Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that Final Effects Complete 5 Sparks (FEC 5 Sparks) is now available for 64-bit Linux-based Autodesk Flint, Flame, Inferno, and Smoke systems. ... »
IRIDAS, a leader in digital cinema workflow
integration technologies, has announced MetaRender, a new application for
automating complex transcoding tasks in production pipelines and post
facilities. MetaRender works across platforms and greatly simplifies the
task of managing file conversions, including burning-in grading or LUTs and
adding file information for viewing with digital dailies. Visitors to IBC
can see MetaRender at booth 7.H20, where IRIDAS is co-exhibiting with
Cine-tal.
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Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that Final Effects Complete 5 Sparks (FEC 5 Sparks) is now available for 64-bit Linux-based Autodesk Flint, Flame, Inferno, and Smoke systems.... »
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, today announced the immediate availability of Sapphire Plug-ins for OFX products. ... »
Smoke & Mirrors New York in an on-going expansionary effort is pleased to announce the addition of 3D Generalist Wei Louie to their CG department. Prior to joining SMNY, Wei Louie worked as a staff artist at Spontaneous for four years. While there Wei collaborated on a multitude of music videos including Original of the Species by U2 and Hustlers by Nas.... »
Chris Roe’s three-and-a-half year old company, Fish Eggs (pun absolutely intended), specializes in broadcast packages for reality programming, including Gladiators, Wipe Out, Dance Machine and Duel.... »
Is streaming video beginning to take off? Are there technical hurdles that might stand in the way of its being widely adopted? And will growth bring new opportunities for independent video and film producers?... »
Picture a screen 87 feet high by 37 feet wide, covering the entire wall of a massive public lobby. On the screen people cavort — flying through the air with a cup of coffee in hand, somersaulting while talking on a cell phone — photo-real and magical.... »
The key to this workflow is making sure you’re in the correct project type for the step. To assign a tape name to P2 clips or transcode to Avid DNxHD, you must be in 1080 mode. To transcode to low-res, SD (NTSC) mode, and to relink to P2, you must be in 720 mode and set the raster type to DVCPro HD. ... »
In the twenty five years I have been employed as a freelancer I have seen countless iterations of the latest technological wonder come and go, all of which have required re-tooling existing workflows and on-set protocols. The current role I address on set is to comprehensively incorporate a diverse number of digital camera systems and formats, as well as streamlining the technical and creative workflows for a particular project.... »
