Avid reps jumped into the fire at the latest AlphaDogs Editors' Lounge to show their latest hardware and software versions. In addition to showing the larger performance improvements and the ability to mix formats in the timeline, they showed off smaller changes that are sure to make editors' lives easier. And there's even some hints about Avid's future plans for working with RED footage. ... »
Resident’s clients are an impressive group. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Matchbox 20, and director Hype Williams have all used Resident on their music videos and for the "video walls" that play behind their concert performances.... »
MetaCheater lets you select one or more QuickTime movies, and through a variety of settings, you can work with any number of workflows, depending on the metadata extracted. It’s a great way, for example, to work with QuickTime files associated with a RED Camera workflow, as I explained in my previous tutorial in the April issue.... »
Grass Valley recently updated the MediaEdge video distribution system to support delivery of mixed media content. Video, still graphics, scrolling text, animated Flash, and HTML can now be combined on a single display. I’ll show you how you can use MediaEdge to publish digital signage using the new Display Content Manager, or DCM.... »
This is just one easy way to create a transparent version of your company’s signature or logo for importing into a Final Cut Pro project. If you plan to use square pixel elements in your Glass Bug, simply drag or copy those elements into a non-square Photoshop document to customize them for use in your project.... »
In 2001 Wacom revolutionized digital artistry with the introduction of the first Cintiq interactive pen displays. Though pricey the Cintiqs were popular because they allowed artists to draw directly on screen.... »
FOR-A released the MPB-100VW Video Writer, which, first shown at NAB 2008, will also be featured at the company’s booth at InfoComm 2008 (Booth C2316). ... »
Sonnet Technologies announced the Fusion RAID Expander, which can connect up to seven Sonnet Fusion SATA RAID desktop or rack-mount storage systems to a single computer for faster performance.... »
MOTU has just launched the V4HD, the next generation of the company’s V3HD FireWire video I/O and converter box for Mac and Windows. The V4HD provides the same features as the V3HD, plus some notable new ones.... »
Da Vinci Systems today announced its collaboration with 3cP (Cinematographer's Color Correction Process) developer Gamma & Density to ensure that 3cP is fully interoperable with the company's Resolve and 2K Plus systems, giving cinematographers the power for on-set color correction and calibration.... »
With the RED phenomenon, the DR Group has been testing the workflow to come up with the best, most efficient solutions for RED. We spoke with Lowell Kay, founder of the DR Group, about his company's move to handle RED workflows and what their tests have found so far. ... »
Assimilate, in conjunction with BOXX Technologies, released an all-in-one computer specifically designed to conform high resolution footage from the RED Digital Camera. In this video, Assimilate's Lucas Wilson explains what ScratchCine is, and is not, and Fraoncois Wolf of BOXX talks about acheiving realitime playback and conform of these immense files. ... »
Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc.
today announced its partnership with Automatic Duck to bring the
editing process to the next level. Toon Boom Storyboard Pro exports
animatics in the AAF file format and Pro Import FCP takes them
straight into Final Cut Pro, with automated relink of video files and
unlimited audio tracks.
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Responding to Hollywood's growing demand for 3D production and post-production, Stereoscope has opened its doors to serve the creative community. Equipped with the new version of Quantel's Pablo 4K color grading system, which can handle real-time stereoscopic post-production, the studio has been designed from the ground up to provide a full range of stereo3D digital content services, from development through distribution.... »
Introduced as an optional module for SpeedGrade in
2007, IRIDAS will now offer its DualStream stereo technology standard with
the 2008 releases of SpeedGrade HD, SpeedGrade XR, and SpeedGrade DI.
SpeedGrade with DualStream provides full stereoscopic functionality allowing
colorists to apply inter-ocular adjustments, primary and secondaries
grading, reframing, mask animation, and more - all in a real-time stereo
viewing environment.
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