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Digital Ordnance Heats up 3-D Visitors to the Digital Ordnance booth will be able to take a look at the company’s new Frame Thrower 3D review and approval system. |
|  | eMotion Engines Cranks up for NAB  NAB ’08 will feature the U.S. launch of eMotion Engines’ DigiCrank, the new motion-estimation application allowing content shot at 24 fps by digital cameras to be cranked to any speed desired for slow-motion effects without sacrificing resolution or color depth |
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A Close Look at Cooke Optics  Cooke Optics will showcase its S4/i series of prime lenses during NAB ’08. Equipped with Cooke’s /i technology, these lenses are fast, light, and enable film and digital cameras to automatically record key lens and camera data for every frame, allowing that data to be passed on to postproduction teams. |
|  | Multi-Dimensional Offerings from Quantel  Quantel promises to be out in force at NAB this year, unveiling a host of major innovations, including Pablo Neo — taking interactive, hands-on color correction to an all-new tactile level — and Final Cut Pro integration, which promises smooth transitions to online. |
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Panasonic Doubles Down for NAB  Leading up to NAB, Panasonic has announced a 64GB P2 solid-state memory card for its line of P2 HD and P2 solid-state camcorders and decks. |
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From This to That with Doremi Labs  Doremi Labs has announced the GHX-10, an advanced HD-video cross converter that features HDMI, DVI and SDI connectors, allowing for any input to be converted to any output format or scan rate. |
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Hitachi Updates HDTV Camera  Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. has announced substantial additions to its newest HDTV studio- and field-production camera, the SK-HD1000. |
|  | Cintel Enhances Scanning  Cintel International will be showing a number of exciting new features for its range of film scanners and image enhancement tools. |
|  | Signiant Makes its Move  Signiant will be previewing version 8 of its Digital Media Distribution Management Suite (DMDMS), which is used to manage the movement of digital media to the right place at the right time. |
|  | Keeping Watch with Tektronix  Tektronix will show the new WFM4000 and WFM5000 waveform monitors and WVR4000 and WVR5000 rasterizers, which enable editors and operators to quickly and easily verify and adjust video and audio content from multiple signal sources. |
|  | Visual Feast from Artbeats  Artbeats, a leading resource for creative footage, has announced that it will debut a wide range of exclusive, royalty-free collections and solo clips during NAB 2008. |
|  | Maxon Maximizes 4D  Maxon will be showcasing the latest versions of Cinema 4D, the company’s professional 3-D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solution. |
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Clear View of Crystal Vision  Visitors to the Crystal Vision booth will witness the launch of the company’s new Picturestore product range, which combines solid-state picture storage with optional keying and Flash permanent storage. |
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P+S Technik Rolls Out Skater Junior  Hot on the wheels of its Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, P+S Technik has announced the new Skater Junior camera dolly. |
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From Shoot to Store with Ikegami  In response to industry demand for a lower-cost, tapeless HD ENG solution, Ikegami will debut its Flash-based GFCam system at NAB 2008. |
|  | AMCC Takes Sidecar for Spin  AMCC, a leader in network and embedded Power Architecture processing, optical transport and storage solutions, has introduced the 3ware Sidecar. |
|  | Maximum Throughput’s Hard-Hitting Lineup  Maximum Throughput will unveil the new MAXedit Server Edition, a cost-effective, server-based, workgroup-editing solution, allowing multiple users to access and edit HD and SD video content with a rich editing toolset and fluid user interface from the convenience of their web browser. |
|  | |  | Storage Solutions from IMT  Integrated Media Technologies Inc. (IMT) will demonstrate its media-file archiving and storage solutions for production companies and post houses. |
|  | Management Support from Rising Sun Research  Rising Sun Research Pty Ltd, a specialist provider of tools to visual professionals, will demonstrate the latest version of cineSpace, a leading color-management solution. |
|  | Mesoft Updates Logging  Mesoft, a developer of file-management, digital-collaboration, review and distribution solutions, will demonstrate the newest version of its Logging product. |
|  | MTI Film Conveys Control  At NAB, MTI Film will offer a complete, full-scale demonstration of Convey, a companion product to its dailies processing solution, Control Dailies. |
|  | Spotlight on FilmLight  FilmLight will demonstrate a new GPU-based upgrade for its Baselight nonlinear color-grading system, improving image processing by up to 10 times. |
|  | |  | |  | Vidiator Channels Deliverables  Vidiator will be demonstrating its patented live and offline encoders for delivering high-quality audio and video streams for wireless platforms. |
|  | ScopeBox Offers Full View  Combining a real-time waveform, vectorscope, preview monitor and direct-to-disk recorder in one application, ScopeBox 2.0 will be on display throughout NAB. |
|  | Digital Anarchy Plugs into NAB  Digital Anarchy will preview its newest animation product, Fluidz, which uses the power of 2-D fluid dynamics developed by SpeedSix to produce fluid effects and transitions. |
|  | Facilis Shares TerraBlock  The Facilis Technology booth will showcase new enhancements to the TerraBlock shared-storage solution, which combines intelligent drive management software with lower-cost SATA-drive technology. |
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IDX Goes Wireless with Cam-Wave  IDX, a premier manufacturer and supplier of batteries, chargers and power supplies, will be showing the new Cam-Wave HD during NAB. |
|  | Cinnafilm Spices up Video  Specialty engineering company Cinnafilm, Inc. will demonstrate the Cinnafilm HD1 film-look system, including the real-time application of film-look effects to SD and HD digital video in full resolution. |
