets

Fri, Jan 08, 2010

Sony today unveiled the first product in its recently announced NXCAM family brand, the HXR-NX5P, which utilises professional implementation of AVCHD technology to deliver seamless production workflow.

Sony unveils new ‘bloggie’ mobile HD snap camera

Sony unveils new ‘bloggie’ mobile HD snap camera

Tue, Jan 12, 2010

Bloggie’ camera offers a fun and simple experience to shoot and share your photos and HD videos online

New Lowepro Range

New Lowepro Range

Tue, Jan 12, 2010

Maxwell Australia has o announced the addition of 4 new camera bags to the Lowepro range.

Boris FX Announces New Boris Continuum Unit: Materials

Boris FX Announces New Boris Continuum Unit: Materials

Mon, Jan 25, 2010

15 Filters for Creating Realistic Surfaces and Animated Organic Backgrounds

PANASONIC UNVEILS WORLD'S FIRST INTEGRATED FULL HD 3D CAMCORDER AT CES 2010

PANASONIC UNVEILS WORLD'S FIRST INTEGRATED FULL HD 3D CAMCORDER AT CES 2010

Fri, Jan 15, 2010

Available In October 2010 - Solid-State Recording System Will Offer Highly-Efficient Full HD 3D Video Production

Accelerated HD H.264 Encoding Option Now Available for Matrox Axio LE and RT.X2 Realtime Editing Platforms

Accelerated HD H.264 Encoding Option Now Available for Matrox Axio LE and RT.X2 Realtime Editing Platforms

Wed, Jan 20, 2010

Award-winning Matrox CompressHD card featuring Matrox MAX technology speeds up HD H.264 file creation for Blu-ray, Flash, YouTube, and other web formats

New Version of Wondertouch Particle Illusion

New Version of Wondertouch Particle Illusion

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

The particleIllusion for After Effects (pIAE) plug-in is here.

Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X3 Brings Speed and Creativity

Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X3 Brings Speed and Creativity

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

Enhanced performance, streamlined production workflow and new creative effects dramatically accelerate movie making on the pc

Panasonic introduces two new Full High Definition camcorders

Panasonic introduces two new Full High Definition camcorders

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

25x optical zoom, wide-angle lens and enhanced optical image stabilisation

Amber Technology now plays the Blues

Amber Technology now plays the Blues

Mon, Feb 08, 2010

Amber Technology has added the renowned BLUE Microphones range to its product solutions for the Australian market.

Panasonic Australia launches two new 3MOS Camcorders

Panasonic Australia launches two new 3MOS Camcorders

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

Panasonic Australia launches two new 3MOS Camcorders

Sony debuts palm-size recording studio with full-size performance

Sony debuts palm-size recording studio with full-size performance

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

Portable and lightweight, Sony’s latest Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10P offers professional recording on the go

New Sony HDRAX2000 for pros

New Sony HDRAX2000 for pros

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Sony Australia is expanding its line of solid state camcorders with the introduction of an AVCHD model, the high-end HDRAX2000, designed to broaden the shooting capabilities for semi-professionals

SURFit for iPhone launched

SURFit for iPhone launched

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

SURFit lets iPhone users check the surf via hi def video

Sony introduces the Cyber-shot TX5 digital camera – tougher than it looks

Sony introduces the Cyber-shot TX5 digital camera – tougher than it looks

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Everyday durability added to Cyber-shot range, while style and imaging remain paramount

Matrox Convert DVI lets broadcasters easily and economically get Skype, YouTube, and mobile phone videos to air

Matrox Convert DVI lets broadcasters easily and economically get Skype, YouTube, and mobile phone videos to air

Fri, Mar 05, 2010

Matrox Ships World’s First HD-SDI Scan Converter with Genlock Under $1500

Attention: Avid Liquid users ...
New StreamZHD Live ABR encoder

New StreamZHD Live ABR encoder

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Digital Rapids has unveiled the new StreamZHD Live ABR encoder, the industry's highest-performance Adaptive Bit Rate streaming system.

Hauppauge and IceTV Promotion offering free

Hauppauge and IceTV Promotion offering free

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Hauppauge and IceTV are pleased to announce that all Hauppauge TV Tuners (both retail and OEM) will commence shipping with a 3 month FREE IceTV membership

Matrox HD Showreel Competition

Matrox HD Showreel Competition

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Send Matrox your HD demo reel or clips from your best projects and have a chance to be a part of our upcoming show reel !

