All Posts for July, 2010

Dielectric to roll out DLP low-power antenna series

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Dielectric to roll out DLP low-power antenna series
The DLP series features horizontally polarized antennas in a number of standard directional azimuth patterns with an average power rating of 1.6kW.

Two Audio Post Facilities Use Apple iPad to Display Scripts

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Two Audio Post Facilities Use Apple iPad to Display Scripts
Audio post facilities The Surround Factory in North Hollywood, Calif, and Arvintel Media Productions in Marietta, Ga., which have worked in partnership over the past 10 years dubbing films, cartoons and commercials into English and Spanish, announced that they have “gone paperless” by adopting Apple’s iPad to display scripts for voice-over talent. The Surround Factory states that the two facilities had discovered Avatron Software’s Air Display software, which allows an iPad to act as a wireless display for a Mac OS X computer.

Correcting very underexposed footage in MC5

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Correcting very underexposed footage in MC5

As the title suggests, I have some very underexposed footage to correct.  I know that Liquid would struggle to give anything other than a very grainy result.  

How would MC editors go about such a problem, using MC5 and the production suite tools?

Cinefilm’s Ron Anderson: da Vinci User Since 1986

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Cinefilm’s Ron Anderson: da Vinci User Since 1986
In this article, Tim Wilson talks with da Vinci user Ron Anderson in his Part Three look at Blackmagic Design’s acquisition of da Vinci Systems. Ron Anderson’s relationship with da Vinci has also taken places over several decades, starting as a customer, and evolving into demo artistry even while he continues working with da Vinci systems at Atlanta’s Cinefilm.

HSN Secures ‘Shop By Remote’ Patent

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

HSN Secures ‘Shop By Remote’ Patent
Rival QVC is developing its own T-commerce…

NCTA Answers CableCARD Stance Critics

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

NCTA Answers CableCARD Stance Critics
Says it will support retail boxes, but pushes for end to leased CableCARD…

Lone Peak Productions wins 3 more Aurora Awards
(Salt Lake City, Utah–July 28, 2010) The Aurora Awards announced that Lone Peak Productions, a full service video production company headquartered in Salt Lake City, has won three gold awards in recognition of quality video production. The projects for which the awards were received included a government training project and two corporate videos. Advanced MD

Chyron to debut 3-D graphics tools at IBC2010

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Chyron to debut 3-D graphics tools at IBC2010
Chyron will show Lyric enhancements, a Quintette newsroom package and new software for Channel Box.