When we think of compositing systems of the late nineties and early two thousands, Discreet and Quantel come to mind. But for a brief time, there was a real contender to those two powerhouses: 5D Cyborg!
Everything used to be better - that's nonsense, of course. But nostalgia also has its very own charm. And so we want to take a look back at the supposedly good old days in a magazine that usually keeps its eyes curiously open to the future. Completely subjective, beautifully coloured and deliberately seen through rose-tinted glasses.
After 3D film was confined to IMAX cinemas and theme parks for decades, digitized production and exhibition are bringing the three-dimensional experience to conventional cinemas.
At NAB, Quantel presents Quattro, an upgrade package for its iQ, eQ and Pablo post-production systems with a new ergonomically designed user interface and extensive workflow improvements.
American teenage singer Miley Cyrus (15) set a new record at the American box office on the opening weekend of the concert film ‘Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour’.
Quantel announced today that new Sales Manager Jon Ulfsrud will support the further expansion of sales and marketing activities in the Broadcast, Postproduction, Film and Digital Intermediate divisions in the US Midwset. Ulfsrud reports directly to Tom McGowan, CEO of Quantel North America.
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.
Quantel is now shipping the "Core Values" software release presented at IBC 2004 for the two systems iQ and eQ, which are intended to become even more ergonomic as a result.
Post-production company ACHT Frankfurt has upgraded its Quantel eQ system for high-quality HD editing with an HD RGB option and 125 min of HD RGB storage.
The English postproduction studio AHC Post from Soho, London, has expanded its Quantel equipment with a second eQ system for editing, effects work, colour correction, mastering and a QEdit Pro editing system.
Quantel’s appearance at this year’s NAB, which takes place from April 17 to 22 in Las Vegas, is under the headings of high-end editing in HD, graphics, colour correction, broadcast and Digital Intermediate.
Version 3.0 of the Mokey motion-effects tool runs under Windows, Mac OS X as well as Linux and Irix and, among its new features, offers above all additional image-processing modules that the user can assemble individually.
At NAB 2003, Quantel Is Showing the Complete GenerationQ Range for Digital Intermediates, Postproduction, Graphics and Television News/Live Productions and Is Also Presenting a Number of New Developments for the Entire Product Range.
Quantel launched a German-language web presence with company information, generationQ product material, customer stories, brochures, articles and white papers.