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ARRI ALEXA 35 Live Xtreme adds 8x SDI HFR
ARRI's ALEXA 35 Live Xtreme outputs HFR over SDI for live production, keeping slow motion inside the same camera pipeline.
Arri LUKA lights Unreal previs
ARRI LUKA puts virtual fixtures, camera logic and Lumen rendering inside Unreal Engine. Previs gets less guessy.
Thomas Riedel buys ARRI
ARRI changes hands, keeps Munich HQ, and lines up a Eurovision camera debut. Big signal chain meets big glass.
A World Divided: Shaping a Global WWII Epic at Overmind Studios
125 shots, six episodes, and a two-person team. VFX lead Tobias Kummer explained how Overmind Studios delivered geographic transformations, period cleanup, atmospherics, and a nuclear blast for A World Divided, built on disciplined templating and automation in Fusion.
Virtual Production Without the Disney Budget
A Rhode Island studio proves virtual production isn’t just for sci-fi. Door G’s team talks LEDs, Unreal, and the human side of real-time filmmaking.
Huion Kamvas 13 (Gen 3): Welcome to Sensible Pen Tablets
Sometimes you just want a tablet that works without selling your workstation. That was the starting point for our test of Huion’s Kamvas 13 (Gen 3). In times where many artists keep an eye on their budgets, the idea of a small, solid, and affordable pen display is tempting. So we teamed up with Huion to see what this one could actually do.
Analog Soul, Digital Body: ARRI Film Lab Arrives
ARRI’s new OpenFX plugin Film Lab emulates analog film’s grain, halation, and weave in real time for any camera. Free trial now via RE:Vision Effects.
Xencelabs Pen Display 16 Lite: 4K OLED in a 12 mm Shell
Xencelabs launches the Pen Display 16 Lite, a 12 mm, 1.2 kg 4K OLED tablet with Super AG Etching and EMR pen support. The device targets mobile artists who need wide-gamut color accuracy on the go, with pricing starting at US$ 800 and the full Pen Display 16 Bundle listed at US$1250
Your Screen, Now a Window: Former Meta Engineer Revives Head-Coupled 3D
Any laptop or phone screen can feel 3D now—no headset, no glasses. True3D just needs your camera and your head.
Realtime Department’s UNIQVUE: The Software Layer Behind Turnkey Corporate Studios
Hardware is nothing without brains. Realtime Department’s UNIQVUE adds the software intelligence to ARRI and Samsung’s turnkey corporate studio. Christoph Gockel explains how.
ARRI Packs Virtual Production Into a Box
ARRI’s turnkey stage bundles LED wall, ALEXA 35, audio, and server into a scalable studio package with automation and colour management.
ARRI ALEXA 35 Xtreme: Frame Rates up, Data Rates Down, Everything Else… Still ARRI
ALEXA 35 Xtreme brings 660 fps, ARRICORE codec, five times longer pre-recording, and 10% less power use. The same sensor, new muscle, all ARRI.
Samsung Debuts Corporate LED Studio Bundle: ARRI ALEXA 35 Camera Included
Samsung’s Corporate LED Studio Bundle: ARRI ALEXA 35, The Wall IVC, and UNIQVUE. A complete turnkey in-house broadcast offering - Sounds interesting?
Panasonic Brings ARRI Log C3: A $199 Key Opens Cinema-Level Color
Panasonic’s DMW‑SFU3A key adds ARRI‑certified Log C3 to LUMIX GH6, S1II, S1RII, S1IIE and GH7.
Flame 2026: OCIO, Files and Timeline Magic
Discover the seven key innovations in Flame Family 2026—from OpenColorIO to AI-enhanced video quality.
ARRI App-solutely Custom: Camera Companion Now Official
ARRI launches the Camera Companion App for iOS and macOS with personalised UI, MIDI control, and support for multiple ALEXA cameras.
More ALEXA 35, Less Budget—But Still ARRI
ARRI introduces the ALEXA 35 Base Model, a lower-cost version of its flagship ALEXA 35. The new model offers the same sensor and image quality but trims the price tag by making advanced features available as separately licensed upgrades.
ARRI Introduces ALEXA 265: Compact Evolution in 65mm Cinema
ARRI’s ALEXA 265 offers a lighter, smaller 65mm camera with improved dynamic range, low-light performance, and advanced workflow features.
ZEISS CinCraft Scenario 2.1: Manual Calibration and Enhanced Export Features
New Update Gives ZEISS CinCraft Scenario 2.1 Full Manual Spherical Lens Calibration for Broader Compatibility in Virtual Production.
