Digital Video - NAB Show Special - March 14, 2008 - (Page 37)

Promise Technology VTrak EClass RAID more organized. Flow uses a sophisticated system to automatically track workflows by recording all Import/ Export, Save/Save As and Copy/Paste actions in a project. It understands the file formats for virtually all creative professional applications, including those from Apple and Adobe, and maintains the relationships between stills, movies, sound clips, fonts, plug-ins and color swatches on all local, network and removable storage devices. Using RealTime Asset Tracking technology, Flow automatically builds Workflow Maps for every project. A Workflow Map shows the files used in the workflow and how they are connected to one another. Workflow Maps display all related application project files, media assets and internal structures, such as comps and layers. One company you might not expect to see in asset management is FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS, creator of the FireStore dockable hard drive recorder. Focus Enhancements also manufacturers the ProxSys Media Server, an integrated hardware and software solution. Last NAB, Focus introduced an entry-level product targeted at the typical FireStore customer with fewer than 25 users. This offering was augmented with the Enterprise Edition for configurations with 25 or more users. In a typical operation, media is copied from a FireStore unit to local-attached storage. ProxSys software monitors this transfer and automatically uploads in the background to the network. In doing so, it also creates 320x240 MPEG-4 proxies and embeds native metadata. At NAB 2008, Focus www.dv.com Enhancements will introduce more metadata capabilities, with the intent of preserving information from the NLE. In part, this includes the implementation of Apple’s FCP XML interchange format. Speaking of FireStore, Focus Enhancements will introduce FS-5, the newest member of its direct-to-edit product line. The FS-5 records metadata, such as logging fields, appropriate to the NLE to be used. It comes in a physically smaller package, relying on new drive technology for lower power consumption. The FS-5 will add support for MXF wrappers with HDV content and native Avid file formats, as well as a new color LCD, scroll wheel and features like retro-record and time lapse. Focus has also announced HD File Converter Pro, a Windows-based application for conversion between DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO/DV P2 file types and nonlinear editing file formats including QuickTime, AVI Type 2 and MXF. CONVERGENT DESIGN is getting ready to give Focus a little competition with the introduction of its own Flash XDR ultraportable HD recorder. It takes in HD-SDI video and records MPEG-2 compressed video (using a Sony codec) at 18, 19.7, 25 or 35Mb/s 4:2:0, or 50, 100 or 160Mb/s 4:2:2. This unit will use 32GB Compact Flash cards. Four cards will provide 284 minutes of recording time at 50Mb/s. There’s also plenty to see in the world of local and networked storage. If you’re in the market to install a robust shared storage environment, then the big contenders are Facilis Technology, EditShare and Studio Network Solutions. Each offers popular solutions for Avid, Apple and/or Adobe editors. FACILIS TECHNOLOGY is updating its TerraBlock units to use the new 1TB drives. The 1TB drives mark the largest capacity available today within a postproduction environment. Other TerraBlock advances include support for iSCSI Ethernet connectivity and the new 24EX model for easier expansion of server capacity. EDITSHARE will be demonstrating its unique Avid and Apple Final Cut Pro project sharing capabilities. Although plenty of companies offer networking solutions to access shared media files, EditShare is the only company to also offer editorial project sharing in a proprietary workflow similar to Avid Unity MediaNet. Another GlobalStor ExtremeStor dv april 14, 2008 NAB Show special 35 http://www.dv.com

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