Band Pro 3D – Element Technica shows off their 3D camera rig

Element Technica, best known for their Red accessories, has been working on a 3D camera rig for some months, and was showing it off at the Band Pro 3D event today. The rig is called Quasar, and they discussed their future rigs called Pulsar and Neutron coming in the future (as well as hints of […]

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DAM Case Study: Harrison Photography

When John Harrison founded Harrison Photography in 1994, he didn’t realise that it would lead him to working with the Queen, three US presidents, and receiving an MBE as well as witnessing some of the most horrific moments of the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’. The only DAM that john used was the expletive – and that […]

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Band Pro 3D – Iridas’ metadata driven stereoscopic toolset

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Steve Crouch from Iridas gave an impressive demo of their current and future Speedgrade DI versions. Highlights:-support for all the major RAW formats, including SI-2K, Red, Phantom, D21, etc.-realtime playback of all of these-realtime stereoscopic playback of all of these-embedded .look LUT files from Cineform done on set carry all the way through to conform […]

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Band Pro 3D – Cineform – it is time to look at them again

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Cineform:-12 bit linear/10 bit log uncompressed/wavelet compression tech-workflow solutions – Adobe & FCP pretty well worked out-new stereoscopic recording formats – left/right eye in one file – big deal-new FCP workflow allows for realtime, while playing color and making stereoscopic adjustments on the fly AS IT PLAYS-other tools and niftiness-playout to Kona card for 3D […]

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Band Pro 3D – Silicon Imaging’s Impressive use of SI-2K for Stereoscopic (3D) cinematography

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Silicon Imaging opened Band Pro’s 3D day with an impressive demonstration of their progress. While Red has garnered most of the attention in the last couple of years, Silicon Imaging has been busy making impressive improvements – some of the goodies seen today:-a comprehensive 3D capture solution, including recording 2 streams (left/right eyes) to one […]

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Avid Mojo DX Trade-Up expires Dec 18th

Upgrade Avid Mojo to Media Composer Mojo DX or NewsCutter Mojo DX and Save 33% Got an Avid® Mojo® or Mojo SDI interface? Gain higher performance and real-time editing with the newer Avid Mojo DX interface. For a limited time, trade in your old interface towards a Media Composer® Mojo DX or NewsCutter® Mojo DX […]

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Band Pro’s 3D Symposium – all the latest greatest for acquisition and post for stereoscopic imaging

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Executive summary – tools are transitioning from the custom/proprietary to the commercially rentable/purchaseable – but expertise and precision is still required to do it right! I spent the day learning about the latest in 3D hardware and software for acquisition and post – read on for all the geeky details. Went today to a demo/panel/symposium […]

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SNEAK PEEK: ADOBE MERCURY PLAYBACK ENGINE

Previously, Adobe announced that all future versions of Premiere Pro and After Effects will be 64-bit native only, meaning that future versions of these products will no longer support 32-bit computing. The Mercury Playback Engine is one of the reasons for this change. Mercury Playback Engine is an brand new playback engine that will show […]

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PREMIERE PRO, AFTER EFFECTS AND PHOTOSHOP USED IN THE MAKING OF AVATAR

Avatar the movie comes out this Friday, December 18th. Avatar was created using Adobe products, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop. Listen to Avatar producer Jon Landau talk about how Adobe software was used throughout the production process, and be sure to watch the movie! http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/production/?promoid=FCACK […]

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Roscor Corporation Introduces StorageCalc v1.0 for the iPhone and iPod Touch

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Roscor Corporation, a trusted, leading provider of professional video, audio, multimedia, and computer based products and services for more than 30 years, would like to announce the release of StorageCalc v1.0. “StorageCalc is a FREE, must-have tool for video professionals. With its streamlined design, calculating video storage requirements, video length & bitrate will never be […]

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