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Digital Production, 2026/06/29
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New Features, New Tools, Old Jokes
We are in the next heatwave, but by now everybody is used to it. Why leave the house if there are so many updates to run? And you want everything running before the new autumn workload grows too much.
Also, there is an internal update: We have a new feature on the Digital Production website. If you want to know something, use the search in the bottom-left corner and chat with the site (Obviously, the so-far-unchangable logo looks like an anus, as does every other AI tool. Look it up!).
It works reasonably well if you search for a version number, the last time we talked about a feature or something similar. But if you have a real question, you should contact us directly. Seriously. And if anybody tries this “make me an array” stuff, then... please don’t.
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Here comes Houdini 22
2 hours and 18 minutes. That is almost exactly the runtime of the first Matrix film, and exactly the duration of the Houdini 22 release keynote. So yes, this promises a rather chunky package of new features and improvements. And you can read it in a Keanu Reeves voice, if you want. If Matrix-Keanu or Bill & Ted-Keanu, that is up to you.
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Optics 2026.5 gets more photo hosts
Optics 2026.5 plugs into three more photo hosts and adds analog burns, face masks, particles and a Victorian pet preset pack. Yes, Pets. This might be one of the biggest Optics updates ever.
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Arri LUKA lights Unreal previs
ARRI LUKA puts virtual fixtures, camera logic and Lumen rendering inside Unreal Engine. Previs gets less guessy, and hey, Arri in Unreel, sounds like a plan?
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Reallusion Unlocks Limitless Creation: iClone Personal Debuts Alongside AI Studio Official Launch
iClone Personal replaces the trial with forever free access, AI Studio goes public after many teases, and you get 500 AI Points to go down the 3D-to-AI rabbit hole.
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Beeble Canvas gets a Topaz split
Canvas now compares Topaz upscales in-node (Which was before Adobe), adds 30 plus generation models, Markdown notes, magnetic snap, and describer updates.
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SMPTE Opens Its Standards Library
SMPTE has opened its complete standards catalogue, giving engineers and developers free access to current and future documents. Or you, know, education and background knowledge, or whatever.
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Click Here If You’re a German video editor and have yelled “Why? Why? Why?” at your NLE
A short survey on video software needs, with gift card prizes and a the results will only be reported in aggregate.Time to air all the grievances!
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Adobe buys Topaz Labs
Adobe plans to acquire Topaz Labs, bringing AI upscale, denoise, restore and local model tech closer to Firefly and Creative Cloud. Are we happy about that? And what happens to our Topaz Standalone?
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Exclusive for our subscribers
This time, it is the Uli Plank special - we are testing two Blackmagic Designs, the ProDock for the iPhone, which seemed "interesting" in the beginnig, and one of the small converter boxes, which is propably the most undervalued and underrated class of screen extensions. And also: An Asus for On-Set Work. Laptop sized, SDI-connectable and .... ?? Read the article to find its faults.
As you should know by now: The good stuff is behind the button. And you can always just test the subscription!
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ProDock-ing an iPhone
The iPhone 17 is the first Apple smartphone ever to support external synchronisation, and Blackmagic (BM for short) offers the ProDock to connect it to a professional environment. What are its limits?
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Asus ProArt 16 USV: A Laptop-Sized Production Monitor
The ASUS ProArt PA16USV LED-Monitor, a 15.6-inch 4K HDR portable display that incorporates a 12G-SDI marks a pivot into hardware that explicitly targets on-set workflows and DITs monitoring tasks rather than solely desktop creative use. But is it any good?
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The Right Colours Without a Computer
SpyderPro exports a 33-point correction LUT, but you want one compact converter to apply it between SDI gear and an HDMI display.
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That's all
Ufff, thats it, folks. So, until the next time, drink water, downvolt (That surely is a verb by now?) your workstations, and remember the time when "Too Hot" Meant "A Free day". (Hitzefrei, in German. Did you all have that as well? Not talking to Chris from Norway, but the rest of you?)
Greetings, Bela and the Floof
(Who wishes to register that she abhors being used for filter tests in Boris FX Optix 2026.5)
P.S. Matt, I told you I'd do the four classic cinema refrences in one go, as you dared me. Digital Production is still a movie magazine. Next beer is on you, mate :)
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