3D Gets Bigger and Better — But the Best is Yet to Come
04|28|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
It would be exaggerating to say that 2009 was the year of 3D at NAB. Sure, there was plenty of technology on display, but a good portion of it was just prototypes, partly because the all-important standards for home delivery of 3D content are still under review. But there’s no denying that visual stereophiles had a lot to look at.... »
Record Direct to ProRes 422 with AJA Ki Pro
04|28|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Ever wish you could just record directly to Apple’s ProRes format? Well, maybe the folks at AJA have been reading your mind. The new Ki Pro (June, $3995) is a portable tapeless recording device that writes ProRes 422 QuickTimes onto 34mm ExpressCards or removable storage modules.... »
In Brief ...
03|24|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Bite-size news from Quantel, NewTek, Teresis Media Management, Light Illusion, G-Tech/Hitachi GST... »
CineForm Announces Neo Scene Codec for Mac Editors
03|24|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Since highly compressed AVCHD and HDV footage can be difficult to edit, especially on consumer and prosumer gear, CineForm has adapted its high-end intermediate-codec technology for the lower end of the market.... »
Blackmagic Design Adds Adobe CS4 to Editorial Mix
03|24|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Blackmagic Design added support for Adobe Creative Suite 4 to its line-up of video-editing products, including Multibridge, DeckLink and Intensity hardware.... »
Da Vinci's Digital PowerHouse Supports Red Raw Color-Grading
03|24|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Da Vinci Systems has announced Digital PowerHouse, a new system that provides direct native access to .R3D files for colorists who need to maximize their latitude when working with the original camera files. Colorists will be able to read raw Red files from shared storage, decoding, de-Bayering, color-grading, and recording to tape without rendering the footage.... »
Avid Adds Support for XDCAM, Red, and 3D
03|24|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
In the run-up to NAB, Avid has added new functionality to its NLE line-up, including native XDCAM format support and a system for 3D monitoring in the composer window as well as full-screen in Avid Media Composer and Symphony.... »
Blackmagic Design Adds Dual-Link SDI to DeckLink HD Extreme
02|24|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Blackmagic Design upgraded its popular DeckLink HD Extreme card this month, adding dual-link 3 GB/sec SDI for 4:4:4 color resolution as well as a new hardware downconverter that enables simultaneous HD and SD playback. The price remains at $995.... »
ECinema Debuts $8,000 10-Bit Monitor
02|24|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
ECinema's latest offering for critical viewing in the high-end display market is the PRO-2310, a 23-inch HD display with a native 10-bit LCD panel priced at under $8,000.... »
Globalstor Upgrades Extremestor-DI for Intel Nehalem Technology
02|24|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Globalstor is keeping users on the cutting edge — its high-performance ExtremeStor-DI REDe workstation, designed specifically for working with digital cinema footage captured with the Red digital camera system, has been updated to use the new Nehalem processor architecture from Intel.... »
60-Second Q&A: Blu-ray Guru Jim Taylor
01|27|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
When Jim Taylor first discovered an industrial laserdisc player, back in 1979, he realized its random-access capabilities were something special. Almost 20 years later, as the fledgling DVD format enjoyed a groundswell of popular support, Taylor became DVD Evangelist for Microsoft, moving later to positions at DVD-authoring software developers Daikin U.S. and Sonic Solutions.... »
ProxyMill Automatically Converts P2 Files to Low-Res Versions
01|27|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Imagine Products began shipping ProxyMill, a new Mac application for Panasonic P2 users that automatically creates low-resolution QuickTime proxies with frame-accurate timecode when P2 card images are found in a designated watch folder.... »
NVIDIA Offers Price Break on Quadro CX/Premiere Pro Bundle
01|27|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Looking for an easy way to soup up your desktop machine for editorial? If you’re Adobe-friendly, you might want to consider NVIDIA’s new bundle, which packages the company’s Quadro CX graphics card with a copy of Premiere Pro CS4.... »
Sony, 3ality Digital Team for 3D College Football Broadcast
12|16|2008 – By Bryant Frazer
Next month's championship game between the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma will be delivered live in 3D via Cinedigm's CineLive satellite distribution network.... »
Atlona Technologies Releases USB-to-HDMI Adapter
12|16|2008 – By Bryant Frazer
Atlona Technologies released the AT-HDPiX USB-to-HDMI adapter, which it says effectively adds an HDMI port to any Mac or PC computer with a USB 2.0 interface. The box can be hidden behind computers or display screens.... »
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- TPMGEnc Adds 1080p DivX Support
- NetBlender Adds AVC Encoding to Blu-ray Authoring Package
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