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WWW.INBROADCAST.COM | ISSUE 38 - DECEMBER 2014
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Smoke & Mirrors Chooses
Platinum IP3 Router
Imagine Communications Platinum
IP3 routing technology has been
deployed in the new London
headquarters of international
post-production company Smoke
& Mirrors.
The installation is part of a
multimillion pound investment by
Smoke & Mirrors to move to a larger
facility that incorporates the latest
technology and workflows.
“We have a lot of experience
with Imagine Communications’
networking infrastructure and
primarily chose the Platinum IP3
router for its ability to handle frame
synchronisation, mux and demux, as
well as path to the IP future,” said
George Cook, Head of Engineering
at Smoke & Mirrors.
URSA Camera Software Updated
Blackmagic Design has released
a software update developed in
conjunction with cinematographers
that are using URSA cameras for
high end work.
Version 1.9.9 supports higher
frame rate recording of up to
80fps combined with menu control
of recording frames rates for
URSA cameras.
The record frame rate is not limited
by the video frame rate allowing
users to select the frame rate they
want, such as 24fps for a feature
film shoot, and then independently
select the recording rate from
5fps to 80fps.
The advantage of this is the URSA
camera can shoot slow motion
or fast motion shots but all the
recorded video files are always set
to the video rate so that camera
playback shows the clips as they
“The Platinum IP3 gives us all the
security we can wish for, particularly
with its built-in redundancy and the
ability to hot-swap components
for maintenance and expansion.
It is something we can rely on
now and build on as our future
requirements develop.”
The Platinum IP3 routing
and signal distribution solution
deployed at Smoke & Mirrors
allows for considerable expansion
on its initial 225 x 288, 3 Gb/s-ready
configuration.
Smoke & Mirrors is using fi bre
cabling extensively in the new
building, making the ability of
Platinum IP3 to handle both coax
and fibre connectivity an additional
operational benefit.
will play in a timeline.
The 1.9.9 update includes a new
CinemaDNG 12 bit RAW format that
uses 3:1 compression to allow RAW
files to be recorded in one third of
the size of uncompressed RAW files
allowing double the storage capacity
on the same sized CFast card.
Imagine Communications
Platinum IP3 Router
Smoke & Mirrors has operations
in New York and Shanghai, primarily
serving commercial producers
looking for visually stimulating and
contemporary creative work.
This new compressed RAW 3:1
format allows higher frames to be
recorded in the CFast cards, while
retaining all the advantages of
RAW recording.
Blackmagic Camera 1.9.9 also
includes in camera formatting
of CFast cards.
URSA software adds
more capabilities
Foo Fighters
Adopts Avid
USA: The creative teams behind
HBO documentary series Foo
Fighters Sonic Highways has
embraced Avid Everywhere.
The editing and sound teams
established a collaborative
post-production environment
with the Avid Artist Suite’s Avid
Media Composer | Software
and Avid Pro Tools | Software.
Directed by Foo Fighters frontman
Dave Grohl, the eight-part series
sees the band travel to legendary
music studios in cities across the US.
Fusion 7 Free
For Windows
GBR: Blackmagic Design has made
visual effects and motion graphics
software Fusion 7 available for free.
Previously, due to cost, access to
high-end visual effects tools such as
Fusion was more restricted to elite
Hollywood visual effects artists.
Blackmagic Design believes
this will revolutionise the
industry and consumers will
be able to watch dramatically
better shows in the future.
Fusion 7 for Windows can be
downloaded from the Blackmagic
Design website.
Sonnet Gains
Dante Approval
USA: Sonnet Technologies
has collaborated with Audinate
to certify compatibility of the
Dante PCIe-R sound card, with
Sonnet’s Thunderbolt 2-to-
PCIe card expansion chassis.
The Dante PCIe-R, also available as
the Focusrite RedNet PCIe Card, and
Yamaha’s Dante Accelerator PCIe-R
Soundcard, is now compatible with
Sonnet’s Echo Express products
(excluding the Echo Express SEL),
as well as the Sonnet xMac mini and
xMac Pro Servers.
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