Virtual production on celluloid?
"What You Don't See" is a pioneering project that is one of the first to combine the oldest and one of the newest technologies in the film industry - 35mm film and LED volumes - in a scenic production.
Film with a Phone?
It's almost 10 years since Austin Reza shot a film for Bentley's luxury cars: on an iPhone 5S. At the time, it was still in stylish black and white and with high contrasts - no doubt also to prevent artefacts from becoming too obvious. Back in 2011, Park Chan-wook and Park
Chan-kyong from South Korea even shot the fantasy horror "Night Fishing" on an iPhone 4 in colour and won a Golden Bear for the best short film. Apple itself, on the other hand, has generally shot its advertising films on cameras such as the Arri Alexa.
ARRI ALEXA 35: Sensor and Workflow
The ALEXA 35 introduced a 17-stop sensor, REVEAL Color Science, ARRI Textures, 19 recording formats and Live Link metadata.
Arri Media is now called Pharos – The Post Group
Relaunch or just renaming? Arri Media shines with a new name that should be a beacon for filmmakers. What opportunities await you?
ARRI Stellar 2 Expands Wireless Lighting Control
ARRI Stellar 2 added third-party DMX fixtures, fixture replacement, colour-temperature grouping and improved network handling.
AG DOK Tests 2020 Full-Frame Cameras
AG DOK compared Panasonic, Blackmagic, Canon and Sony cameras against ARRI Amira, EVA1 and FS7 II references across 13 stops.
ILM Details The Mandalorian StageCraft
ILM used StageCraft, Unreal Engine and a 270-degree LED wall to shoot more than half of The Mandalorian's first season.
ARRI ALEXA 65: New 2020 Showreel
In its new 2020 reel, ARRI Rental shows the productions in which the 6K 65mm camera was recentely used!
ACES – Control over the primaries at last!
For many CG artists, discussions about colour spaces and colour pipelines are a tedious part of their work. However, the basic rule applies: only those who know and can use their digital colour palette will make the technically correct decisions in the creative process. For an accurate work process, it is therefore necessary to know the pipeline in order to produce controlled results.
Livegrade Pro 4.1
The most important new feature is expanded support for additional metadata.
Panasonic Lumix GH5: A personal review
With the GH4, Panasonic has created a truly successful model in the independent film and video sector. Aerial photographers in particular favoured the GH4 because of its form factor and low weight. Even the highest quality cinema and TV feature film productions as well as high-end commercials shot on the ground with RED or Arri were combined with aerial shots from the GH4. Here comes the successor.
Congratulations on Your 100th Birthday!
In 2017, ARRI celebrates a birthday that very few ever experience: ARRI turns 100 this year! For the occasion, board members Jörg Pohlman and Franz Kraus look back and, in typical ARRI fashion, of course: forward.
Arri’s HDR Show
“The Best for HDR Since 2010”—in its showreel, Arri shows what its cameras can do when it comes to HDR images.
Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6K vs. Arri Alexa
The Slanted Lens compared the two high-end cameras and reports whether and what they have in common in terms of stops.
ARRI SUP 4.0 for Alexa Mini
Version 3.0 has barely arrived and 4.0 is already here with RAW recording, 4:3 readout, Super 16 crop and much more.
(Download) The Ten Most Popular Cameras in UK Rental
Rent a camera? Sure! But which one? Televisual.com surveyed all British rental houses and compiled a top ten.
Arri’s New Alexa
Arri has presented the new Alexa SXT camera, which can record ProRes 4K internally and is due to appear in three versions in mid-2015.
Arri Alexa Mini
This cute sight will certainly make the hearts of even non-hardcore camera fans beat faster: Arri has unveiled the Alexa Mini with a 4K sensor in Super 35mm format.
Amira Update for 4K and MPEG-2 MXF
Arri will release update package 2.0 for the Amira in March, making 4K UHD recording possible. Update 3.0 is then intended to enable MPEG-2 MXF recording.
Arri Swept the Bavarian Film Awards
On January 16, the Bavarian Film Awards were presented in Munich for the 36th time. Arri had a hand in the postproduction of many of the award-winning projects.
Huge Sensor and Gigantic Resolution
Arri presented the Alexa 65 camera at Cinec in Munich, which can record 6K resolution and has a gigantic sensor size.
First Update for the Arri Amira
Amazing: hardly anyone has actually been allowed to hold the new Amira camera in their hands yet – including us – and the first update is already appearing.
Acht and Arri Join Forces
Under the ACHTARRI label, both companies have been appearing together since August 1. Here is all further information about this step.
