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Facilis Technology
Ships Version 7

USA: Facilis Technology has
released Facilis Shared Storage
Version 7 with Web Console
interface and high-performance
Hub Server.
With ever increasing media
file sizes, and 4K, HDR and VR
workflows continually putting
pressure on facility infrastructure,
the Facilis Hub Server is aimed at
future-proofing customers' current
storage and offering the most
powerful new systems available.
Facilis Hub Server uses a new
architecture to optimise drive
sets and increase the bandwidth
available from standard TerraBlock
storage systems.

Pond5 Releases
Premiere Pro Add-On

USA: Pond5 has released its Addon for Adobe Premiere Pro.
The free plug-in available through
the Adobe Premiere extension
panel makes millions of royaltyfree video clips, music and sound
effects accessible from within the
NLE.
Users can search the collection,
then narrow their search by price,
duration, frame rate and more.
Content creators can edit, add
filters and transitions, and
experiment with as many clips as
they like. Changes are saved when
the project is finalised.

Wazee Digital Core
Facebook Direct

USA: A new option in Wazee Digital
Core allows users to post, revise,
and delete digital video content on
Facebook directly from Core.
With this new feature, Core can
now publish to and manage
multiple social-media syndication
points - YouTube and Facebook
- to make it easier for users to
monetise their content libraries.
Core is Wazee Digital's cloud-native
digital asset management solution
that powers all its products and
services.

Deluxe Portal Refines
'American Gods' Post
S

TARZ's original series
American
Gods
features extensive visual
effects (VFX), which were
facilitated via The Portal,
Deluxe's
cloud-based
proprietary service.
The Portal simplifies
ingest and automates
distribution of original
camera plates to VFX
vendors,
dramatically
reducing post-production
turnaround times.
The Portal was part of overall postproduction services that included
colour grading (at Company 3),
conform (at Deluxe's Encore) and
dailies (via Deluxe Toronto) for
American Gods.
Available from a web browser, The
Portal allows VFX vendors to securely

In addition to simplifying
workflow,
Deluxe's
creative and technical
expertise enabled the
show to achieve its dark
and unique ultra-realistic
look.
Company 3 Colourist
Dave Hussey worked
closely with executive
producer David Slade
and the Company 3
colour science team to
replicate Slade's vision -
Easter (Kristin Chenoweth) is wooed by complex colour references
Mr Wednesday (Ian McShane) in American Gods
that were essentially
access files instantly once the VFX unachievable through traditional
editor submits EDLs, a capability that methods; developing a custom show
is becoming increasingly valuable as node that pushed on dynamic range
VFX for television productions grow aspects and incorporated variation
increasingly sophisticated and involve in texture, grain, sharpness and LUT
multiple VFX companies worldwide.
combinations that were then refined.

Global News Chooses Avid Graphics
O

ne of Canada's largest private
broadcasters is relying on Avid
to enhance viewers' experiences with
stunning graphics and virtual reality
using a more agile, cost-effective and
virtualised production workflow.
Global News, the award-winning
news and current affairs division
of Global Television Network, has
selected Avid graphics solutions to
transform the look and feel of news
delivered across its platforms.
Global Television Network is owned
by Canada's largest media content
company, Corus Entertainment. The
system enables the news leader to
captivate viewers with more dynamic
and immersive coverage through

state-of-the-art graphics and virtual
reality while benefitting from more
distributed cost-effective and agile
production.
To maintain its reputation for highquality coverage and cutting-edge
production, Global News wanted to
make its storytelling more visual
and compelling. With 15 TV stations
throughout Canada across multiple
time zones, it needed simple-to-use
solutions that could also function in a
virtualised environment with hardware
centralised in one city, and presenters
in another.
Global
News
selected
Avid's
comprehensive tools and workflow
solutions for graphics creation for

its four main production centres, as
well as nine other remote broadcast
locations.
Powered by the MediaCentral
Platform, the new workflow includes
Avid's Maestro graphics suite,
4Designer 2D/3D authoring software
and ProSet virtual studio.

Avid Maestro
user interface
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