IBC 2011: Tweak Software's RV

Posted By Russell Dodgson

I had a nice walk through from Alan Trombla about some of the new features in the latest release of Tweak Software's RV. One of the really interesting things about RV is that at first glance it seems to be a fairly expensive flipbook software. Often ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: Tweak Software's RV" »

September 12, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

IBC 2011: Maxon Cinema4D Release 13

Posted By Sam Johnson

Over the years (25 to be precise!) Maxon's Cinema4D has become one of the most popular 3D tools at post production facilities. This is due to its ease of use, cost effectiveness and multi-platform availability. What better place to announce the ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: Maxon Cinema4D Release 13" »

September 12, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

IBC 2011: Baselight for FCP

Posted By Sam Johnson

One of the most accomplished grading systems is Filmlight's Baselight. And with the announcement of a standalone grading plug-in for Apple's Final Cut Pro (FCP) at NAB, it became a hotly-anticipated demo for FCP users at IBC. The plug-in that we saw ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: Baselight for FCP" »

September 12, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

IBC 2011: The Foundry's Hiero fills the gap

Posted By Russell Dodgson

The main aim of my trip to IBC this year is to look at up and coming conform, editorial, versioning and review systems. First on my list to visit was The Foundry, the boys and girls behind my beloved Nuke. At IBC this year they announced the arrival ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: The Foundry's Hiero fills the gap" »

September 12, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

IBC 2011: NHK's Super Hi-Vision 8k technology

Posted By Sam Johnson

The conference award this year was awarded to NHK's Super HI-Vision, and apparently a must see. Super Hi-Vision is an 8K (7,680 x 4,320) camera and display technology developed by NHK and the BBC. Along with 8K video technologies, 3D surround sound ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: NHK's Super Hi-Vision 8k technology" »

September 12, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

IBC 2011: The Foundry debuts Hiero

Posted By Sam Johnson

Today we were invited to the Foundry's Hiero tech demo. It was sold to me as a "Timeline for Nuke/Nuke X," however, upon the start of the demo it was clear that it was more than just a timeline. Last year Foundry announced Storm, a data wrangling ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: The Foundry debuts Hiero" »

September 12, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

IBC 2011: Promise shows Thunderbolt solutions

Posted By Sam Johnson

With the announcement of Apple/Intel's Thunderbolt technology in the new Apple Mac hardware, Germany-based Promise Technology were the first to jump on the bandwagon. They first released Pegasus R4 & R6 RAID enclosures. These house between 4TB ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: Promise shows Thunderbolt solutions" »

September 9, 2011 | Permalink

IBC 2011: Sony's OLED monitors

Posted By Sam Johnson

First stop for myself at IBC 2011 was to see Sony's new Trimaster EL OLED reference broadcast monitors. OLED is a hot topic at IBC, and Sony are one of the only distributors to be showing them this year, and I have to say they did not disappoint. ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: Sony's OLED monitors" »

September 9, 2011 | Permalink

SIGGRAPH: Technology partnerships & leveraging existing productions

Posted By Michael Stein

In recent years, there has been an increase in technology partnerships in the graphics industry, and both trends have continued this year at SIGGRAPH. As the industry has matured and the technology portfolios have increased, the major studios are ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: Technology partnerships & leveraging existing productions" »

August 11, 2011 | Permalink

SIGGRAPH: World Builder

Posted By Jeff Kember

Temperate Controlled Display System: Participants are able to choose between hot and cool water springs to influence the image presented to them. The system consists of a LCD display, a water tank, thermal camera and computer. As small cups of water ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: World Builder" »

August 11, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)