Huge 4K Camera Test: Sony F65 vs F55 vs Red Epic vs Scarlet vs Canon C500 vs 1DC vs JVC HMQ10

Huge 4K Camera Test: Sony F65 vs F55 vs Red Epic vs Scarlet vs Canon C500 vs 1DC vs JVC HMQ10:
Jae-mo Koo has uploaded 10 tests to compare these cameras against each other:
Sony F65
Sony F55
Red Epic
Red Scarlet
Canon C500
Canon 1DC
JVC GY-HMQ10

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Pixar’s USD system: the new super-Alembic?

Pixar’s USD system: the new super-Alembic? | CG Channel:
Pixar has posted some interesting information on its website about its Universal Scene Description (USD) system, used on its last three movies, and intended as a higher-level counterpart to Alembic.

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What is a streaming server?

What is a streaming server? | wolfcrow:
If you want to understand video streaming over the Internet, you must first have a solid grasp on what a Streaming Server is, and how it works. This article provides a simple overview of the entire chain of events, and is written for the absolute newbie.

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How to sync metadata between QuickTime movies

How to sync metadata between QuickTime movies:
It's common nowadays for videos to be processed through one or more applications prior to editorial. Unfortunately that can result in camera metadata being stripped from the processed files. This can cause lots of problems later on if you need to relink back to the original files for grading.

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An overview for a Smoke/Flame pipeline from Avid to Resolve to Smoke via XML

An overview for a Smoke/Flame pipeline from Avid to Resolve to Smoke via XML | wolfcrow:
Johnny Fegan presents an “overview for a Smoke/Flame pipeline that starts with Avid(Editorial), sent to the Colorist(Resolve), and conforming the final Smoke XML sequence with both the RAW footage and the Graded footage.”

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Xsan

Xsan | Krypted:
Setting up Xsan is easier than ever, in OS X Mavericks. This guide takes you through many of the basic tasks of Xsan management, including the initial setup as well as long term management.

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Frame rate

Frame rate:
There are three main frame rate standards in the TV and digital cinema business: 24p, 25p, and 30p. However, there are many variations on these as well as newer emerging standards.

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Upscaling or Upsizing Video?

Upscaling or Upsizing Video? | GLJ Media Group:
If you ever need to work with old video footage that’s in standard format, here are several options and tools to make the job smoother and get better results.

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A FREE FCPX workflow tool that delivers your entire timeline to After Effects

A FREE FCPX workflow tool that delivers your entire timeline to After Effects | GLJ Media Group:
A simple post-production workflow tool that delivers your entire timeline to After Effects or batch exports selected clips as Quicktime movies or Nuke files. Free and open source.

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A Conversation with Cédric Lejeune – Color Consistency in Post-Production Workflows | Tom Parish

A Conversation with Cédric Lejeune – Color Consistency in Post-Production Workflows | Tom Parish:
Up next is a conversation with Cédric Lejeune on the topic of color consistency in post-production workflows. This is a big topic, and it would be easy to drill down into a dozen different niches. Instead, I gave Cédric an opportunity to talk about the issues and opportunities for small post-production companies to focus on color calibration, color correction, and color grading to increase the value of their work and be more competitive.

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Salvaging a Corrupted Quicktime File

WalterBiscardi.com | Salvaging a Corrupted Quicktime File:
For some reason we’ve been snake bit during our last two attempts to use the AJA KiPro on location as a record device.   We’ve had corrupted Quicktime files on very long records.   On the previous project we were able to repair the file easily using Disk Repair but for yesterday’s shoot, the 40GB Apple ProRes LT file (42 minutes) simply would not come back.   Kept telling us that Quicktime, Premiere Pro, Prelude, and everything else I tried “could not recognize the format of the file.”   That generally happens when the file does not finish the recording correctly adding the necessary data for the applications to read the file.

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The Best Video Editing Software 2013 (Part Three): The End

The Best Video Editing Software 2013 (Part Three): The End | wolfcrow:
In Part One and Part Two we started our journey to discover the best video editing software of 2013. This third and final part will ultimately reveal the winner, but we still have a lot of ground to cover.

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Neil Sadwelkar's musings on Digital: 24-25 fps in the digital age

Neil Sadwelkar's musings on Digital: 24-25 fps in the digital age:
There's still a fair bit of confusion in the minds of professionals who work in cinema about this '24-25thing'. By cinema, I  mean movies that get made for showing in theatres. And this confusion is deep amongst sound recordists and sound engineers. And to a smaller extent, with VFX and DI 'artists'.

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MPEG-DASH Ecosystem Status

MPEG-DASH Ecosystem Status:
While most of IBC’s buzz was generated by the shiny HEVC + 4K couple, it was a good occasion to stand back from the hype and measure how one of the most important video standards (at least for the OTT world) had spread over the industry since last year. MPEG-DASH is not sexy (let’s remember that it’s basically a collection of XML schemes), it’s a bit boring (as it’s usually demonstrated with the Big Buck Bunny that you saw not less than 2.000 times) and it’s complex – but once you go past those defaults, you might find that its potential to simplify your workflows and boost the profitability of your video service is high…

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Kaltura launches new application framework, is cited by Gartner

Kaltura launches new application framework, is cited by Gartner | The Convergence:
Open source video platform Kaltura has released the Kaltura Application Framework, allowing developers to easily develop video applications based on Kaltura Video Capabilities.

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Colour Grading Resources Round Up Part 3

Colour Grading Resources Round Up Part 3 | Jonny Elwyn - Film Editor:
Colour grading is one of those creative skillsets that requires as much artistic and creative imagination as it does technological knowledge and inventiveness. These resources, gathered from all corners of the web, should help you improve both the art and science of your colour grading.

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