Integration with Adobe After Effects and Apple Final Cut Studio enables projects to be shared among After Effects, Color, and Final Cut Pro. Media 100's new Suite Version 2 video editing software for Mac OS X supports 4K, 2K, HD, and SD standards. A simplified effects selection, new review and scrubbing modes and improvements to the bookmark system allow users to work faster. Tools have been added to manage and replace cached material on the timeline when the original material has been changed or updated. Phoenix now delivers interlaced motion estimation tools which allow users to correct and deliver mixed film and tape projects within a single timeline. The 2011.2 release sees a move to 64-bit to improve speed and performance when restoring memory-intensive projects such as 4K. Image Systems has addressed film and video restoration in the latest version of its Phoenix software. Processing is to full 10-bit depth throughout. The LE-3D has two independent HD-SDI inputs and outputs. EBU 2003 standard legalisation settings are also provided. Six user memories are available to store group settings. ![]() ![]() Adjustable parameters include RGB, YUV or composite mode selection, clipping level, soft clipping knee, luma and chroma gain, black level, and hue rotation. Legalisation settings for left and right video channels can be adjusted from a single operating panel. Venice can be used both for 3D ingest and 3D playout.Įyeheight’s LE-3D is a stereoscopic multi-mode legaliser based on the company's geNETics platform. ![]() Venice additionally supports the AVC-Intra 3D stereo function P2-3D, which is also part of the AVC-Ultra group. DVS has also added support for the Panasonic AVC-Ultra codec series which offers broadcasters interoperability with P2 materials at frame rates of up to 1080p60. An expanded algorithm allows the operator to over or under compensate, making the image sharper or softer.ĭVS’ Venice multi-channel broadcast video server now supports Avid Isis and Interplay, handles stereo 3D material and provides real-time playout of JPEG2000 files. Using neutral aperture correction means the images are seen exactly as they are on the film. Variable aperture correction compensates for optical scanning losses. A real-time scaler resizes the image and compensates for film shrinkage. New features include variable scaling, film shrinkage measurement, vertical over-sampling, individual light and density range control, and variable aperture correction. Between these processes, each package includes Cintel’s imageMill2 real time 2K restoration system, including Grace film grain and image noise management, Steady image stabilisation and Origin dust and scratch reduction, plus individual selections of storage, monitoring and colour correction tools suited to different tasks and requirements:ĭFT Digital Film Technology introduced the latest version of its Scanity Archive sprocketless cine film transport. The ‘film out’ function is provided by CCG’s DefinityHD film recorder. They are designed for use with Cintel’s diTTo evolution 2K/4K film scanner which has optical dust and scratch concealment tools as well as pin registration and non-pin capabilities. Cintel International announced a range of three 2K/4K image restoration workflow packages for film archives and restoration companies. Red 5 also adds 60 new Continuum Complete and Final Effects Complete filters. Support is provided for 64-bit programs such as Adobe CS5 and Sony Vegas Pro 10. It integrates text generators, paint, rotoscoping, tools to create and extrude vector objects, true 3D shapes and animation, and image processing filters. ![]() All content is recorded in MXF format so is immediately available in Media Composer without need for file copying or import processing.īoris' Red 5 is an integrated 3D compositing, titling, and effects program for use with video editing software from Adobe, Apple, Avid, Grass Valley, Media 100, and Sony. Third-party hardware support now includes AVCHD and Red Epic with Avid Media Access (AMA), an Avid DNxHD 444 codec, and support for Avid Artist Color.īlackmagic Design's HyperDeck Software Update 2 for HyperDeck Studio adds broadcast quality compressed 10 bit recording and playback to the Avid® DNxHD format. Media Composer version 6, Symphony version 6 and NewsCutter version 10 are based on a new open 64-bit architecture and new user interface designed to speed workflows. Quite a lot has happened in this category over the past 12 months, notably in editing and content restoration.Īvid introduced new versions of its Media Composer, NewsCutter and Symphony editing systems. This column’s previous excursion into video post-production was just before the 2011 NAB Spring Convention, always a dangerous time to talk about new hardware or software when a deluge of upgrades, lookalikes and lite-editions are about to hit the aisles of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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