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Orchestrating a Simple Wipe

Orchestrating a Simple Wipe

A simple project became many complicated ones for a client with no idea what to even ask for. Managing projects and clients quickly merged.

Feature
Mark Grossardt
Art of the Edit
Marquise Technologies unveils real-time image restoration

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
Stereoscopic 3D
3ality Technica: CEO Steve Schklair on Changing the S3D Game

3ality Technica: CEO Steve Schklair on Changing the S3D Game

Combining forces to drive innovation in 3D production, 3ality Digital has acquired Element Technica, and has changed their name to 3ality Technica. The newly merged company will dominate stereoscopic 3D production, with an estimated 80% market share. Creative COW caught up with fast-moving Steve Schklair in Brazil and later, Los Angeles to get the inside information.

People / Interview
Debra Kaufman
NAB Expo
The State of the Art for 3D Cameras at NAB 2011

The State of the Art for 3D Cameras at NAB 2011

NAB Show 2011's 3D was much more than the "Look, we have 3D!" This year it was also, "Look how much easier, faster and smaller we've made 3D!"

Editorial
Steven Bradford
NAB Expo
NAB 2011 Camera News: Winds of Change

NAB 2011 Camera News: Winds of Change

Gary Adcock picks some of NAB's hottest high-end cameras.

Review, Feature
Gary Adcock
Field Production
Panasonic BT-LH910 9 inch Broadcast Monitor

Panasonic BT-LH910 9 inch Broadcast Monitor

The world is full of broadcast monitors these days, but Panasonic’s new BT-LH910 9" monitor is a standout. It's got a stunning picture, an extreme viewing angle, and a form factor that’s small enough to still work in the field, but big enough to still work in a studio. It’s also got some very unique features that 3D shooters will find helpful.

Review
Helmut Kobler
Cinematography
Film Style Slow Motion in Digital Times

Film Style Slow Motion in Digital Times

In this article, David Battistella, respected filmmaker and Creative COW contributing editor and forum host, inspired by questions frequently asked in the COW forums, offers a guide to understanding and re-creating film style slow motion.

Feature
David Battistella
Live & Stage Events
OK Go: This Too Shall Pass

OK Go: This Too Shall Pass

Capturing an unbroken 4-minute take of a Rube Goldberg machine occupying two floors of a 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse, while dodging flying hazards and hoping that the machine actually runs its course, might sound hard. Here's the story of just how hard it was.

Feature
Mic Waugh
Business & Marketing
The Story of Bessie: Happy 10th Birthday, Creative COW!

The Story of Bessie: Happy 10th Birthday, Creative COW!

We've often been asked to tell the story behind our beginnings. It's Bessie's 10th birthday, and so here it is dear readers, Bessie's very own story.

Feature
Tim Wilson
NAB Expo
Sony Creative Software updates Vegas Pro

Sony Creative Software updates Vegas Pro

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 looks to Sony Creative Software for new updates to Vegas Pro (10.0d) and Z Depth. NLE is now a complete 3D solution.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
NAB Expo
Codex Digital debuts on-set lab for RED, ARRI and Sony

Codex Digital debuts on-set lab for RED, ARRI and Sony

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 found at NAB 2011, Codex Digital unveiled The Vault, a standalone solution with its own internal drives, providing a single, standardized workflow for productions employing multiple camera systems. IIF/ACES dailies workflow also demonstrated.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
NAB Expo
Inexpensive archiving for tapeless media

Inexpensive archiving for tapeless media

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, blogged from NAB 2011, Shane Ross had a mission, which was to search for a reasonably priced archiving solution of tapeless media that all of us not-so-big production and post production people could afford. Look now at Prime CACHE-A and Pro CACHE-A, BRU by the Tolis Group, and Edit Bay Production Desktop with this talented editor.

Feature
Shane Ross
NAB Expo
FilmLight Baselight for FCP. It's a serious color tool.

FilmLight Baselight for FCP. It's a serious color tool.

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 at NAB 2011, had the opportunity for a 1 on 1 demo of the full Baselight color correction system and it's "little cousin", the plug-in that "allows you to bring a ridiculously powerful color correction system directly inside of Final Cut Pro" (and other hosts).

