Automatic Editing
Disney Research presented an algorithm at Siggraph that can automatically edit together footage from multiple cameras of the same event.
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Resolve and Lite 11 Released in Beta
Blackmagic Design has released beta version 11 of DaVince Resolve and Lite. Here you can find an overview of the new features of the colour-correction software.
Smoke 2015 in the Editing Workflow
In an article at Pro Video Coalition, senior editor Kevin P McAuliffe explains why Autodesk Smoke 2015 might be worth a look as an alternative editing tool.
Smoke 2015 for Mac
Autodesk has announced Smoke version 2015. It adds support for Apple Mac Pro and improved XML interoperability with Final Cut Pro X.
Sony Vegas Pro 13
The version upgrade for the Vegas Pro editing software offers connectivity to the production process via tablet, making the workflow more mobile.
Put in the right light
Review: In DP 04 : 2014, Depeche Mode went on a major tour - and Cologne-based post-production house the editors cgn was responsible for the high-quality post-production of the concert events. How do post-pros make the performers look as good as possible? Head editor Tobias Berbuer explains in an interview!
A Link Between RAW Format and Editing
Pomfort's ClipHouse application is intended to make organizing RAW material for editing easier.
Cutting without shipwreck
Cat comedy or cult film in the making? We wonder who edited "Life of Pi - Shipwreck with a Tiger".
Simple compositing with Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro's compositing tools allow you to complete simple tasks without having to use other programmes.
Media Composer 7
Avid has made Media Composer 7 available for download. New headline features are intended to improve the editing tool and its overall performance.
Premiere Pro CC
Premiere Pro has received the Creative Cloud treatment. Without a version number, it adds a relinker, improved timelines and a grading engine.
Organisational Talent for the Film Set
Media organisation on set made easy: Red Giant's BulletProof delivery solution is intended to make a set assistant unnecessary.
Touchpad Controls for Final Cut Editors
ProCutX is currently free and can turn an iPad into a touchpad control surface for Final Cut Pro X.
Editing with a Pad
The CTRL+Console Kickstarter project has reached the 35,000-dollar mark—so touchscreen control for editing is expected soon.
Adobe Anywhere: Collaborative Editing
Adobe is working on a platform intended to allow users of Adobe Premiere, Prelude, and After Effects to work together over the network on data stored there.
Editing Tool for Small Uses
Sony has released the little sister of Vegas, the editing tool Movie Studio Platinum, in version 12.
NLE: Edius Pro 6.5 Available
Grass Valley has released a new version of the multiformat NLE Edius Pro, equipped with 3D editing functions and cross-platform codec support.
FCPx Enters Adolescence
With the Final Cut Pro X software update (10.0.3), released today, Apple is once again attempting to catch up with professional editing programs – and is giving its editing program multicam editing, broadcast monitoring and XML.
Media Composer 6
The new Media Composer 6 takes the stage – through mid-November, the focus is on new workflow tools, expanded round-tripping and even more integration into existing Avid tools.
Open-Source Video Editing for In Between
Anyone who needs an editing progrqm quickly and only now and then does not always want to buy a licence for Premiere or Avid. Thank goodness there are still open-source projects such as OpenShot, which has now been released in version 1.3.
IBC 2010: Vegas Pro 10 Simplifies 3D Editing
The 32- and 64-bit versions of Vegas Pro 10 offer tools for editing 3D material, among other things. The software also includes new functions for captions, expanded video and audio effects, a more efficient workflow and an improved user interface.
Cut Up the Mall Cop!
The latest Slamdance Film Festival competition, organised with Adobe, calls for a re-cut of the comedy “Mall Cop”.
Missed NAB?
Never mind. The Digital Editing Fair reports on the new products from NAB in its proven combination of trade fair and specialist presentations. In seven cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Digital Editing Fair 2010: in Seven Cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Combining a trade fair and specialist presentations, the Digital Editing Fair provides information on the new products from NAB.
BBC Tender for News Editing and Playout Goes to Quantel
Enterprise sQ impresses with speed, flexibility, expandability and openness to third-party systems
animago CONFERENCE: Masterclass with Dirk Weinreich (Avid)
Topic: Post-production with Avid DS: FX online, compositing and graphics, high-resolution conform.
SWR Equips Video Journalists with Panasonic AG-HPX171 Cameras
Multi-week VJ boot camps teach video journalists Panasonic’s intuitive P2 workflow for timely production of reports.
Media 100 Announces Support for Blackmagic Design Cards
Version 1.1 of Media 100 Suite for Mac OS X is available as a free download.
