Recent Blog Posts in 2013

  • IBC 2013: New Levels of Real in Content Capture

    Posted By Tom Coughlin

    At the 2013 IBC conference in Amsterdam the introduction of advanced cameras and digital storage for cameras gave some insights into the shape of things to come for the digital capture market. These included a new flash-based digital storage format ... Continue reading "IBC 2013: New Levels of Real in Content Capture" »

    September 17, 2013 | Permalink

  • SIGGRAPH 2013: The Spark CG Society

    Posted By Scott Singer

    I sat down with Larry Bafia, Sly Provencher, and Dennis Hoffman of Spark Animation and Spark FX, to find out more about their organization and there connections with SIGGRAPH. The Spark CG Society is a group from Vancouver that is dedicated to being ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2013: The Spark CG Society" »

    July 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • SIGGRAPH 2013: The effects omelet

    Posted By Scott Singer

    The "Effects Omelet" presentation at SIGGRAPH is always a great source for inspired creativity on the ground by VFX artists and TDs. David Lipton, Head of Effects at Dreamworks Animation, gave a particularly interesting talk about he achieved the ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2013: The effects omelet" »

    July 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • SIGGRAPH 2013: A slice of Monster Pi

    Posted By David Blumenfeld

    My third and final day of Siggraph came and went. It was a pretty nice show this year, although as I mentioned before, it was smaller and definitely less energetic and enthusiastic overall. I'm sure this is a combination of the economic downturn in ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2013: A slice of Monster Pi" »

    July 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • #Siggraph2013 Emerging Technology

    Posted By Scott Singer

    Girish Balakrishnan, a masters candidate from Drexel University was demonstrating his performance capture camera rig made entirely of commodity consumer components. It's centered around an iPad and attached Playstation3 controllers that provide the ... Continue reading "#Siggraph2013 Emerging Technology" »

    July 25, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Will my stream exceed my grasp?

    Posted By Tom Coughlin

    By Tom Coughlin SMPTE Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age, June 18, 2013: IMF addresses a significant problem in creating alternative versions of a piece of content to meet language, subtitle and other requirements for various markets. ... Continue reading "Will my stream exceed my grasp?" »

    June 20, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • SMPTE and the Internet

    Posted By Tom Coughlin

    By Tom Coughlin The SMPTE and Stanford Entertainment Technology in the Information Age conference June 18-19, 2013 included about 300 attendees interested in all aspects of the critical role that the Internet is playing in the media and entertainment ... Continue reading "SMPTE and the Internet" »

    June 20, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Thoughts on the new Mac Pro

    Posted By Larry Jordan

    Last week, Apple gladdened the hearts of power users everywhere by providing a "sneak peek" at the new Mac Pro. Stylish, diminutive, and blindingly fast - at least according to the specs provided by Apple. Since that time, I've been thinking a lot ... Continue reading "Thoughts on the new Mac Pro" »

    June 17, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Can clouds help the surge in post?

    Posted By Tom Coughlin

    By Tom Coughlin Coughlin Associates San Jose tom@tomcoughlin.com At the 2013 Digital Hollywood Conference (www.digitalhollywood.com), the moderator in one session indicated that post activity in 2013 is up 40 percent from 2012. However what appears ... Continue reading "Can clouds help the surge in post?" »

    May 8, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • NAB 2013: Wrap Up & Top Picks

    Posted By Heath Firestone

    I decided to do things a little different this year. The last two NAB's I've done a video blog, focusing on just a few noteworthy NAB releases. But this year, I decided to go back to a written blog, and just do one longer NAB wrap-up, focusing on a ... Continue reading "NAB 2013: Wrap Up & Top Picks" »

    April 25, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Editing Storage in the Production Pits

    Posted By Tom Coughlin

    By Tom Coughlin Coughlin Associates tom@tomcoughlin.com Digital storage is a big part of the NAB show. All that content has to be kept somewhere. Post production, including nonlinear editing, requires a lot of storage and with performance ... Continue reading "Editing Storage in the Production Pits" »

    April 17, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Wrapping Up the 2013 NAB Show

    Posted By Larry Jordan

    By Larry Jordan larry@larryjordan.biz Any NAB Show is too massive to be summarized in a single blog post. This show represents the current state of a multi-billion dollar industry composed of thousands of wildly different companies. I enjoy walking ... Continue reading "Wrapping Up the 2013 NAB Show" »

    April 15, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • NAB 2013: Dispatches From A Young Editor

    Posted By Troy Mercury

    A funny thing happened on the way to the 2013 NAB exhibition floor. As a first-time NAB attendee, I was expecting to be blown away by the outrageous displays of cameras, sound equipment, editing software, and wall-to-wall 4K displays. Instead, I was ... Continue reading "NAB 2013: Dispatches From A Young Editor" »

    April 15, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • How To Do NAB In 2 Days!

    Posted By Katie Hinsen

    With 92,414 attendees, plus exhibitors, press, staff and special guests, this year's show is huge. The LVCC is over 2 million square feet of indoor exhibit space. That's a lot of exercise for both the feet and the senses. So with only two days on the ... Continue reading "How To Do NAB In 2 Days!" »

    April 11, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • NAB 2013: The Theme is 4K

    Posted By Heath Firestone

    This year, the theme of NAB seems to be 4K, but a lot of NAB seems to be focused on releasing similar, but improved versions of existing products. Here are the highlights from a few of the booths I visited. Atamos Atomos released a new version of the ... Continue reading "NAB 2013: The Theme is 4K" »

    April 11, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • NAB 2013: Is Your Archive Active?

    Posted By Tom Coughlin

    Since professional video content has long time economic value, archiving has a recognized economic return. As the resolution, frame rates and total amount of captured video content increase the amount of digital storage needed increases as well. This ... Continue reading "NAB 2013: Is Your Archive Active?" »

    April 11, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • A Flashier NAB in 2013

    Posted By Tom Coughlin

    While the vast bulk of digital content is stored on hard disk drives, digital tape and even optical discs; flash memory is finding its way into more and more video workflow applications. and as a result it is changing the face of storage systems and ... Continue reading "A Flashier NAB in 2013" »

    April 11, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • NAB: In the clouds

    Posted By Katie Hinsen

    At a conference like this, it was pretty funny to see that at the Starbucks in the convention center, the televisions broadcasting the morning news were all different aspect ratios and none of them were correct. This one, both pillarbox and letterbox ... Continue reading "NAB: In the clouds" »

    April 9, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • NAB 2013 is under way. It's all about 4k.

    Posted By TJ Ryan

    Another April, another NAB. Things got off to a wet cold start as the wind and rain ripped through monday morning set up. Nothing like seeing crazed exhibitors try to get last minute gear into the convention center and out of the rain. Blow dryers ... Continue reading "NAB 2013 is under way. It's all about 4k." »

    April 8, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • My First NAB

    Posted By Tucker Corson

    April 06, 2013 So I'm off to my first ever NAB and I couldn't be more excited. There is so much to look forward to in such a small amount of time! For the next three days I will be covering the National Association of Broadcasters convention floor, ... Continue reading "My First NAB" »

    April 8, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Adobe reveals next-gen video software

    Posted By Larry Jordan

    By Larry Jordan larry@larryjordan.biz http://www.larryjordan.biz On April 4, Adobe revealed the next generation of its video software, announcing new versions of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Prelude, SpeedGrade, Story, and Media ... Continue reading "Adobe reveals next-gen video software" »

    April 4, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

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