Feature
Walter Biscardi
NAB Expo
NVIDIA's 3D Vision video player technology free to developers

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
Stereoscopic 3D
3ality Digital Introduces Simplified Stereo 3D Production

3ality Digital Introduces Simplified Stereo 3D Production

With higher ticket prices and box office boffo, stereoscopic 3D (S3D) has succeeded in feature films, but S3D production has sputtered elsewhere, particularly when it comes to live concerts and sports -- both of which are cited as potential blockbuster content for audiences. Now, 3ality Digital is attempting to change all that with the introduction of new software technologies: IntelleCal and IntelleCam, which are part of the 3space suite of products to be launched at NAB 2011.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
Cinematography
Behind the Lens: Paul Cameron, ASC

Behind the Lens: Paul Cameron, ASC

"Henry's Crime", described by DP Paul Cameron, ASC as a "fable of sorts...with a folkloric beauty" is the topic as Debra Kaufman interviews Paul Cameron. Facing challenges such as limited budget, a short shooting schedule, difficult lighting and -20 degrees Fahrenheit weather all add to the mystique of a film playing out in a "classics style" storybook effect and elegant cinematography. Join Paul and Debra for a look behind making this fascinating tale come to life.

Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman
Cinematography
Silverdraft Mobileviz rolls out

Silverdraft Mobileviz rolls out

Previz and VFX to go offers new options for filmmakers. Debra Kaufman visited the new Mobileviz trailer Hollywood and experienced the "first super-computer-powered digital and visual effects (VFX) studios-on-wheels."

Feature, Project
Debra Kaufman
Business & Marketing
Out of the Box Solutions?

Out of the Box Solutions?

"If only problems stayed in boxes," Tim Wilson muses over the "Making It Up Issue" of Creative COW Magazine. He's also okay with a bunch of new problems. Making things up as you go along means that what looks like the end of the road doesn't have to be the end of the story.

Editorial
Tim Wilson
SAN - Storage Area Networks
Designing Conan

Designing Conan

Title designer extraordinaire and longtime COW member, Rob Ashe, takes us inside the design of "Conan" on TNT. From news of its new home on TBS, through title design and workflow engineering, here’s a look from the start. Plus a trip through a single day, from prep, to post, to air.

Feature, People / Interview, Project
Rob Ashe
Blackmagic Design
Bright Lights, Big Signage

Bright Lights, Big Signage

"Activate the Space" builds on their experience in post and broadcast to rewrite the rules of digital signage for some of the world’s most visible stages and public spaces.

Feature, People / Interview, Project
Chris Pelzar
Field Production
Anton/Bauer Tandem 150 Modular Power System

Anton/Bauer Tandem 150 Modular Power System

Want to charge an Anton/Bauer battery in just about any situation, whether wall power is available or not? Anton/Bauer's small, lightweight Tandem 150 is what you need.

Review
Helmut Kobler
Lighting Design Pros
Litepanels Sola ENG On-Camera LED Light

Litepanels Sola ENG On-Camera LED Light

There are plenty of power-sipping LED lights that you can mount atop cameras, but very few have enough punch to fill up large spaces, or cut through daylight. Litepanels finally has such a light in the Sola ENG. It's powerful, controllable, and in some cases, a little loud.

Review
Helmut Kobler
RED Camera
Reproducing Rainbows: Color in the Digital Environment

Reproducing Rainbows: Color in the Digital Environment

As digital photography and cinematography reach further into the digital media landscape, and your captured images can be viewed on a vast range of media, the need for standardizing color has become more invaluable than ever. Imagine trying to get a consistent hue of green or blue or teal across multiple platforms. So, it becomes easy to understand why it's important to have a color reference chart for each new scenes' lighting conditions. All of the formats carry specific gamma and color spaces to reproduce color. The chart is the point of agreement. In this review, David Battistella reviews the RED Cambook from DSC Labs, which readily addresses these concerns. Read on for David's findings...

Editorial
David Battistella
HD High-End
Band Pro One World 2010 Trade Show

Band Pro One World 2010 Trade Show

These days, many video-oriented trade shows are struggling with declining attendance, reduced scopes and the nagging fear of irrelevance when customers can get so much information online. So how has the Band Pro One World managed to attract big-name vendors and over 500 attendees? Helmut Kobler attends and shares with COW members his experience at what felt like more of a "friendly mixer" where you can easily talk to vendors and friends, and see great products close up.

Review, Editorial, Project
Helmut Kobler
Apple Final Cut Server
Managing Assets to Maximize Impact

Managing Assets to Maximize Impact

Automating workflow with Final Cut Server, and creative engineering that utilizes the latest technologies, allows these broadcasters to put their ministry's resources where they matter most.

Feature, People / Interview
John Pipes
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Helmut Kobler (5)
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