CineForm CineDDR™ Offers Mastering-Quality Video Recording and Playout As An Affordable Alternative to HDCAM SR CineForm Compression Technology In Combination with Drastic Technologies DDR Expertise Ushers in a New Era of File-Based Post Production Workflow Efficiency , a developer of digital disk recording and data infrastructure technology, to accelerate the migration of post production workflows away from expensive and cumbersome tape-based formats towards more efficient and cost-effective file-based recording and playback. published 4 months agoread more
Sony Unveils First Camcorder Based On HDCAM SR Format Sony is unveiling the next generation of digital 24P technology, the SRW-9000 HDCAM SR™ camcorder. Designed for television, commercial and motion picture production, the new model combines the format’s image quality with the versatility of a one-piece camcorder. published 7 months agoread more
News: Shooters Post & Transfer Adds Sony HDCAM SR Capabilities To Its Facility First HDCAM SR™ Facility in Philadelphia Offers Digital Intermediate Solution for Feature Filmmakers The surge in motion picture production in the Philadelphia area has increased demand for high-end digital post production and mastering services that conform to independent moviemakers' budgets. Shooters Post & Transfer, has responded to this need with the addition of a Sony HDCAM SR™ SRW-5000 VTR to its facility in Old City, Pa. published 4 years agoread more
The Look delivers Criminal Justice for the BBC Soho, London post boutique The Look has just completed the picture post production on the second series of the BBC’s flagship five part drama "Criminal Justice". The BAFTA winning series is airing in the prime 9pm slot on BBC1 every night from the 5th to 9th October. published 1 month agoread more
AJA KONA 3 Goes on the Prowl for 'Cougar Town' Final Cut Pro Editorial for ABC Series Pilot Taps KONA 3 for On-Set Playback, Dailies and Post AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced today that its KONA 3 video capture and playback cards were employed as part of the post production workflow on the ABC series pilot "Cougar Town." KONA 3 is AJA's top-of-the-line uncompressed capture card for SD, HD, Dual Link 4:4:4 HD and 2K formats for Apple Mac Pro systems. published 5 months agoread more
Blackmagic Design Announces Media Express 2.0 Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced Media Express 2.0 for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux platforms. Media Express is a video capture and playback software application compatible with all Blackmagic Design DeckLink, Multibridge and Intensity products. This new version is a major update that adds support for direct capture and playback of DPX, AVI and QuickTime files, as well as list based batch capture and playback. This software update also includes a major user interface overhaul. published 7 months agoread more
AJA KONA 3 Provides Thunder for Norway's Storm Studios VFX/Post Facility Uses Video Capture and Playback Cards for Academy Award-Winning Animated Short 'Peter and the Wolf' AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced today that its KONA 3 video capture and playback cards are an integral part of the post production workflow at Norwegian VFX and post facility Storm Studios. KONA 3 is AJA's top-of-the-line uncompressed capture card for SD, HD, Dual Link 4:4:4 HD and 2K formats for Apple Mac Pro systems. published 7 months agoread more
Ralph Scaglione Launches FLYfx at SoundHound / thePound Establishes Graphics/VFX studio for Commercials, Television and Film Veteran compositor, visual effects artist and editor Ralph Scaglione has launched FLYfx, the effects and finishing company housed in the award-winning editorial/post house thePound @ SoundHound, the editorial arm of SoundHound, New York. published 1 year agoread more
FOR-A To Introduce New HD Frame Rate Converter And Audio Function Card For FRC-7000 at IBC 2008 New Audio Function Card FRC-70DA16 Now Supports 16 Channels of Audio with Delay Compensation for all Channels; Dolby E Encoding and Decoding Available as an Option FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce the FRC-3000 Frame Rate Converter and a new audio function card for the FRC-7000 and FRC-3000. The demonstration of these product enhancements at IBC represents their European introduction, as they were first introduced in the U.S. at NAB 2008 in April. FOR-A will exhibit in Hall 2, Stand A51/B59 at IBC 2008 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from September 12-16, 2008 published 1 year agoread more
LipSync Post completes Good work LipSync Post has further cemented its growing reputation as a full-service post-production facility since completing DI, VFX, audio post and deliverables on the forthcoming feature film "Good". published 2 years agoread more
Splice Here Posts Two Indie Films Premiering At SXSW Film Festival Older Than America and The Marconi Bros. Look To Minneapolis-Based Creative Post House For Solutions Further broadening their foothold in the independent film community, the award-winning full-service post house Splice Here led by editor Clayton Condit, has completed work on "Older Than America" and "The Marconi Brothers." published 2 years agoread more
News: Portable HD Recorder boosts data-rate to 160Mbps Convergent Design confirmed today that Flash XDR™, their new portable CompactFlash® based HD Recorder, will support the MPEG2 422P@HL profile: 4:2:2, full-raster (1920x1080 / 1280x720) I-Frame only at 160Mbps. This enhanced capability comes in addition to the previously announced support for HDV, XDCAM® HD (35 Mbps) and 50 Mbps 4:2:2 long-GOP MPEG2 data-rates. published 2 years agoread more
News: Sony adds to line of CineAlta high-end videotape recorders New Deck Supports HDCAM SR Recording and Playback with Multi-format Capabilities for TV, Motion Picture, Commercial and Live Production Sony is expanding its CineAlta ™ family of high-end content creation products with the new SRW-5800 videotape recorder, a studio edit deck with HDCAM SR™ recording and playback capability. published 3 years agoread more
News: AJA Technology Integrated Into AVID DS Nitris 8.0 Customized dual link I/O hardware a key feature for high-resolution Avid finishing system AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion products, today announced that it is supplying Avid Technology, Inc. with a customized OEM solution that enables dual-link HD-SDI connectivity in Avid® DS Nitris® version 8.0. The AJA technology, which began shipping with the system in June, plays a key role in enabling full HD-RGB bandwidth capture, editing, and output with Avid's flagship editing and finishing system for real-time, multi-stream SD, HD, and 2K/4K DI work. published 3 years agoread more
