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Production Studio
Customer Quotes
Edit 1 Media
Seattle, Washington
www.edit1media.com
“Adobe Production Studio offers terrific advancements and tighter integration among all of the components of the suite—including Adobe Premiere® Pro, Adobe Audition®, Adobe Encore® DVD, After Effects®, and Photoshop®. Editing is now a breeze because you can seamlessly combine and tweak elements of your project across Adobe applications.”
— Chris Randall, Owner, Edit 1 Media
Edit 1 Media is a video production company that specializes in high-end wedding videography in the Seattle/Tacoma, Washington area.
Jeff Davis
®Productions, Inc.
Hollywood, California
www.jeffdavis.com
“The playing field between the large production companies, independent producers, and radio and television stations has been leveled. Adobe Audition works the way broadcast producers work and the learning curve is so small anyone can learn it in a matter of hours, not weeks.”
— Jeff Davis, CEO, Jeff Davis Productions, Inc.
Jeff Davis Productions serves the television, radio, and film communities with a variety of services including voice imaging for radio and television, artistic design, TV/radio production, and sound design for motion pictures.
DigiNovations / North Bridge Productions
Concord, Massachusetts
www.diginovations.com
“Adobe continues to bring world-class video editing capabilities to the Windows® operating environment, and that gives us a significant advantage with many corporate clients. By using the same operating systems, graphics, and file formats as most of our corporate clients, we eliminate the time-consuming challenges of standards conversion and compatibility troubleshooting. Kudos to Adobe for making Windows such a strong environment for corporate video production.”
— Michael Kolowich, President & Executive Producer, DigiNovations/North Bridge Productions
DigiNovations / North Bridge Productions is an award-winning creative video production company that makes films for technology marketing and education, as well as for fundraising and recruitment in the education and not-for-profit sectors.
milkshake
New York, New York
“Adobe is raising the bar substantially on the professional capabilities of After Effects software with After Effects 7.”
— Lloyd Alvarez, Owner, milkshake
Lloyd Alvarez of milkshake specializes in broadcast design for television networks such as HBO, MTV, Nickelodeon, A&E, History Channel, ESPN, Showtime, Cinemax, and many others.
O Entertainment!
El Segundo, California
www.oentertainment.com
“The new features, enhancements, and workflow of the Adobe Production Studio are very exciting. The integration of the applications in Adobe Production Studio is outstanding—there is nothing else like it on the market today.”
— Lance Bachelder, Supervising Editor, O Entertainment!
O Entertainment! is Steve Oedekerk’s company, staffed by a team of producers, developers, animators, and visual effects artists who create original content for theaters, broadcast, and home video.
The Orphanage
San Francisco, California
www.theorphanage.com
“The film preview capability in After Effects will save us time and money when checking our work on film, and the software’s new 32-bit color mode makes After Effects more suitable than ever for professionals working in high-end film.”
— Stu Maschwitz, Chief Technology Officer, The Orphanage, Inc.
Founded in 1999, The Orphanage’s state-of-the-art VFX post facility continues its steady growth from bou-tique shop to a facility capable of handling studio tentpoles; including the recent and upcoming: Superman
Returns (Warner Bros.), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.), Aeon Flux (Paramount), Sin City
(Dimension), The Day After Tomorrow (Fox), Hellboy (Revolution Studios), and Hero (Miramax).
twenty2product
San Francisco, California
www.twenty2.com
“Adobe After Effects and Photoshop used to be separate tools, but they increasingly feel like an integrated design environment for motion graphics. Real interoperability saves us the time we used to spend prepping content in one program for sequencing in another.”
— Terry Green, Partner, twenty2product
twenty2product produces interactive projects including visual design for Oracle Corporation’s website and a login sequence for Sun Microsystems’ Strategy Center kiosk network.
unexpected GmbH
Stuttgart, Germany
www.unexpected.de
“Adobe is clearly working hard to improve performance and HD capabilities in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro software, making them a truly viable alternative to expensive, proprietary editing tools.”
— Steffen Hacker, Visual Effects Supervisor, unexpected GmbH
unexpected GmbH specializes in visual effects (VFX) and 3D animation, also offering e-solutions and interactive DVD production services. customers include film and television producers as well as businesses from industry and the services sector.
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Uniteleven
South Pasadena, California
www.uniteleven.com
“Everyone in the industry will be impressed with the advancements in Adobe Production Studio. Not only is Adobe including new capabilities that increase workflow productivity and fill out the existing feature set, but
also the company is solidifying Adobe Production Studio software’s position among professionals.”
— Stephen Lawes, Compositing Supervisor, Uniteleven
Uniteleven was born from the core group of artists that produced Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Uniteleven’s characteristic style requires heavy visual effects work while covering the entire production process from scripting and previsualization to shooting and postproduction.
Partner Quotes
AJA Video
Grass Valley, California
www.aja.com
“Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 and Adobe Production Studio provide native HD-SDI support for the AJA Xena-HS card, resulting in a solid HD-SDI pipeline to create HD content for broadcast using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0. This would have been impossible to achieve without dedicated development and close collaboration between Adobe and AJA. As a Gold level sponsor of the February 2005 Adobe Production Studio series, we’re seriously committed to Adobe and its efforts in bringing certified, turnkey Adobe OpenHD™ solutions to market.”
