Jul 19th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
Will people from 60Hz countries be again tempted to import 50Hz model cameras to shoot in 25p?
As first covered here in ProVideo Coalition by Matt Jeppsen, Sony has just announced the NEX-VG10 as a first response to HDSLRs which have been used for HD video productions for quite a while already, despite their well known limitations. Fortunately, the NEX-VG10 eliminates several of those HDSLR limitations, while establishing some of its own, with its initial segregated progressive policy. This article will establish the details of these limitations, their workarounds, and the way a professional “big sister” will likely make them unnecessary, although certainly at a higher price. Read the rest here…
Posted in: Articles in English, Cameras.
Jul 12th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
Karl Soulé of Adobe: little known benefits in Premiere CS5/Tamara Benavente & her short film Lost and Found
TecnoTur episode 3 (English) is now available. Tamara Benavente of Ellanvannin Multimedia tells Allan Tépper and the TecnoTuristas about how she produced her latest short film Lost and Found, using a Sony camera and Adobe Premiere. Then Karl Soulé of Adobe tells us about some little known yet extraordinary features in Premiere CS5.
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Posted in: Podcast news.
Jul 6th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
Now the Lumix GH1 can record 50mb/s MJPEG or 32mb/s AVCHD!
I first wrote about the Lumix GH1 in March 2009, and at that time, I requested a review unit from Panasonic. Then in June 2009, I wrote a followup article with a written interview with Panasonic’s PR department, to clarify several technical issues. Unfortunately, all of Panasonic’s answers were negative from a pro perspective. Over a year has passed; I still never received any review unit from Panasonic (while countless other manufacturers have sent me several products for reviews); and competitive cameras from Canon have come out, like the 7D and T2i, and Sony has shown similar models, at least in the consumer division. However, last week I heard that a happy hacker had modified the GH1’s firmware to permit 1080p internal recording, either 50mb/s MJPEG or 32mb/s AVCHD. Read the rest here…
Posted in: Articles in English, Cameras.
Jul 1st, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
Can editors and colorists finally scream: “Look Ma’, no professional i/o!”?
Anyone who has ever read the seven articles I’ve published so far about critical video evaluation —be it with the HP DreamColor monitor, or any other brand and model— knows why this process has traditionally required a professional interface to do this properly. Even Apple has warned about this, both verbally at NAB 2005 when announcing the Digital Cinema Desktop, as well as in writing, in Apple’s support article TA27705. This situation has affected other professional editing programs too. This situation has convinced many video editors —even those who now deal exclusively with tapeless footage— to buy a (seemingly) otherwise unnecessary professional i/o interface from manufacturers like AJA, Blackmagic, Matrox, or MOTU. Has this situation changed with Premiere CS5, together with 10-bit/30-bit DisplayPort or HDMI connections on computers? Read the rest here…
Posted in: Articles in English.
Jun 16th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
ProRes422 encoding in Windows, compatibility with Avid MC5, MAX 2.0 with scene analysis and VBR encoding
TecnoTur episode 2 (English) is now available, and includes an interview with Radio Lollipop, and with Matrox regarding all pro video announcements at NAB 2010. Brittany Smith of Radio Lollipop —an international radio network based in the UK, with affiliate stations in children’s hospitals throughout the world— tells TecnoTurabout her background in commercial radio, and her current position at Radio Lollipop. Then Rubén Abruña and Allan Tépper travel to NAB 2010 in Las Vegas and interview Wayne Andrews, a Matrox pro video product manager. Wayne tells us about ProRes422 encoding in Windows, compatibility with Avid MC5, and MAX 2.0 with scene analysis and VBR encoding.
- Allan Tépper interviews Brittany Smith of Radio Lollipop and Miami Children’s Hospital.
- How to send comments, questions, and testimonials to TecnoTur: call +1-305-668-8556 x133 or record the message yourself and e-mail it to us at audio (at) TecnoTur.us
- Rubén Abruña and Allan Tépper travel to NAB 2010 in Las Vegas and interview Wayne Andrews, a pro video product manager at Matrox, regarding new Matrox announcements, including MAX 2.0with its new VBR and scene analysis, and —for the very first time in history— encoding of Apple’s ProRes422 in Windows with Matrox OEM cards, and the new compatibility of MXO2 Mini withAvid MC5, in addition to Apple Final Cut Pro and Adobe CS4 and CS5.
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In upcoming episodes, you will find:
- The Castilian version of the conversation with Jorge Dighero and Ralph Messana of NewTek, regarding their TriCaster TCXD300. [The English version of this conversation appeared inTecnoTur (English) episode 1, and is still available.]
- A conversation with ExWex/Monogram, regarding their BCC. (English channel only.)
- A conversation with award-winning editor Norman Smith (Castilian channel only).
- More of Rafael Andreu and Ramm Productions (Castilian channel only).
- A conversation with Victoria Mesas García of Escuchalibros, regarding audiobooks. (Castilian channel only).
- A conversation with Tamara Benavente of Ellanvannin Multimedia regarding her short film Lost & Found (both TecnoTur channels).
- A conversation with Adobe regarding Premiere CS5. (English confirmed. Castilian pending.)
