Sony takes first steps toward 8K camera

Posted By Tom Coughlin

By Tom Coughlin HOLLYWOOD - At the recent SMPTE Technical Conference here, Sony's Hugo Gaggioni made an interesting presentation on the new Sony F65 CineAlta camera. The Sony F65 CineAlta camera introduced in September 2011 has a resolution of ... Continue reading "Sony takes first steps toward 8K camera" »

November 3, 2011 | Permalink

CCW 2011: Lights, Cameras, Quality

Posted By Fred Ruckel

By Fred Ruckel NEW YORK -The Javits Convention Center played host to CCW this year. Upon descending to the lower level you can see the distant booths and the feeling of where do I start sets in. I had made my list of things I wanted to see and ... Continue reading "CCW 2011: Lights, Cameras, Quality" »

October 17, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

Desktop Post: Part 2 - Adobe Premiere CS5.5

Posted By Daniel Restuccio

Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro in Adobe CS 5 was a watershed release. The program was written from the ground up in 64-bit environment that is fully exploited on the Mac OS X and the very stable Windows 7 system. The kind of hiccups running Premiere ... Continue reading "Desktop Post: Part 2 - Adobe Premiere CS5.5" »

October 4, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

IBC 2011: Highlights and Wrap-Up

Posted By Sam Johnson

So IBC 2011 has come and gone, but what were my show highlights? Super Hi-Vision 3D broadcast took a little bit of a back-seat this year. Is the fad over? Who knows! In its place however, 2K, 4K and even 8K developments took precedence. NHK and BBC's ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: Highlights and Wrap-Up" »

September 21, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

Desktop Post: Part 1 - HP's Z800

Posted By Daniel Restuccio

Hardware & Software: Digital production and post-production has always been demanding on hardware and software. A stable standard definition workflow existed for a blink before it jumped to high definition. Now we need systems that will hack ... Continue reading "Desktop Post: Part 1 - HP's Z800" »

September 19, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

IBC 2011: Pixel Farm's PFTrack

Posted By Russell Dodgson

One of the coolest things I saw at IBC this year was some of the new technology from The Pixel Farm, makers of PFClean, PFTrack and PFMatchIt. The new releases of late have made a fairly large shift in the way 3D tracking can be approached. Firstly ... Continue reading "IBC 2011: Pixel Farm's PFTrack" »

September 15, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

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)

SIGGRAPH: RolyPoly

Posted By Jeff Kember

RolyPoly - Two participants are able to sense each other's presence through two white egg-like orbs. Both orbs have the ability to sense touch as well as vibrate to provide tactile feedback. An accelerometer in each orb allows the participant to ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: RolyPoly" »

August 11, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: ChordxxCode

Posted By Jeff Kember

Ph.D. Tomoko Hashida is part of the team that developed a new type of 3D volume display system. Using a programmable 2D ultraviolet light source and stacked glass plates with UV sensitive dyes, they have been successful in creating 3D geometric ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: ChordxxCode" »

August 11, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: Vancouver hit by storm

Posted By Stephanie Hungerford

SIGGRAPH has hit Vancouver by storm, with almost 20,000 people in attendance - what could make up a small city, in fact. Apparently SIGGRAPH is one of the biggest entertainment industry conferences in North America and the largest computer graphics ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: Vancouver hit by storm" »

August 10, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

3D postcards from SIGGRAPH

Posted By Jeff Kember

Raleigh Souther ( raleigh@3dcheese.com ), CEO of Fun from 3D Cheeze, is using off the shelf hardware and customized software to produce "3D" postcards of attendees. Two images are captured on green screen, processed and sent to a color printer. The ... Continue reading "3D postcards from SIGGRAPH" »

August 9, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: Always choose problems worth solving

Posted By Michael Stein

Before today's keynote speech, a moment of silence was held for Andy Witkin, who passed away last September. Andy had a distinguished career in computer graphics, and was most recently a researcher and computer scientist at Pixar. I had the privilege ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: Always choose problems worth solving" »

August 9, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

What I'm looking forward to at SIGGRAPH

Posted By Michael Stein

The flight yesterday from London (and Heathrow in general) was packed with visual effects and other CG professionals getting ready to descend on SIGGRAPH. Seemed fitting that our first night here coincided with the last night of the annual ... Continue reading "What I'm looking forward to at SIGGRAPH" »

August 8, 2011 | Permalink

What is SIGGRAPH?

Posted By Stephanie Hungerford

I have been asked, "What is SIGGRAPH?" by many up here in Hollywood North, and it's not just my mom asking this question. I give them the general spiel that it is a conference and exhibition supporting the new technologies behind computer graphics ... Continue reading "What is SIGGRAPH?" »

August 5, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH Beyond the Convention Walls Part 2: Art & More in Vancouver

Posted By Jessie Nagel

Some more tips on where to go and what to see during SIGGRAPH 2011, from a Vancouver native. Vancouver has been called terminal city, so named because it was the terminus of the Canadian National Rail line. But as a teenager, the name evoked a ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH Beyond the Convention Walls Part 2: Art & More in Vancouver" »

July 26, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)

Coming to Avid Media Composer: 64-bit, 4K and higher projects, a new interface

Posted By Brady Betzel

BURBANK - Just before an Avid-hosted event last night on the Warner Bros. lot, editors who gathered there were discussing the shortfalls of FCP X as well as the direction of Adobe and Avid. The buzz was palpable. Inside the Steven J. Ross theater, ... Continue reading "Coming to Avid Media Composer: 64-bit, 4K and higher projects, a new interface" »

July 14, 2011 | Permalink | Comments(0)