Day: September 18, 2016

Q and A with Boris Yamnitsky about the Boris FX – GenArts acquisition

Posted on by Scott Simmons
Q and A with Boris Yamnitsky about the Boris FX - GenArts acquisition 1

One of the surprise acquisition announcements to come out of IBC 2016 (I mean besides Blackmagic buy Fairlight) was the announcement that Boris FX had acquired GenArts and the heavyweight effects package Sapphire. It came as a surprise since Boris FX makes the competing plug-in package Boris Continuum Complete. There are probably a lot of users of either and both […]

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Sony clarifies why it offers optional MPEG2 for PXW-X70 & PXW-FS5 camcorders

Posted on by Allan Tépper
Sony clarifies why it offers optional MPEG2 for PXW-X70 & PXW-FS5 camcorders 2

Owners of Sony’s PXW-X70 and PXW-FS5 camcorders now have the option of purchasing an upgrade license to record HD in MPEG2, in addition to their original códecs. This new optional capability for these camcorders (which can also act as standalone cameras and streamcorders) is in addition to their existing MPEG4 H.264 recording based formats, like […]

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