Four Newsbox Systems for New Vision
New Vision Television is fully adopting Quantel's server-based news systems and equipping four subsidiary stations.
Full XDCAM HD 422 Integration in Avid Editing Systems
Free software upgrade for Media Composer 3.0, Symphony 3.0, and NewsCutter 7.0
Quantel Demonstrates New Product Solutions at Cinec
Only a few days after the IBC trade-fair highlight in Amsterdam, Quantel will also present its product range, including the latest developments, at Cinec 2008.
IBC 2008: Lightworks Demonstrates Current Release
At IBC 2008 in Amsterdam, Lightworks presents version 1.3 of its editing software for Alacrity and Softworks, adding features for simple, fast editing in video and film production.
IBC 2008: Sonnet Introduces Fusion F3
Available from October, the Fusion F3 features two high-performance 3.5-inch hard drives. The compact RAID system is particularly fast, quiet and flexible, and is also rack-mountable.
Video Pro X Arrives in September
MAGIX will release Video Pro X, a professional video-editing program, on September 30.
Avid DS v10 Accelerates the Creative Online Process
Avid Technology is launching a new version of Avid DS. Designed to save time and costs, Avid DS version 10 integrates professional editing, compositing, keying, image processing, paint and graphics functions in a single solution.
News from the eDIT Festival
ACE and IMAGO become new Filmmaker’s Festival partners, while Academy Award winners are announced for the visual-effects focus.
Avid: Latest Generation of Editing Tools and Storage Systems
Avid's new HD video editing systems and VideoRAID solutions are available worldwide starting today.
eDIT Filmmaker’s Festival Enters Its Second Decade with a New Concept
Minister Lautenschläger presents new partners / “International appeal for Hesse as a media location.”
Pinnacle Systems Launches Pinnacle Studio 12
More than 25 new features for photos, music and video bring professional editing tools to video enthusiasts.
Quantel: New Editing Systems for Television
Joe and Ed are the two new editing systems for Quantel’s Enterprise sQ and Newsbox HD; both are also part of the new Quattro software package.
Avid Introduces New RAID Solutions
Avid Technology has introduced the new generation of high-performance disk arrays: Avid VideoRAID ST and Avid VideoRAID SR.
Instant36: Making Films in 36 Hours
From the announcement of the topic to delivery of the finished film, teams have exactly 36 hours / Today is the last chance to register
Fast-Paced Competition: Making Films in 40 Hours
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Museum für Naturkunde at Humboldt University Berlin are inviting entries for the “kurz vor 12” rapid-film festival. Complete films—from screenplay and shooting to editing—must be produced in just 40 hours.
57th German Film Awards: Seven Nominated Productions Handled by PICTORION FILM
Pictorion Film contributed to these productions: “The Edge of Heaven” by Fatih Akin, “Leroy” by Armin Völckers, “The Heart Is a Dark Forest” by Nicolette Krebitz, “And Along Come Tourists” by Robert Thalheim, “Pool of Princesses” by Bettina Blümner, “Counterparts” by Jan Bonny and “Love Life” by Maria Schrader.
NAB 2008: Imagineer Systems Introduces Mogul
Imagineer Systems is showing Mogul for the first time at NAB in Las Vegas, presenting an open, collaborative VFX architecture.
NAB 2008: Avid introduces new HD editing systems
Avid introduces faster Media Composer, NewsCutter and Symphony software alongside Mojo DX and Nitris DX hardware.
Autodesk systems support studio expansion
Broadcasters and postproduction studios describe using Autodesk visual-effects and finishing systems to expand their work.
Apple Releases Pro Applications Update 2008-01 for Final Cut Studio 2.0
It includes Final Cut Pro 6.0.3, adding Sony XDCAM HD422 support and, according to the documentation, fixing several bugs.
NAB 2008: Autodesk Updates VFX and Finishing Systems
New creative tools, expanded format support, and workflow improvements lead the 2009 releases.
N24 Goes on Air with NCPower
Leading German news channel N24 commissions NorCom and IBM to build a new newsroom system.
Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 Workshop in the Current DIGITAL PRODUCTION
If Apple's original slogan long ago was “The Computer for the Rest of Us”, Soundtrack Pro 2 could today be called “The Recording Studio for the Rest of Us”.
Avid Systems Expand Across Eastern European TV
Broadcasters in Warsaw, Zagreb and Sofia deploy Avid-based systems for workflows ranging from news production to reality television.
Avid Launches the New ”New Thinking” Customer Initiative 08
With a series of customer-focused initiatives, the company aims to make its interaction with customers, prospects and the media easier.
