Digital Dailies The Race to Good Enough « Cinema Editors

Digital Dailies The Race to Good Enough « Cinema Editors:
Granted, I can’t remember a time when our industry wasn’t hell bent on faster, better, cheaper, but this is the first I can recall such a willful disregard of tried and tested gear, pipelines and people. Since the advent of high-end digital cameras, we’ve all been so wooed and mesmerized by the look and quality of the RED, Sony F35, and ALEXA cameras, but managing the data, processing it and coloring it has been a struggle ever since.

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VIDEO: Using metadata for color correction with RAW video

VIDEO: Using metadata for color correction with RAW video:
Blain Brown, Los Angeles based DP as well as educator and author, shares with his audience how to use metadata for color correction with RAW video


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A dynamic range test between Alexa, RED MX and Super 16

A dynamic range test between Alexa, RED MX and Super 16:
Cinematographer John Brawley made a test video of the dynamic range between Alexa, RED MX and Super 16 cameras. All three cameras are used on high-end productions.



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Canon to announce 12bit 4K C500 to compete with RED Epic ($35,000)

Canon to announce 12bit 4K C500 to compete with RED Epic ($35,000):
Things are hectic as I am frantically editing “You and your Canon C300″ DVD which is why the blog has had a bit of a rest but thats the lull before the NAB 2012 storm. So far only Sony have announced their new camera line up and the NEX-FS700 is causing a storm with its...

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4K RAW

4K RAW:
Here's a quick Pre-NAB news flash: get ready for more from the boys and girls at Convergent Design.

CD has just announced a new product: The Gemini RAW. This is a super high end 4K/2K/HD recorder capable of 4096x2160 recordings up to 60fps, 2048x1080 up to 120fps, and simultaneous 4K RAW / DNxHD 36 dual recording for your master and dailies. AS they say, it just keeps getting better...

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90 minutes on colour grading

90 minutes on colour grading:
Mark Spencer and Steve Martin are joined by Alexis Van Hurkman for an hour and a half on the world of colour grading, largely on DaVinci Resolve, but other applications too. Which control surface to use, what monitor to choose and various tips, techniques and insights into what its like to work as a professional colorist.


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How to preview Avid Media Composer’s MXF files for free without Media Composer

How to preview Avid Media Composer’s MXF files for free without Media Composer:

Here’s a handy little tip for viewing and previewing Avid Media Composer .MXF files outside of Media Composer itself. It came up via Twitter recently and it’s one of those little tips that I can’t believe I didn’t know before now. It’s mainly for those moments when you wonder … “what’s in the file that is called OS020705A01.CBA36E04F7E03DB.mxf?” Is a human really supposed to be able to read those things?

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DVS Presents its CinePlay Video Board Supporting 2K 3D at 24fps at NAB 2012

DVS Presents its CinePlay Video Board Supporting 2K 3D at 24fps at NAB 2012:
Stand SL6815, NAB 2012 Right on time for NAB 2012, DVS will present the latest member of its renowned video board family: CinePlay is not only optimized to work with JPEG2000 compressed material but also handles uncompressed data. CinePlay has

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StorageDNA Releases DNA Evolution 2.0 for Improved Media Asset Management

StorageDNA Releases DNA Evolution 2.0 for Improved Media Asset Management:
New support for broadcast integration, digital camera masters, Thunderbolt PCIe expansion devices (Irvine, California--April 10, 2012) StorageDNA, Inc. today announced the version 2.0 release of its flagship workflow product, DNA Evolution™ for LTFS LTO-5 archive and retrieval. In response to feedback from their customers, the company is now making available significant feature enhancements for improved media asset management, broadcast integration, digital camera masters and Thunderbolt™ support for PCIe expansion devices. DNA Evolution 2.0 will be available in the second quarter of 2012 and a free upgrade for existing customers with a support contract.

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ToolsOnAir Joins Broadcast Suppliers for Open Workflow Network

ToolsOnAir Joins Broadcast Suppliers for Open Workflow Network:
ToolsOnAir, Vidispine, Object Matrix and Archiware have formed the Open
Workflow Network, a group addressing the movement of the broadcast
industry towards open, interoperable, cost-effective systems.

The group believes that there has been a recent shift in the broadcast industry from proprietary and closed hardware platforms to more open, generic, often software or IT based systems. The shift may be due to a more frequent need to deliver to new channels and devices, increased interactions between audiences and content creators, and the need generally to be able to respond faster and more effectively to these changes.

