| | | | HBO Films’ ‘Bernard And Doris’ Shot With Panasonic Varicam
Poignant Drama of World’s Richest Woman and Her Butler Airs through March 31
HBO Films’ Bernard and Doris, a drama inspired by the real-life story of the tobacco heiress Doris Duke and her last butler, was shot by Director of Photography Mauricio Rubinstein with Panasonic’s AJ-HDC27 VariCam® HD Cinema camera.
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| | | | News: RileyArnold Shoots Award-Winning Corporate Videos With Panasonic Varicam
Merchandises New Generation Of Nashville Stars With AG-HVX200 Solid-State HD Camcorder
RileyArnold Productions, a full-service film & video production studio headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, has become a dedicated proponent of Panasonic DVCPRO HD, and uses it with award-winning results in both its tape-based and tapeless versions.
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| | | | Panasonic Outlines Year Ahead at IBC2008
Panasonic introduced new products, outlined the year's developments, and looked ahead to the coming 12 months in its IBC2008 press conference, presided over by the director of the company's Professional & Broadcast IT Systems Business Unit, Jaume Rey.
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| | | | 2008-09 Panasonic TV-by-IT tour targets production facilities
100 events in 23 countries showcasing creative and cost benefits of P2 workflow, production with AVC Intra, and Varicam
Panasonic PBITS Professional & Broadcast Systems has announced its 2008-09 TV-by-IT tour, which will take in 23 countries in Europe, staging more than 100 events aimed at independent production houses and freelance producers.
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| | | | Jaume Rey Surveys HD Progress in Europe
Jaume Rey, Director of Professional & Broadcast IT Systems Business Unit (PBITS), delivered the keynote speech at the Universitat de València CONTD Conference, a two-day event held 26-27 May 2008 in València, Spain.
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| | | | Iconix HD-RH1F Video Camera Used in the CBBC's 'Smalltalk Diaries'
Point-of-View Camera Enables Veteran Wildlife Filmmaker to Acquire High Definition Footage of the Insect World
Iconix Video, a leading developer of advanced high-definition camera systems and maker of the world's smallest professional quality HD video camera, announced today the use of the Iconix HD-RH1F camera on the CBBC (the children's programming arm of the BBC network) series "Smalltalk Diaries," scheduled to air this month in the UK beginning on March 17, 2008.
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| | | | News: Matrox Announces Interoperability
between Matrox Axio Realtime Editing Platforms and Omneon Spectrum and MediaGrid Active Storage Systems
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced interoperability between Matrox Axio™ realtime editing platforms and Omneon Spectrum™ and MediaGrid™ active storage systems.
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| | | | News: Matrox RT.X2 3.0 Now Shipping
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that software release 3.0 for the Matrox RT.X2™ realtime editing platform is now available. The Matrox RT.X2 3.0 release provides support for Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium and Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3 software as well as support for additional HD and SD cameras and editing resolutions including the Panasonic P2 MXF 720p format.
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| | | | News: Matrox Axio Release 2.5 Now Shipping
Tapeless workflow support and other new features added to realtime HD and SD editing platforms
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that software release 2.5 for the Matrox Axio™ realtime HD and SD editing platforms is now shipping. Release 2.5 provides significant new features including realtime native editing of MXF files for Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, and Sony XDCAM HD, as well as realtime native editing of JVC's ProHD HDV 720p format.
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| | | | News: Grass Valley Offers 30-day Trial of EDIUS Pro version 4 Nonlinear Editing Software
To kick off the availability of EDIUS Pro version 4, the Grass Valley™ business within Thomson today announced a free 30-day trial of this latest version of the realtime, multiformat video editing software. The EDIUS Pro version 4 30-day trial will give editors a chance to try new features such as multicam support, nested sequence editing, improved trimming tools, alpha-channel support in the HQ codec, and keyframe support for color correction.
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| | | | News: Canon USA to feature Biscardi Creative Media at NAB 2006
Biscardi Creative Media is proud to announce that Canon USA will be featuring our original short film, "The Rough Cut" during the National Association of Broadcasters convention next week in Las Vegas. Billed as "The Worlds Largest Electronic Media Show," NAB 2006 will run from April 22 - 27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Portions of the film will be continuously showcased in their booth during all four days of the show.
