ASSIMILATE SCRATCH first out of the gate with RED Epic HDRx support

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ASSIMILATE sent a press release describing new support for footage from RED Epic at full 5k, including the new HDRx format that unlocks the dynamic range that is the signature of that camera. This presents a professional finishing tool as an alternative to RED’s own software, which may unlock more possibilities to, for example, keyframe […]

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Baselight introduces Baselight on Final Cut Pro

Baselight introduces Baselight on Final Cut Pro 2

One of the first big announcements out of the NAB gate comes from Filmlight and it involves their Baselight product line. The overall news is an update to Baselight (taking it to version 4.3) and a new Blackboard 2 control surface. But the biggest surprise comes in the form of the Baselight Plug-In for Final […]

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NaNny fixes over-brights turned black

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Fnord Software has a new free plug-in, NaNny, that fixes over-bright pixels turned black in OpenEXR, TIFF, and other float files inside After Effects. Float space is a strange place, where bugs can result in NaN (Not a Number), inf (infinity), and negative pixel values that can wreck havoc with image processing. Pictured here is the sample EXR with […]

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One of those NAB Where I’ll Be posts

It seems that many folks who work in this little biz we call the film and video production industry will be at NAB. And there’s quite a few of those that also have a blog or website of some sort. I’ll go ahead and add a post to the usual batch of where I’ll be […]

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