Matrox Graphics Inc. has added Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) streaming protocol support to its range of Matrox Mura IPX capture and IP encode/decode cards. The SRT open-source protocol and technology stack focuses on performance, reliability, and security for video delivery over private and public networks.
With the wide array of growing file sizes, increased video resolution and high-quality visual effects in today’s media and entertainment production workflows, storage requirements for post-production environments have grown accordingly. When the work of an entire organization depends on common infrastructure, the unlimited ability to access content and avoid disruptions is critical for staff productivity and business success.
Spanish company, SGO, has raised the finishing bar with the latest update to Mistika Ultima, which is now available in a software only version.
As the production community becomes increasingly aware of the value of High Dynamic Range (HDR) imagery for SD, HD and 4K, creating the best looking HDR requires analysis of each frame individually.
It’s not every day that a music video is launched via astronaut Tim Peake’s official Twitter account. For Snow Patrol’s latest single Life on Earth, however, it was the perfect introduction. Shortlisted for ‘Best UK Rock Video’ at this year’s UK VMA awards, ‘Life on Earth’ not only marks the band’s first record in seven years – it also plays as the perfect love letter to humanity by showcasing our world as seen from space. Jonny Tully, colourist at Smoke & Mirrors, takes us behind the scenes.
We editors, color graders and graphics artists are an opinionated group and that’s a good thing because with the speed technology is changing we need open communication among ourselves.