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Vivid-Pix Sponsors International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina

March 23, 2022

Regional Scanning Stations Empower Families to Preserve Their Stories (Charleston, SC, March 23, 2022 – Special to the US Times) – Vivid-Pix www.vivid-pix.com, providing AI-powered image restoration software and educational services, is sponsoring the International African American Museum (IAAM), slated to open late 2022 in Charleston, South Carolina. The museum will honor the untold stories of…

The Art Of

The Art of Music: Kevin McKeown releases new video of Black Pistol Fire’s “Temper Temper”

December 5, 2020

(Texas, USA, 2010-12-04 ) Rolling Stone ran a story today that released Black Pistol Fire’s Kevin McKeown performing a live version of their hit, “Temper Temper.” And we liked it 🙂 So we are sharing it with you! Here’s a link to the video and their story. Let us know what you think!

The Art of Business: OWC RADiO Interview with Peter Hamilton of DocumentaryBusiness.com

July 28, 2019

Hamilton and Host Cirina Catania uncover the landscape of SVOD, OTT and answer questions about DEALS! Listen here on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to get notices of new interviews. Share with your friends on social media. You will be appreciated and will get virtual hugs. OWC RADiO is sponsored by Other World Computing with Cirina Catania…

The Art of Opera: Eugene Onegin

June 30, 2018

(Los Angeles, CA, June 29, 2018) Tickets for the final performance of Independent Opera’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Saturday, June 30, 2018, at the St. Andrews Lutheran Church Sanctuary, 11555 National Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90064 are available here: https://eugeneonegin.brownpapertickets.com/ Artistic Director, Galina Barskaya, was ecstatic after tonight’s performance and is enjoying this run,…

The Art of Film: Bradley Olsen and “Off the Tracks,” the history of Final Cut Pro

June 22, 2018

(Salt Lake City, Utah, June 13, 2018) Bradley Olsen owns Fedora Pictures in Salt Lake City and a major fan of the Indiana Jones movies. A quiet, normally introverted person, he gets animated when talking about his directorial debut. On June 27th at the LACPUG event in Hollywood, Brad will be premiering “Off the Tracks,”…

The Art of Tech: Red Giant Releases Trapcode Form 3 Training Series

June 19, 2018

(Portland, OR, Special to US Times, 2018-06-18) Red Giant has just released a brand new Trapcode Form 3 training series, available free of charge on the Red Giant YouTube channel and led by award-winning filmmaker and motion designer Chad Perkins. The new training videos are the latest to come out of Red Giant, on the…

Gear & Gadget Reviews

The Art of Sound: Mixing “Sound of Metal”

April 24, 2021

(Editorial by Cirina Catania, Senior Editor, US Times. 2021-04-23, California, USA) One of my favorite movies of the 2021 Awards Season is, “Sound of Metal,” nominated for SIX ACADEMY AWARDS! Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Sound. This team went above and beyond the norm and…

11th Gen Processors and Thunderbolt 4 – Love these New Products from Intel!

December 14, 2020

Jason Ziller, General Manager of the Client Connectivity Division of Intel Corporation, speaks with Oh! Zone Host, Cirina Catania about Intel’s new products that are out NOW for the holidays. Click on the podcast link above to listen in! It is entertaining and educational. Plus, you’ll know what to put on your last-minute Santa list…

Aiden Loves Keys & Kingdoms! Learning to play the piano is fun with this adventure game from MeloQuest.

(Review for USTimes.biz by Cirina Catania, Dec 13, 2020) Our family loves the Keys and Kingdoms adventure game…and here’s why. Let’s assume you have a musical child (or one that would like to be). But you can’t get them to stay with their piano lessons? (In fact, 80% of students eventually drop their lessons.) Let’s…

Sennheiser Closing Brick & Mortar Stores Maintaining Strong Online Presence

December 5, 2020

On November 12, 2020, Sennheiser announced that it would be closing its stores in Berlin, Sydney, San Francisco, Mexico City, Seoul, and Singapore in the near future. It’s just another sign of the times. But if you are a Sennheiser fan, do not despair. The online presence is as strong as ever. US Times will…

Award-Winning Composer, Simon Franglen, Geeks Out About Gear on OWC RADiO

October 27, 2020

This world-class music composer/producer is best known for his Golden Globe nominated work on Avatar and Grammy winning work on Titanic. His credits include four of the top grossing films of all time and six of the top selling albums. Simon talks with OWC RADiO Host, Cirina Catania, about the behind the scenes of working…

News

FiLMiC Pro Partners with Frame.io

May 4, 2022

FiLMiC Pro users can now upload video directly from on-set mobile device cameras to Frame.io Camera to Cloud (Seattle, WA, 2022-04-21, Special to USTimes) FiLMiC Inc. (www.filmicpro.com) has partnered with Frame.io, now an Adobe company, to integrate FiLMiC Pro, the Company’s premier cinema camera for iOS and Android devices with the Frame.io Camera-to-Cloud (C2C) service, the secure cloud-based…

The gala opening of the Malaga Film Festival

Malaga Film Festival Premieres with Christie Cinema RGB Laser Projectors

March 21, 2022

MALAGA, Spain (March 21, 2022 – Special to the US Times) – Christie® today announced that its RGB pure laser projectors are being used for the first time at the Malaga Film Festival, one of Spain’s biggest film events, open from 18 through 27 March 2022, at the Palacio de Deportes sports arena and other venues. This year’s…

Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) Closes with Kudos

February 18, 2022

(Berlin, Germany, February 17, 2022 – Special to USTimes) The European Film Market (EFM) is the heart of the European co-production market and a key European window for exhibitors. This exceptional edition of the European Film Market (EFM) at the 72nd Berlinale ended successfully yesterday, February 17, 2022. The international trading platform for audiovisual content had to be…

Ian Grech, Editor of “14 Peaks – Nothing is Impossible” | OWC RADiO

February 15, 2022

(London, England, February 14, 2022) If you edit films, this is a podcast for you. Learn how to handle a myriad of media types, and still select compelling stories and characters that are captivating, interesting, relatable, and emotional. Editor Ian Grech talks about his workflow using Premiere Pro on the movie “14 Peaks – Nothing…

Berlinale 2022 – World Cinema Fund Day, February 16

February 4, 2022

WCF Day is the World Cinema Fund’s annual public think-tank. The panels and rounds of discussion on February 16, 2022 will be focusing on the further development of funding and decolonising strategies. The WCF Day on February 16, 2022 takes place online (in English) from 1330 to approx. 1630 in local Berlin (German) time. The livestream can be watched on the Berlinale YouTube channel and…