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Boxx HD features

Radio Controlled Aerial

Cinematography
-3 axis gyro-stabilized mount
-competitive rates

Eyeon Software's Digi¬

tal Fusion HD, a bundled solution exclu¬
sive to Boxx.

The future

"digital lab"

was also
particular,
Imagica Corporation and Arri announced
that they are developing solutions for
future digital lab applications. Imagica
currently offers the Imager XE digital film

in evidence at the show. In

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Fax: 818.243.6768

which
scans
four
seconds/frame at 2K resolution and 11
seconds/frame at 4K. The machine
features pin-registered movement and
proprietary film gate transport, and is
designed to handle 35mm 4-perf and
35mm 8-perf, as well as 16mm and
Super 16. Elsewhere, Arri now offers the
Arrilaser, a cine film recorder that uses
scanner,

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three solid state lasers

Look into

as its light source,
significantly reducing the cost of record¬
ing digital images onto film.

Century's Series 2000

Canon 17-35mm T3 &
Minolta 28-70mm T3
Conversions

On the 3-D software front, Avid

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Technology unveiled the much-antici¬
pated Sumatra, its next-generation 3-D

f

nonlinear animation solution that boasts
non-destructive animation mixing, inter¬
active

WRjfy/Canon 17-35mm T3
Century/Minolta 28-70mm T3

Superior Optics + Century Expertise.
Century has extensively re-engineered
Canon's fine EOS 17-35mm

and Minolta's
28-70mm SLR lenses from the inside out-

converting them to true 35mm cine zooms
that

accurately hold focus throughout their
ranges and minimize image movement.
Like the rest of Century's renowned Series
2000 family, these new lens modifications
have been created with the highest level
zoom

of

technology and craftsmanship.

Small Wonders.

Slip on the Century/Canon 17-35mm. At
only 97.5mm long (from seating surface), it
weighs just 31 oz. The Century/Minolta 28-70
is almost as compact, measuring 118.6mm
(from seating surface) and weighing just 43 oz.
Both lens fronts feature 95mm diameters

and accept a Series 9
In

drop-in filter.

short, Century's compact conversions

ideal for handheld

shooting with light¬
weight PL mount cameras like the Aaton 35,
are

Moviecam

SL, and Arri 435.

rendering and real-time surface
continuity management. Nichimen
Graphics showcased Mirai, a "3-D oper¬
ating system" that features subdivision
surface modeling, 2-D and 3-D paint,
skeletal modeling, 3-D inverse kinemat¬
ics, biomechanical motion editing, a
nonlinear motion editing system, parti¬
cles and physical simulation, and photo¬
realistic rendering. Alias/Wavefront
debuted Maya Paint Effects, a technol¬
ogy advancement that enables users to
paint and animate complex organic and
painterly detail into 3-D space.
One underlying theme in the
evolution of computer graphics has been
the advent of tools that don't require the
operator to have a degree in computer
science. Nowhere

demonstrated

was

that evolution

aptly than at SensAble Technologies, where a 9-year-old
more

child demonstrated FreeForm, a model¬

ing system that uses physical metaphors
such as sculpting and wire cutting, and is
controlled

directly and through touch. Of

the young girl was the daughter
of leading computer graphics artists Jeff
Kleiser and Diana Walczak, but the

course,
precision optics

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company's point was made.

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