New JVC Camcorders in Everio Range

New JVC Camcorders in Everio Range

Tue, Mar 16, 2010

JVC announces the launch of the new GZ-HM550 Everio camcorder with built-in Bluetooth® wireless technology

Congratulations to all Oscar nominees using Blackmagic Design

Congratulations to all Oscar nominees using Blackmagic Design

Wed, Mar 17, 2010

Blackmagic Design Inc. congratulates Avatar, Precious, Coraline and Invictus on their nomination for the Oscar Awards by the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Motionlink diversifies into the DCI market with CLIPSTER

Motionlink diversifies into the DCI market with CLIPSTER

Wed, Mar 17, 2010

CLIPSTER can perform all the steps required for the production of Digital Cinema Packages ...

Lexar Media New Speed and Capacity Upgrades

Lexar Media New Speed and Capacity Upgrades

Thu, Mar 18, 2010

New High-Capacity Lexar Professional CompactFlash and Class 10 SDHC Memory Cards

SANYO launches sleek new Xacti Dual Camera with feather light slim design

SANYO launches sleek new Xacti Dual Camera with feather light slim design

Fri, Mar 26, 2010

SANYO has announced the launch of the new VPC-CS1 Slim Full HD Xacti Dual Camera

Sony XDCAM cameras tackle surf and ski slopes

Sony XDCAM cameras tackle surf and ski slopes

Mon, Mar 29, 2010

Sony's AVCHD, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD422 cameras demonstrate their flexibility and reliability in extreme sports environments

ProPrompter now optimised for iPad

ProPrompter now optimised for iPad

Fri, Apr 09, 2010

Specifically made for the Apple iPad, the ProPrompter HDi is the ultimate full size mobile teleprompter

Sony announces support for SD formats

Sony announces support for SD formats

Sun, Apr 11, 2010

Sony Australia has announced that its entire 2010 range of digital imaging products will be capable of using SD and SDHC memory cards

Matrox Announces World's First Four-Channel 3G SDI Cards for Mac

Matrox Announces World's First Four-Channel 3G SDI Cards for Mac

Sun, Apr 11, 2010

Matrox Video Products Group today announced the Matrox Multi input/output cards

Blackmagic Design Announces UltraStudio Pro

Blackmagic Design Announces UltraStudio Pro

Tue, Apr 13, 2010

Blackmagic Design today announced UltraStudio Pro ...

Sony Vegas 9.0d released with new enhancements

Sony Vegas 9.0d released with new enhancements

Tue, Apr 13, 2010

Now includes closed captioning, burn timeline to DVD, PSD support and more

Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Adobe® Creative Suite® 5

Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Adobe® Creative Suite® 5

Tue, Apr 13, 2010

The key features of this new release include: full-resolution, , realtime ...

Introducing Boris Continuum Complete 7 AE

Introducing Boris Continuum Complete 7 AE

Tue, Apr 13, 2010

Over 200 next-generation filters re-engineered for 64-bit processing and OpenGL acceleration

Panasonic announces 3D camcorder for October

Panasonic announces 3D camcorder for October

Mon, Apr 19, 2010

The AG-3DA1 is a professional-quality, Full HD 3D camcorder offering SD media card recording

Wondertouch for AE for Mac released

Wondertouch for AE for Mac released

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Create amazing particle effects in After Effects for Macintosh (see the video too!)

New LogicKey Aluminium keyboard

New LogicKey Aluminium keyboard

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

New PC slimline keyboard

New CISCO Flip Mini Camera

New CISCO Flip Mini Camera

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Twice the memory and a bigger LCD than previoius models ....

Sony concept camcorder with interchangeable lenses

Sony concept camcorder with interchangeable lenses

Tue, May 18, 2010

Here is some more info on Sony's new diigital camcorder with interchangeable lenses. W have asked JVC and Canon for comment ...

GOT AN ‘IDEA WORTH SPREADING’?  YOUR IDEA COULD BE ON STAGE AT TEDx

GOT AN ‘IDEA WORTH SPREADING’? YOUR IDEA COULD BE ON STAGE AT TEDx

Thu, May 06, 2010

Video competition may be the ticket to TEDxSydney

Sony digital HD camcorders capture the drama in The Wateries

Sony digital HD camcorders capture the drama in The Wateries

Fri, May 21, 2010

Filmed in a mockumentary style, The Wateries made use of the Sony PMW-EX1, V1 and HVR-Z5P to mobilise acquisition in order to add drama and immediacy to the series.

