NASCAR MOVES TO PRORES WORKFLOW
NMG is using Macs and 16 AJA Kona 3 cards for ingesting the 150 hours of multi-camera footage shot at each race. An additional 18 Kona 3 cards are used for editing playback in NMG's 10 edit bays, as
well as to handle duplication and new media, and to support field operations for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Kona 3 is AJA's high-end, uncompressed capture card for SD, HD, and Dual Link 4:4:4 HD for Apple Mac Pro systems. In addition to the Kona 3 cards, NMG also uses AJA's FS1 frame sync in its field operations. The FS1 is a universal HD and SD, audio and video frame synchronizer and converter that supports most input and output formats used in the 40 production trucks NASCAR employs.
IMAGE: Editor Chris Rohlfs working in a NASCAR Media Group edit suite.