Successful Collaboration: Barefoot Films and Pictorion das Werk
After first working with Til Schweiger and Tom Zickler on One Way, the pair again selected Pictorion das Werk for digital image processing on KEINOHRHASEN.
Apple Updates iMovie to Version 7.1.1
Apple has updated its iMovie video-editing application to version 7.1.1.
MW: Video interview with digital anarchy
Plug-in manufacturer digital anarchy presented new video plug-ins at the Macworld Expo.
Ascent Media wins major contract from French television
Ascent Media Systems & Technology Services (S&TS), a provider of consulting, systems-integration and technical-support services for the media and entertainment industries, has won a major contract from leading French broadcaster Télévision Française 1 (TF1). The contract covers the design and construction of a new tapeless production system for all of TF1’s news and sports programmes.
Filming begins on Bond 22 at Pinewood Studios, London
Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios announced yesterday that filming has begun on the eagerly anticipated 22nd James Bond adventure.
12th Femina Film Award at Berlinale 2008
The Femina Film Award will honour a female film technician working in production design, camera, costume, music or editing at the 2008 Berlinale.
Laconic, Relaxed, Eccentric: Jim Jarmusch Series on Kabel Digital Home
This time, KinoweltTV pays homage in its director series to the master of relaxed slowness, Jim Jarmusch. On January 22, 2008 - the directing genius's 55th birthday - the film-art channel will show four of Jim Jarmusch's best works from 6:30 p.m. in the Kabel Digital Home programme package - including his debut "Permanent Vacation" (1980).
TechSmith introduces Camtasia Studio 5
TechSmith, a leading maker of screen-capture and screen-recording software, announces the availability of the German version of Camtasia Studio 5.
Send Family Greetings by Christmas Video With Pinnacle
This Christmas, thanks to the award-winning Pinnacle Studio video-editing software, it is very easy to send Christmas greetings by video to the whole family instead of the usual greeting cards.
Johann König at VC-P
Star comedian entrusts the Cologne company with the postproduction of his new DVD.
HD Power Pack for Ulead MovieFactory 6 Plus available
The Corel update for the DVD editing software supports the formats BDMV, AVCHD and HD DVD.
Apple Releases Final Cut Express 4
Final Cut Express 4 adds AVCHD, mixed-format timelines, iMovie '08 import, FxPlug effects and updated audio tools for €199.
DP Interview with Simon Hayhurst and Jason Levine
At IBC in Amsterdam, DP Editor-in-Chief Matthias J. Lange spoke with Adobe’s senior product managers for digital video, Simon Hayhurst, and Adobe evangelist Jason Levine about the opportunities and markets for moving images in all their forms.
Two successes at “kurzundschön” for students
Two awards from the renowned “kurzundschön” film competition went this year to design students at Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences – Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences. They study “Film and Animation” under Prof. Jürgen Schopper and accepted the coveted awards at a gala in Cologne. The Europe-wide “kurzundschön” competition for young talent took place for the 10th time and attracted entrants in various competition categories with cash and material prizes worth 21,000 euros.
Prizewinners of kurzundschön selected
On October 31 at 8:00 p.m., the 13 best films of the young talent competition
kurzundschön were honored in Cologne. In addition, the juries handed out 10 honorable
mentions to young talents and their films.
Quantel wins “Hollywood Post Alliance Engineering Excellence Award”
The organization regards “Genetic Engineering” technology as a product that revolutionizes its product category
Avid supports DC Days
At a press conference, Avid press spokesman Michael Dalock-Schmidt explains Avid’s commitment to this year’s digital creation days. We have put the explanation online.
Digital Editing Fair 2007 on the road
The Digital Editing Fair 2007 has gone on tour. Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Vienna follow Munich and Berlin
Free update for Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus
Version 11.5 Plus makes it possible to import, edit and burn new HD formats as well as put videos directly on YouTube.
Filming of THE READER has begun in Berlin
Production of THE READER, starring Nicole Kidman, Ralph Fiennes and David Kross, has begun in Berlin. Stephen Daldry is directing the dramatic love story based on the novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink and the screenplay by David Hare. Senator has acquired the German exploitation rights.
Digital editing fair
In addition to innovations from IFA and IBC, the trade fairs will focus on Adobe CS3 Production Premium software for HD video production with output to Blu-ray. Once again this year, specialist presentations and practical reports from professionals will provide interesting insights into the latest editing techniques. In addition to these all-day workshops and presentations, visitors can ask questions to the participating companies in the accompanying exhibition. Exhibitors include: Adobe, JVC Professional, MainConcept, Matrox, ProDAD, PNY, Sony, Wacom and others.
