Another trade show, another 10,000 frequent flier miles. In order to
make sure you don’t miss anything in the purple haze of Amsterdam, or
New Jersey, or Venice Beach for that matter, here’s a quick rundown of
what’s hot at IBC this year.
Much like NAB, the RED Digital Camera once again has
a high-frequency buzz at IBC 2006. This time it will be showing off
it’s redesigned camera body and 4K images from the camera. Some people
that have seen the images said they are very impressive. Check back
Friday for a First Look at the Red Camera from IBC.
Staying with cameras, Fujinon will debut two 18x
HD lenses For ∏ -inch HD cameras, the
HSs18x5.5BERM-D38 and HSs18x5.5BERD-D38 HD lenses, which feature high
zoom ratios and 2x extender designed for production and ENG apps.
[Press
Release]
After unveiling the new versions of 3ds Max and
Maya at SIGGRAPH in July, those across the pond will
get their first live glimpse of Autodesk’s
offerings. And as always there will be a number of Autodesk users
showing off their work on such films as Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, X-Men: The Last Stand,
Stickfighter and Southland Tales.
[SIGGRAPH
article]
Antics announced version 2 its revolutionary real
time animated pre-viz software application will be
officially released on 16 October 2006. Antics are offering potential
customers a 'Q-Jumper' opportunity in which users will be able to try a
full, pre-release version of Antics V2 from today, for 21 days, before
the official release date.
[Press
Release]
Matrox adds support for JVC’s ProHD HDV 720p format
in the new versions the
Matrox
Axio realtime HD and SD editing platforms and
version 2 of
Matrox
RT.X2 realtime HDV and DV editing platform.
For an eye on DI, Iridas will unveil
SpeedGrade HD, offering real-time primary and
secondary color grading capabilities along with EDL conform on the Mac
and Windows platforms. Pixel Farm the release of PFClean 2, which also
includes a film restoration extension pack including de-warp,
missing/damaged frame replacement, tear repair and color correction.
[Press
Release]
Among the digital cinema products, QuVis will be
showcasing its 4K DCI compatible JPEG2000 QuVIS Digital Cinema
System including direct 4K playback, real-time 2K extraction
from a 4K master, and the ability to author DCI compatible DCPs at both
2K and 4K.
[Press
Release]
Tiger Technology will showcase two storage and
networking solutions. The
MetaSAN
management software solution that supports
Digidesign Pro Tools, Windows 64-bit OS and volumes up to 18 exabytes
in size. It also unveils
stoneGate,
a virtual file system that enables raw image sequences stored on
Autodesk Media and Entertainment Stone file system to be manipulated
using standard graphics and animation workstations over a regular LAN
connection. stoneGate exploits the Wiretap API to convert the
hierarchical structure of the Stone’s Clip Library into a virtual file
system that maps as a local drive on the client’s workstation. Users
can remotely browse through multiple Machines, Volumes, Projects,
Libraries, and Clip folders to access the individual frames. These are
exposed as standard graphic files (RAW, BMP, TIFF, DPX, and Cineon)
that can then be read or written using standard graphics, animations,
paint, editing, and compositing applications such as Adobe After
Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Autodesk Combustion.
To address the issue of archiving and retrieval of large amounts of
data, Quantum will show its SDLT 600A tape drive
technology and the SuperLoader 3A for workflows with larger storage
requirements. Both feature a tape-based file system, gigabit Ethernet
connectivity and MXF-aware capabilities which are catalysts for the
migration to an end-to-end file-based workflow. These scaleable archive
solutions offer 300 GB to 4.8 TB of removable networked storage.
[Press
Release]
Released at NAB 2006, Omneon MediaGrid storage
system gets its European debut at IBC. The MediaGrid
system provides centralized shared storage that is scalable in
capacity, bandwidth, and media processing power. At IBC2006, Omneon
will also introduce the next version of its
ProBrowse proxy generation and management system
that adds significant enhancements for media management and video
processing. ProBrowse 2.0 now incorporates intelligent scene change
detection, automatically creating picons, or key frames, at each scene
change. These picons contain an exact timecode reference allowing users
to jump to the beginning of any desired scene in the clip or use the
timecode values to provide a frame-accurate shot list to craft editors.
[Press
Release]
Harris will highlight its complete mobile TV product
range through four separate demonstrations in the Mobile Zone.
[Press
Release]
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