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Windows Hardware & Software
NAB 2012: HP
At NAB 2012, HP unveiled its all-in-one HP Z1 workstation. With a 27-inch diagonal screen, Intel Xeon processors and NVIDIA Quadro graphics, the HP Z1 is aimed at both the digital media and entertainment industry and the computer-aided design market.
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Debra Kaufman |
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Chyron
NAB 2012: Chryon
Chyron dived into social media and second screen solutions at NAB 2012, introducing the Engage platform, which integrates its BlueNet graphics with a variety of social interactions. Through a partnership with ConnecTV, Chyron now offers a powerful second screen application. Also new is Shout, Chyron's own standalone software application to integrate Twitter feeds into live broadcasts.
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Debra Kaufman |
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Genarts Sapphire Edge
NAB 2012: GenArts
At NAB 2012, GenArts showcased its newest products: Sapphire version 6 and Monsters GT version 7, both of which offer visual effects artists a wide variety of effects available on numerous platforms. The company also announced the imminent release of Sapphire Edge 2.
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Debra Kaufman |
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Matrox Video Systems
NAB 2012: Matrox Video Systems
Matrox debuted Matrox MicroQuad, a four channel SDI-to-MDMI multi-viewer for $995 and an adapter to expand the Mac workspace for $179. In addition to these choice and nicely priced products, the company announced support for Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium and Apple's Final Cut Pro X 10.0.4 update.
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Debra Kaufman |
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Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design's Grant Petty: We Want to Blow Your Mind
Blackmagic Design Founder and CEO Grant Petty has earned a reputation as one of the industry's straightest shooters, leading one of the industry's consistently disruptive companies. While he doesn't shy away from controversy, what shines through Grant's conversation is his love for this industry, and, as he puts it, his goal of "blowing people's minds." We're pleased to let him tell you about it in his own words in this energetic recorded interview.
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Grant Petty |
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NAB Expo
NAB 2012: Avid
Avid focused on broadcasters at NAB 2012, introducing Interplay Sphere, a cloud-based editing initiative, and a Multi-platform Distribution Platform for making it easier than ever to distribute to TV, web, social media and mobile. The company also unveiled numerous broadcaster-friendly products, including the AirSpeed 5000 server and Avid Motion Graphics. For the pure editing crowd, Avid unveiled a cross-promotion deal to offer Symphony's color correction and finishing capabilities for a fraction of its usual cost.
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Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo
NAB 2012: AJA Video Systems
AJA Video Systems brought out the big guns at NAB 2012, including T-TAP, a powerhouse in a small, inexpensive package for delivering 10-bit 2K, HD and SD (with embedded audio) from any compatible Mac. Elsewhere, the company released firmware to support Avid DNxHD and offered a post pathway for the 4K output of the new Canon C500.
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Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo
NAB 2012: Panasonic
Panasonic had an extraordinarily rich year of introductions and upgrades at NAB 2012, with further developments in P2 technology and a host of new memory cards, the AG-HPX600 P2 HD - which supports AVC Ultra, two new AVCCAM HD camcorders, software upgrades for the AG-AF100, two new high-performance LCD monitors, and a partnership with Aframe to create a cloud video production network.
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Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo
NAB 2012: Blackmagic Design's Dan May Talks about The Camera
While at NAB 2012, Debra Kaufman sat down with Blackmagic Design President Dan May to talk about the Blackmagic Cinema Camera as well as other news from the company, including Teranex 2D and Teranex 3D Processors, a new family of high-end broadcast standards converter processors, and a release of the Desktop Video 9.5 software update with support for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 video software using Blackmagic Design's DeckLink, UltraStudio and Intensity capture.
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Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo
NAB 2012: Adobe CS6 Release
With the release of Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium, Adobe's booth at NAB 2012 was packed every day of NAB 2012. Editors in particular came to check out all the dramatic changes made to Adobe Premiere Pro, including a redesigned interface that makes it friendly to users of other NLEs.
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Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo
NAB 2012 is in the books, final thoughts...
Walter Biscardi went to NAB 2012 with every intention of documenting each day and sharing the vast (and often overwhelming) wealth of information he would glean from the NAB SHOW floor. Well, day one left him needing tons of caffeine, and a lot more sleep - so we're wrapping up now, after a flight home and some time for Walter to catch his breath.
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Walter Biscardi |
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Digital Signage
Red Bull Mind Meld at the ULTRA Music Festival
Integrated Visions Productions and SenovvA teamed to produce a spectacular "Red Bull Mind Meld" visual experience at the Miami Ultra Music Festival by creating an immense video projection mapping. The team turned the 29-story InterContinental hotel's facade into a gyrating psychedelic mural that covered the building and throbbed with the music for 165,000 dancing fans.
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Debra Kaufman |
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DSLR Video
Is the New Blackmagic Cinema Camera the HDSLR Killer?
Marco Solorio of OneRiver Media dissects Blackmagic Design's new Cinema Camera to see if it is in fact, the much-anticipated HDSLR-killer everyone's been waiting for over the years. But with a comparatively smaller sensor size and radical body design, does it fit the bill as the killer we all want?
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Marco Solorio |
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NAB Expo
Walter Biscardi: NAB 2012, Day One
Sometimes, our first impressions are the most powerful, and as Walter Biscardi walked the NAB floor on Day One, he had some definite strong first impressions. Read about what he saw, and reap vicariously the wealth of new information on sparkly new product releases from NAB 2012.
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Walter Biscardi |
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NAB Expo
NAB 2012: Singular Software Introduces PluralEyes 3.0
At NAB 2012, Singular Software, developer of workflow automation applications for video production, is unveiling PluralEyes version 3.0 sync automation workflow. The new version 3.0 offers a new interactive workspace that visually displays the sync process and clip locations as it unfolds, and offers a quality assurance (QA) capability at the end of the process.
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Debra Kaufman |
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Autodesk Smoke
Walter Biscardi: Yes, Autodesk Smoke 2013 Changes Everything
"From the moment I saw Autodesk Smoke 2013, I knew the entire post production world as we knew it had changed." So says Creative COW Contributing Editor Walter Biscardi in an overview that covers Smoke's new editor-centered (and Mac-friendly) interface, ease of use, support for FCP 7 and Avid projects and keyboard mapping, and advanced, integrated effects and color tools -- including several that had previously been available in Autodesk Flame. Oh yeah, a price drop to $3495. See why Walter says, "For the traditional editor, this is completely game-changing."
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Walter Biscardi |
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Autodesk Smoke
NAB 2012: Autodesk Unveils a New Smoke
Autodesk introduced a new Smoke that features an editor-friendly user interface, connected editing and effects, lower system requirements and a much lower price. Aimed at the multi-tasking editor, the new Smoke allows editors to handle all kinds of visual effects tasks on the editing timeline.
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Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo
NAB 2012: Dolby Calibrates the Future with PRM-4200 monitor
At NAB 2012, Dolby will sweeten the deal for professionals who already own the PRM-4200 or are interested in it by adding support for content shot in 48 fps and three levels of customized calibration service for the monitor. Also to be seen at both the Dolby and ARRI booths, a short film - in partnership with ARRI - directed, shot, produced and graded by Academy Award-winning visual effects artist Rob Legato.
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Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo
NAB 2012: Canon Unveils 4K Cameras
At NAB 2012, Canon jumps to 4K resolution with the release of two new cameras. The Cinema EOS C500 is the next step up from the Cinema EOS C300, introduced last November, and comes in both PL-mount and EF-mount versions. Also new is the 4K EOS-1D C DSLR, incorporating Canon Log Gamma.
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Debra Kaufman |
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