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17 Jun 2013 at 12:14 by Stuart | Category: General
Tags 4K, 8K, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Ultra HD, Xbox One
YouTube now supports 4K video playback
2013 has so far been all about 4K UltraHD. We’ve written a lot on the subject as manufacturers have launched more and more 4K hardware.
But we’re already hearing about 8K trials. Does this mean 4K UltraHD is already yesterday’s news?
Well the answer i...
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14 Jun 2013 at 09:44 by Stuart | Category: General
Tags Tweets Of The Week
It’s Friday so it’s time for some more sparkling nuggets we’ve mined from the internet. This week 4K, 8K, film schools, digital and a regal interruption to BBC News.
Japan tests 4K TV streams over the internet
This week, Japanese telco NTT West carried out tests to try to prove 4K-resolut...
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13 Jun 2013 at 14:12 by Stuart | Category: General
Tags 3D, 3D Glasses, 4K, Ultra HD TV
The increased resolution and picture quality of 4K could be the shot in the arm 3D needs and what finally brings it into our homes, en masse.
The first 3D TV sets went on sale in the UK in April 2010, following in the wake of cinematic 3D releases such as Avatar. 3D was billed as
the next big...
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07 Jun 2013 at 09:32 by Simon | Category: General
Tags Tweets Of The Week
Hooray. It’s Friday and that can only mean it’s time for Tweets of the Week, our pick of the best of the stuff we found on the web.
How to create a look without going digital
It’s not all about lens types and camera technology - RedShark News look at the importance of the Production Des...
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05 Jun 2013 at 08:57 by Simon | Category: General
Tags Cloud, Digital Asset Management, Video
According to over-referenced fact-merchant-in-the-sky Wikipedia, digital asset management “consists of the management tasks and decisions surrounding the ingestion, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets”.
This is all well and good if you already live and bre...
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03 Jun 2013 at 09:00 by Stuart | Category: General
Tags Tweets Of The Week
Better late than never, here’s our pick of the web from last week. Consider it a special Monday treat…
How to build a digital actor
As part of their "Click" online technology strand the BBC took a behind-the-scenes look at Image Metrics, the Hollywood company responsible for a lot of ...
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24 May 2013 at 14:12 by Stuart | Category: General
Tags Tweets Of The Week
Yay, it’s Tweets of the week time again – the perfect antidote to what, in London at least, is a drab, grey and particularly un-May like Friday in May. Grab a coffee, kick back and take 10 minutes to check out the top 5 things we've seen across the internet over the past 7 days.
Behind the s...
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21 May 2013 at 10:50 by Simon | Category: General, Cloud
Tags Bandwidth, Cloud, Proxy First Workflow, Upload, Video
As video moves from HD to 4K Ultra HD, the files sizes of raw footage get larger and larger and so become even harder to manage, proxy first workflows will become increasingly important.
For the uninitiated, a proxy first workflow means using a lower res, compressed version of your original footage ...
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17 May 2013 at 14:57 by Stuart | Category: General
Tags Tweets Of The Week
Throughout the week, we scour the interwebs for interesting content for you, our loyal followers. Grab yourself a coffee and take 10 minutes to check out the top 5 things we've seen online over the past 7 days.
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Reasons to be excited about 4K
Yet to be convinced by 4K? Not sure whether ...
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15 May 2013 at 11:14 by Stuart | Category: General, Knowledge Bank
Tags 4K, Cinema, Sony, Ultra HD TV
When does 4K make a difference? It’s an important question for producers who may be wondering if it’s worth the added hassles and changes to workflow that this new technology brings. When is 4K too much?
We’ve written before how Sony have a lot riding on 4K. While other companies s...