Golden Square gets gold for Paralympics film
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 10:54
Team Saatchi’s fundraising campaign for the Paralympics GB combines the power of Sir Paul McCartney and his music with striking images of British Paralympians. RSA director, Luke Scott, chose Golden Square to perfect his imagery as a way of increasing the film’s intense mood. Golden Square also built a post-produced environment, from scratch, for the famous ex-Beatle.
Carolina Melis creates caring hands animation for NSPCC
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 10:41
Carolina Melis of Nexus Productions has designed and created a new and uplifting film for the NSPCC as part of an extensive Europe-wide campaign.
Quark takes QuarkXPress 8 on a UK tour
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 10:37
Quark is to host events in Bristol, Edinburgh, London, and Manchester as part of worldwide tour to show off its new version of its QuarkXPress DTP application.
th1ng’s young guns exhibit at London's Exposure Gallery
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 10:28
London mixed media and production company th1ng has teamed up with the Exposure Gallery in London to exhibit a collection of contemporary street art from th1ng duo Ewen Stenhouse and Josh Sutterby. The exhibit started 3 July and remains open to public for one month.
Virgin Media file sharers sent legal threat letters
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 08:56
Virgin Media has sent 800 customers letters warning them about participating in illegal file sharing.
Ubisoft makes Mac migration
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 08:54
Ubisoft has reached a deal with TransGaming to bring a number of its games across to the Mac using the Cider Portability Engine.
Judge orders YouTube to expose user viewing habits, history
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 08:51
A federal judge Tuesday ruled that Google must turn over a YouTube logging database containing 12TB of data that includes user log-in IDs, IP addresses and video viewing habits to Viacom International. The media and entertainment firm had sought the data -- recorded once a user starts to watch a YouTube -- as part of its US$1 billion copyright lawsuit against Google's video unit.
Cumulus fixes Backup Manager issue
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 08:50
Canto on Thursday announced the release of Cumulus 7.5.4, an update to its Digital Asset Management (DAM) software. This is the last planned update to 7.5, according to Canto.
Jade image processing plug-in released for Aperture
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 08:47
DataMind Srl has announced the release of Jade Plugin, designed to work with Apple's Aperture software. The plug-in is available in Standard and Pro licenses for €19.99 and €49.99, respectively (US$31.73 and $79.35).
Report: Gaming surpassed DVD, box office sales in 2007
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 08:46
Ask anyone in the know about the success of video games over the past few years and they'll definitely tell you that business is booming, but did you know that for the first time ever the industry has surpassed DVD? And the box office?
Free music from the Rhapsody MP3 Store
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 08:43
Hang on a sec, before you pack up to hit Cousin Bob's legendary barbecue for the 4th of July, let me mention that if you're among the first 100,000 people to sign up for an account at the new Rhapsody MP3 Store, Rhapsody will give you a US$10 credit.
Microsoft's Silverlight draws patent suit
Friday 04 Jul 2008 - 08:41
Video software developer Gotuit Media has sued Microsoft, claiming that its Silverlight multimedia software infringes several of the company's patents.
Adobe releases new Flash Player 10 beta
Thursday 03 Jul 2008 - 10:44
A new beta version of Adobe Flash Player 10, code-named Astro, is now available for download on the Adobe Labs site.
Red Giant ships Instant HD Advanced plug-in
Thursday 03 Jul 2008 - 10:36
Red Giant has released Magic Bullet Instant HD Advanced, which was previously known as Instant HD Pro. This new plug-in for Adobe After Effects CS3 delivers the highest possible quality conversion for SD to HD and is well-suited to prepare analog source footage and DV video clips for inclusion in HD projects.
Illustrators preview new Adobe features
Thursday 03 Jul 2008 - 10:26
The fifth annual Icon Illustration Conference, which opened yesterday in New York, offers illustrators a special sneak peek today of forthcoming features in Illustrator and Photoshop.
