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and

editing suite. The department has
recently worked on projects by the Jerky
Boys, Janet Jackson, Ice Cube, and Force
MD, and

on

the soundtrack for Postcards

new

division is based

on

the creative and

technical assets of Video Communica¬

tion, Inc. (VidCom), which created the

Computer Assisted Animation System
(CAAS).

from America.

Another

For information: Nationwide

Digital Inc., TV Studio Division, Broadcast

is

Center Suite 3, 4442 Arthur Kill Road,
Staten Island, NY 10309, (718) 948-1430.

fers.

new

affiliate company

Tape House Digital Film, developed to
provide high-quality tape-to-film trans¬

Atlanta Production

For information: Tape House
Computer Ink and Paint, 222 East 44th

Facility Expands
PC&E Lighting & Grip of At¬

(212) 557-9611, FAX (212) 953-1762.

Street, 10th floor, New York NY 10017,

lanta added to their DeFoor Hills Com¬

Stages 1 and
and separate
support facilities, K-13 insulation on the
ceiling and walls, and massive Jamison
stage doors sealing off the outside
world. A multi-layered 15,000-square-

Film Restoration Software

year with Sound
2. Both feature complete

plex last

Impatient
producers,
finicky clients

foot seamless membrane roof reduces

and overworked crews
love Lowel Rifa-lites,
which set up in seconds,

flood the

scene

with

voluptuous light, are all
but weight-

V

?!

Rifa

less and
adore to

travel.

won't miss the
big one while creating
legendary lighting.
-

you

impact noise and outside acoustic inter¬
ference.

Sound

Stage 1 is the larger of
the two stages, with 9,400 square feet of
space plus a 5,000-square-foot set prep
area

with construction foreman's office

just outside the stage door. Technical
features include a 50-ton central heating
and air-conditioning system in the stage,
an

observation booth, studio darkroom,

800 amps of 3-phase power, and a 10-ton
HVAC system in the support facilities.

user

X-Designer, a Motif graphical
interface (GUI) builder, is being used

Sony Pictures High Definition Center
development of clas¬
sic film restoration and image processing
at

in California in the

software. It is used to create GUIs for
software that automates correction of

imperfections in scanned film such as
dirt and scratch removal, tram-line re¬
moval, faded film correction, and flicker
reduction.

X-Designer allows developers
working GUI in minutes. It lets
the user interactively design a Motif GUI
and generates all the C, C++, and UIL
code required for the application. Perfor¬

to create

mance

features include internationaliza¬

Stage 1 also features its own production
a UPM/producer's of¬

tion, drag and drop, tear-off menus,
HyperText Help, unmatched geometry
management, an unlimited Undo button,

fice, conference

and

office suite with

and separate pro¬

loading bays service the

Compound String Editor.
X-Designer also provides
graphical front ends to SPHDC's other in-

stage area, which has its own private

house software. These include custom

entrance and reserved

computer graphics and utilities used to
interface computer systems with high-

duction office.
Two

room

parking space.
also has its own wardrobe
makeup room, and fully-equipped

The stage
room,

definition video

equipment. Sony Pic¬
running X-Designer on Silicon
Graphics workstations under the IRIX 5.2
operating system and the X-Windows

tures is

canteen.

Sound Stage 2 features all
amenities as Sound Stage 1

the
but
within a 5,600-square-foot area. The
stage itself has an observation booth,
same

a

and Motif 1.2 tool kits.

For information: DataViews

studio darkroom, a 30-ton HVAC system
and 600 amps of 3-phase power. The

Corp., 47 Pleasant St., Northampton, MA

stage has two loading docks with a third

3805.

bay for production

01060, (413) 586-4144, FAX (413) 586-

vans.

Studio

For information: PC&E, 2235

The

(404)609-9001,(800)537-4021.
dio

New

Tape House Division

was

new 20th Century Fox Stu¬
designed and produced by

Studio Productions and created with
Wavefront computer

which will

60 years ago

serve the broadcast, feature
and CD-ROM animation markets. The

Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Inc.
Brooklyn, New York 11220

140 58th Street

Tel: 718 921-0600 Fax: 718 921-0303

logo

Tape House has formed
Tape House Computer Ink and Paint,

The

14

Logo,

Station IDs Created

DeFoor Hills Rd., Atlanta, GA 30318,

March 1995

graphics software
by Topix. The original logo was created

using a single, handpainted glass panel with film optical
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