Magic Lantern - how the revolutionary firmware for Canon's DSLRs really works?

Magic Lantern - how the revolutionary firmware for Canon's DSLRs really works? - motionVFX Blog:
Magic Lantern is a great software and this amazing add-on completely changed the video quality and the possibilities of many Canon's DSLR cameras. If you wonder how Magic Lantern works, you should really watch this video. It features Georg Hofstetter and Michael Zoller who talk about the firmware and presents a live demonstration of Magic Lantern, showing some of its unique functionalities and covers the hardware and software internals of Canon’s camera operating system DryOS. From the video you will also learn that programming your Canon camera is quite similar to programming any embedded ARM device in plain C. If you make the decision to mod your camera you should be aware of some legal aspects, but this topic is also discussed in the video.

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DNA Evolution v3.0 Speeds Nearline & Archive LTO Storage

DNA Evolution v3.0 Speeds Nearline & Archive LTO Storage | Storage:
This new version of DNA Evolution can be used to set up various automated conforms from LTO tape, as restore mechanisms. For example, clips identified via search, preview or browse can be selected for restore directly from the Web interface. Restores of sequences can be also performed with AAF/XML/EDL files, which DNA Evolution uses to find the hi-res media files on LTO. This type of automation can save considerable time compared to manual restoration.

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Blackmagic ships first 6G-SDI products to simplify 4K cabling by Allan Tépper

Blackmagic ships first 6G-SDI products to simplify 4K cabling by Allan Tépper:
Up until recently, if you wanted to connect a 4K video signal from one device to another, you required four SDI cables per source. At NAB 2013, Blackmagic showed and began to ship its first 6G-SDI products, which include ATEM Production Studio 4K live production studio, ATEM Studio Converter 2, Blackmagic’s 4K Production Camera, the HyperDeck Studio Pro recorder, and the company’s new Audio Monitor. But is 6G-SDI a SMPTE standard, and should you be concerned?

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See How Much You Can Do in Adobe Premiere Pro with a Multi-GPU Setup by Jeremiah Karpowicz

See How Much You Can Do in Adobe Premiere Pro with a Multi-GPU Setup by Jeremiah Karpowicz: Dave Helmly from Adobe was over in the AMD booth at SIGGRAPH 2013, and he took the time to show us some of the work they've been doing with AMD to allow users to do many different tasks at the same time and even open and use multiple programs.  He takes us though a few examples that showcase what the system can handle.

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Fletcher’s 2013 Camera Comparison

Fletcher’s 2013 Camera Comparison | Blog Central | Crews Control:
Fletcher Camera and Lenses have released their annual camera comparison chart. Fletcher Camera & Lenses collects information from their large network of industry professionals, colleagues and manufacturers in order to compile the information provided on this chart. This list is intended to help producers make more informed decisions when it comes to selecting camera and format for their next shoot.

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Sony & Panasonic Jointly Developing 300GB Optical Disc Recording:

Sony & Panasonic Jointly Developing 300GB Optical Disc Recording:
Sony and Panasonic have announced that they have signed a basic agreement with the objective of jointly developing a next-generation standard for professional-use optical discs, with the objective of expanding their archive business for long-term digital data storage. Both companies aim to improve their development efficiency based on the technologies held by each respective company, and will target the development of an optical disc with recording capacity of at least 300GB by the end of 2015. Going forward, Sony and Panasonic will continue to hold discussions regarding the specifications and other items relating to the development of this new standard.

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x265: Open-Source H.265/HEVC Video Encoder

[Phoronix] x265: Open-Source H.265/HEVC Video Encoder:
There's x264 for H.264 video encoding, but now an "x265" project has been started to ship an open-source library for H.265/HEVC video encoding.

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NVIDIA Quadro K6000 Rendering Benchmarks

BOXX Blogs: NVIDIA Quadro K6000 Rendering Benchmarks:
The latest Quadro card from NVIDIA has been announced and BOXX was able to get its hands on a couple of the new Quadro K6000s for testing. In the video above we'll show you some visual performance comparisons demonstrating how the new card stacks up against NVIDIA's other high-end GPUs. The tests gauge the performance of interactive rendering using Octane Render.

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How to Import Different Codecs and File Formats into Avid Media Composer

How to Import Different Codecs and File Formats into Avid Media Composer | wolfcrow:
In Part One and Part Two we looked at the basic structure, scope and workflow of Avid Media Composer. In Part Three we looked at how to optimize computer and project settings for best results.
In this part we’ll look at how Avid Media Composer deals with different codecs, and how you can import them.