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| | | | News: Water Productions Captures High-Action Sports With Fujinon HD Lens In Extreme Weather Conditions
Fujinon HA18x7.6BERM HD ENG/EFP Lens Endures Climate's Most Frigid and Humid Environments
Since a little over a year ago when Water Productions, a Canadian sports television production company, made significant high definition equipment upgrades, the company has taken its new Fujinon HA18x7.6BERM HD ENG/EFP lens fitted to a Panasonic Varicam from one extreme weather condition to another, being buried in snow one day and hanging from boats the next. Miraculously, the gear continues to work.
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| | | | News: Biscardi Creative Media HD Film Screening / Product Showcase
Biscardi Creative Media (BCM) is proud to announce that our first short film, The Rough Cut, will screen December 7th, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia. The world premiere will take place at the Regal Cinemas Hollywood 24 in Chamblee and will be shown in High Definition courtesy of Panasonic. The event will also feature a High Definition Product Showcase of all the equipment used in the making of the film courtesy of event sponsors, WH Platts Inc., Panasonic, Canon, AJA Video Systems and Medea Corporation.
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| | | | News: Blackmagic Design Introduces Latest Version of HDLink Monitoring Converter
Version 1.7 of industry’s highest performance monitoring solution includes enhanced workflow, color correction and noise reduction features
Blackmagic Design today announced the introduction of v1.7 of its HDLink 4:2:2 & 4:4:4 HD video monitoring and audio solution. Introduced at NAB 2004, the HDLink has become a popular monitoring choice for post facilities working in HD and looking for low cost, true HDTV resolution video monitoring on DVI-D based LCD monitors.
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 Up-Converting SD for HD Projects and HD Cross-Conversion Using AJA Kona 3
Need SD upconversion for HD projects, and HD cross-conversion? Broadcast editor and Final Cut Pro community leader Shane Ross recently had a DVCPRO HD project shot with the Panasonic Varicam and HVX-200 at 23.98 that had to be converted to 1080psf 23.98 for delivery on HDCAM. After long research and experience with many FCP-compatible cards, he concluded that the AJA Kona 3 was the way to go. It even handles SD upconversion too, all in real time. Read why he chose this specific card, and how he got the job done.
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 A Talk with SpectSoft's Jason Howard about Linux & Film Production
Creative Cow's own Jason Howard, is helping bring Starship Troopers 2 to the big screen. His company, SpectSoft, has been working with the famed Tippett Studios to integrate SpectSoft's new RaveHD system into Tippett's workflow. Faced with creating a system that allowed customers like Tippett to work with many different formats and systems -- like accessing both Sony CineAlta's 1080p24 format and Panasonic VariCam's 720p60 -- and performing well with the very latest HD decks, etc. How well has RaveHD worked for Tippett over the last eight months of its use? Well, famed Tippett Studios used it for the HD editing workflow for Starship Troopers 2. Here's the story...
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 HD Expo's Panasonic VariCam 'VariCamp'
James Kelty has always considered himself more of a writer-director than an editor or cinematographer. But in today's ever-changing production world, like many independent producers working on project videos and/or documentaries, Jim is quickly becoming a skilled editor -- using a CinéWave system armed with Final Cut Pro. Recently, after a long career shooting film, he has begun using video in some of his projects. As part of this move, he attended HD Expo's "VariCamp" in Hollywood in January, 2004, where Jim began his exploration of High Definition using Panasonic's VariCam. Jim concludes that it offers new options to producer-directors and he found HD to have 'the types of innovations that kept making me think hi-def is selling itself short through the constant comparisons to film, and that the technology is essentially creating new visual language and production capability all its own.' Here is his report...
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Inside George Lucas' Lucasarts with Michael Rubin, end of VHS, Avid buys Softimage, Microsoft Azure, RED rumors, Panasonic VariCam 2700 and more creative news and interviews - creativecow.net
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