For the Impatient
Unfortunately, the Arri Amira camera is still keeping us waiting. But for the impatient and playful, at least there is already a simulator.
VFX for O2 Campaign
The first “social biopic” from O2 tells the story of a disastrous honeymoon. Incidentally, a crucial scene comes from Arri.
Alexa XR/XT to Support ProRes 4444 XQ
Arri announces support in the next software update for Alexa cameras.
US Documentary Filmmakers’ Favorite Equipment
In a survey of filmmakers, cinematographers and editors, the Point of View platform found out which film equipment is most popular for documentaries.
Free Lighting App from Arri
With the Arri Photometrics iTunes app, lighting designers can examine the light-output details of Arri lighting products in advance.
Rubinrote VFX
Review: DP 03 : 2013 took a closer look at the film adaptation of the young adult novel Ruby Red. We spoke to Professor Jürgen Schopper, Supervisor Mortimer Warlimont and VFX Producer Katja Müller about particle effects, the filmability of Spiegel bestsellers and the magic of VFX shots.
Arri’s Reporter Camera
Arri presented the Amira camera at IBC 2013: It is intended to be particularly suitable for reportage and documentary shoots and can record up to 2K.
ARRI Expands Distribution Partnership
Wellen+Nöthen takes over distribution of the ARRI Alexa Fiber Remote in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Arri and Trixter Cooperate
Specifically in the production and marketing of joint animation projects. The first joint project, “Ploe”, is an adventure for the whole family about a young golden plover.
Record RAW Format Internally
ARRI has given the Alexa camera system a makeover – among other things, the four new XT models are now intended to enable internal RAW recording.
ARRI Alexa SUP 7.0
ARRI has released the current Software Update Package 7.0, which is intended to be a universal version for the complete Alexa camera family.
Sony F55/F5 (Updated)
Completely out of nowhere, Sony has given the camera market a fright: The F5 and F55 are shaking the foundations beneath the C300 and RED cameras.
NAB 2012: Arri Alexa Showreel
Arri's Alexa camera was used in countless productions. A small portion of them was captured at NAB 2012 and shown in an impressive showreel.
Universal Mini Base Plates from Arri
In this video, Michael Best from Arri presents the versatile Arri Mini Base Plates.
ARRI Receives Technical Oscar
The winners of the "Scientific and Technical Achievements Awards" are decided each year before the official Oscar ceremony. This year, two of the awards are going to ARRI, among others.
Canon C300 Is Shipping
Now the time has come: Canon's new camera, the C300, is officially scheduled to ship at the end of January. Is Canon taking advantage of the favorable timing of the dispute between ARRI and RED?
Now Don’t Argue…
Let´s get ready to rumble…the dispute between RED and ARRI, which had already begun in December over an accusation of industrial espionage, appears to be expanding and is currently continuing in court.
Urs Franzen Is the New VFX Supervisor at Pixomondo
Pixomondo has gained reinforcement: Urs Franzen will support the Munich location as VFX supervisor and executive producer.
NAB 2011: ARRI and Codex Present ARRIRAW Recorder
Codex Digital produces an ARRIRAW recorder for ARRI Alexa and Arriflex D-21 digital film-style cameras.
ARRI vs. RED
Filmmaker Gunleik Groven compares the Alexa and RED1 MX. Anyone who is undecided, or simply enjoys comparing beautiful devices, is advised to follow this link.
Canon 7D vs. Arri Alexa
A Canon video DSLR against Arri’s digital flagship? This comparison may seem strange, but Nick Paton made it anyway.
Cinema Advertising in S3D
lucie_p and ARRI Commercial produce an innovative 3D cinema commercial for Opel.
Flow to Work from dve: Nuke Sales to ARRI and ScanlineVFX
dve Digital Video & Effects GmbH reports the sale of company licences for the Nuke compositing software to ARRI Film & TV GmbH and ScanlineVFX GmbH.
Honey on the screen – director Semih Kapanoglu at ARRI Cologne
"Bal", a co-production between Turkish Kaplan Film Yapim and German Heimatfilm GmbH + Co KG (responsible co-producers: Johannes Rexin and Bettina Brokemper), was shot in Turkey on 35mm four-perforation from July to September 2009 with funding from Filmstiftung NRW and Eurimages (cinematography: Baris Özbicer).
Thirteen struck: Bavaria’s film scene on the ice
The day before yesterday, the Bavarian film scene took to the ice for a day
ARRI Celebrates Its 16th Technical Oscar
On February 20, 2010, the ARRISCAN digital film scanner from long-established Munich company Arnold & Richter Cine Technik (ARRI) will receive an Academy Award (Oscar) in the Scientific & Technical category.
