Projects Winter 2008
PixelPops is designing graphics for a documentary film titled New World Disorder. The film tracks changes brought about by globalized trade and features interviews with prominent economists, politicians, laborers and citizens such as Ross Perot and John Ratzenberger. We shot and edited a multi-cam video for Metro PCS of the company's DFW 08 kick off meeting at the AAC. We filmed Pat Summerall as a spokesman for DTech.

We produced a new series of Flash motion graphics presentations and reworked a website for The Limu Company. We created a web-based Flash motion graphics presentation for YTB Canada. We are starting work on an EAP orientation video for Corphealth a divison of Humana.

We scripted, shot and edited a video for Jay Novacek & Associates website featuring Jay Novacek as spokesperson for his new identity theft protection venture. We completed a Flash interactive video presentation, print design and rich email design for XGL's OnDemand product. We are designing websites for Myran Corporation, Frisco Firefighters, and the Dallas Producers Association. We filmed, edited and designed a 4 hour Flash interactive video training series for CU Lending Advice.

We are producing copy, design and coding for an Intuit MyCorporation email marketing campaign. We are developing a logo and motion graphics for a new motorcycle racing product Headration. We continue our ongoing digital signage design work with Texas Health Resources creating graphic messages that appear on plasma screens at all Presbyterian Hospitals and Harris Methodist Hospitals across North Texas.

Recent Projects 2007
PixelPops is producing a video & interactive multimedia CD for D Magazine highlighting their "Best of Big D" 2007 party and we recently shot interview footage for The First American Corporation from Santa Ana, CA. We completed a national cable commercial for an online travel broker that will appear on CNBC and Bloomberg Network. We are designing and producing an interactive multimedia CD marketing the launch of Protection One's new e-Secure security service. We are designing a new website & identity package for the CPA firm Montgomery Cosia Greilich. We authored a DVD for New York City Ballet's production of Romeo + Juliet. We created a :30 spot for Corbesol, a nutrition supplement. We are designing websites for Hats For Our Heroes, Gray's Sawmill and RD Installations. And we're at work on a new multimedia project for Galactic Marketing.

PixelPops has been working on several projects for Oakland, CA based Scientific Learning supporting their Fast ForWord learning tools. In April, we filmed two days of interviews throughout the Dallas Independent School District and we recently shot footage in Orlando, FL to support a new video showcasing the success a student has had using the company's software. We recently produced two sales videos for Galactic Marketing and look forward to additional upcoming projects for their clients. We wrapped two new marketing videos for Keys Fitness for their exercise equipment branded under the Keys and Ironman names, and completed a nursing training video for Tenet Healthcare. PixelPops also designed motion backgrounds for the pilot of ABC's new game show "Wanna Bet". We have produced a :30 commercial for Ybor City 1800's brand cigars.

We continue our work designing rich email campaigns for Intuit supporting their QuickBooks, TurboTax, Quicken and other software products. We began work on a year-long contract designing digital signage for Texas Health Resources which will appear in the lobbies and waiting rooms of Presbyterian Hospitals and Harris Methodist Hospitals, across North Texas. We produced a new hire orientation video for Crescent Processing Company. We recently produced a commercial for SilverHawk Springs bottled water from Nevada and wrapped a :30 TV spot for World Boxing Network in Florida.

We arranged to shoot footage of an Antonov cargo plane's arrival, load and take-off in Raleigh, NC for XGL OnDemand and we will be editing a video of this plane for XGL's website as well as incorporating the footage into a new sales presentation video. We made updates to a DVD we authored promoting Sanijet products. We are working on a Flash multimedia CD for Today's Top Agent. We shot interview footage for Arizona State University. We continue our work on broadcast and VNR projects for Hotels.com and Expedia. And we continue our work coordinating interactive and online marketing campaigns for Lyric Stage in Irving, TX.

Recent Projects Fall 2006
We produced a :30 commercial for the Allen Vaught Campaign just in time for the 11/7 election. We provided video production, green screen, compositing & Flash encoding services to Intuit supporting the release of new tax software. We are also designing rich email campaigns for them on an ongoing basis. We designed a full-page print ad for RadiantGUARD which appears in a magazine for the construction industry. We created a tradeshow video for Pogue Construction and are beginning work on a marketing video for them. We created mock-ups of digital signage for Texas Health Resources and shot interview footage of heart surgeons at Presbyterian Hospital for Cardiovations, a Johnson & Johnson company. We provided video coverage of company meetings for Chase Paymentech and convention coverage for the American Orthodontic Society. We produced an audio project for Jacquard Corporation which is being used for employee training at Loreal. For the third year in a row, we created After Effects digital signage for Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union's annual Economic Forum and for use in their upcoming tradeshow displays. We continue our work on broadcast and VNR projects for Hotels.com and Expedia.

