In preparing visual effects assets for "Avatar 2: The Way of Water", Wētā FX turned to the cloud for its burst rendering capabilities. CTO of Wētā FX Kimball Thurston discusses how the company partnered with AWS to use Amazon EC2 Spot Instances and tiers of caching to build a hybrid cloud environment that can render massive amounts of effects at scale. Take a look into the future of VFX and rendering in the cloud, hosted by Karen Hildebrand, Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture at AWS. 👉 https://go.aws/3WFIPHq #AWS #MediaEntertainment #RemoteProduction #ContentProduction #VirtualProduction
AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services Company
Software Development
Seattle, Washington 42,020 followers
About us
AWS Elemental simplifies how content creators, rights holders, producers, broadcasters, and distributors use the cloud to build, deploy, and reinvent media workloads, making it easier to select the right tools and achieve faster time to value.
- Website
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https://aws.amazon.com/media/
External link for AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services Company
- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 10,001 employees
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2006
- Specialties
- video processing, encoding, transcoding, adaptive bit rate, live streaming, file-to-file transcoding, cloud encoding, multiscreen video, multiscreen streaming, and video streaming
Locations
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Primary
410 Terry Ave N
Seattle, Washington 98109, US
Employees at AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services Company
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✨ Streamline your studio's render pipelines with AWS Deadline Cloud. Discover how Gunpowder LLC used the Open Job Description specification & integrated a diverse array of 15 creative tools like Houdini & Cinema 4D into Deadline Cloud's rendering pipeline to enhance flexibility & boost productivity. Now on the AWS for M&E Blog. 👉 https://go.aws/3ylIn7V #AWS #MediaEntertainment #ContentProduction #CloudRendering
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Film & TV studios are turning to AWS to unlock new opportunities using generative AI. Business Insider shares how studios are using AI to transform Hollywood, including insights from Samira Panah Bakhtiar of AWS on the practical ways AI is used for film & TV production & the many startups AWS works with in the entertainment industry. ➡️ https://go.aws/46hI5vk #AWS #MediaEntertainment #generativeAI
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WHAT'S NEW ✨ AWS Elemental MediaConnect, which offers secure, reliable live video transport, now supports individual output stopping. Disable individual outputs on a MediaConnect flow to temporarily stop data transmission. Learn more ➡️ https://go.aws/4da79qs This new capability makes it easier to manage content sharing by letting you suspend and restart distribution of live video to a single destination without the need to delete and then reconfigure output settings or flows. #AWS #MediaEntertainment #MediaServices #AWSElemental
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📍 Attending the AWS Summit in New York City next week? Join us on the evening of Wednesday, July 10 for a special reception for AWS customers. Register now to secure your spot. ➡️ https://go.aws/4crP72U "A Night Out with AWS: Fireside Chat & Networking for M&E, Sports, and Games" takes place at Casa Dani, home to Michelin-starred chef Dani Garcia! ✨🌠⭐ #AWS #MediaEntertainment
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📺 Create personalized advertising experiences for streaming video using generative AI on Amazon Web Services | Now on the AWS for M&E Blog. https://go.aws/3RO63Iy #AWS #MediaEntertainment #generativeAI
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NEW on the AWS for M&E Blog: Walk through how to build & host a conda channel and make the package available to AWS Deadline Cloud render workers. ☁️ https://go.aws/4eARcLH AWS Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that simplifies render management for teams creating computer-generated 2D/3D graphics and visual effects for films, TV shows, commercials, games, and industrial design. With Deadline Cloud, you can set up, deploy, and scale rendering projects in minutes, so you can improve the efficiency of your rendering pipelines and take on more projects. #AWS #MediaEntertainment #MediaServices
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Learn how the new workflow monitor for AWS Media Services provides a visual representation of services & connectivity in a video workload. Now on the AWS for M&E Blog ➡️ https://go.aws/4c9HrlI #AWS #MediaEntertainment #MediaServices
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🏈🌍 KEYNOTE HIGHLIGHT - CASE STUDY: HOW THE EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF FOOTBALL TACKLED CARBON EMISSIONS WITH CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES | June 26, 09.15 ET / 15.15 CET 🏈🌍 Join moderator Jason O'Malley 🌱🌎☁️📺 (Amazon Web Services (AWS)) and our panelists Laurens Koos (European League of Football), Senad Mecavica (novel media), Thomas Pister (LOGIC media solutions GmbH) and Paulo Santos (Vizrt) as they discuss how they worked together to adopt a live cloud production model running on AWS. ➡️ By leveraging these innovative technologies, ELF was able to reduce travel-related emissions - a major carbon hotspot in traditional live sports broadcasting. Hear directly from each of the companies behind this project as they share their experiences, the challenges they overcame, and the invaluable lessons learned. Gain insights into how ELF's pioneering approach can inspire and guide others in the industry to follow suit, paving the way for a more sustainable future in live sports production. Free tickets are available here (even if you can't join us live and would like to watch on demand later!) 👉 https://lnkd.in/eqdd8mk4
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Join AWS Elemental and Amazon CloudFront leaders for a full-day event geared to video engineers on June 27 in London. Dive deep into building a resilient live-streaming architecture on AWS. ☁️ Learn more & secure your spot. ➡️ https://go.aws/4c99bHi #MediaEntertainment #AWSElemental #MediaServices
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