- A conversation with AJA regarding NAB 2010 announcements. (English confirmed.)
- A conversation with Blackmagic Design regarding NAB 2010 (both languages booked).
- More tech info from Allan Tépper, Rubén Abruña, Vanessa Brown, Tanya Castañeda, and Liliana Marín.
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Posted in: Podcast news.
May 14th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
When people first hear about MONOGRAM’s BCC (Broadcast Case) production TV studio in a box, some of them mistakenly assume that it is a copycat of existing portable TV studio systems that have been on the market for a while. However, as soon as they get closer or hear more about it, they realize that it is quite the contrary. I had never seen a touch-screen interface before on a vision mixer (“switcher”), let alone for an entire portable production studio with onboard audio mixer, character generator, 4:2:2 recorder, and H.264 video streamer. I had also never heard of one with an onboard intercom system, yet alone one that could even power the cameras over a unique combined camera cable, which unifies SDI (or HD-SDI), power, intercom, and even tally information in one very manageable enclosure. In this article, you’ll learn how unique and groundbreaking the BCC really is. Read the rest here.
Posted in: Articles in English, Mobile devices.
May 13th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
Sony’s consumer division has just announced three cameras with APS-C sensors and removable lenses (E-Mount), two of which look like pocket-sized DSLR cameras, and the third which looks like a Handicam, is under development. The first two are the models NEX-5 and NEX-3, and the Handicam-type model is visible in the video you’ll see ahead.
Posted in: Articles in English, Cameras.
May 13th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
Pristine HD Web Video Creation: computers + mobile video for Blackberry, iPad/iPhone + Google/Android
On June 8th, live on your computer, you’ll learn:
- How to create a single pristine, optimized video file for the web, which is playable both with a Flash player (even on Windows, without QuickTime installed), as well as on an iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry multimedia models, and Google/Android phones.
- How to determine the ideal bit rate for any particular video, quickly and easily: You’ll learn both the tool and the technique.
- HTML5, H.264, and Flash: what you need to know about the present and the future.
- When (and when not) to de-interlace your material, and at what step in your workflow.
- Inexpensive software & hardware tools that improve quality and save time when you encode for the web, or various other SD and HD devices.
- Legal and practical reasons why you are sometimes better off using your own web server, rather than certain popular free web streaming services like YouTube and Vimeo.
- Discounts for all attendees on software, and on flat-rate web hosting with unlimited bandwidth.About this live webinar:
- Date: June 8th, 2010
- Languages & Times: This webinar will be available in two different languages on the same day:
11:00 am USA Eastern Daylight Savings Time in Castilian/En castellano a las 11:00 am, hora ajustada del este de los Estados Unidos (Haz clic aquí vera ver la fecha/hora local en tu zona.)
1:00 pm USA Eastern Daylight Savings Time in English (Click here to see your local date/time.)
- Duration: ±90 minutes including questions and answers.
- Price: US$89 or US$79 with early bird special. Save US$10 by registering today!
- Registration/Payment: Registration and payment is to ProVideo Coalition LLC, via this link.
Listen to Allan Tépper’s radio program TecnoTur, now available in both Castilian and English, free via iTunes or at TecnoTur.us.
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Posted in: Alliance announcements, Seminars.
May 6th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
Decompress and come to grips with reality in 4 easy steps.
I have been quite surprised about the comments sent to me by Flash-lovers who are still in denial, of which a few have been public on the ProVideo Coalition website, and many more have been private, sometimes desperate sounding e-mails. In the past, people used to say that some Mac-lovers were religious fanatics. I now realize that some Flash-lovers are perhaps even more devoted religious fanatics. Some of these Flash religious fanatics have made terrible criticisms about Steve Jobs and Apple regarding their position about Flash, despite both Google and Microsoft backing that position. The purpose of this article is to help Flash religious fanatics who are still in denial to come to grips with reality and get through their “mourning” period as gracefully as possible. Read the rest here…
Posted in: Articles in Castilian, Mobile devices.
May 6th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
Adobe’s power and market share increases while Flash wanes
On April 5th, 2010, I published the article Will Adobe’s new Mercury technology provoke a sudden exodus from Final Cut Pro to CS5?. At that point, the title was still a question. Since then, NAB 2010 came and went without a word from Apple regarding the potential future of Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Studio. Apple’s complete silence on this topic seems to indicate that Apple is much more focused on the consumer market, especially their mobile devices, and no longer on professional applications and hardware. This is further revealed by Apple’s continuing release of MacBookPro 13” and 15” models without ExpressCard34 slots, which is now offered exclusively in the 17” model… and by the complete lack of direct eSATA ports on any Apple laptop. In the meantime, Adobe has already shipped Premiere CS5 for both Mac and Windows. As stated previously, CS5’s Mercury engine can handle multi-layers of H.264 raw footage in real time very gracefully. (CS4 can also do that, although not nearly so gracefully.) Based upon private e-mails and conversations with editors yesterday, the exodus from Apple’s Final Cut Pro to Adobe’s Premiere CS5 for many began yesterday. Read the rest here…
Posted in: Articles in English.
