Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is the first feature to be released on more than 1,000 digital cinema screens. Pirates is set to open on 1,064 digital cinema screens domestically in US and an additional 410 internationally, according to Disney distribution president Chuck Viane.
India centric info: Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End [...]
Aiptek today announced $300 HD Handheld camera. Named GOHD it can record 720p HD clips at 30frames per second. The camera uses real time encoding of H.264 (AVCHD) and can store upto 4 hours of video in a 8GB SDHC card. It is 4.5 inches tall and 2.8 inches wide and can be [...]
In this section i will be posting the latest relases and the total tally of HD DVD and Blu-ray.
Universal has relased for HD DVD this week with old classics like Midnight Run and The River.Lionsgate first season of showtime show Weeds as well as sensational movie Basic Instict.
HD DVD 202 vs Blu-ray 233.
Blu-ray
Basic [...]
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Red.com has posted an 1K extract of their REDCODE RAW 4k video which was shot by Peter Jackson in New Zealand on alpha prototype cameras “Boris” and “Natasha”, with 180° shutter at 24 fps.
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1K Extract is 91 MB. 30 seconds @ 24 fps. 1024 x 512.
RED Digital Cinema Camera which revolutionise the NAB 2006 and 2007 has posted an extended delay due to suppliers delay of accessories. In reduser.net forum, Jim posted that they are ready to give deposit to the users who are nervous and reassured that the deposit are safe.
Post from Jim on reduser.net,
“There has been some concern [...]
Silverlight is Microsoft’s cross-platform, Flash alternative, which is now available in beta for both Safari and Firefox. Eddie Hargreaves point out in Apple blog post that Silverlight will return official Microsoft support for Windows Media streaming to the Mac, including HD video support up to 720p.
Microsoft stopped development of the Windows Media Player for Mac [...]
Today i received mail from Boris FX Support team for their support for Final Cut Studio 2 immediately.
“Boris FX plug-ins are immediately available for the new Apple Final Cut Studio 2 release. Owners of Boris Continuum Complete 4.1, Boris RED 4.1, Boris FX 9.1, and Boris Graffiti 5.1 can move to Apple Final Cut Pro [...]
The next big wave in Digital Cinema is from India by Real Image Media Technologist and its called QUBE Cinema.
QUBE Cinema provide the ultimate combination of quality, reliability, ease-of-use, security and flexibility. The architecture has been designed based on 15 years of industry expertise and experience in cinema, audio, video and computers based Post-production solutions [...]
Avid Xpress Pro 5.7 installed on Mac Pro seems to work well without any issues. Avid has sorted out the reverse playback issue of source clips in source monitor in this version.
In PC we had the issue of hanging. System hangs when the resolution motion is toggled to full green mode or choosing DV source [...]