Blackmagic Design today released Desktop Video 9.2 beta 1, a software update for its capture and playback products that adds broadcast monitoring support with the new Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 update.... »
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.... »
Blackmagic Design today announced Intensity Shuttle, a revolutionary new video capture and playback solution that uses Intel’s groundbreaking Thunderbolt technology. Intensity Shuttle makes the highest quality 10-bit SD and HD video affordable for everyone, in a truly portable solution that’s priced at only $239.... »
MOTU, Inc. introduced the HDX-SDI with Thunderbolt technology, a professional video interface that turns a Thunderbolt technology enabled Mac or PC into a powerful HD/SD video production workstation equipped with all the video and audio I/O needed for professional capture and monitoring.... »
As a consultant far too often I get called in to “fix” problems that could have been avoided with a little planning and understanding. The really big budget productions rarely have these issues because they can afford to deal with things on set and/or in post. But for low- and mid-budget productions, most of the catastrophic problems I see in production and post could be overcome by following these five important guidelines.... »
JVC used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the launching pad for its new GY-HMQ10, a handheld camcorder that captures and records at 4K, or four times the resolution of 1080p HD (3840x2160), using a 1/2-inch CMOS imager with 8.3 million active pixels. It has a non-interchangeable f2.8 10x zoom lens with optical image stabilization, a color viewfinder, and a 3.5-inch touch-screen LCD monitor. The camera records 4K images at 24p, 50p and 60p, and also supports 1080i and 1080/60p HD.... »
L.A.'s Bunim/Murray Productions, who many credit with defining a new era of reality programming on television, has announced that all of its 2012 programming, including Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Project Runway, will be cut on Avid Media Composer 6 and Symphony 6. The new NLE pipeline will replace Final Cut Pro systems currently in use at the company.... »
Sony's NEX-FS100 gets a free firmware update early next year that enables PAL recording, an extension to the AVC HD codec, and support for a new adapter that supports continuous focus adjustments while using Sony's Alpha lenses on the camera.... »
2011 was a big year for new products and Apple and Canon certainly hogged the spotlight with their respective releases. But that wasn't the whole story. Not so surprisingly our readers—who span many craft categories—were drawn in the largest numbers to camera and software reviews and news, as well as high-profile project stories, that told them something they didn't know before.... »
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional analogue and digital audio consoles, has announced that the new RTAS versions of the acclaimed SSL Duende Native plug-in collection are available now from the SSL web site.... »
In a move designed to provide full native 64-bit support for DAWs such as Logic and Cubase, Sonnox has announced the release of 64-bit versions of native Oxford Plug-ins.... »
Following its announcement in October, Digieffects has announced the immediate availability of Delirium v2.5, Damage v2.5 and Buena Depth Cue v2.5.... »
The latest version of CoreMelt Complete adds 20 new motion templates and 8 new plug-ins to a suite that installs across multiple OS X host programs, including FCPX, FCP 7 and After Effects, with a single license.... »
Delivering on a promise made in September during IBC, Blackmagic Design has opened up the DaVinci Resolve ecosystem to a wider range of hardware with the release of the Resolve 8.2 for Windows public beta.... »
