I have been amazed of late by the misguided trends that some noted speakers for digital media have been pushing of late. (Namely On Digital Media and TWIM/This Week in Media my two favourite podcasts) The main trend here is. “Is online video such like Itunes HD at 720p quality good enough to make the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'DCI'
What’s “good enough” for digital video on the web?
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments
How a cinema film projector works
January 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Over the last 6 years I have spent a lot of time in cinema bio boxes implementing digital e-cinema systems for http://www.d-cinema.com.au. This, however, has given me a great respect for traditional cinema practices. The technology and history that has gone into the evolution of the cinema projector is very interesting. Cinema tends to capture [...]
The future of Prosumer Video Cameras
December 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Earlier today I was listening to “Digital Production Buzz“. This week’s audio podcast is defiantly a 5 star episode if you’re interested in the mind field that is the advantages and disadvantages of all the prosumer cameras and different codec’s and standards they use. Adam Wilt was a wealth of information, and you have to [...]
Tags: codecs · DCI · Development · Post Production · Sony
3D Cinema, do we want it?
August 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Recently I was at the Australian Movie Convention in Queensland. One of the more interesting topic of the show was the industry push to 3D cinema. Two players in this technology where out to show of 3D. Let me tell you some interesting news.. RealD and Dolby, new to 3D, where there in force to [...]
Tags: DCI · Post Production
One codec to rule them all
July 5th, 2007 · No Comments
I have been doing a lot of work in the codec area recently. From trying to come up with a new standard for Cinema Exhibition that is cheaper then going full DCI, but as close to DCI as we can get.. To the adoption of the next generation online video codecs. Lets look at DCI [...]