News: Avid Ships Avid DS Nitris 8.0 New version offers 4:4:4 HD-RGB format support for high-resolution workflows Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the worldwide availability of the Avid(R) DS Nitris(TM) 8.0 system, which offers a native 64-bit software architecture and dual-link I/O hardware to support high-resolution and digital intermediate (DI) workflows. The new version also ships with dual-boot capability, allowing editors to use either the DS or Symphony(TM) toolset with the Avid Nitris hardware. Avid also announced the availability of the Avid DS Assist Station(TM), a software-only version of the Avid DS 8.0 toolset that customers can deploy on lower-cost workstations to tackle specialized tasks such as rotoscoping, compositing, and conform checks. "The 4:4:4 HD-RGB log format is valuable for our work because it provides better color accuracy than 4:2:2 HD linear when moving from film negative to digital post production and back," said Matt Schneider, director of technology at PostWorks New York. "We do a significant amount of 2K digital intermediates, but with 4:4:4 HD-RGB support and expanded memory in version 8.0 of Avid DS Nitris, we have an attractive alternative to 2K that is a good fit for many projects. We can now input HD-RGB directly to Avid DS Nitris from our film scanner. PostWorks has always been a big fan of Avid DS Nitris and this release takes the system to the next level. By the end of the year, we plan to add three additional DI pipelines built around the expanded capabilities of Avid DS Nitris." Matt Feury, senior product marketing manager at Avid added, "Our television and film finishing customers are an extremely dedicated user base who swear by the Avid DS Nitris toolset and its ability to help them work faster and more creatively on the hi-res, bandwidth-intensive projects they face every day. More importantly, they have been anticipating the arrival of advanced workflow features in the system - and Avid DS Nitris 8.0 delivers. By adding HD-RGB support, we've significantly advanced the system's capabilities to support the unique finishing needs of an online community that continues to blaze new paths in HD, 2K and even 4K post production workflows. With a powerful feature set for demanding HD and DI projects - we believe that Avid DS Nitris will have a huge impact across the primetime television and digital film finishing markets we serve." published 3 years agoread more
News: AJA Debuts 2K Video Support And HD Cross-Convert With Kona 3 V2 Upgrade Customers Can Bring in and Play Back 2K Material - an Industry First for Editing and Finishing on the Mac AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced 2K resolution video support with the v2 upgrade to the recently released KONA 3, the company's top-of-the-line uncompressed HD/SD capture card. In a major development, KONA 3 will now provide customers editing and finishing on an Apple Power Mac G5 with the capability to bring in and play back material at 2K. published 4 years agoread more
News: Convert Keys American Chopper Promo with Red Giant Software Tools Red Giant Software today announced that Convert used Primatte Keyer for After Effects on a 30 second promotional spot for “American Chopper,” Discovery Network's top-rated reality show. Convert, a directorial collective of The Ebeling Group, handled all aspects of production, including concept, development, storyboarding, directing, animation, and editorial. published 4 years agoread more
News: FOR-A to Showcase Digital Switchers, HD/SD Frame Synch, HD/SD A-to-D Converter and New Multi-Display Processor Company to Highlight HVS-3800HS, Dual-Link HANABI switchers; GINGA Video Production System; New HD/SD Frame Synch; New HD/SD A-to-D Converter; and New Multi-Display Processor FOR-A Company Limited, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will present an exhibit at the “InterBEE 2005,” Japan’s largest exhibition of broadcast equipment, to be held at the Nippon Convention Center (Makuhari Messe) in Chiba, Japan from November 16 to 18, 2005. published 4 years agoread more
News: For-A To Demonstrate 1 M/E Switcher, VPS-700 Ginga, To European Audience For First Time Several Products Highlight IBC Booth for FOR-A, Including Multi-Bit Rate and Dual Link Switchers At IBC 2005 in Amsterdam next month, FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of digital SD and HD systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will offer the first European demonstration of its one M/E digital switcher, the VPS-700 GINGA. The GINGA provides fresh ways for creativity for operators in live production and editing suites. published 4 years agoread more
News: Sony and Orbital Data Play Starring Role in IT-Based Movie-Making Process for ``Ultraviolet'' Sony's e-VTR and Orbital Data's TotalTransport Technology Speed Production Workflow and Distribution of Dailies The soon-to-be released motion picture "Ultraviolet" is remarkable not only for its storyline--a subculture of genetically modified humans--but also for its use of Sony's e-VTR and Orbital Data's TotalTransport™ technology to streamline the production workflow. published 4 years agoread more
News: NAB Announces NAB 2005 AIM Award Winners The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today the winners of the third-annual Awards for Innovation in Media (AIMs). Attendees at the NAB2005 exhibition voted April 18 and 19 for the technological innovations that best addressed current and upcoming issues in the electronic media industry by boosting efficiency, increasing user flexibility and creativity, and lowering cost. published 5 years agoread more
News: Blackmagic Design Introduces Multibridge Family Company again changes competitive landscape with the ultimate bi-directional converter and PCI Express-based breakout box and capture/playback system from only $2,595 Blackmagic Design today announced the Multibridge Extreme and Multibridge Studio, the world’s first all-in-one bi-directional converters capable of instantly switching between HD and SD with PCI Express. Changing the basic workflow of any post-production facility, the Multibridge easily converts analog equipment to SDI-based systems by simultaneously converting from digital to analog and analog to digital at the same time. published 5 years agoread more
