Archive for August, 2007
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.
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 the movie directly off a MacPro on the big screen at the Apple booth, via an AJA Kona3 card directly to the projector.
Event Details:
Beijing, China: August 22 – 24th (BIRTV), More Information at: http://www.birtv.com
Tokyo, Japan: November 20th – 22nd (InterBee) More Information at: http://bee.jesa.or.jp
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.
Adobe supports H.264 & On2 VP6 formats in Flash Player 9
Posted by gbalaji in Apple, Flash Player, Quick Time, Web Video on August 21, 2007
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 includes H.264 and HE-AAC functionality, will be available later today as a free download from Adobe Labs at http://labs.adobe.com. The final release is expected to be available via update in the Fall.
Update:
Adobe® Flash® Player is the high-performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices.
Adobe Labs features prerelease versions of the Flash Player 9 Update software. The beta is an opportunity for developers and consumers to test and provide early feedback to Adobe on new features, enhancements, and compatibility with previously authored content.
This update, codenamed “Moviestar,” includes new features, enhancements and bug fixes for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux versions of Flash Player 9, including:
Support for H.264 video and HE-AAC audio codecs (new Aug. 21).
Multi-core support for vector rendering.
Full screen mode with hardware scaling.
Flash Player cache for common platform components, such as the Flex framework.
Support for Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) in the Windows plug-in.
For More information check here
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 the video in any way. In other words, if your TV is fed 1920x1080p, then it displays 1920x1080p. Believe it or not usually your digital LCD, DLP or even Plasma takes the 1920×1080 image, shaves off a few lines and displays it. The reason isn’t a good one, but it’s ’cause TVs have had overscan so long that when digital TVs came along they actually engineered overscan into the set. This is not the case at all on computer monitors, where even one missing line is noticed. So if you want to see if your TV is capable of showing you the whole picture, look it up in your manual for a “pc mode” or even “dot by dot”, or just head over to the AVSForum for a comprehensive list of HDTVs that support this elusive feature.
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 Monday that all five Blu-ray titles would be cancelled, and that existing orders would not be fulfilled.Within hours, pre-orders for these titles disappeared from sites like Amazon.com, DVDEmpire and others. (We’ve updated our own Blu-ray release schedule, as well.)
It remains unclear how long Paramount’s previously-released Blu-ray titles will remain on store shelves, and/or whether they’re even included in the terms of the studio’s exclusivity pact with HD DVD. Needless to say, we’ll let you know as soon as any official information comes in.
To discuss more about this join the highdefdigest forum.
Update: EngadgetHD is reporting that Michael Bay director of Transformer is going to say no to Paramount for the Second Edition.
India still in Standard Definition world!
Posted by gbalaji in Blu-ray, HD Broadcast, HD DVD on August 21, 2007
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 joint developers of this format NEC & Toshiba in India. Infact both the company staffs in india dont even have the idea of what it is while contacted through Email and Phone.
Major DVD-Authoring studios in india are finding it difficult to source HD-DVD & Blu-Ray Discs (Blank Media), Recorders and Players.
Come on China, India needs more HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Blank Discs / Recorders & Players to flood our market. More indian houses are buying LCD TV’s from Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Sony and we dont have the content both in inform of HD Broadcast channels or HD-DVD / Blu-Ray. We dont even have the clear cut announcement from Government when will we the HD broadcast policy be formulated.
Are by anychance, India in race for HD-DVD / Blu-Ray / HD-Broadcast?
Post back your comments and feedback what do you think about HD-DVD / Blu-Ray / HD Broadcast in India.
Thamizhan TV urgently requires Avid Editors
Posted by gbalaji in Job Posting on August 17, 2007
Thamizhan TV urgently requires Avid Editors for their TV Channel.
Please contact Tamizh (Ph: +91 99415 90846) of Thamizhan TV.
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.
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