Corporate Video Projects Spring-Summer 2006
We are currently producing a series of marketing videos for Keys Fitness/Keys Backyard. Keys is one of the largest manufacturers of outdoor spas in the country and the video is designed specifically to play as streaming video from Costco's website.

We recently shot green screen footage for Intuit which is being used in a Flash CD-Rom to introduce evaluation versions of their tax software. We are editing a brief video for Google to be used at their International Sales Conference. We are producing a B2B marketing video for Viewlocity based on testimonials from their clients. In addition, we recently shot a seminar at Methodist Hospital in Ft. Worth for Hollister, Inc. and shot talking head footage of executives at Tenet Healthcare and Fluor.

We continue to provide b-roll services for Hotels.com travel experts appearing on nationally syndicated broadcasts such as Daily Buzz and Soap Talk and local morning news shows around the country and we have begun offering the same broadcast editing services to Expedia, Inc. as well.

We are also continuing our work creating training videos for US Figure Skating Association and we provided post-production work for a Heritage Galleries video recapping their recent Buddy Holly memorabilia auction. Additionally, we are producing special interest videos under the Crafty Gardens brand name and we are producing two videos and interactive multimedia CD-Rom presentations for D Magazine highlighting the "Best of Dallas" and "Urban Living Tour" events. We recently completed an interactive Flash CD with video for Jamail Development Group and also edited a marketing video for Port-A-Cool.

PixelPops Wins Four 2006 Telly Awards
PixelPops Design has been chosen as a winner of four Telly Awards in the 27th annual competition. Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. Winners and Finalists represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world. With a 27 year history of recognizing creative excellence, the Telly Awards is a widely known and highly respected international competition.

PixelPops Video Production Gear
Like most video production companies we use a range of technology to produce our shows. Primary edit systems include: Apple Final Cut Pro HD, NewTek VT[4], Leitch DPS Velocity, and the Adobe Production Collection with After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop CS2. We author DVDs in Adobe Encore and Apple DVD Studio Pro and we make use of Newtek Lightwave. (We also do a lot of work with Flash multimedia and Flash video.) We acquire HD and SD footage with a variety of cameras including the Sony XDCAM HD F350, the JVC HD100 and the Sony DSR300.

PixelPops Donates Videos to Clayton Dabney Foundation
The Clayton Dabney Foundation For Kids With Cancer provides needy families, with children in the last stages of terminal cancer, assistance in creating "Everlasting Memories." PixelPops is happy to work with this organization by donating memorial tribute videos for the families who have lost children to cancer. To support this wonderful foundation, visit www.claytondabney.org.

Corporate Video/Multimedia Projects 2006
We are currently wrapping a 3rd maintenance training video for Mission Foods. We recently completed 2 marketing videos for Images 4 Kids Franchising Corporation. We're in post production on a sales support presentation for Aviation Services ALERT. Aviation Services is one of the heroes of the Hurricane Katrina rescue story and we're proud to be working with them again. And we are also working with Network Multifamily/Protection One on sales support multimedia presentations. A busy end of 2005 and start to 2006!

PixelPops & Channel Wolves Partner Agreement
PixelPops has signed an agreement with Channel Wolves making them the exclusive North American manufacturer's representative for our PopDrops DVD Menu Templates, DVD Case Inserts, and DVD Disc Labels product line. Channel Wolves represents several leading developers of video technology including Boris FX, Avid and Canopus. See PopDrops DVD Menu & Packaging Templates here

Corporate Video Update October 2005
Many of our latest corporate video production projects are videos for past clients. We just wrapped another maintenance training video for Mission Foods. For this video, we travelled to their plant near Atlanta, GA to shoot footage and once again we delivered the video in both English and Spanish with detailed chapter menus on the DVD.

We are also working again with Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union on a new motion graphics video (using After Effects) that will be projected at their Economic Conference and used at trade shows throughout the year. The video highlights products and services that SW Corp offers and presents them in a colorful, eye-catching way.

