Blackmagic Design releases a slew of new products at NAB2009
Blackmagic Design releases a whole host of new and exciting products, including Optical Fiber-based Mini Converters, SDI capture cards and HDLink. New models of Videohub, from the Enterprise (144 x 288) to the Studio Videohub (16 x 32), along with Videohub 4.0 software tha includes a customizable button view. Also new is UltraScope, Media Express 2.0, Linux support, new Audio mini-converters and support for Opengear. [+]
Post-production redefined...during production
Everyone from broadcasters to indie filmmakers can probably agree on one thing: the possible choices for image acquisition are daunting. Different cameras, different formats, different recording media and different compression schemes. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to simplify acquisition so that virtually any camera, digital or analog, could record the same format and resolution? Enter the AJA Ki Pro.[+]
da Vinci Reaches New Milestone in Color Grading With Support for RED Raw Files
da Vinci Systems announced the release of a landmark solution designed to support color grading of native RED Raw files with the company’s R-series color enhancement systems. da Vinci’s new Digital PowerHouse™ provides direct access to RED .r3d files, saving time and ensuring maximum output quality by enabling colorists to utilize the full dynamic color and density range of the original camera files. [+]
Setting up a Scan-Once Workflow
TIGERTIGER POST is a new post house in the centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Their target market is DI for television commercials and movies. Having spent a considerable timeworking in traditional post, the owners wanted to fully embrace the latest digital technology for their new DI business. With the help of freelance colorist Warren Eagles, they have adopted what they now call a ‘scan once’ workfl ow. Here’s an explanation of how it works and an overview of the many benefits it provides. [+]
Introducing RaveHD, Rave2K and RaveDI
Rave is a turnkey, Linux based line of disk drive recorders that drop on the network just like any other computer. Give it proper connections (Reference, SDI, RS422) and now the studio can use it like a deck (both slave and master control). Supports the full video gamut and even in stereo mode (that's two vtrs in a box sync'd together to do stereoscopic or two running independently) [+]
Imaginner Introduces mogul
Meet mogul, an exciting new vfx platform from Imagineer Systems. mogul is more than ‘yet another hero suite.’ it’s what you’ve been waiting for: a platform consisting of system and desktop products that actually work together. [+]
AJA KONA 3 and Apple FCP Provide Optimal Edit Pipeline for ‘Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
KONA Uncompressed Video Capture and Playback with Final Cut Pro Facilitate DVC Pro HD 1080i 60 Edit for Twentieth Century Fox Feature [+]
Dulce Systems introduces itself with a series of video storage solutions for the video editing and content creation market.
Dulce Systems’ initial offering of video storage products uses the latest of RAID controller technology featuring PCI-e and PCI-x host side RAID controllers incorporating the latest RAID 6 double disk drive protection enhancements. [+]
When density and power efficiency is the name of the game
The renderBOXX 10100 "Render Farm" Series is a deadline beating network rendering module designed to build compact, high-performance render farms. If space in your studio is at a premium, if you encounter difficulties installing all the rendering capacity you need to keep your creative pipeline running at optimal capacity, BOXX's "Render Farm" Series will deliver extraordinary rendering muscle in an industry-leading format. [+]
Throw your point trackers away. mocha is here
Imagineer Systems is proud to announce the beta launch of mocha, the most eagerly anticipated software package we have ever launched. mocha is an exciting and cost effective solution to 2D tracking, using Imagineer's unique planar tracking technology. Beta test today and see for yourselves the power of mocha.. [+]
Oriental Post Purchases BrightDrive Media Sharing System for Data Infrastructure
“BrightDrive will form a crucial role in our DI workflow, enabling us to achieve higher media delivery speeds and greater flexibility within our processes,” said John Galvin, Director of Post Production, Oriental Post. “BrightDrive integrates well with our existing storage network and provides easy expansion options so that we can grow our infrastructure to suit our requirements without major interruptions to our operations.” [+]
Film Master & BrightDrive drives DI at Fame Post
Fame
Post-Production, a powerhouse of SE Asia’s digital film industry, has
purchased a BrightDrive shared media system from Bright Systems, Inc.
BrightDrive will provide Fame with a highly efficient and powerful
data-centric DI infrastructure for sharing media between all of its
post production and digital finishing systems. [+]
Bringing back images of Thailand’s past Siam Commercial Bank-commissioned TVC, Celebration, brought together past and present images of Thailand to reflect the development and progress of the country. Asia Image looks at the film restoration process which brought the age-old visuals to the forefront. [+]
