TroikaTronix News
NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Updated July 24th, 2011
JULY 2011
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA TO USE ISADORA FOR LIVE VERSION OF HIS NEW FILM TWIXT
Widely acknowledged as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors, Francis Ford Coppola plans to use Isadora® as the media server for the live version of his new film TWIXT. During a "dress rehearsal" at Comic Con On July 23rd, he demonstrated how he intends to use Isadora to interactively select clips and "remix" the movie in front of a live audience during a multi-city tour.
Describing his vision for the TWIXT project in USA Today, Coppola said: "Because cinema is now electronic and digital, it is no longer a long strip of celluloid that has to go the way it was determined... Because a film is made up of digital files it means the director, if he were there and wanted to take the time to go to each show, he could essentially change the experience to suit the audience."
Isadora's creator Mark Coniglio has been working closely with the team at Coppola's studio American Zoetrope to develop specific new functionality to facilitate the TWIXT project. These new features will appear publicly in the upcoming Isadora Pro, which is scheduled for released in November 2011.
You can read about more about Coppola's presentation at
ISADORA 1.3 PRE-RELEASE NOW AVAILBLE
A new pre-release version of Isadora is availble on the TroikaTronix web site. This free upgrade for all Isaora users has many new features that improve workflow and performance. This current pre-release (version 1.3.0f17) has been in heavy use by many of Isadora's fans via the TroikaTronix Forum.
While we don't recommend upgrading if you are in the midst of a production, we consider this version stable enough for users to begin using now. The release version of Isadora 1.3 will appear on or before August 8th.
To download the installers for 1.3.0f17, visit the pre-releases page.
To read a detailed list of the new features, click here.
