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Boris Continuum Complete 5 AVX: Unleash Your Avid!
Emmy Award-winning editor Vivek Narayan takes a closer look at the latest version of Boris Continuum Complete, a comprehensive set of filters and effects for leading NLEs as well as After Effects. Although it works largely the same in all hosts, Vivek digs deepest into BCC operating inside Avid. He finds that BCC's 180 filters more than give others a run for their money: it beats out some of the industry's favorites. See why he calls buying BCC 5 AVX "a no-brainer"...
Read the review on Creative Cow Labels: BCC-5, Boris, Review
New EditShare Customer Profile: Performance Post
Performance Post is a Los Angeles post production facility with a Hollywood reputation. They do a lot of finishing work for television syndication and have a fast-growing business in "repurposing" films for television and new media.
The repurposed projects need reformatting, re-editing, time alteration and other work to meet the editorial and technical constraints of the various distribution media. With volume approaching a thousand titles a year, Performance Post owner Fausto Sanchez needed to find a better way to maximize his resources.
Prior to the EditShare installation, Performance Post had a stable of six Avid systems - each with their own storage. Sanchez explained, "The film-to-TV workflow involves some highly technical work that can only be performed in specially-equipped studios. Not every studio has all the necessary equipment, so having storage limited to one room was extremely inefficient. It was a nightmare trying to schedule and juggle all the jobs." Sanchez needed a centralized storage system that would allow true editing collaboration in order to meet the delivery deadlines of the increasing number of projects.
Sanchez evaluated several systems before selecting an EditShare 5RU unit with 8TB of storage. EditShare systems are Networked Attached Storage (NAS) devices that are highly optimized for video editing - both in their hardware and their software. Sanchez was particularly impressed by the fact that unlike many SANs, which require expensive Fibre Channel cards and switches, all EditShare systems use a standard 1 Gigabit Ethernet network for connectivity. Anticipating increased workloads involving high bandwidth, uncompressed HD streams, Sanchez implemented EditShare's 10 Gigabit Ethernet network option for his system. Speed and collaboration were his primary considerations. EditShare allows file level sharing so that all connected workstations can capture, access and share in real-time a common pool of media files. Regardless of application or platform, source material, work in progress and finished packages are shared and instantly available to all users on the EditShare network
EditShare's ability to seamlessly work with various generations of Avid products was a key reason for selecting the system. Sanchez says, "It's effortless - you log on, select and mount your project, and just move on. It doesn't get in your way at all. And with EditShare, I have the ability to keep the older systems like the Media Composers running right along side my newer HD systems." Read the rest of the profile Labels: EditShare, EditShare-User-Story
New Videography Article on EditShare
"EditShare is certainly marketing in a crowded and competitive space, but they offer the advantage of understanding the customer's production needs. These are robust systems offering comparable performance to any other unit out there, but the project sharing capabilities are unique. No other company offers Final Cut Pro project sharing as well as an Avid sharing solution. Furthermore, both Avid and FCP systems can co-exist in one ecosystem--a big boon for post houses that have to supply both solutions. EditShare is the collaborative workflow solution many editors will want when they expand their facility."
Read the entire article Labels: EditShare
Bluefish444 redThing and blueThing: Competitive Advantages
Highest-quality HD/SD-SDI to DVI-I Converters for HD Production Monitoring, Post Production Monitoring, Presentation, Projection, and Corporate Displays
redThing and blueThing are compact, multi-standard HD/SD-SDI to DVI-I converters for all common LCD and plasma monitors. The converters offer many unique advantages:
* Superior Frame Rate Conversion. redThing and blueThing deliver smooth image motion. The converters capably handle fast and slow motion, including challenging end titles/rolling credits.
* Superb Resolution and Color Rendition. redThing and blueThing offer superior color space conversion and image detail.
* Front Panel Buttons control the on-screen display so that a computer is not necessary for setup. However, computer setup is also available...
* Ethernet Port to Control Multiple Units from a PC. This feature is excellent when setting up from floor-level for overhead projectors or for banks of monitors in TV studios. redThing and blueThing include a free, browser-based Java application so there is no need for additional software.
redThing Web Interface
blueThing Web Interface
* Audio De-embedder. blueThing's audio de-embedder doesn't just give you analog-out, it also provides AES/S-PDIF monitoring and stereo analog-out.
* Internal Fan keeps the unit cool.
* Locking PSU Connector ensures that the power cord is not disconnected.
* Built-in Safe Area Generator and Test Signals.
* High-quality Up and Down Scaling of HD-SDI and SD-SDI.
* Basic UMD (Under Monitor Display) features to identify the source.
* Variable Audio Delay. blueThing allows you to delay the audio to match the video delay through the monitor or projector that you are using.
Contact us to obtain a free evaluation unit! Labels: Bluefish444, blueThing, Converters, redThing
Boris Title Toolkit Now Supports Adobe After Effects CS3
Boris Title Toolkit gives Adobe After Effects users superior titling capabilities in a familiar environment for maximum quality, speed, and creativity. Using Title Toolkit, video editors, graphic artists, and compositors can import ASCII or RTF files for fast, easy credit rolls, take advantage of rich text style options such as bevel borders, gradient fills, simulated extrusion, and embossing, and save or apply custom or preset text styles, gradients, and colors, all of which can be applied on a per character basis. Title Toolkit supports Truetype, Postscript, Unicode, and Multibyte fonts on Mac and Windows, including Leopard and Vista.
Title Toolkit is available for a suggested retail price of 299 USD. In addition, Title Toolkit is now included FREE with Boris Continuum Complete 5 AE purchases.
Boris Title Toolkit supports Intel and PowerPC-based Macintosh systems.
Labels: BCC-5-AE, Boris, Boris-Title-Toolkit
Boris FX 9.2 and Graffiti 5.2 Now Available, Support Leopard and Vista
Boris FX 9.2 and Graffiti 5.2 add support for new operating systems, enhanced Adobe CS3 integration, and optimized effects workflows.
What's New in Boris FX 9.2 and Graffiti 5.2
* Macintosh OS X 10.5 (Leopard) support
* Windows Vista support
* New support for Adobe After Effects CS3
* Extended Sony Vegas 8 integration
* Optimized Preview to Monitor capabilities
Free Updates are available for Boris FX 9.x and Graffiti 5.x customers. Labels: Boris, Boris-FX, Boris-Graffiti
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