Many companies will be vying for your attention at IBC 2012, with the best new product releases and updates. Creative COW highlights some of those great new offerings. | | | |
ARRI
Codex at IBC 2012
Codex is coming to IBC 2012 with new technology. Although its Onboard S will be shown for the first time at a European tradeshow, the big news is that the company is unveiling its capacity to support Canon Cinema RAW at up to 120 fps at 4K. At an incredibly lightweight and small size, the Onboard S is already being adopted by filmmakers who can benefit from its powerful features and form factor.
Editorial
Debra Kaufman |
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Cinematography
IBC 2012: Colorfront Express Dailies
Colorfront, the company that brought us On-Set Dailies, is now shipping Express Dailies, a laptop-based dailies system based on the same image-science technology. Express Dailies features a range of tools for file-based workflows, including playback and sync, QC, color grading audio and metadata management: for a new low price of $15,000.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Autodesk Smoke
IBC 2012: Autodesk
Autodesk is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Flame by launching Flame 2013, a totally re-architected and re-designed version of the groundbreaking platform. What's new? A new Creative Work Space, full timeline integration and a GPU/CPU model for improved performance. Autodesk is also showing its latest iteration of Smoke for Mac, which has been part of a massive public trial.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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AJA Ki Pro
IBC 2012: AJA
AJA is unveiling several new products at IBC 2012, chief among them the Corvid Ultra, which supports 2K and 4K high-frame rate DI workflows. Corvid Ultra also features the new TruScale arbitrary scaling engine, which allows up and down scaling from web video to 4K. Also of note is a new line of USB3-enabled KiStor drives for Ki Pro and Ki Pro Rack as well as a new KiStor Dock with Thunderbolt and USB3 connectivity.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Adobe Premiere Pro
IBC 2012: Adobe Provides Broadcast & Media Solutions
Adobe came to IBC 2012 focused on the broadcast industry. The big reveal was its new Adobe Anywhere, a collaborative workflow platform that allows real-time collaboration for remote users of Premiere Pro, After Effects and Prelude. Adobe expanded its partnerships with broadcast solution companies, to over 200. At the show, Adobe also unveiled a new promotional offer for individuals and corporations interested in switching from Apple Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer to Adobe Production Premium or Adobe Creative Cloud.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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AVID
IBC 2012: AVID's Worldwide Collaboration & Delivery
At IBC 2012, the Avid stand sports a globe, an icon of what the company is showing: more emphasis on worldwide collaboration and delivery to multiple screens. In addition to enhancements to the entire Media Composer 6.5 family, Avid unveiled Interplay Production 2.7, with support for Interplay Sphere, ISIS 2000, Avid DNxHD 85/100 and Media Composer 6.5/NewsCutter 10.5. Also new were advances to its asset-based workflow solutions. Interplay MAM (Media Asset Management) Active Archive and a new ProTools/HD Native Thunderbolt interface.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Sorenson Squeeze
IBC 2012: Sorenson Media Introduces Squeeze Premium
Sorenson Media has introduced Squeeze Premium, a version of its flagship Squeeze encoding engine that is now designed to work in a server environment. Developed in response to customer demand, Squeeze Premium shares many similarities with the desktop version - including user interface - which makes it easy to learn and use. At the same time, Premium frees up editors and computers in the post house environment, streamlining workflow and efficiencies.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Blackmagic Design
IBC 2012: Blackmagic Design Releases
Blackmagic Design used IBC to debut seven products, including a second version of its camera, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera MFT. The UltraStudio 4K, UltraStudio Mini Monitor and Mini Recorder, and DeckLink 4K Extreme, as well as Mini Converter 4K and Videohub Master Control emphasized the company's focus on 4K and Thunderbolt-enabled products. The company also added support for the ExFAT file system, for Windows users.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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IBC Expo
IBC 2012: NVIDIA
Mac enthusiasts were happy to learn that NVIDIA just introduced the Quadro K5000 for Mac Pro systems, based on NVIDIA Kepler architecture and featuring Cinema 4K display support. NVIDIA also unveiled its second-generation Maximus workstation, featuring the Kepler architecture. This means that users can now send compute work to the NVIDIA Tesla accelerator, reserving the Quadro K5000 GPU for content creation. Last, the company debuted a new line of Kepler-powered Quadro graphics solutions for mobile workstations.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting
I've Been Captivated
Billing itself as hosting "over 50,000 of the industry's finest minds and wisest investors from across the international electronic media spectrum" in order "to do business, debate, share insight, network and lead," IBC 2012 (this year in Amsterdam) was the talk of the industry!
Editorial, Feature
Ryan Salazar |
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