Filmlight was taking time in their booth on the NAB show floor to demo their upcoming Baselight for Avid Media Composer plug-in. It was an early build and when it ships it will be another part of their Baselight Editions initiative which aims to put a Baselight plug-in into many of the top NLE and […]
Month: April 2012
NAB 2012: Quantel new Pablo and Neo Nano
If you’re lucky enough to work in the rarified air that is Quantel then you’re probably well aware of all their product offerings. If you’re not then it’s worth noting that Quantel has entered into the “lower cost” post-production arena by introducing lower cost versions of some of their hardware and software, including a software […]
Not just Searching: Finding is the Key to Effective Business” is focus of 6th Annual Photo Metadata
The sixth annual International Photo Metadata conference, titled will be held in London, on May 17, 2012 in conjunction with the annual Congress of the European picture agency association CEPIC. The focus will be on technologies to improve search results for images, and on methods and systems for identifying and finding the rightsholder of an […]
Mastering the Camera in Motion
Mark Spencer dives into using cameras within Motion’s 3D space. He shows Steve Martin how to use the camera to navigate around a 3D set and animating the camera to simulate real camera movements. […]
HP Z1 Workstation Launches at NAB
ProVideo Coalition – HP Z1 Workstation at NAB from RHED Pixel on Vimeo. A new all-in one computer offers a compact, yet easy to upgrade workstation. The HP Z1 Opens to allow serviceable upgrades like graphic cards, RAM, and drives. Richard Harrington has tested HP machines for evaluation purposes. […]
Mamiya Leaf Introduces the Leaf Credo Medium Format Digital Camera Back Platform
Mamiya Leaf have today announced the Leaf Credo range of digital camera back designed to work with the 645DF. There are 80MP, 60MP and 40MP variations of the new CCD back. The Credo backs feature 1.15 million dot touch-screens. TEL AVIV, April 23, 2012- Mamiya Leaf, a leading provider of medium format camera equipment, today […]
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Gamification in a DAM system?
If anyone has implemented a DAM solution, they know first hand how difficult it may be to get end users to buy-in, contribute and utilize the fancy new solution. Sure they may know that is it good for them, but there is just no incentive for them personally. DAM isn’t traditionally thought of as a […]
Sony Demos F65 4K Cameras As HD Production Solution
As I wandered the show floor at NAB 2012 bumping into friends and colleagues, the inevitable question arises; ‘ so what’s the coolest thing you’ve seen so far ?’ Every time this was asked, for the first couple of days at least, my mind jumped back to the Sony booth. Using multiple cameras in a […]
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More forays into Production Premium CS6
It’s CS6 launch day (live at 10 AM PST). The cost of ownership of Master Collection is about the same at $2600/$525 upgrade, and the Cloud service master collection is $50/30 per month by year ($600/$360), or a la carte per app ($20/month for AE); see pricing and details at Adobe. The ship date for […]
Recently in After Effects
Here’s another summary of the last few weeks or so of news on After Effects- this time CS6 dominates, but there were still new scripts and a plug-in, and assorted tutorials. AEMap from AE Scripts “creates equirectangular projection maps with 286 separate countries (masks on solids) under 177 jurisdictions (pre-comps). It comes with the ‘AEMap […]