We are continuing to work with Hotels.com's marketing department cutting B-Roll packages for use in broadcast segments at stations across the country. These B-Roll packages support Hotels.com's travel expert as she offers advice on great destinations at some of the nicest hotels in the US. They appear on local morning talk shows and nationally syndicated shows like Daily Buzz.

A couple of new clients include Adventure Landing and Diebold Inc. For Adventure Landing, we created a marketing video showcasing the theme park as a perfect location for corporate teambuilding activities. We cut three versions of this video specific to locations in Dallas, Jacksonville, and Raleigh, NC.

For Diebold Inc., we shot interviews and B-Roll at their center in Coppell which will be used in a video highlighting their disaster recovery response following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The video will be cut by their in-house department in Ohio. We also helped arrange a crew for Diebold's shoot in New Orleans by referring our friends from Custom Video by Terry who have been staying with us in Dallas while waiting to return to their home and business in New Orleans.

And finally, we created video and photo support for a Stemmons Foundation event and also provided video coverage of the event which has just completed post production.

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Latest PixelPops Corporate Video Productions
PixelPops has been busy producing corporate video productions for a variety of business clients in the DFW area. PixelPops recently completed a new training video for Household Auto Finance. This video uses professional talent from the terrific pool of DFW actors including talent from the Kim Dawson Agency and the Campbell Agency and was shot on location at Household offices.

PixelPops also completed video production for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The video will be part of SBTS's new admissions CD.

In other corporate video news, PixelPops recently acquired DVCam footage for a video segment produced by Medical Media and broadcast on CBS stations. We're wrapping a marketing video for New Benefits and we shot the fourth in a series of training videos for 1st Global, Inc. having completed the third in the series in July. We recently completed a tradeshow loop video for Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union created entirely in After Effects and we're about to begin production on a training video for Mission Foods showing maintenance techniques for their tortilla assembly lines.

Finally, PixelPops recently completed another video for Industrial Properties Corporation highlighting the company's many achievements throughout it's 75 year history in Dallas. You can see the video, which includes aerial helicopter footage of the Trinity River Corridor, here: Industrial Properties - Trinity Industrial District Video


PixelPops Donates Website for Egyptian Twins
PixelPops has donated web design services for a charity golf tournament that benefits the family of formerly conjoined twins Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim Gad. Ahmed and Mohamed were born June 2, 2001 conjoined at the top of their heads. The World Craniofacial Foundation brought them to the Dallas Craniofacial Center at Medical City for evaluation in June 2002 where they were under the care of plastic surgeon Dr. Kenneth E. Salyer. In October 2003, the twins were separated during a grueling 34 hour surgery. The golf tournament will help the family financially through the first few months when they return to Egypt early next year. Egyptian Twins Golf Tournament website.


Video Production for Hotels.com
PixelPops shot and edited a video for Hotels.com to be used during new employee orientation as well as for business presentations. The video was shot on location at Hotels.com corporate headquarters and features testimonials from several long-time employees.


Instant Auto Insurance
PixelPops created a video for Instant Auto Insurance highlighting their relationship with 7-11 using the VCom machine for delivering insurance quotes. Shot on location at 7-11’s concept store in Plano. Client deliverables include streaming video and Video CDs.


Industrial Properties Corporation
PixelPops completed a video production highlighting the 75th anniversary of the company founded by Leslie Allison Stemmons. (View an online history of the Stemmons family's important contribution to Dallas development here.)

Concorde Mortgage Acceptance
PixelPops acquired digital video footage, including executive interviews and "day in the life" company activities, on location at the company's Dallas headquarters. Footage acquired on behalf of Video Builder of Los Angeles, CA who will handle post production.


1st Global, Inc.
PixelPops continued their relationship with 1st Global, Inc., a financial services company in Dallas, by videotaping the second in a series of training vignettes illustrating proper sales techniques. The shoot employed eight of the DFW area’s most experienced professional actors.

Professional Videographers Association of San Diego
PixelPops has been chosen to create a new web design for the PVASD. The new site will be a custom design including video clips from association members.


Action Video Service
PixelPops Design's partner company for video DVD, and CD duplication has implemented additional equipment to speed turnaround times for our many duplication clients. Get more information about our services here: Action Video Service - Dallas CD, DVD & Video Duplication.