The organisers of the digital editing fair are the authorised Adobe Video Partners magic multi media, Weskamp & Partner and Picture Tools. Admission is free, but registration is required.
Quantel Pablo and eQ Expand HD Workflows
Digital Jungle, Ciné Dia and Olive'rTwist deploy Quantel Pablo or eQ systems for mixed-format finishing, DI grading and HD delivery.
Pinnacle Releases Three USB DVB-T Tuners
Pinnacle's three PCTV DVB-T USB tuners add live viewing, recording and timeshifting, with streaming and editing in the Ultimate model.
Download Steinberg’s Sequel Free to Try It Out
The Sequel music software, introduced to the market in spring 2007 by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, is now available as a trial version on the manufacturer's website.
DVS Demonstrates 4K and Broadcast Workflows
DVS will demonstrate real-time 4K editing, HDTV broadcast systems, digital-cinema workflows, and OEM integrations at IBC.
Digital Editing Fair 2007: Dates and cities are set
Information events begin in mid-October / For the first time also in Austria
NDR Orders Two Quantel eQ Editing Suites
MCI will build two HD-SDI editing suites for NDR in Hamburg around Quantel eQ systems.
Automatic Duck Releases Pro Import AE 4
Pro Import AE 4 expands timeline conversion from Avid, Final Cut Pro and Motion into After Effects.
Boris Continuum Complete 5 Expands Effects
Boris Continuum Complete 5 adds editing and compositing tools for Avid, Final Cut Studio 2 and Adobe hosts.
SpeedEdit 1.2 from NewTek Available
The latest update of SpeedEdit includes VST, DVC PRO HD, MXF and VC1 support
C.3 Production House Chooses eQ for High-End Productions in HD
The production house C.3 has chosen a fully equipped Quantel eQ FX system for editing, effects processing, color correction and deliverables. The multi-resolution system is the centerpiece of the high-end HD production process of the Frankfurt service company.
HD-Factory: Strategic Cooperation in Berlin
Berliner Union-Film, Media Factory Berlin, PostFactory Berlin and Ludwig Kameraverleih, Munich, have launched a cooperation project on the studio grounds on Berlin's Oberlandstraße.
Robert Wäger New Director of Operations at ELEKTROFILM TMT
Since 01.July 2007, Robert Wäger has been working as the new Director of Operations at the ELEKTROFILM Group. Wäger takes over the management and coordination of operational business as well as order and customer support at ELEKTROFILM TMT in Unterföhring.
Apple Ships German Final Cut Studio 2
Apple begins shipping the German localisation of Final Cut Studio 2.
Apple: First Update for Final Cut Studio 2
Apple provides updates for all FCS 2 applications
Final Cut Studio 2 on Tour
Apple is presenting the new Final Cut Studio 2 version of its film and video editing software as part of a tour of Germany and Europe in June.
In German-speaking countries, the tour will stop in:
- Cologne (Die Halle Tor 2): 5. June 2007 - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m
- Berlin (Kalkscheune): 12 June 2007 - 10:00 to 12:00 and 17:30 to 20:00
- Hamburg (Lichtwerk): 19 June - 10:00 to 12:00 and 17:30 to 20:00
- Zurich (World Trade Center): 21 June 2007 - 9:00 to 13:00
- Vienna (Lukesch): 21. June 2007
- Munich (Gasteig: Blackbox): 28. June 2007 - 17:00 to 19:00
NAB: Vizrt Integrates Acquisitions into Its Product Range
New Viz-Video Hub media asset management system / Viz-Multichannel supports broadcasters with several channels / Multi Platform Suite for mobile devices
Quantel Makes HD Standard in Newsbox
Newsbox HD now matches the SD system's price and adds configurable workstations, I/O and scaling for smaller broadcasters.
NAB: Lots of Small News at Avid
The big new product is absent from Avid at this year's NAB, but there is a series of noteworthy smaller news / Many partner companies at the booth
NAB: Quantel with New Infrastructure Solution
GenePool, Max and Sam are components of a new infrastructure solution for post houses
NAB: Apple – News About Final Cut
Apple introduces Final Cut Server / New efficient HD codec for Final Cut Studio / “Open Format Timeline” supports different formats and frame rates in one timeline
NAB: Autodesk Presents Extensions for Its Film and TV Systems
New features include colour management, effects tools and workflow optimisations
Avid Media Composer and Avid Xpress Pro Optimised for Intel-Based Macs
Avid also presents phonetic speech recognition with Avid ScriptSync and an HD codec for offline editing
Adobe Officially Presents Creative Suite 3
Updates for almost all important applications / Suites newly assembled / extensive support for Intel Macs / "Production Premium" for editing and effects