4K Features & Buzz
Gone Girl’: Light Iron and David Fincher’s path to 6K
On Gone Girl, Light Iron colorist Vertovec does most of the first pass on his own, according to Cioni. “Then David and Jeff come in and start working and setting up some more looks. Then, every single day, Ian outputs an H264 to Pix and allows David to review more of the days’ work offsite.”
Will 4K Be A Passing Trend?
As you might expect the battle lines have been quickly drawn on both sides of the 4K camp. The naysayers claim that most people can't tell the difference between 4K and HD. On the other side of the fence the proponents are saying that it's a major jump from HD with better color and a true immersive experience.
Avid High Resolution Workflows: 2K, 4K, and UHDTV
As the next high-resolution media evolution approaches, a unique set of workflow challenges comes along with it. Advents in 4K and UHDTV technology offer artists and consumers higher frame rates, wider color gamuts, increased dynamic range, and higher pixel counts—but offer post-production teams potential workflow efficiency headaches.
One on One with Mark Magidson
Band Pro sits down with 'Samsara' Producer Mark Magidson to learn about his latest projects, and get his impressions of shooting 4K with the Canon EOS 1D C.
Screen Gems "Delivers" a 4K Horror/Thriller
"Deliver Us from Evil," is the latest release in the growing catalog of productions shot on Sony’s F55 and F65 4K cameras.
GoPro HERO4 Revealed! 4K Video at 30FPS and the First Built-In Touch Display
As many have reported, the two big features that are appearing are 4K video recording at 30FPS and a built-in touch display.
Unfortunately, these two features won’t be appearing in the same camera. Instead, there will be two models: the HERO4 Black and the HERO4 Silver.
4K Production for ‘Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?’
With lofty production goals and a modest budget, Gayle Tattersall and Bernie Laramie employed the AJA Ki Pro Quad 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD file-based recorder and Canon EOS C500 camera to capture and record more than 40 hours of 4K ProRes 444 footage shot across Downtown Los Angeles and Malibu over the course of 17 days.
4K & Red Cameras
Sean Benson, cinematographer and video editor for Digital Brew gives us his thoughts about Red cameras and 4K.
ABS to Address 4K Technology Questions during Free Open House 7/17
Professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) announced a free 4K Open House at its offices in SeaTac on July 17, 2014. There will be a number of vendors at the event, including Adobe, AJA Video Systems, Elemental Technologies, Four Winds Interactive, FUJINON, Infortrend, Quantum, Planar and Sony.
Matrox SDI cards offer 12 reconfigurable I/Os from SD to 4K
Matrox Video is now offering Matrox X.mio3 FH and DSX LE4 FH SDI cards, part of the next generation of Matrox DSX Developer Products. The half-length PCIe cards offer up to 12 reconfigurable I/Os, from SD to 4K, along with support for AES/EBU, LTC and GPIO. All inputs have built-in frame synchronizers to generate clean SDI signals for any environment.