|  | |  | Gamma & Density Brings 3cP to NAB  Gamma & Density will demonstrate its 3cP on-set color-correction system for cinematographers in a private suite at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel, directly across from the Las Vegas Convention Center. |
|  | |  | Archion Networks with Node  Archion, a leading provider of intelligent storage solutions for content creation, will unveil its new Node digital storage technology. |
|  | Scratching the Surface with Assimilate  During NAB ’08, Assimilate will demonstrate Scratch version 4.0, the Scratch Finishing module, the Scratch-Red Digital Workflow and the Scratch Stereoscopic 3-D Workflow. |
|  | |  | All New from S.two  S.two Corporation will roll out a completely new product line during NAB, including the S.two end-to-end tool set for 4K digital film production. |
|  | Hosting by ATTO  Offering a comprehensive product line of host adapters and storage appliances, ATTO Technology’s NAB lineup will highlight the Celerity 8-Gigabit Fibre Channel Host Adapter. |
|  | Storage Technology with Promise  Promise Technology, an established supplier of enterprise-level storage products across all major platforms, will showcase its portfolio of SAS RAID solutions during NAB. |
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Visitors to the Digital Ordnance booth will be able to take a look at the company’s new Frame Thrower 3D review and approval system. |
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Based on the company’s network-attached real-time playback system for film and HD content, the Frame Thrower 3D boasts easy installation with dual-4:2:2 outputs for left and right channels. Frame Thrower 3D is designed as a lease-to-own product, and the production model will be available to order at NAB. |
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NAB ’08 will feature the U.S. launch of eMotion Engines’ DigiCrank, the new motion-estimation application allowing content shot at 24 fps by digital cameras to be cranked to any speed desired for slow-motion effects without sacrificing resolution or color depth |
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The company will also unveil its new Transformer file-based standards converter, providing high picture quality at any resolution up to and including 2K.
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Artbeats, a leading resource for creative footage, has announced that it will debut a wide range of exclusive, royalty-free collections and solo clips during NAB 2008. |
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New titles scheduled for release include Ultra Water 2 and Ultra Nature, which feature 1000-fps, slow-motion footage shot with the Phantom HD. New HD aerial titles to be released include Miami Aerials, Atlanta Aerials, Dallas Aerials and Texas City Aerials. The company’s new Energy set includes aerial clips of wind, water, solar, petroleum and nuclear energy, and the Environmental set features footage of air pollution, recycling, replanted timber and more. Other titles planned for release during NAB include Executive Jet and City Edges. |
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Visitors to the Crystal Vision booth will witness the launch of the company’s new Picturestore product range, which combines solid-state picture storage with optional keying and Flash permanent storage. |
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Crystal Vision will also debut two new interface products, the CoCo HD, which offers an array of color-correction adjustments, and the Synner-E HD, which combines the functionality of a video synchronizer, tracking audio delay, embedder, de-embedder and audio processer all on one board. The new Safire SD 2, the company’s latest chroma keyer, will also be on display with a live bluescreen to highlight its capabilities. |
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Integrated Media Technologies Inc. (IMT) will demonstrate its media-file archiving and storage solutions for production companies and post houses. |
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The company will show workflow solutions for media management, file conversion, scalable storage and other processes central to file-based modes of production, postproduction, distribution and archiving.
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Specialty engineering company Cinnafilm, Inc. will demonstrate the Cinnafilm HD1 film-look system, including the real-time application of film-look effects to SD and HD digital video in full resolution. |
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Cinnafilm’s solution is based on an advanced, patent-pending, true motion estimation vector analysis and massive parallel-processing technology that minimizes the time it takes to process interlaced digital video. This leap in processing power means rendering is no longer an issue, freeing up countless hours of labor.
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Archion, a leading provider of intelligent storage solutions for content creation, will unveil its new Node digital storage technology.
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Available in two models, Node 800 and Node 2400, this new system aims to deliver powerful, networked-storage solutions to a broader market. Archion will also demonstrate the new Synergy HDδ (Delta) FC Raid storage product and the Syndergy HDu for use with Avid Unity.
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Ambric will showcase its award-winning parallel-processing products employed in high-end video processing equipment. |
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S.two Corporation will roll out a completely new product line during NAB, including the S.two end-to-end tool set for 4K digital film production. |
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| The company will also demonstrate its new HD-, 4:4:4-, 2K- and 3K-capable, uncompressed portable recorder. Finally, S.two plans to make major announcements related to industry partnerships and cooperative development programs with such companies as Arri, Dalsa, Apple and da Vinci. |
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Offering a comprehensive product line of host adapters and storage appliances, ATTO Technology’s NAB lineup will highlight the Celerity 8-Gigabit Fibre Channel Host Adapter. |
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