post production
Production & Post
Boris FX unveils Mocha Pro 2020
Available as both a standalone application and as a plug-in
Business
Deluxe Entertainment files bankruptcy
Announces "no impact" on employees, customers or business partners
Production & Post
Avid provides update on Mac Pro issues
Avid Media Composer users reported issue with their Macs "slowly crashing"
Technology
Disney, Microsoft partner on distribution via the Cloud
Companies also partnering with Avid
Production & Post
BBC Studioworks rolls out the red carpet for Strictly
The red-carpet action was captured by eight cameras, including an EagleCam
Business
Deluxe Entertainment avoids bankruptcy
Reached a debt-for-equity deal with the majority of its lenders
Production & Post
ZOO Digital opens new London production hub
Will serve as a hub for managing post production and dubbing services
Technology
Eurofins to provide IMF analysis
Aims to optimise QA processes at every stage in the content supply chain
Features
Crossing over with The Finish Line
Zeb Chadfield, owner of The Finish Line, explains why he decided to move to Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve for finishing and delivery
Business
Half of EU VFX workers have yet to apply for settled status
New figures from UK Screen Alliance
Features
The key (or quay) to dock10’s achievements
Philip Stevens travels to Salford to hear about a decade of successful production
Production & Post
The Look upgrades Grass Valley Rio editing systems
Newly upgraded Rio suites allow the post facility to speed up its 4K and HDR pipelines
Technology
Netflix, AWS join Academy Software Foundation
Offers a forum for open source software developers to share resources and collaborate on image creation, visual effects, animation and sound technologies
Production & Post
Avid releases MediaCentral 2019
Features fast ingest, log, search, edit, distribution and video publishing capabilities
Business
The Farm Group to be put out to pasture
WPP to sell its £50 million stake in the post production company
Production & Post
BBC Studioworks facilitates Love Island: Aftersun
Love Island companion show returns to Studioworks' Elstree operations and TV screens on 9th June
Production & Post
Virtual Post adds 10 edit suites to Brighton facility
All equipped with Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere and After Effects
Production & Post
Films at 59 installs PixStor platform
Selected to meet growing 4K workload and prepare for 8K projects
Production & Post
Avid’s Pro Tools 2019 includes 50 per cent more voice/audio tracks
Users can perform track and timeline interactions during playback
Production & Post
RED makes 8K playback possible with new software development kit
Enables Nvidia Cuda GPU-accelerated decoding and debayering for real-time 8K playback
Technology
Quantum unveils NVMe storage platform
Enables customers to reduce total cost of ownership in post production and sport video
Production & Post
EditShare supports Dolby Vision HDR compliance testing
Allows QScan users to resolve compliance delivery issues early
Business
“Apply for settled status” UK Screen Alliance tells EU VFX workers
Issues guidance for VFX, post production and animation industries
Production & Post
BBC Studioworks gears up for Comic Relief
Studioworks' multiplexer hub to support post production services
Technology
FrameTrunk revamps ingest systems to incorporate UltraHD
FrameTrunk has employed high-density AJA Corvid 88 video and audio I/O cards, which help manage multiple, high resolution input and output streams
Production & Post
dock10 expands post production facilities
Facility has also opened new production creative space, The Second Floor
Production & Post
Google Cloud and Sony Pictures Imageworks launch OpenCue render manager
Designed for the visual effects and animation industry
Production & Post
Virtual Post appoints new head of post-production
Ben Churcher will oversee the management of all post projects and teams
Production & Post
Blockbusters selects BBC Studioworks for return
BBC Studioworks welcomes two new and four returning shows to its Elstree and Television Centre sites
Production & Post
Adobe acquires Allegorithmic
Combines Allegorithmic's 3D design tools with Adobe's Creative Cloud platform
Production & Post
Germany’s MMC Studios opens new colour grading theatre
Features a 10-metre (33-foot) screen, a Christie CP 4230 4K projector, and Dolby Atmos sound
Business
The Farm Group reportedly put up for sale
WPP said to have engaged advisers to sell its controlling stake in the post-production house
Features
Grading the striking design of The Little Drummer Girl
Goldcrest's Jet Omoshebi discusses colouring Park Chan-wook's series
Features
How Stereo D helped Peter Jackson relive and restore history
Jenny Priestley talks to conversion company Stereo D about their work on the Oscar-winners' First World War documentary
Features
Bringing a broadcasting icon back to life
David Conway, managing director, BBC Studioworks, looks back over the last 12 months at the iconic Television Centre
Features
Putting data in the right place at the right time
Jason Coari, director, Scale-out Storage Solutions at Quantum, on how post production workflow optimisation can help power successful collaboration
Production & Post
Windmill Lane post facility picks EditShare storage solution
Facility is using XStream EFS scale out shared storage, EFS near-line and Flow media asset management
Production & Post
Technicolor recreates Victorian London for Vanity Fair
Company provided various post production processes for ITV's new adaptation
Resources
Production & Post: How technology is having an enabling effect
Part three of TVBEurope's 2018 MediaTech Outlook report looks at the production & post landscape
Production & Post
Production house The Farm to move into old Granada Studios
Company will be the first tenant of the new ABC Buildings