David Taylor, CEO of Cineform, explains how the Cineform codec is assisting 4K and RAW workflows from capture through grading. Taylor also talks about the seamless RAW workflow with the Silicon Imaging camera, Cineform and Iridas.... »
Hear about the new developments from MeSoft that allows media to be ingested once for conversion to multiple formats and then logged and tracked throughout the entire post process. MeSoft's CTO/co-founder Freddie Goeske talks about how the MeSoft StoryEditor has saved productions like Hell's Kitchen time and money.... »
“The trend is moving a lot towards editors crafting their episodes in a more producer-like manner versus a couple of years ago when I’d walk in and things would be more laid out for me,” said Jamie Pedroza, editor on Project Runway. “It’s really in the editors’ hands to sculpt the stories how they want to do it, in collaboration with the producers. When the footage comes to post, we get the first stab at it. That’s really exciting. That’s why I like editing reality.” ... »
Media 100, a leading provider of
advanced editing systems for the corporate, broadcast,
post-production, and new media industries, today announced the release
of version 12.7. The new release offers menu-level integration with
Sony’s XDCAM Transfer utility: imported XDCAM media is automatically
transcoded to any supported video format including Media 100 HD or
Apple’s ProRes 422 codecs and appears in Media 100 bins, ready for
editing in Media 100. Also new in Version 12.7 is an improvement to
Media 100 ‘s HDV Acquire function; operators may now optionally defer
the transcoding process on systems with lower processing bandwidth,
allowing for a seamless workflow.
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In the practical and ideological struggle between the “old world” of photochemical and the “new world” of digital finishes, it’s easy to forget that both have co-existed for many decades and, no doubt, will continue to do so until the last processing lab shutters its doors and the last film projector is put to rest.... »
Journey to the Center of the Earth, directed by Eric Brevig — a filmmaker with lots of experience in the VFX realm — might not have the same historic impact as The Jazz Singer or Becky Sharp, but as the first live-action VFX-driven feature film to be shot for 3D, it can’t help but break new ground.... »
Panavision, da Vinci Systems, Gamma & Density, and Modern VideoFilm all came together at Cine Gear Expo 2008 to reveal what happened the first time the ASC’s CDL has been put to a real-world test, on the forthcoming State of Play, shot on 35mm film and the Panavision Genesis by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto.... »
The facility’s film restoration work includes the classics The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Some Like It Hot, as well as three 1920s Howard Hughes films, one of which, Two Arabian Knights, had been one of only two Oscar-winning films previously considered lost.... »
Every once in a while we get a game changer, something that comes along that makes us rethink what we thought a certain category of products can do... »
The press release may promise something that’s "revolutionary," but that’s rarely the case. With the HP DreamColor LP2480zx 24-inch LCD display, however, the product really could live up to the hype.... »
Red Giant Software has released Magic Bullet Looks 1.1 with new support for Sony Vegas 8. It includes plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, Motion, and Vegas.... »
Digital Anarchy has shipped the version 1.1 update for ToonIt! Film/Video and ToonIt! Avid. Version 1.1 speeds up the rendering of ToonIt! by taking advantage of multi-processors. ... »
For Jon, the camera’s nuanced capture of highlights and shadows— and everything else in between— gives him the raw materials he needs to break the color barrier.... »
Tweak Software is releasing RV, the company’s first commercially available software package, announced Seth Rosenthal, founder and president. RV is a highly customizable cross-platform image and sequence viewer that is capable of playing back uncompressed film resolution clips. Free downloadable trial versions of the software are available upon request at www.tweaksoftware.com ... »
