New blog by Quantel

Quantel is a leading developer of post-production, broadcast and S3D finishing tools (Avatar was done on Quantel tools). Last week Quantel launched a new blog, focussing on the latest insights within the industry, and showcasing interesting creative work that is being produced around the world. The URL is: http://blog.quantel.eu/ You can also now find Quantel […]

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Ignore Workflow at Your Own Peril

Philip and I discuss the importance of designing workflow as opposed to simply jumping in and cutting. How have the roles of Assistant changed. The inevitable sidetrack covers the role of “independent film” when so many get made but never return their investment, and what’s the better alternative. All this and more on Episode 15 […]

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SENCORE Launches Exclusive 3D Analyzing Features for the MP500 Multimedia Generator

Keeping pace with the 3D revolution, SENCORE today announced the launch of innovative 3D video test signals and images for the company’s MP500 Multimedia HDMI Generator/Analyzer. The new test signals enable calibrators to dynamically test 3D display processing and rendering performance using familiar techniques. The images, viewed directly or through active-shutter glasses, enable displays to […]

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Matrox Adds Exciting New Workflow Features to Matrox MXO2 Product Line

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Matrox® Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of release 2.1 software for the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices for Mac. Key features of this release include Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium support and a powerful new stand-alone software application, Matrox Vetura Capture. Matrox Vetura Capture lets users quickly and easily capture […]

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An affordable, new choice for studio camera conversion

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From corporate video studios to public access television to small market call-letter stations, there’s a full-court press for affordable HD studio camera solutions. If you want full 1920 x 1080 resolution, full digital signal transport, full camera remote control and a full range of studio facilities, Sony has a surprisingly affordable new option. A new […]

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Mishandling Pulldown

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An example of what can happen when you incorrectly reconstruct the original source from interlaced video. Video, as idiosyncratic as it is, has been around for awhile. Which is why I can’t understand it when even today, broadcast networks and now online video distributors don’t get some of the fundamental issues of video – such […]

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Wohler Launches AMP1-E8-MDA-3G Eight-Channel, 1RU Audio Monitor

Wohler Technologies today announced the launch of the AMP1-E8-MDA-3G, the company’s first 1RU, eight-channel audio monitor to support 3G transmissions as well as a comprehensive array of Dolby® audio sources. The AMP1-E8-MDA-3G is the latest in Wohler’s highly popular E8 series of multiformat, eight-channel monitors, bringing together a powerful array of features for multichannel digital […]

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Thinking about cognitive surplus in the enterprise

Image by Will Lion via Flickr Thinking about cognitive surplus in the enterprise – confused of calcutta. I likeClay Shirky. He doesn’t say a great deal, he doesn’t write a great deal, but when he does say something or write something, what he says or writes is brilliant. Clay is a web optimist, a class […]

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Will Video On Demand (VOD) Overwhelm the Internet?

Will Video On Demand (VOD) Overwhelm the Internet? Force Consumption Caps? Drive ISP Pricing Sky High?. Right now. YouTube takes up 8 percent of prime time Internet traffic with 24 hours of video is uploaded every minute. But that’s not the big problem in the USA. No,the real problem lies here: Netflix represents more than […]

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