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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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Stereoscopic 3D
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 |
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Field Production
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 |
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Live & Stage Events
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 |
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NAB Expo
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.
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Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo
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.
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Debra Kaufman |
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NAB Expo
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 |
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NAB Expo
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).
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Walter Biscardi |
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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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Stereoscopic 3D
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 |
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Cinematography
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 |
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Cinematography
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 |
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Business & Marketing
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 |
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SAN - Storage Area Networks
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 |
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RED Camera
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 |
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HD High-End
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 |
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