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Codex Inrtroduces Codex Backbone and Production Server

Codex Inrtroduces Codex Backbone and Production Server by PVC News Staff:
The Codex Backbone is a hybrid system with productions taking advantage of local appliances – Codex Production Server - along with the distributed hardware of the Cloud through the Codex Backbone. Based on the proven technology of the Codex Vault, the Codex Production Server is a repository for all digital files and metadata generated during principal photography.

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What is a LUT (Look-Up Table)?

What is a LUT (Look-Up Table)? | wolfcrow:
Ever seen a multiplication table in school? They wanted you to memorize the whole thing, but didn’t you wish you had the table with you whenever you were confronted with math?
It’s easy to remember 2 x 2 = 4, but try 196 x 314 or 457432 x 938483. What if you had a table that would let you find the answer instead of calculating it yourself?

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Multi-machine rendering in Adobe After Effects

Multi-machine rendering in Adobe After Effects - video tutorial by James Whiffin! - motionVFX Blog:
James Whiffin is a freelance motion designer who lives in Australia and he spends most of his time creating visual effects and motion graphics for his clients and personal projects. He works in After Effects and Nuke for compositing and uses Maya and Mental Ray for 3D. He also shares his knowledge in many video tutorials and here's one of them. In this video he explains in detail how to setup a network for rendering in After Effects on multiple machines and shares some tips on how you can speed-up this process. Some cool and useful stuff!

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Sonnet Releases USB 3.0-to-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Sonnet Releases USB 3.0-to-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter | Post Production Engineer | Broadcast Engineer | Video Engineer | Studio Engineer:
Sonnet has introduced the compact Presto™ Gigabit USB 3.0, a USB 3.0-to-Gigabit Ethernet adapter. The Presto adapter provides users with a simple way to add Gigabit Ethernet-wired networking connectivity to Mac® and Windows® computers with USB 3.0 ports, exploiting the 5 Gb/sec SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface to deliver full Gigabit speed performance with suitably equipped computers. This Sonnet adapter is also backward-compatible with USB 2.0.

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Render Taxes

The Genesis Project : Render Taxes:
Today, I’d like to talk about a popular subject… I’d like to talk to about taxes.  Or more specifically “render taxes” as it relates to non-linear editors.  It’s been said that everyone pays taxes.  In the case of video editing workflows, everyone has to render their media at some point, which takes time (tax = time) and hence the concept of a ‘render tax’.

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FFmpeg 2.0 Released With OpenCL, Many Changes

[Phoronix] FFmpeg 2.0 Released With OpenCL, Many Changes:
Among the changes for FFmpeg 2.0 over the current 1.2 release include new filters, support for Monkey Audio (versions 3.93+), audio filtering support for ffplay, 10% faster AAC encoding for x86/MIPS, WebP demuxing/decoding support, OpenCL support, new demuxers, new decoders, FTP protocol support, V4L2 ouput device support, X-Video output device support, and much more.

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Hamburg Pro Media Releases Free MXF4mac Player

Hamburg Pro Media Releases Free MXF4mac Player | Digital Production BuZZ:
Hamburg Pro Media, a leading provider of software-solutions for broadcasters and post-production profesionals is pleased to release a major update to their MXF4mac free Player. Despite a complete redesign and a lot of new features like a complete new GUI or Sony´s XAVC support, the new version gives access to the new Plug-In Store, where you can browse and purchase Plug-Ins and Add-ons.

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Understanding Linear Workflow and Gamma

Understanding Linear Workflow and Gamma:
Linear Workflow is a term that tells something about how the gamma works. To understand this term, you need to know what gamma is, why it exists and how to take control over it. I’m getting back to that. Let’s see some examples first.

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How to Automate Media Management in Avid with Dynamic Media Folders

How to Automate Media Management in Avid with Dynamic Media Folders:
Although Media Composer’s AMA plug-in architecture allows virtually any file-based source media to be played in real time without first transcoding to Avid’s native DNxHD codec, many times editors will want to transcode anyway to take advantage of the maximum playback performance DNxHD offers. New in Media Composer 7 is the ability to process both transcoding and consolidation operations in the background, freeing you to continue editing both AMA and native Avid media without interruption.

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8 Bit Color vs. 32 Bit Color in Video Color Grading

8 Bit Color vs. 32 Bit Color in Video Color Grading | Premiumbeat.com:
Bit depth has a major effect on color correction adjustments. Know the difference between 8 Bit and 32 Bit!

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MPEG-DASH: Making Tracks Toward Widespread Adoption

MPEG-DASH: Making Tracks Toward Widespread Adoption - Streaming Media Magazine:
The need to reach multiple platforms and consumer electronics devices has long presented a technical and business headache, not to mention a cost for service providers looking to deliver online video. the holy grail of a common file format that would rule them all always seemed a quest too far.

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