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WEVA Partners With Universal Studios Florida For WEVA EXPO 2008 Tour

Posted by Safe Harbor Staff
April 17, 2008

WEVA International has partnered with Universal Studios Florida Production Group to plan an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of the Universal Studios Production Facilities for professional videographers in conjunction with the WEVA 18th Annual Wedding & Event Video Expo, August 11-14, 2008. WEVA EXPO 2008, the wedding and event video industry's largest convention and trade show will be held at Orlando Grande Lakes Resort, just 10 minutes from Universal Studios Florida.

The largest working motion picture and television studio outside of Hollywood, Universal Studios Florida boasts 9 state-of-the-art soundstages, multiple broadcast studios, and more than 100 backlot sets. Numerous feature films (including The Waterboy, Matinee, and Parenthood) have been shot on the studio backlot.

Home to cable network’s Nickelodeon, Universal Studios Florida has hosted TV programs as diverse as The Ellen Degeneres Show; The Food Network's Emeril, Live!; The Steve Harvey Show; America's Most Wanted; Fear Factor; BattleBotsIQ and TNA (Total Nonstop Action). TNA, today's popular contemporary wrestling show, is taped in Stage 21 - (adjacent to the park).

This summer, WEVA EXPO 2008 attendees will have a rare opportunity to take an optional pre-convention, behind-the-scenes tour of Universal Studios that is being planned for Monday August 11, 2008 (starting early afternoon, ending before the official WEVA EXPO 2008 Opening Night Gala at 5:45pm).

"As announced at our NAB event this week, WEVA is already at work with the Universal Studios Production Group (USPG) designing a backlot tour that is ‘professional to professional’ rather than the standard ‘visitor’ version normally presented to park guests," relates Dan Argenas, WEVA’s Director of Association Communications. "Our goal is to offer WEVA EXPO 2008 attendees an inside view of state-of-the-art television and film production that’s up close and personal."

The WEVA and USPG teams are finalizing details of the tour, including ground transportation (private busses will depart from the JW Marriott). Watch WEVA.com for more news on the Universal Studios Tour and continuous updates on all WEVA EXPO 2008 Wedding and Event Video Sessions, EXPO 2008 Trade Show, and EXPO 2008 Special Events.

Contour Design ShuttlePRO Enhances Sony Media Software Experience

Posted by Safe Harbor Staff
September 6, 2006

Contour Design Inc, creators of the award-winning ShuttlePRO line of multimedia controllers, is proud to announce the release of new enhanced support for the Sony Media Software family of audio/video editing applications. Updated support is now available for Vegas 6, Acid Pro 6, Sound Forge 8 and Sound Forge Audio Studio 8. All new support for Cinescore 1.0, Acid Music Studio 6, and CD Architect 5 has been added to the ShuttlePRO lineup.

Enhancing the Creative Experience Across the Sony Media Software line
"The seamless integration of our ShuttlePRO multimedia controller is the result of our continued collaboration with Sony," said David Moore, Contour Design's ShuttlePRO product specialist. "Together, we have fully integrated the ShuttlePRO into the Sony creative experience. For example, in Sony Vegas the ShuttlePRO takes full advantage of the application ability to shuttle video clips at up to 20x play speed." Professionals and prosumers alike will find their creative process enhanced by using the ShuttlePRO with every Sony Media Software title.

The Perfect Tool for Every Application
Similar support methodology was applied across all of the applications so that users of multiple Sony products can easily use the ShuttlePRO and ShuttleXpress with all of them. The ShuttlePRO settings for all of the applications, from Sound Forge Audio Studio to Cinescore, are intuitive and encompass the most used features of each program. The learning curve is kept to a minimum with an emphasis on easy transitions and enhancing the creative editing experience.

Availability
The new settings for these Sony products are available for download at Contour Design's website, www.contourdesign.com, as part of the newest Windows driver.

Final Cut Pro Users Score Better Productivity with Key Composer

Posted by Safe Harbor Staff
January 7, 2004

Contour Design, Inc., a leading provider of innovative, ergonomic computer input devices, announced today the release of Key Composer(tm), exciting new keystroke macro creation and management functionality for its ShuttlePRO V.2(tm) multimedia jog/shuttle controller. Contour Design will be featuring the ShuttlePRO V.2 with Key Composer for Macintosh at this week's MacWorld Expo, being held January 6 - 9 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco. Contour Design will be exhibiting in Booth #1042.

Access Multiple Keystroke Combinations with One Touch

With Key Composer, Macintosh audio/video application users can now assign multiple keystroke combinations, or macros, to execute from a single button on the ShuttlePRO V.2. These macros can be executed either all at once, or step by step, giving ShuttlePRO V.2 users much more control over audio/video applications. In Final Cut Pro for example, users can now:

Automate repetitive multi-step tasks
Group similar commands, views, or tools to a single button
Control your VTR or camcorder with precision

Leading Video and Audio Applications Support

The ShuttlePRO V.2 is pre-programmed to make editing fast and easy right out of the box for many leading audio and video applications, providing productivity for users across their entire production workflow. Supported Macintosh applications include Apple Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express, Avid Express DV, Alias Wavefront Maya, Digidesign ProTools, Emagic Logic Audio, Macromedia Flash MX, MOTU Digital Performer, Steinberg Cubase SX and Nuendo, and many more. Through an intuitive control panel interface, the ShuttlePRO V.2 is easily programmed to work with virtually any application.

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