"Brazilian Honey" is now shipping worldwide and is available on Audio CD, or can be downloaded in Mp3 and WAV file formats

"Brazilian Honey" is now shipping worldwide and is available on Audio CD, or can be downloaded in Mp3 and WAV file formats

Fri, May 28, 2010

Music 2 Hues supplies production music and sound effects worldwide, offering over 80 audio CD's, plus over 2000 royalty-free music tracks for instant download

Dulce Systems announces the super fast dual controller rackmount RAID Storage - PRO RXd

Dulce Systems announces the super fast dual controller rackmount RAID Storage - PRO RXd

Sun, May 30, 2010

The PRO RXd is Mac and PC compatible. Certified to work with Apple's Final Cut Pro Studio, Adobe's Premiere Pro and other popular editing and creation applications.

Sony Offers $5000 trade-in!

Sony Offers $5000 trade-in!

Sun, May 30, 2010

Special Sony XDCAM Promo

ATOM 2010 Awards Closing Soon

ATOM 2010 Awards Closing Soon

Tue, Jun 08, 2010

Entries are closing soon for the 2010 ATOM awards

Magic Bullet Grinder

Magic Bullet Grinder

Thu, Jun 03, 2010

Easily convert dSLR video footage for easy editing.

Waterproof and 14 megapixel at $549

Waterproof and 14 megapixel at $549

Thu, Jun 03, 2010

Ideal for heavy duty snorkellers and swimmers - waterproof up to 3 metres. And HD!

New BenQ Pro Projector

New BenQ Pro Projector

Wed, Jun 09, 2010

BenQ Australia has announced the release of their SP890 installation projector designed for large venues such as concert halls and auditoriums.

New Sony Creative Packages for Audio/Video

New Sony Creative Packages for Audio/Video

Wed, Jun 09, 2010

Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum, ACID Music Studio, and Sound Forge Audio Studio - new versions announced

New PVR on the block

New PVR on the block

Wed, Jun 09, 2010

New PVR only $399 for 500GB storage

New HD Logger from Imagine

New HD Logger from Imagine

Wed, Jun 09, 2010

Imagine Products, Inc. announces a new version of HD Log videologger.

Martox MX02 Mini available

Martox MX02 Mini available

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

Matrox MXO2 Mini now available for Avid Media Composer V5 and NewsCutter V9

AVid Media Composer 5 Released

AVid Media Composer 5 Released

Tue, Jun 15, 2010

Create without restriction, complete projects faster, and take advantage of special low upgrade pricing say AVID. And you can try before you buy.

Apple Unveils All New Mac mini

Apple Unveils All New Mac mini

Tue, Jun 15, 2010

Created with the unibody construction process pioneered by Apple, the new Mac mini features a compact aluminium enclosure just 19.7 centimetres square and 3.6 centimetres thin

Joby Gorillatorch Flare

Joby Gorillatorch Flare

Fri, Jun 18, 2010

100 lumens of attention-grabbing light – anywhere, anytime –with additional emergency features

Fxfactory development partner Sugarfx releases Magimoto animation plug-in

Fxfactory development partner Sugarfx releases Magimoto animation plug-in

Fri, Jun 18, 2010

Brand new layer animation tool boasts intuitive control capabilities

Videohub Smart Control Now Shipping

Videohub Smart Control Now Shipping

Wed, Jun 23, 2010

Hardware router control panel that allows simple and faster routing for all Videohub routers say Blackmagic

Company 3 Uses Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve for Color Grading on Universal Pictures’ “Robin Hood”

Company 3 Uses Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve for Color Grading on Universal Pictures’ “Robin Hood”

Tue, Jun 29, 2010

“The grading of Robin Hood was a very exacting process, and Resolve gave us the power and feature set that we needed"'

Blackmagic claim first USB 3.0 professional capture and playback solution

Blackmagic claim first USB 3.0 professional capture and playback solution

Tue, Jun 29, 2010

10 bit SDI, HDMI, component, s-video, composite in SD and HD, plus hardware up, down, cross converter

New Distributor for Grass Valley

New Distributor for Grass Valley

Wed, Jun 30, 2010

Corsair Solutions to be master distributer of Edius and other Grass Valley products

New Infortrend ESVA FC Series of RAID storage systems
Sony Releases Palm Size Pro Camcorder

Sony Releases Palm Size Pro Camcorder

Tue, Jul 06, 2010

... is a great tool for journalists and a range of field shooting applications that require optimum mobility... say Sony

New Wondertouch particleillusion TRIAL available

New Wondertouch particleillusion TRIAL available

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Create beautiful effects quickly and easily with particleillusion

Support for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium software with Matrox MXO2 I/O devices for Windows

Support for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium software with Matrox MXO2 I/O devices for Windows

Mon, Jul 12, 2010

The Matrox MXO2 devices deliver much more than just I/O for Adobe CS5 Production Premium,” said Alberto Cieri

Targus deal for laptop owners

Targus deal for laptop owners

Wed, Jul 28, 2010

Targus and The Good Guys are offering the ultimate all-in-one accessory bundle for laptop users

First Interchangeable Lens Handycam!!