— Nick Rashby, Director of Sales and Marketing, AJA Video
Since 1993, AJA Video has been a leading manufacturer of high-quality and cost-effective digital video interface, conversion, and desktop solutions supporting the professional broadcast and postproduction markets.
AMD
Sunnyvale, California
www.amd.com
“Dual AMD Opteron™ processor-based workstations from HP form the basis of an Adobe OpenHD Real Time HD/SD Editing and Finishing solution. AMD’s participation in Adobe OpenHD puts more power in the hands of the creator and helps eliminate the need for expensive, proprietary, post-production equipment. Now, with even more innovative and feature-rich software available in the Adobe Production Studio on AMD64, video creators and filmmakers have more creative freedom and power to realize their artistic visions.”
— Richard Finlayson, Director, Segment and Industry Solutions, AMD
AMD (NYSE:AMD) designs and produces innovative microprocessors, Macromedia® Flash® memory devices and low-power processor solutions for the computer, communications, and consumer electronics industries.
Blackmagic Design Australia
South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
www.blackmagic-design.com
“The Adobe OpenHD HD/SD Editing and Finishing Solution, based on the HP xw8200 Workstation and Blackmagic Designs’ DeckLink and Multibridge products, enables professionals to move to HD and still deliver in SD for standard broadcast. We’re all about helping true creativity blossom by removing technical barriers—just like Adobe. The advanced features and enhanced integration of Adobe Production Studio are the perfect complement to our cutting-edge codecs and video tools. That’s why we’ll continue our commit-ment to Adobe and the Adobe OpenHD initiative.”
— Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design manufactures the world’s highest quality video cards and converters for the postproduction and television broadcast industries.
Bluefish444
South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
www.bluefish444.com
“The Bluefish HD| Fury card offers real-time effects for both compressed and uncompressed HD, making it the perfect complement to the real-time effects and editing capabilities in Adobe Premiere Pro. Bluefish has a long history of support for Adobe video products—support that we plan to continue for the professional-level Adobe Production Studio. We’ve now joined the Adobe OpenHD initiative and plan to pursue certification as a solution provider under the Adobe OpenHD program to bring turnkey, reliable HD systems to a broader audience.”
— Craige Mott, Managing Director, Bluefish444
Bluefish444 is a division and brand name of Digital Voodoo Pty. Ltd. based in South Melbourne, Australia. It is a leading supplier of uncompressed video cards for the Windows and Linux® operating systems.
CineForm, Inc.
Carlsbad, California
www.cineform.com
“CineForm’s Aspect HD and Prospect HD exploit the powerful cut-and-paste compatibility offered among components of Adobe Production Studio. CineForm is already exploiting new professional features in the Adobe Production Studio such as 10-bit I/O precision, allowing us to extend the real-time workflow offered
by Prospect HD to our independent film and broadcast television customers. Adobe OpenHD is a win-win situation for all involved: suppliers, customers, and developers. CineForm fully embraces OpenHD most importantly because it benefits our customers by defining reliable, industry-endorsed solutions. As developers we also benefit because Adobe OpenHD defines a consistent platform to which we can design our future products.”
— David Taylor, CEO, CineForm, Inc.
CineForm, Inc. develops software products for use by media professionals in high-resolution postproduction applications.
Ciprico Inc.
Plymouth, Minnesota
www.ciprico.com
“Adobe Production Studio is helping to fuel the next generation of content creation. This places Ciprico’s digital media storage products—and the services we provide—in the center of the movement to create, manage, and archive HD content. Adobe OpenHD provides customers with an open, turnkey HD solution and one point of contact for purchase and support. Ciprico is proud to be part of a total creative solution, working alongside vendors of the caliber of Adobe, HP, and Dell and video card vendors Matrox, AJA, and Blackmagic Design.”
— Hamish MacMillan, Director of Business Development, Ciprico Inc.
Ciprico Inc. provides products and services that capture, manage, and distribute digital media. Ciprico appliances and solutions are used in performance oriented pre-media, video content creation, broadcast, and film production workflows.
Dell Inc.
Round Rock, Texas
www.dell.com
“By participating in the Adobe OpenHD alliance, Dell Precision Workstations are helping to fuel the creative visions of filmmakers and motion graphics professionals of all kinds. With Adobe Production Studio, Adobe is raising the bar by providing exceptional new capabilities, enabling professional results for those who capture, edit, and output HD productions. Adobe OpenHD solutions based on Dell Precision Workstations make HD content more affordable and accessible to a broader audience.”
— Michael Crum, Senior ISV Relationship Manager - Dell Precision Workstations, Dell Inc.
Dell Inc. is a trusted and diversified information-technology supplier and partner, and sells a comprehensive portfolio of products and services directly to customers worldwide.
Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd.
