Avid & Media Composer 7 at NAB 2013: What it *really* means to you

Avid & Media Composer 7 at NAB 2013: What it *really* means to you | Michael Kammes (.com):
New features were sparse for Media Composer 7 at NAB this year, but the announcements made do impact quite a few post workflows.  Let’s examine a handful of them:

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Find Out What LTO Can Do for You at NAB 2013 by Jeremiah Karpowicz

Find Out What LTO Can Do for You at NAB 2013 by Jeremiah Karpowicz:
Paivi Juvonen from Quantum, Laura Loredo from HP and Bruce Master from IBM represetned the LTO Program at NAB 2013 and they shared some insights around the program with us. They tell us about the program as well as some of the exciting things they've seen at NAB 2013.

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FilmLight Goes On-Set and Adapts to ACES

FilmLight Goes On-Set and Adapts to ACES | VFX:
Among the new products is the Baselight ONE grading system, a diskless, 4U tower system with all Baselight creative tools plus a 2TB solid-state internal cache that can increase the processing performance. Slate is a new compact grading control panel designed for use with Baselight and Baselight Editions. It is based on Filmlight´s full Blackboard 2 panel, but in a smaller size and at a lower price.

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Coloristos #11: "NAB 2013 Highlights"

Coloristos #11: "NAB 2013 Highlights"
In this Episode of the ColorCast, the Coloristos discuss highlights for colorists at NAB 2013, including DaVinci Resolve 10, SpeedGrade CS7, Smoke 2013, the Scratch 8 preview, Mistika 7.2, and the new Baselight One Deskside and Slate Control Panel. They also cover new displays from Sony, Sharp, FSI, and Dolby, as well as major changes to Avid Media Composer and Symphony licensing, along with the curious omission of the RED Laser Projector at the RED booth this year.

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NAB: Industry-first open source implementation for HEVC, backed by ATEME

NAB: Industry-first open source implementation for HEVC, backed by ATEME | Videonet:
ATEME has announced what it says is the industry’s first open source implementation of a software media player supporting High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). The implementation is available immediately. Service providers and broadcasters are able to accelerate experimentation of the new HEVC Codec standard in the field thanks to this development, the company says.

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BulletProof Unveiled

Prolost - Blog - BulletProof Unveiled:
Large productions with high-end digital cinema cameras tend to be supported by a full DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) cart with customized software and hardware. But where was the DIT tool for indies? Red Giant saw an opportunity to bolster the workflow of one of the most common types of shoot—the DSLR-based, small-but-capable indie crew. So about 18 months ago, we sat in Sean Safreed’s dining room in San Francisco and started sketching ideas for BulletProof.

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Premiere Pro Next Vs FCPX 10.0.8

Premiere Pro Next Vs FCPX 10.0.8 | Jonny Elwyn - Film Editor:
If you’ve been following the NAB 2013 announcements you’ll know that Adobe is making steady strides towards the professional post-production market with plenty of new features that editors have been requesting for quite some time.
Also in the run up to NAB Apple went on a charm offensive; getting some articles in the LA Times about FCPX and releasing some new ‘pro user case studies‘ on their site. This came in the midst of a small update to FCPX 10.0.8.

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Cloud transcoding rages at NAB

Cloud transcoding rages at NAB | Broadcast Engineering Blog:
It would be easy to come away from the show imagining that almost all transcoding will soon be taking place in the cloud because of its compelling economics, but that is not going to happen just yet. In many cases transcoding will continue to be an in-house operation because it is closely aligned with other processes hosted in the data centre such as digital asset management (DAM). By the same token, cloud based transcoding services that offer associated functions including DAM in integrated packages will have particular appeal to small operators or those starting from a clean slate for multi-screen deployments.

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Red Giant Announces BulletProof at #NABShow 2013

Red Giant Announces BulletProof at #NABShow 2013 | Post Production Engineer | Broadcast Engineer | Video Engineer | Studio Engineer:
Red Giant today announced BulletProof at NAB 2013 in Las Vegas, NV. BulletProof is a complete offload, prep and delivery solution for footage that simplifies the tedious tasks facing filmmakers on set every day. Bridging the gap between camera and editor, BulletProof combines all backup, organization, color and delivery tasks while handling footage from multiple cameras and media cards. Whether shooting with a Canon DSLR, Nikon DSLR or GoPro sports cam, filmmakers, videographers and data wranglers can now quickly and easily transform their capture into edit-ready footage.

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SpectraCal and Flanders Scientific Announce 3D LUT Calibration at #NABShow

SpectraCal and Flanders Scientific Announce 3D LUT Calibration at #NABShow | Post Production Engineer | Broadcast Engineer | Video Engineer | Studio Engineer:
“Flanders Scientific has long played an admirable role in educating the market about the importance of accurate images displayed in accordance with industry standards, and SpectraCal is pleased and honored to become part of their solution for giving customers the most accurate video representation possible,” said Derek Smith, SpectraCal’s founder and Chief Technical Officer.