First Interchangeable Lens Handycam!!

Thu, Jul 15, 2010

Is this the way of the future? Sony seems to think so and let's face it, it was for dSLR cameras

New Settings for Contour Design Shuttle

New Settings for Contour Design Shuttle

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

New Settings for Adobe CS5, Apple Logic Pro, Avid Media Composer 5, and More

Cinedeck has new Australan distie in Blonde Robot

Cinedeck has new Australan distie in Blonde Robot

Wed, Jul 28, 2010

Cinedeck LLC (www.cinedeck.com) has announced it has signed a distribution deal with Blonde Robot, an Australian-based distributor

Panasonic Announces Development of World’s First Interchangeable 3D Lens for LUMIX G Micro System

Panasonic Announces Development of World’s First Interchangeable 3D Lens for LUMIX G Micro System

Thu, Jul 29, 2010

Panasonic has announced the development of the world's first twin-lens digital interchangeable lens that makes 3D shooting possible

Flexibility for Post and Broadcast with DVS Systems

Flexibility for Post and Broadcast with DVS Systems

Thu, Aug 19, 2010

While CLIPSTER now offers support for 3D depth grading, VENICE has been significantly expanded by a multi-camera view and channel grouping feature

AVID announces student pricing

AVID announces student pricing

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Special educational pricing for students

pCAM Film+Digital Calculator

pCAM Film+Digital Calculator

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

For Cinematographers and Still Photographers

Corsair and QSAN team up

Corsair and QSAN team up

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Corsair Solutions has announced a new relationship with storage area network (SAN) manufacturer, Qsan Technology Inc

$30 off Toast Titanium

$30 off Toast Titanium

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Special price for Mac users for Toast Titanium

News from Norton

News from Norton

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

I thought many might be interested in security so here's some information I received last week as a Norton Seminar

NEW! ProxyMill v3.1 -- Convert or Compress any HD Camera Files

NEW! ProxyMill v3.1 -- Convert or Compress any HD Camera Files

Sun, Aug 15, 2010

Directly convert any HD media, such as Canon 5D/7D, Panasonic P2 or AVCHD, Sony XDCam, JVC, etc. into sharable movie files

Blackmagic buys EchoLab

Blackmagic buys EchoLab

Sun, Aug 15, 2010

EchoLab has over 35 years of experience in designing and building production switchers since 1974.

FCP sequences to Avid Composer

FCP sequences to Avid Composer

Sun, Aug 15, 2010

Boris AAF Transfer is a custom Apple Final Cut Pro plug-in that lets you export AAF files from Final Cut Pro sequences for import into Avid Media Composer

Live & Love Short Film Competition

Live & Love Short Film Competition

Wed, Aug 18, 2010

The AHMF wishes to invite you to participate in the Live & Love Short Film Competition...

New Cinema 4D Release

New Cinema 4D Release

Sun, Sep 05, 2010

New version of Cinema 4D for Mac and Windows adds new features

Verbatim Blu-ray discs announced

Verbatim Blu-ray discs announced

Fri, Aug 20, 2010

Verbatim´s Hard CoatTM technology - a special scratch protection layer - protects the disc from scratches ...

New Microsoft Foxtel gadget

New Microsoft Foxtel gadget

Wed, Aug 25, 2010

The FOXTEL TV Guide Gadget is available on any Windows PC running Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7

Canon strengthens its professional video camera range

Canon strengthens its professional video camera range

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

The Canon XF105 and XF100 video cameras offer high-performance and professional features, such as 4:2:2 colour sampling

Panasonic to accelerate the creation of 3D content

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

AG-3DA1 is a professional-quality, Full HD 3D Camcorder that is an easy to use, flexible and cost-effective option for cinematographers

Singular Software releases Presto

Singular Software releases Presto

Sun, Sep 05, 2010

Ideal for conference presentations, training sessions, and workshops ...