Digital Video - NAB Show Special - March 14, 2008 - (Page 18)

NAB CHEAT SHEET AJA Video's io HD DIGIEFFECTS www.digieffects.com BOOTH SL2128D (PLUG-IN PAVILION) New This Year: Digieffects absorbed Buena Software and Walker Effects and then sold the film-emulation app Cinelook to Red Giant Software. Damage, a plug-in suite dedicated to simulating a wide variety of digital and analog defects in your video projects, will be showcased at NAB. Enticements: Customers can buy Magic Bullet Looks for $199 (usually $399) and Magic Bullet Suite for $399 (usually $799). Rumor Mill: You’ll see a couple more new plug-in packages. RGB Align and Vertical Scratch. Events: In-booth user group meet, Monday, April 14 at 5:00 p.m.; in-booth 20th Anniversary celebration at 6:00 p.m. Rumor Mill: Look for news of interesting technology alliances. DULCE SYSTEMS www.dulcesystems.com BOOTH SL14613 NAB ‘07 Highlights: This newcomer on the block impressed with their Quad and Duo Quad RAIDs. New This Year: Announced their super-fast rackmounted PRO RX, a 12- and 16-bay RAID storage solution. The PRO RX is Mac and PC compatible. Certified to work with Final Cut Studio, Premiere Pro and other popular NLEs and applications, the PRO RX’s data rate allows for multiple streams of video resolutions, including HDV, DVCPRO HD, ProRes HQ, uncompressed SD/HD. DIGITAL VISION www.digitalvision.se BOOTH SL3205 NAB ‘07 Highlights: Film Master V3.5 with support for Avid DNxHD encoded media, a new keyer and panel improvements; new DVO tools such as Sharpen, Regrain, Fix, Brickwall and Alias. New This Year: Film Master with support for 4K real-time grading and grain processing; a new software-based, motion compensated standards converter; new DVO tools including Stabilise, THE FOUNDRY www.thefoundry.co.uk BOOTH SL8605 NAB ‘07 Highlights: The Foundry debuted Furnace 4 for Shake and launched Tinderbox for Combustion. New This Year: Brand new Nuke 5 compositor and Furnace also have my interest. Who doesn’t want to try Sachtler’s SOOM? Rumor Mill: JVC is going to have a solidstate announcement at the show. And how are Apple and Avid going to make their presence felt in Las Vegas if they aren’t exhibiting at NAB? I find it difficult to believe that either will completely stay away from the biggest show of the year. Big Issues: AVCHD, mobile content, solidstate recording. OLIVER PETERS Contributing editor, Videography; independent film/video editor (Oliver Peters Post Productions Services) NAB Strategy: See everything and budget my time. Tempting Tools & Tech: MOTU V3HD, another I/O option for FCP (Mac) and Premiere Pro CS3 (Windows). It’s the only one that embeds DVCPRO HD into the hardware. Assimilate Scratch Red PrePost System, a true native post solution for Red files. Quantel’s 3-D vision post solutions; 316 dv april 14, 2008 NAB Show special D is hot right now. Thomson Grass Valley Edius, the best NLE for dealing with a mixture of odd media formats. Look at their Aurora shared storage solution. Various new innovative plug-ins, such as Noise Industries and their various partners, and the new Magic Bullet Looks Suite from Red Giant Software. Rumor Mill: Interested in seeing if there’s more to any of the “for sale” rumors related to Apple’s ProApps division or Avid. Big Issues: 2K and 4K cameras, AVCHD, solid-state recording, more DI systems in the mainstream at lower cost. prices are dropping. Redundancy and backup solutions are in the works. Rumor Mill: Other than assorted Elvis rumors, I hesitate to spread anything since rumors are generally bogus. Big Issues: 2K and 4K cameras, AVCHD, media management, solid-state recording, storage and asset management, uncompressed HD post, Web video, postproduction tools, graphics, audio for post. NEAL WEINSTOCK Chairman/CEO, Kerner New York NAB Strategy: Check out new technologies; attend digital cinema, IPTV, mobile and engineering conferences; use the occasion to schedule meetings with salespeople, partners and customers. Tempting Tools & Tech: Better/cheaper set-top boxes; IPTV server software and hardware; media management software. Rumor Mill: Hah! I wish I knew some. Big Issues: Digital distribution, 2K and 4K cameras, 3-D production, high-speed cameras, mobile content. DV www.dv.com NED SOLTZ Contributing editor, DV and Videography NAB Strategy: Scope out new offerings, see how older products mature, understand new workflows, and mostly talk to vendors about their products and plans. Tempting Tools & Tech: I am interested in storage technologies these days as they are becoming so crucial to the tapeless workflow. Storage capacities are increasing; http://www.digieffects.com http://www.dulcesystems.com http://www.digitalvision.se http://www.thefoundry.co.uk http://www.dv.com

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