Grass Valley Unveils New Karrera Video Production

October 13, 2011, 04:47 PM

http://www.dv.com/article/112336

Grass Valley, the inventors of the modern day production switcher, and a company known for the highest-quality production switchers available today, has leveraged its extensive engineering expertise with the Kayenne Video Production Center and Kayak switchers, along with its field-proven experience, to introduce a new, lower-cost switcher platform called the Karrera Video Production Center – bringing top of the line production capabilities to more applications and more users.

Grass Valley announces K2 Edge

October 13, 2011, 04:45 PM

http://broadcastengineering.com/products/grass-val...

Grass Valley has announced an extension of its K2 media server family with K2 Edge, the centerpiece of the company’s overall integrated playout solution. Housed in a compact 1RU chassis, K2 Edge is a robust and proven Linux-based system with a purpose-built, high-availability architecture for mission-critical 24/7 playout applications.

Matrox Redefines the SDI to HDMI Mini Converter

October 13, 2011, 04:45 PM

http://www.dv.com/article/112340

Matrox Video Products Group has announced Matrox MC-100, a dual SDI to HDMI mini converter that supports a wide range of display resolutions through 3G, Dual Link, HD, and SD-SDI. Priced at 495, this single portable unit can be used as an HD-SDI switcher, a distribution amplifier, a multiplexer, and a 3D processing unit, making it the most versatile mini converter on the market.

Createasphere Releases Top Considerations

October 13, 2011, 04:44 PM

http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/briefingroo...

BURBANK, CA - Createasphere - bringing together the best of the creative, production and technology communities in dynamic experiences and education - has published Digital Asset Management Road Map, a whitepaper providing an in-depth analysis of the top considerations that enterprises should assess as they build their digital asset management solution. The paper’s key findings look at the many elements involved in developing and sustaining a DAM implementation. To download a free copy...

Turn Project Archives Into Real Money

October 13, 2011, 04:42 PM

http://www.suitetake.com/2011/10/13/turn-project-a...

In my continuing effort to find a solid, reliable and affordable solution for long term archival of our editing projects, I have spent the last 12 months testing and creating a workflow for yet another product solution. Unlike when I reviewed the Cache~a a few years back (the positive review since removed from the site), I decided to spend a lot more time really running it through the paces. I learned my lesson the hard way with the Prime Cache and made changes to my review process.

History of Editing - A Start

October 13, 2011, 04:40 PM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/index.php/archives...

To the left is a first pass at a one page, job aid on the history of editing. It comes by way of Gordon Burkell who runs the informative, solidly recommended Art of the Guillotine website.  Burkell desgined this infographic as he dubs it, with Nina from Nina's EDL in Toronto, the home base of [...]

Qube Cinema to Premiere New XP-I Digital Cinema Se

October 13, 2011, 04:40 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/news/story/...

Grass Valley Buys PubliTronic

October 13, 2011, 10:47 AM

http://blog.devoncroft.com/2011/10/12/more-broadca...

Grass Valley announced today that it has purchased PubliTronic, a Netherlands-based broadcast technology supplier. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. PubliTronic provides integrated playout or channel-in-box (CiaB) solutions for broadcast playout applications. According to Grass Valley executives, CiaB solutions have been deployed by approximately 5 of the market today and represent one of the fastest growing segments in broadcasting, [and is] expected to increase significantly...

Motion 5 For Video Editors

October 13, 2011, 10:46 AM

http://industryhappenings.wordpress.com/2011/10/13...

With the release of FCP X came the release of Apple's flagship motion graphic design application Motion 5. Unfortunately, Motion has always been an application that has been overlooked and misunderstood.

I've Never Met a Video That Couldn't Be

October 13, 2011, 10:45 AM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/6061/ive-never-m...

I have never met a video that wouldn't benefit from some editing. The whole purpose of video is to compress time and distill a message to its essence. It is important that you refine a project by continuing to strip away its unneeded parts. Never have I heard an audience complain that a video was too short. There is a reason to edit and it becomes increasingly clear when you actually watch people as they watch your project.