SMPTE
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Detroit Section Meeting Notice
March 2006

SECTION OFFICERS

Section Chairman
Chuck Reti
Chuck Reti Video Services
(313) 273-3648

Secretary/Treasurer
Frank Maynard
WKBD-TV & WWJ-TV
(248) 355-7129

Past Chairman
Mark Anzicek
ZenTechnologies, Inc.

Managers

Helge Blucher
Detroit Public Television

Jim Moceri
SBC

Harold Miller
Harold Miller Associates

Robert A. Zeichner
Roscor Michigan

James M. Totten
WKBD-TV & WWJ-TV

Gerard (Jerry) Matthews
GTN, Inc.

Test Materials Advisor
Harold Miller
Harold Miller Associates

Membership
Harold Miller
Harold Miller Associates

Central Region Governor
W. Wallace Murray
SBC Communications

Joint Meeting with Society of Broadcast Engineers, Chapter 82

DATE:   Wednesday, March 15, 2006 (Note different day of the week)

TIME:   7:30 PM

LOCATION:   WKBD-TV & WWJ-TV
26905 W. 11 Mile Rd.
Southfield, Mich. 48034
(248) 350-5050
Map

SPEAKERS:   Sarah Maneri and Bill Anderson
Vizrt

SUBJECT:   Multiformat realtime 3D character generation


Vizrt will be presenting the Viz/Trio broadcast graphics system. This system replaces traditional character generators and still stores in a broadcast news environment with one centralized user interface and a modular output system capable of 2D & 3D animations without the need for pre-rendered video clips. They will also be showing Viz/Artist, the design tool incorporated into Viz/Trio. Viz/Artist is capable of real-time rendering of complex full screen animations and animated objects normally created in AfterEffects, 3D Studio, and other similar programs.

Sarah Maneri, Product Specialist, has just begun her career at Vizrt, coming from ESPN where she was the lead graphic designer and project manager during the transition to Vizrt in 2004.

Bill Anderson is Central Region Sales Manager, joining Vizrt in January of 2005. Prior to that, his 30 year career in radio & television production, management, and sales included most recently positions as Broadcast Product Specialist & Regional Sales Manager with Pinnacle Systems for eight years.


Managers' Dinner will be at 5:30 PM at Steak & Ale, 27590 Orchard Lake Road (at 12 Mile), Farmington Hills. (248) 476-8440. Map

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