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