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Flanders Scientific Unveils True 10 bit Native HD 17" and S3D 23" Monitors

Flanders Scientific Unveils True 10 bit Native HD 17" and S3D 23" Monitors: (Suwanee, Georgia--April 11, 2012) Flanders Scientific to Unveil Two New Products at NAB 2012. A New True 10 bit Native HD 17" Monitor *& Affordable 23" 3D Monitor Will Be On Display Come see the latest from FSI at Booth SL13707 at NAB 2012, including:

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Shotgun and Tweak Reinvent Review with Revolver

Shotgun and Tweak Reinvent Review with Revolver: Revolver provides modern digital studios with a powerful new way to review, iterate, and collaborate on work at any time, from any location, on any device. (Venice, California--April 11, 2012) Shotgun announced it has teamed up with Tweak on a new product called Revolver that provides digital studios with an all-in-one review toolset. Revolver combines production tracking and review, making it easy for teams in any location to view their latest work in context of the cut, browse and compare iterations, annotate on images, write notes, and collaborate on work in real-time.

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XDT announces Version 4 of its Catapult Server at NAB 2012

XDT announces Version 4 of its Catapult Server at NAB 2012: XDTís highly efficient WAN and LAN transfer technology now starting at US$1,995, providing networked transfers at up to Gigabit speeds. (Melbourne, Australia--April 11, 2012) XDT Pty Ltd announces that version 4 of its Catapult Server product will be available at NAB 2012 (SU10729). This latest update includes new powerful syncing options, custom transfer filters and notifications.

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DFT Digital Film Technology & 1o1Media Introduce Premium Dailies Solution for under $3K

DFT Digital Film Technology & 1o1Media Introduce Premium Dailies Solution for under $3K: (Weiterstadt, Germany--April 12, 2012) DFT Digital Film Technology, provider of high-end film and digital post production solutions that preserve, manage, and deliver your pictures, and cloud-based video platform provider, 1o1Media have integrated their solutions to provide the production and post production marketplace with an attractively priced end-to-end Dailies solution. This new collaboration, “FLEXXITY + 1o1™” is a software application that optimizes a fully end-to-end finished dailies solution with secure online content management and distribution.

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Avid Offers Unprecedented Limited-Time Symphony 6 Crossgrade Promotion

Avid Offers Unprecedented Limited-Time Symphony 6 Crossgrade Promotion: Media Composer and Final Cut Pro users can save over 80% on Symphony, enabling accelerated storytelling with a suite of professional editing, color correction, and mastering tools (Burlington, Massachusetts--April 12, 2012) Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced an unprecedented, limited-time offer for its Symphony® 6 video editing and finishing software to all qualified Avid and Final Cut Pro customers at the special price of only $999 (USD). This offer is designed to provide a way for Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer®, Avid Xpress Pro, and Avid Xpress DV users to crossgrade or upgrade to Avid’s industry-leading professional editing, color correction, and mastering solution at a significantly reduced cost.

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Aspera and Universal Pictures Collaborate on Post-Production Technology

Aspera and Universal Pictures Collaborate on Post-Production Technology: Aspera faspex™ Enables Fast, Secure and Seamless File-based Media Production Workflow Across the Globe (Emeryville, California--April 12, 2012) Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, today announced that Universal Pictures has deployed the Aspera faspex™ solution to send, receive and share large media files internationally between production facilities and post-production houses. Aspera’s flagship person-to-person and project-based file exchange solution has significantly reduced production cycle times while meeting stringent security requirements and ensuring high levels of flexibility in their workflows.

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Canon announces a new digital cinema camera - supporting 4K video capture!

Canon announces a new digital cinema camera - supporting 4K video capture!: Canon is working on a new camera - but this time the company drops HD resolutions and decided to bring a 4K camera to the market! It will be compatible with PL and EF mounts and should be in many aspects similar to the popular and highly-acclaimed C300, but of course with one big advantage over it - 4096x2160 pixel resolution!

   

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Premiere Pro CS6: what’s new and changed « Premiere Pro work area

Premiere Pro CS6: what’s new and changed « Premiere Pro work area:
Premiere Pro CS6 is on its way, and we are now revealing all of the new and changed features in Premiere Pro CS6 and other professional video and audio applications in Creative Suite 6 Production Premium, including Adobe Prelude and SpeedGrade. Go here for details. Information on pricing and availability is not yet available, but stay tuned here for updates.

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Adobe presents SpeedGrade CS6

Adobe presents SpeedGrade CS6:

SpeedGrade CS6 brings advanced color grading capabilities to Adobe Production Premium, the Creative Suite edition production professionals rely on to get great results efficiently. Offering best-in-class applications for editing, motion design, compositing, and audio, this comprehensive post-production hub now offers professional color grading to a new generation of artists and filmmakers.

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LUTs R US

LUTs R US:
One of my favorite aspects of the job is getting involved with "look creation". Working with the DP and Director, the D.I.T. (if equipped with the proper tools) has the ability to previsualize the final look of a project right from the set, in real-time. All one needs to accomplish this is the ability to build what I like to refer to as "creative LUTs". Again, a LUT (Look Up Table) is simply an image transform saved as a simple text file. And it looks just like this:

















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