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| 01|31|2012 |
By Bryant Frazer and Beth Marchant
With last year's introduction of the Thunderbolt interface, the mobile editing workstation really came into its own. Some observers speculated that the super-high-speed jack, which makes incredibly powerful peripherals truly portable, was a signal of the impending demise of the decidedly non-portable Mac Pro tower. And when it came to portable power in 2011, more editors and VFX artists than ever started eyeballing solid-state storage as a potential win for their mobile workstations. The drives remain quite expensive compared to spinning disks, but with hard-drive prices sky-high in the aftermath of major floods in Thailand, they didn't seem quite so extravagant by year's end. Curious how the makers of increasingly mobile desktop software packages were seeing their user's experience changing, we asked reps from the big three makers of nonlinear editing software — Adobe, Apple and Avid — about Thunderbolt, SSDs, and what other storage trends they expect to make the difference for their customers this year.... »
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| 06|29|2011 |
By Bryant Frazer
What's the next frontier in stereo-3D shooting? Freedom and flexibility. Research is going into stereo acquisition techniques that may, with careful attention to their set-up and configuration, allow production crews to work as quickly and seamlessly as they do in 2D.... »
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| 06|22|2011 |
By Bryant Frazer
Stereo 3D science was the only thing on the agenda yesterday as SMPTE kicked off its second annual conference on stereo 3D at the Millennium Broadway hotel in New York City. Of course, massive amounts of R&D money have already gone into the art and craft of creating 3D imagery — but the topics of discussion at this event aren't so much what we already know as what we're still working to find out.... »
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| 04|20|2011 |
By Bryant Frazer
The 2011 NAB show floor was more eclectic than ever, hosting demos of single-body stereo 3D cameras and bleeding-edge DI tools alongside sexy glimpses of new Thunderbolt storage devices, iPad dailies and color-correction and, well, that makeshift tattoo booth outside the big Red tent. But if there was any overarching theme this year, it might be mobility.... »
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| 04|08|2011 |
By Bryant Frazer
Will 2011 be the year the industry embraces 7.1 surround sound? Dolby and Avid are trying to make it happen.... »
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| 03|09|2011 |
By Bryant Frazer
The latest MacBooks bring with them the first commercial implementation of Thunderbolt, a new high-speed interface developed by Intel that has the potential to supersede existing protocols like FireWire and even the still-shiny USB 3.0.... »
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| 02|25|2011 |
By Bryant Frazer
Earlier this month, systems integrator and workflow solutions provider ALT Systems appointed Bruno Munger director of technical sales. StudioDaily rang him up to ask him about the future of post, what he took away from last week's HPA Tech Retreat, and what he sees on tap at NAB in April.... »
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| 02|24|2011 |
By Debra Kaufman
Perhaps one of the most surprising conclusions of the assembly of approximately 500 production and post experts was that 3D TV is dead in the water.... »
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| 10|14|2010 |
By Bryant Frazer
The technology has been available for a while, but 10 Gb/second networking over Ethernet is enjoying increased popularity this year, as price drops make the new, faster networks more cost-effective. Small Tree’s Steve Modica answers a few burning questions that might be on your mind if you’re considering a (faster) switch.... »
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| 05|14|2010 |
By Bryant Frazer
Barry Sandrew's Legend 3D started as a colorization company, doing work for most of the major Hollywood studios starting in the late 1980s and then, with updated processes for the digital era, into the 2000s. Five years ago, Sandrew and partner Greg Passmore began anticipating an explosion of interest in stereo 3D, largely tied to the release of Avatar. They began the process of adapting their colorization pipeline — which has handled as many as 135 titles over the course of seven years — to handle 3D conversions of 2D footage.... »
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