Author: Jim Bask
Using 4K video for live event capture with Epiphan Video
By Jim Bask
4K video isn’t just the latest fad, it’s becoming the new standard. In the near future, any live video production is going to need to use 4K video (or UHD Video, as the 3840×2160 resolution is often referred to) in order to remain competitive. This isn’t just because it’s a new novelty, either – there are genuine benefits that come from the format, ranging from greater display range, to better behind-the-scenes editing.
The benefits are huge, but computers are having trouble keeping up, since the amount of information captured by a 4K camera can sometimes tax even the best processors.
Avid Editors: Capture Multiple Streams of DNxHD Without Stopping Your Edit
By Jim Bask

Avid Editors: Capture Multiple Streams of DNxHD Without Stopping Your Edit
Bluefish444 Fluid ingeSTore is a multi-channel ingest tool that enables Bluefish444 hardware to capture multiple independent format SDI sources simultaneously. Fluid ingeSTore can be used with Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro to provide a simultaneous capture and output solution. In addition, Fluid IngeSTore can be used to encode uncompressed SDI to Avid compliant OP-Atom DNxHD media.
Watch Craige Mott talks through Bluefish444’s multi-channel ingest tool, Ingestore, at AVID Connect 2016. Ingestore is bundled FREE with every Bluefish444 card.
Bluefish444 Case Study
By Jim Bask

BCC 10 & mocha Pro Plugin Tutorial on Tracking Options
By Jim Bask
Colorist & finishing artist Dan Harvey shows Boris Continuum Complete + Avid Media Composer users the main differences between three different types of motion tracking available through Boris FX and Imagineer Systems.
SmallHD Announces New Power Solutions for 500 and 700 Series Monitors
By Jim Bask
SmallHD has an array of new power accessories to make its popular 500 Series (five-inch) and 700 Series (seven-inch) high definition field monitors more versatile.
2-Minute Tutorial: How to Move a Virtual Camera in TriCaster Virtual Sets
By Jim Bask
In an earlier 2-Minute Tutorial video, Don Ballance showed you how to set up a TriCaster Advanced Edition LiveSet virtual set in a Mix/Effects (M/E) bus. While one requirement of virtual sets is that we are always working with a locked down camera that never moves, TriCaster Advanced Edition provides the ability to do “virtual” camera moves.
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By Jim Bask
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IBC 2016 Preview — SmallHD 500 And 700 Series
By Jim Bask
SmallHD’s line of 5” 500 and 700 Series monitors, at 7”, are now compatible with an extended variety of popular and professional industry powering solutions. Previously compatible with popular and affordable Sony L-Series or Canon LP-E6 batteries, the panels are now available with Pro Battery Plate Kits that will allow the usage of top shelf powering systems.
Avid Powers ‘Star Citizen – Squadron 42’s Galactic Editing
By Jim Bask
Watch Avid’s Challenge to cut, edit, assemble, control and access massive amounts of performance capture footage and dialogue for the latest iteration of the Star Citizen video game series. Also, see how they came up with the solution.
Video games with Hollywood style visuals are fast becoming the norm, and like blockbuster films, can now command top acting talent for voiceover and performance capture work. One of the biggest such endeavours is Star Citizen from Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) and Foundry 42, created by legendary game developer and film producer, Chris Roberts.