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4K at 1000 fps thanks to the amazing new Phantom Flex 4K by Vision Research! - motionVFX Blog

4K at 1000 fps thanks to the amazing new Phantom Flex 4K by Vision Research! - motionVFX Blog:
4K at 1000fps? Not a problem! Only a few days ago we wrote about the FT-ONE (here) and now Vision Research reveals the exciting new Phantom Flex 4K camera! There's one big difference though - the Phantom Flex 4K will cost $140,000 with a 2TB CineMag, so probably a little bit more than the Japanese product. But on the other hand with any Phantom Flex camera you know what you pay for and you can always rent one if you want to shoot some slowmo scenes. The new camera is not final, so some specs might change and new features can still be implemented, but Vision Research presented a working unit at NAB. The camera should be out in October, so there's still enough time to make it even better - can't wait to see how it will shape up! And here are two videos that will give you a good overview of the camera - there's some very nice first footage here that was recorded by director Brendan Bellomo and cinematographer Greg Wilson who were asked by Vision Research to shoot it. The camera was a little more than a week old and it was an alpha prototype, but still - this looks awesome!

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Blackmagic Design Announces World’s First 6G-SDI Products Are Shipping!

Blackmagic Design Announces World’s First 6G-SDI Products Are Shipping!:
HyperDeck Studio Pro, UltraStudio 4K and DeckLink 4K Extreme including 6G-SDI connections are shipping and support Ultra HD! (Las Vegas NAB Show, Nevada--April 8, 2013) Blackmagic Design today announced that it has adopted 6G-SDI video for multiple products, including some that are already shipping. This 6G-SDI has been included when these products were originally shipped with software now being released to add the 6G-SDI Ultra HD formats to these products.

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Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 10

Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 10 | Broadcast Engineering [primary-term] press release archives:
NAB 2013, Las Vegas, USA - April 8, 2013 - Blackmagic Design today announced DaVinci Resolve 10, a major upgrade that includes new features for integrating the workflows of multiple different software products used in the film and television industry. DaVinci Resolve 10 has upgraded on set tools, upgraded editing features, support for OpenFX plug ins as well as new tools for delivering final project masters to cinemas.

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Blackmagic 4K Production Camera For 4K and Pocket Cinema Camera Leaked

Blackmagic 4K Production Camera For 4K and Pocket Cinema Camera Leaked: : Cinescopophilia:
At a dealer meeting for Blackmagic Design at NAB a photo slipped out of a series of banners with a Blackmagic Production Camera 4K for $3995 and a $995 Pocket Cinema Camera on them. A few peeps tweeted the same photo but let’s go with @michaelkammes as he at least spelled the name of the company right so we will credit the pic to him. Make what you will with it.

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Media Composer 7 | Accelerate your high-res workflow

Media Composer 7 | Accelerate your high-res workflow:
Media Composer has long been the most trusted tool of professional editors. Media Composer 7 opens your possibilities even further, simplifying and accelerating file-based workflows and extending real-time production everywhere so you can focus on telling the best story possible. From new high-res workflows and AMA media management, to automated media operations and global collaboration, experience the industry’s preeminent NLE, now starting at just $999 USD.

Accelerate HD delivery from high-res sources, with full creative control of image framing

Spend more time on your story, as the software tackles media tasks in the background

Collaborate remotely and extend real-time production everywhere in the world

Get the industry-proven and trusted film and video editing tool starting at just $999 USD

Add advanced color correction tools to Media Composer with the new Symphony option

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Sorenson Media Launches Squeeze 9 with Industry-First HTML5 Optimization, Streamlined User Experience, Higher Quality and Faster Speeds

Sorenson Media Launches Squeeze 9 with Industry-First HTML5 Optimization, Streamlined User Experience, Higher Quality and Faster Speeds
Benefits of the newest version of Squeeze include industry-first HTML5 optimization; an enhanced, more intuitive streamlined user interface and optimized user experience; significant enhancements to video quality and speed; and improvements to the product’s unique review and approval functionality.

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EditShare To Show Lightworks for Mac At Show

Definition Magazine - Def Mag - NAB 2013: EditShare To Show Lightworks for Mac At Show:
EditShare will show the highly anticipated Mac version of Lightworks for the first time at NAB 2013. Lightworks has been redesigned to work on Mac OS X, making it the first professional NLE to be tri-platform (Windows, Linux and Mac).

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Avid Pro Tools 11 Sets New Standard for Audio Production

Avid |News Room:
Core engine, 64-bit architecture, and expanded metering empower audio professionals to handle the most demanding sessions, compose with more virtual instruments and effects, and collaborate directly with Media Composer editors.

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Vizrt enhances Viz Media Engine integration with the next version of Adobe Premiere Pro software

News: NAB 2013: Vizrt enhances Viz Media Engine integration with the next version of Adobe Premiere Pro software:
Vizrt’s integration with Adobe Premiere Pro gives editors more efficient access to source material by allowing them to search and select from Viz Media Engine directly within the panels in Adobe Premiere Pro. This integration has been further enhanced for even more efficiency in the workflow and better integration for Mac users.

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News: Tiger Technology Introduces cluStore TLE – Affordable Hierarchical Storage Management Solution Leverages IBM Linear Tape File System For Windows Workflows

News: Tiger Technology Introduces cluStore TLE – Affordable Hierarchical Storage Management Solution Leverages IBM Linear Tape File System For Windows Workflows : NAB Expo:
Tiger Technology, the leading developer of high performance storage area networking (SAN), software management tools and integrated appliances, today announced cluStore TLE, a new server-based hierarchical storage management (HSM) software solution that leverages the universal IBM® Linear Tape File System™ (LTFS) tapes and tape libraries for the Windows operating system. Aimed at the rich-media and entertainment industry and other communities challenged to store, access and archive petabytes of data, the tiered HSM structure represents a paradigm shift in the way users interact with their storage resources, as it allows archived data to be seamlessly integrated as part of the main storage pool for unmatched ease-of-use and interoperability in day-to-day operations.

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