Quality Journalism and the Paradigm Shift Through the Internet
Opening of the semester at Macromedia University in Munich's ARRI Kino
IBC 2009: Clipster Enables Real-Time ARRIRAW Workflows with ARRIFLEX D -21
DVS expanded Clipster with ARRIFLEX D-21 ARRIRAW support, allowing D-21 RAW files to be combined with other file and video formats.
IMD and ARRI Collaborate on Digital Delivery of Commercials
Media logistics company IMD Independent Media Distribution plc and ARRI Film & TV Services GmbH are intensifying their cooperation on the tapeless delivery of broadcast masters.
ARRI Certifies DVS SpycerBox
DVS and ARRI announce certification of the SpycerBox as high-performance storage for ARRISCAN.
Quantel Demonstrates DI Post with ARRI’s New Mscope Format
Quantel recently demonstrated for the first time a DI workflow using data from the new Mscope digital recording format for anamorphic lenses, developed by ARRI for the new D21 digital camera. Mscope is a digital image-recording method capable of processing anamorphically captured image signals in the Cinemascope format. Quantel presented this latest innovation in a beta version in Amsterdam to gather feedback from potential users on site.
Media Minister Sinner at Cinec 2008
Bavarian Media Minister Eberhard Sinner will visit the Cinec film-technology trade fair at Munich’s M,O,C on Monday, 22 September 2008, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Culture Ministers Agree to Deepen Film Cooperation Between Bavaria and Québec
The extensive presentation of Bavaria as a film location at the 32nd Festival des Films du Monde in Montréal has concluded. Bavarian filmmakers presented their films to packed cinemas.
ARRI and CinePostproduction Expand Lustre Use
ARRI Film & TV and CinePostproduction have expanded their Autodesk Lustre color-grading installations.
Cinema release of “Trade – Welcome to America”
Marco Kreuzpaintner (SUMMER STORM) directed his first US feature film with TRADE as a co-production with Roland Emmerich’s Centropolis and Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Film Production.
Advertising Film: VDW AWARD 2007 Presented
Best productions honored at gala in Frankfurt/Main
Da Vinci and ARRI Define DI Exchange
The DAE protocol links ARRISCAN with Resolve and Revival, generating selective scan lists and populating grading timelines as clips arrive.
Wellen + Nöthen Wins Romania Broadcast Contract
Wellen + Nöthen will build a news studio, newsroom, and broadcast-automation system for Romanian broadcaster Prima TV in Bucharest.
VDW Award 2007 Receives 342 Commercials
The 2007 VDW Award has received 342 commercial-film entries, with ARRI supporting the student category through a €10,000 service package.
German “advertising-film Oscar”: Submission deadline extended
Final call for the VDW AWARD / Participation now possible until mid-August
NAB: Iridas Presents Digital Dailies System
The Munich company's grading solution is particularly tailored to the Arri Scan
NAB: New Arrilaser HD/DI Film Recorder Debuts
Upgradeable device is intended to enable film recording for low-budget productions
Filmwerk.ch Tests High-Speed Cameras for Feature-Film Project
Ahead of the feature-film production "The Master of the Seventh Seal", Filmwerk.ch carried out an elaborate test of high-speed cameras
Pictorion Completes One Way Postproduction
Pictorion das Werk divided 2K scanning, VFX, grading, online work and film recording across Munich, Düsseldorf and Berlin.
Bavaria and Cine-Mobil Add 16mm Cameras
Bavaria Production Services and Cine-Mobil are adding fourteen ARRI SR III and SR III HS film cameras to their rental pool.
IRT Symposium on D-Cinema and Mobile TV
Event on January 23/24, 2007 at the ARRI Cinema, Munich
DVS and ARRI Build Digital Dailies Workflow
ARRISCAN, DVS-SAN and Clipster form a data-centric path from scanning through offline dailies and final DI.
IBC: ARRI Shows New Cameras, Lenses and Spotlights
At this year's IBC, ARRI shows for the newly developed digital D20 camera, which had been in development for 2 years
6th Animation Meeting
Another well-attended Animation Meeting took place on June 30 as part of the Munich Film Festival.
ARRI Produces Munich Filmfest Trailer
ARRI Film & TV combined digital sound design and computer animation for the 2003 Munich Film Festival’s 30-second trailer.
ARRI Introduces Colour Management System
ARRI presented a colour-management system for its ARRILASER film recorder at NAB.