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NAB Expo | Tips for Attending NAB 2013 From A Convention Veteran
Walter Biscardi tells us, "Once again, springtime is upon us, so of course, it's time for the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention. Last year y'all seemed to like the before you go tips, so may I present the 2013 edition of 'Tips from an NAB Veteran to make the best use of your time'."
Editorial, Feature
Walter Biscardi |
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NAB Expo | NAB 2013: ATTO Technology
ATTO Technology celebrates its 25-year anniversary at NAB 2013, and showcased its portfolio of products, including its latest 16Gb/s Fibre Channel products such as the Celerity Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). Also on show were the FastFrame line of Network Interface Cards (NICs) and Converged Network Adapters (CNAs); and Thunderbolt Desklink devices, ThunderLink and ThunderStream among others. With regard to its 64 partners, ATTO also had news: JMR Electronics selected ATTO Technology for storage for its latest SilverStor desktop SAS/SATA RAID storage solution and SGO added ATTO Technology products for its Mistika creative toolset.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo | NAB 2013: On the Post Production Trail - Day Two
Take a look at the NAB Show floor through the eyes of Dennis Kutchera, who is hot on the Post Production trail. Day two finds him looking at Sony and Panasonic booths, the Autodesk Smoke 2013 presentation and some lust-worthy grading monitors.
Editorial, Feature
Dennis Kutchera |
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NAB Expo | You Ain't Seen Everything Yet!
With one of the most trusted, respected and feared voices in the industry, Bob Zelin gives a no-holds-barred look at some of NAB ‘11’s Best of Show.
Editorial, Feature
Bob Zelin |
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NAB Expo | NAB 2013: Sorenson Media Releases Squeeze 9
In a pre-NAB briefing, Sorenson Media CEO Peter Csathy and Vice President of Engineering Mitch Holyoak spoke to Creative COW about Squeeze 9, which was unveiled today at the show. In addition to HTML5 publishing, the new version offers a more intuitive user interface, enhancements to video quality and speed and improvements to its review and approval functionality. Additionally, Sorenson Media announced a partnership with Sony Creative Software, launching Squeeze Desktop Software in Sony Online Store.
Editorial, Feature
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.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo | NAB 2001 -- An Editor's Report
Dennis Kutchera looks at NAB 2001 and draws the conclusion that while there was no big single 'wow factor' for him, there was plenty at the show that could keep an award-winning editor occupied. The sizzle and the almost used car salemanship of the show may be waning, but in its place is a robust industry with many great choices and a lot of great hardware and software to chose from.
Dennis Kutchera |
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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.
Feature
Walter Biscardi |
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NAB Expo | MTI Film introduces Remote Control Dailies
Thousands of members of Creative COW were at the 2011 NAB Show, and we are pleased to bring you some of their reports. In this entry, Debra Kaufman surveys MTI Film's newest offerings and finds that the new feature for Correct DRSTM aids collaborative digital restoration, and that PixelStax allows facilities to share work among artists in multiple locations.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo | NAB 2013: Adobe Introduces Adobe Anywhere
At NAB 2013, Adobe is introducing Adobe Anywhere, a collaborative workflow platform that centralizes projects and allows users to share and change project files. Also new are some powerful new features for Adobe Premiere Pro, including color grading and the ability to "link & locate" clips. A newly designed SpeedGrade also makes color grading tools more familiar to Adobe toolset users, and After Effects celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo | NAB 2013: Autodesk Expands Its Reach
This year, Autodesk comes to NAB 2013 not simply as a successful company in the professional content creation space, but a player in the consumer market as well. SketchBook alone has 15+ million users and the use of Smoke has also now reached thousands of new customers. On the professional side, the newly debuted Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite 2014 includes updated versions of Maya, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Softimage and Sketchbook Designer. Autodesk has also announced partnerships with Blackmagic Design and Technicolor.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo | NAB 2013: Quantel Focuses on UltraHD Workflow
Quantel introduced a range of products that empower UltraHD/4K and even 8K production. Partnerships with AJA (for its Corvid Ultra video card) and NVIDIA (for its Tesla accelerator) have made Pablo Rio capable of high resolution work, including 4K at 60 fps. The company also enabled broadcast and post production workflows with enhancements with QTube, Enterprise sQ and Quantel revolutionQ. Quantel is also now involved in furthering FIMS (Framework for Interoperable Media Services), an initiative jointly managed by the EBU and AMWA to define standards for Service Oriented Architecture systems. With regard to Stereo 3D, Quantel also introduced SynthIA which enables interaxial adjustments in post as well as other manipulations.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo | NAB 2013: Ryan Salazar Wraps Up His Favorites
This year's NAB proved to be an overwhelming success. Ryan Salazar had a great time meeting new friends and greeting old friends, finding the Show's best-kept-secret, and getting up on the best of the best at NAB Show.
Editorial, Feature
Ryan Salazar |
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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.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo | AJA@NAB
Thousands of members of Creative COW were at the 2011 NAB Show, and we are pleased to bring you some of their reports. In this entry, we find that Gary Adcock spent quite a bit of time at NAB working in the AJA booth, which showcased the KiPro Mini software update v.2.5, update for the Kona 3G card, new fibre converters and the FS2 frame sync.
Feature
Gary Adcock |
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NAB Expo | NVIDIA's 3D Vision video player technology free to developers
Thousands of members of Creative COW were at the 2011 NAB Show, and we are pleased to bring you some of their reports. In this entry, Debra Kaufman finds NVIDIA's GPU technology showcased throughout NAB 2011 exhibit, with 3DTV Play, NVIDIA CUDA, Quadro 4000, Quadro 5000, & Quadro 6000 integrating with technologies new to Vizrt, Pixel Power, Quantel, Avid, ARRI, Adobe, Autodesk, Chyron, Perceptive Pixel, IRIDAS and 3ality Digital.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo | The Future of Editing
Thousands of members of Creative COW were at the 2011 NAB Show, and we are pleased to bring you some of their reports. In this entry, Walter Biscardi looks at the future of editing, FCP X, AVID, Adobe and what's on the table now for tomorrow.
Feature
Walter Biscardi |
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NAB Expo | SMPTE Technology Summit on Cinema
On April 14 and 15, the weekend before NAB 2012 officially opens, SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) will once again hold a two-day summit - this year marks the 11th year.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo | NAB 2012: NewTek Revolutionizes TriCaster
Debra Kaufman explores NewTek's dramatically re-engineered platform for the TriCaster, as they debut the TriCaster 8000, TriCaster 855 and TriCaster 455, enabling video professionals to deliver live video content to multiple platforms.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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