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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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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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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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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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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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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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IBC Expo
FilmLight at IBC 2012
For FilmLight, IBC is traditionally the show where they debut products shown as new technologies at NAB. FilmLight is living up to the tradition by coming to Amsterdam with a long list of new products: FLIP real-time image processor, Baselight TRANSFER real-time 4K dailies processing system; Baselight Editions; Baselight 4.3, the latest version with new features; BLG (Baselight Grade, an open EXR file format); and FLUX, an expandable 80TB streaming media server. The aim, says co-founder/director Wolfgang Lempp, is to improve productivity to keep up with ever-changing workflows.
Editorial
Debra Kaufman |
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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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IBC Expo
SMPTE and EBU preview Forum on Emerging Media Technologies
At IBC 2011, leading members of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) met to discuss what's in store at the upcoming May 2012 Forum on Emerging Media Technologies. Take a look into the forthcoming speakers and the key questions that were raised for the future Forum.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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IBC Expo
High-speed cameras roll at IBC 2011
IBC boasted hot new high-speed cameras, with P+S Technik introducing a "time effect" or digital cinematography synch sound camera with a 35mm-sized CMOS imager and global shutter that offers slow motion, fast motion, ramped motion and time-lapse motion.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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IBC Expo
IBC: AJA Debuts Thunderbolt iO and More
AJA unveiled five new products at IBC 2011, including its first Thunderbolt-based iO device, AJA Control Room, UDC -- the broadcast-quality Up/Down/Cross-Conversion mini converter and support for the Avid DNxHD video codec into Ki Pro Mini.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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IBC Expo
IBC: Autodesk's Smoke on Mac Gains Momentum
Autodesk Smoke on Mac is gaining momentum with adventurous designers and IBC 2011 did not disappoint. The variety of ways that customers are using it has made it an all-in-one solution. Creative COW's Debra Kaufman takes a few moments with Marc Hamaker, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Creative Finishing, Media & Entertainment at Autodesk to bring us the details.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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IBC Expo
IBC: AmberFin debuts Unified Quality Control solution
AmberFin has introduced iCR Unifed QC, a Unified Quality Control solution for content ingest and transcoding. With UQC, AmberFin enables users to create a high quality file-based HD/SD masters, provide file conversion to multiple formats and implement levels of automated and manual quality control within a single software ecosystem. Creative COW traveled to Amsterdam's IBC and spoke with Bruce Devlin, CTO of AmberFin.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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Closed Captioning
SMPTE standard put forward for closed captioning of online video
The FCC's Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee recommends SMPTE Timed Text. VPAAC met over a six month period, drafted a set of requirements for any standard and studied existing industry standards and technologies before coming to the conclusion that the SMPTE Timed Text standard--also known as SMPTE 2052--was the technical solution that best met the requirement. Read on for the full story.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Cinematography
The Sony F65 CineAlta Digital Cinema Camera
The latest member of the Sony CineAlta family of digital cinema cameras is the F65. One of the hottest cameras at NAB 2011, new details include pricing and availability, as well as a closer look at its impressive and unique features, including a rotary shutter option, and full support for IIF-ACES workflows.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Art of the Edit
Marquise Technologies unveils real-time image restoration
Marquise Technologies is introducing what they say is the world's first fully featured color grading solution with real-time image degrain/denoise, stabilization and dust/scratch concealment features. RAIN version 2.5 provides real-time color grading and image restoration of 2D and Stereo 3D material from RED One, RED Epic, ARRI Alexa and DPX.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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