High Wycombe, Bucks, United Kingdom
www.focusrite.com
“Adobe Production Studio, combined with robust hardware from Adobe OpenHD alliance members, brings the future of professional video and broadcast production to the masses. Adobe OpenHD systems comprise fully functional HD production systems that work straight out of the box. A key feature of Adobe OpenHD certified solutions, Focusrite’s Saffire combines state-of-the-art hardware with advanced integrated software control and hardware-powered plug-ins. Now Saffire will also help to bring video producers one giant step closer to the professional studio experience.”
— Simon Blackwood, CEO, Focusrite
Established in 1985, Focusrite audio interface products are prominent in professional and project studios throughout the world and have become established as one of the most prestigious names in pro audio.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Palo Alto, California
www.hp.com
“HP personal workstations and Adobe Production Studio advance the professional capabilities of certified Adobe OpenHD solutions, helping our customers develop the industry’s most compelling motion graphics
and visual effects. Since the launch of the Adobe OpenHD initiative in April 2005, Adobe OpenHD solutions using HP workstations and Adobe software have been used on a range of exciting HD projects. Together, members of the Adobe OpenHD alliance continue to collaborate to deliver professional HD editing capabilities that are affordable and easy to use.”
— Jim Zafarana, Vice President and Worldwide Marketing Manager, Workstation Global Business Unit, Hewlett-Packard Company
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses, and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing.
Intel Corporation
Santa Clara, California
www.intel.com
“The advanced features of platforms based on Intel® Pentium® D and Intel® Xeon® processors enable Adobe Production Studio to perform the most difficult high definition video editing tasks in near real time. This combination of Intel platforms and Adobe software is the foundation of Adobe’s OpenHD certified solution enabling creative professionals to realize their vision without worrying about technical issues.”
— Elliot Garbus, Co-General Manager, Global Developer Relations Division, Intel Software and Solutions Group, Intel Corporation
Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking, and communications products.
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Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd.
Dorval, Québec, Canada
www.matrox.com
“By bringing together industry leading companies, the Adobe Open HD alliance makes it easier for us to deliver integrated, certified, Windows-based HD editing solutions to satisfy our customers’ demanding work-flow needs. Matrox Axio users in post facilities and project studios will appreciate the new level of integration and the productivity enhancements built into Adobe Production Studio and the new WYSIWYG video output plug-in that we have implemented in Axio 2.0 for Adobe After Effects and Photoshop CS2 software. Using the new Adobe Dynamic Link, Axio users can Alt-Tab between components of Adobe Production Studio and see the output on their video monitor change to show the output of the active application. This makes it quick and easy to check proper aspect ratio, exact color temperature, safe-title area, interlace artifacts, and alpha channels.”
— Alberto Cieri, Director of Sales and Marketing, Matrox Video Products Group
Over the last 30 years, Matrox has taken a leadership role in designing software and hardware solutions in the fields of graphics, video editing, image processing, and business media.
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, California
www.nvidia.com
“NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics cards are standard in all certified Adobe OpenHD configurations, offering our customers rock-solid, high performance solutions. NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards are fully certified for Adobe Production Studio, delivering an Adobe OpenHD solution that provides a stable, streamlined workflow. This workflow is further enhanced through GPU-integrated capabilities within Adobe Production Studio and a new GPU-accelerated playback mode in Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 that offers
a dramatic speed increase for editing video footage at HD resolutions.”
— Jeff Brown, Director, Professional Solutions Group, NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies. The company creates innovative, industry-changing products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices.
Rorke Data
Eden Praire, Minnesota
www.rorke.com
“The MaxArray series of desktop and rackmount video disk array solutions were specifically designed for data-intensive environments such as digital video editing and effects creation. HD boosts the need for robust storage solutions to another level. By joining the Adobe OpenHD alliance, Rorke is collaborating with some of the best minds in the industry to bring certified, trusted solutions to HD content creators. We look forward to seeing what HD content creators produce with the innovative, affordable Adobe Production Studio at their fingertips.”
— Joe Rorke, Vice President of Marketing, Rorke Data.
The Broadcast & Post Production Division of Rorke Data offers high performance Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SAN), RAID, and near-line archival solutions, as well as high-performance SCSI-based disk
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345 Park Avenue San Jose, CA 95110-2704 USA
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Software Cinema
San Diego, California
www.software-cinema.com
“Our products offer a wealth of knowledge to help digital imaging and videography professionals maximize the efficiency and creative potential found only in the Adobe Creative Suite family of products. From DVD-ROMs to workshops-on-demand and educational training camps, Software Cinema’s distinguished interactive training keeps users of the new Adobe Production Studio on the cutting edge and significantly reduces their learning curve.”
— Gary Burns, Director of Operations, Software Cinema
Software Cinema is a leading software training company focused on interactive learning for the digital imaging industry.
Total Training, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA
www.totaltraining.com
“We are proud to support the release of Adobe Production Studio with our comprehensive video training. Both our sample tutorials packaged with Production Studio, as well as our full training series help users get up to speed quickly, maximize their investment, and take full advantage of Adobe’s powerful video and film production suite.”
— Jerry Yen, VP of Sales and Marketing, Total Training, Inc.
Total Training, Inc. is a pioneer in innovative video-based training for leading creative design, digital video, and office productivity software programs.
