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Bits & Pieces Identity FX (www.identityfx.com) in North Hollywood has purchased and installed an SGO Mistika 4K color grading and stereo 3D system. The investment broadens the studio's production pipeline, allowing it provide camera-to-delivery, 2D and stereo 3D services to feature film, television and commercial production clients. Identity FX produces visual effects, titles and stereoscopic 3D work that spans the media spectrum. Mistika will serve as the lynch-pin of the company's services. Pictured is owner and stereo supervisor Leo Vezzali. at a glance SIGGRAPH (www.siggraph.org), the conference for computer graph- ics and interactive techniques, has selected the cities for its 2013 and 2014 North American conferences. SIGGRAPH 2013 will return to Anaheim, CA, July 21-25, 2013 to celebrate the 40th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. SIGGRAPH 2014 will return to Vancouver for the 41st International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, August 10-14, 2014. Visual effects technologist JONATHAN ERLAND has been voted the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.oscars.org). The John A. Bonner Medal is awarded for "outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences." The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award to DOUGLAS TRUMBULL, a visionary filmmaker who has worked as a designer, director, inventor and entrepreneur, for his lifetime of technical contri- butions and leadership in the motion picture industry. In the course of his work, he created, developed or improved numerous filmmaking techniques and tools, including slit-scan photography, process photogra- phy, miniature compositing, interpositive matte painting, large-format filming, high-frame-rate photography and projection, synchronized mul- tiscale filming, and motion control photography. Seatac, WA's ADVANCED BROADCAST SOLUTIONS (www. advancedbroadcastsolutions.com) has opened a new satellite office in Portland. The company is a professional video and audio systems inte- gration firm, and their new office is designed to provide regional cus- tomers with a centralized location for product demonstrations and customer support. SOUND LOUNGE alumni Phil Loeb, Keith Reynaud and Gloria Pitagorsky have come together to form a new, full-service, audio studio. While the studio's name has yet to be announced, the company does has a Website (www.have-you-heard.co) and recently completed work on its first project. The audio house will be located on the 5th floor of 16 West 22nd St. once construction is complete. In the interim, the trio is working out of two studios on the floor below. Having the right gear for your artists is important for post houses. Also important? Knowing what kinds of nibbles their clients need and at what time of day. Goldcrest in NYC (www.goldcrestpost.com) serves up bagels with whipped cream cheese in the morning and chocolate cake in the after- noon with tea and coffee. Its London facility keeps the studios' fruit bowls full and serves cake (pictured) in the afternoons. "We've cut down on the cakes in January due to staff and client protests that the smell was too tempting and threatening January diets," reports Goldcrest London sales manager Rebecca Adams. 10 Post • February 2012 www.postmagazine.com