March 2014

April 1, 2014, 07:44 AM

http://lappg.com/march-2014/

TAKE 1 TRANSCRIPTION NOW ON NEW PREFERRED VENDOR LISTS We were excited to learn that our partners at Take 1 are proud to be on the preferred vendor list for National Geographic, Discovery, TruTV and OWN networks for transcription and final program scripts. If you are delivering a show to one of these networks and [...]

Introducing our new account portal

March 31, 2014, 03:55 PM

http://www.digitalrebellion.com/blog/posts/introdu...

We've just launched our new account portal that allows you to easily view and manage your Digital Rebellion application licenses.Registration is quick and easy. If our system detects that you have software licenses registered to the email address you signed up with, it will send you an email with a link to confirm your address. Once you've confirmed it, you'll be able to view all of the registration information for each product you own.If you have different products registered to differen...

Event review: Social and acronym evening

March 31, 2014, 03:55 PM

http://www.editorsguildsa.org/news/2014/event-revi...

On the 25th of March 2014, SAGE held a social event At The Table in Parkhurst, Johannesburg.  The weather played along on a beautiful starry night as our 5 recipients of the SAGE acronym were congratulated: Melanie Jankes Golden, Nikki Comninos, Floris Kotze, Candice Odgers and Tanya Rosenberg (pictured, left to right). People enjoyed delicious soups and home-baked bread, washed down with some refreshments. There were new connections made and old ones rekindled. Diverse conversation...

Walking into work on a Monday morning after an eme

March 31, 2014, 03:55 PM

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NAB 2014: LumaForge showing 4K workstation

March 31, 2014, 03:54 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

LAS VEGAS – At NAB, LumaForge (www.lumaforge.com), which sells and rents fully-loaded systems for HD, 2K and 4K workflows, is teaming up with AMD, Blackmagic Design and Fusion-IO to demonstrate a new, high-performance 4K workflow solution. The Ultra RawPower finishing workstation incorporates AMD’s new FirePro W9100 graphics card and is capable of delivering multiple streams of 4K.

PluralEyes 3.5: The Best Sync in the Industry

March 31, 2014, 03:39 PM

http://prmac.com/release-id-66595.htm

Today, Red Giant announced PluralEyes 3.5, an update to its Shooter Suite’s automated audio/video sync tool. One of the editing industry’s most popular tools, PluralEyes literally saves hours or even days of audio/video syncing work by analyzing the audio from all devices and automatically syncing them up with the touch of a button.

EditShare Storage v7

March 31, 2014, 03:02 PM

http://editshare.com/about/about-us/press/item/155...

EditShare will reveal its latest – and most advanced – shared storage platform, EditShare Storage v7, at NAB 2014. Built on the newest, high-performance Linux kernel, EditShare Storage v7 delivers higher stream counts, higher total throughput and smoother operation than ever before. The enhanced operating system incorporates a new Quality of Service (QoS) system that allows authorized users to reserve bandwidth for high-priority real-time activities such as capture and playout.

LaCie Fuel 2TB Announced

March 31, 2014, 01:36 PM

http://www.storagereview.com/lacie_fuel_2tb_announ...

LaCie has announced a 2TB version of their Fuel wireless hard drive, which is double the capacity the previous version. LaCie Fuel provides more storage than any 2.5” wireless hard drive on the market and is the ideal cable-free, portable solution for movie enthusiasts, photographers and others looking to gain 2TBs of on-the-go access and storage for iPad or iPhone and Mac.

Red Giant Releases Magic Bullet Looks 2.5

March 31, 2014, 01:36 PM

http://www.cinema5d.com/news/?p=24449

Red Giant, famous for popular post production software tools for filmmakers, has announced the release of Magic Bullet Looks 2.5 today. The new update is a complete rebuilt, and takes advantage of GPU accelerated hardware. This is a free update for current users of Looks and the Red Giant Color Suite. The update includes new color correction tools, better previewing of presets, and a major bump in speed. How much faster and better? Let’s take a look …

Extracting an Alpha Channel From a Graphic File

March 31, 2014, 01:35 PM

http://blog.dvfanatics.com/2014/03/extracting-alph...

Last week we discussed "Common Image Files for Video", and which files are best for what types of graphics. This week we'll look at a solution for another challenge - needing to key a logo over video when the graphic does not contain an alpha channel.