An innovator in the design and manufacture of creative technology for feature film, post production, television broadcast and live event. Blackmagic’s founders have had a long history in post production, editing and engineering. With extensive experiences in high end t

Log and RAW Workflows for Digital Cinema Cameras

A growing trend for digital cine cameras is their ability to record in multiple formats. For example, Blackmagic’s new URSA and Mini URSA announced at NAB support several types of RAW formats plus compressed ProRes. …

So Little Time, So Much To Learn

World-class learning opportunities abound in NAB exhibits and technical sessions. …

Scanning for archive on the rise while feature film market shrinks

By some estimates Kodak has produced some 3 trillion feet of film since the company’s inception in 1889, much of which remains undigitised in archives around the world. Its output is shrinking rapidly from 12.4 billion linear feet to 449 million this year, according to the Wall Street Journal, as demand for motion

Channel Explosion Turns Broadcast Monitors On Their Head

When most people think of broadcast video monitors, they think of a very expensive, precision television display used to view and judge the quality of broadcast images. Engineers — often nicknamed “Golden Eyes” — assess the TV signal based on years of skill, knowledge and human intuition. Such video monitors still exist, especia

Buying Flash Media

Flash Is the Media of Choice for Video Field Acquisition — But How Much Do You Know About It? …