Siggraph showcase: Image resizing

Via TechCrunch,
Techonology created Dr. Ariel Shamir and Dr. Shai Avidan, that allows dynamic resizing of images. Adobe has hired co-inventor Shai Avidan to their team. Shall we see next version of Adobe Suites to have this technology?
Check out this video.

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RED in China & Japan

Via Red.com,

Ted Schilowitz of RED Digital Cinema is traveling with Apple showing off the Peter Jackson movie “Crossing the Line” shot with alpha prototype RED cameras nicknamed “Boris & Natasha”. RED and Apple are showcasing the capability of the RED ONE 4k camera and the visually lossless quality of Apples new ProRes codec, by playing [...]

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RED to deliver 25 Cameras today

Today as promised in their Website, RED Digital Cinema Camera is to deliver first 25 registered customers. New Dawn in Digital Cinema to begin on August 31, 2007.

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Adobe supports H.264 & On2 VP6 formats in Flash Player 9

Adobe is releasing today flash player 9 beta update, where they are to support the open source format H.264 which was supported by Apple on their iTunes encoded videos. Till now Apple is the major supporter of this format. The public beta version of the update to Adobe Flash Player 9 software, code-named Moviestar, which [...]

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Understanding 1:1 pixel mapping for your HDTV

Via EngadgeHD

Even if you don’t know what 1:1 pixel mapping is, you probably think your TV supports it. If your TV does support this viewing mode, odds are it isn’t on by default. 1:1 pixel mapping means your TV is capable of displaying the image sent to it pixel for pixel, without scaling or processing [...]

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Paramount cancels Blu-Ray support

via higdefdigest.com
In a note to retailers, Paramount has officially canceled all previously-announced upcoming Blu-ray releases.
As expected, Paramount won’t release a single of its previously-announced upcoming Blu-ray titles, including ‘Blades of Glory,’ ‘Next,’ ‘Top Gun,’ ‘The Jack Ryan Collection’ and ‘Face/Off.’ Instead, each of the titles will now be HD DVD exclusive.
Retailers received official word late [...]

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India still in Standard Definition world!

Are we really part of digital Revolution?
U.S, Europe and Japan are talking about HD Broadcast / HD-DVD & Blu-Ray disc wars. We in India not able to find HD-DVD & Blu-Ray Blank Discs / Recorders / Players to begin with. It seems that, there is non-availbility of HD-DVD media as well as HD-DVD writer from [...]

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Thamizhan TV urgently requires Avid Editors

Thamizhan TV  urgently requires Avid Editors for their TV Channel.
Please contact Tamizh (Ph: +91 99415 90846) of Thamizhan TV.

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Prepare in advance before shoot

A nice article in Hd for Indies about Mike Curtis experience with his clients.
The article talks in length about Mike experience here
Remember to read the comments section.

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Panasonic’s HDC-SD7 smallest HD Handheld camcorder

via Engadget
Panasonic has launched world’s smallest handheld HD Camcorder which record full 1920X1080 resolution in AVCH format. HDC-SD7 is same as HDC-SD5 except the design is vertical held. HDC-SD7 looks to be Japan-only for now with launch date of September 8 for a price of ¥140,000 or about $1,188 exclusive tax.
Image courtesy Engadget.com

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