Streamlining HDR Workflows: Dolby Supports Adobe XMP
By Jim Bask
Adobe XMP is an open standard for metadata, which allows content creators to add labels and settings instructions to media. With the growing power of modern cameras to capture an ever wider range of light and color, XMP offers powerful tools for including supplemental information about images and how they can be displayed, or optimized. With dynamic metadata, light and color settings for media can be adjusted on the fly, for example to apply scene-based creative looks to film content.
The Epiphan AV.io SDI allows you to capture video from professional cameras and production equipment via SDI straight to your computer. It’s perfect for recording and live streaming high-quality broadcast video.
As business owners experiment more with live video, the choices in livestreaming tools are becoming increasingly diverse. For software and accessory makers, word of mouth and user acquisition are crucial to solidify top-of-mind status early on, before the market for SMB livestreaming tools reaches oversaturation and eventual consensus.
In 2017, it’s hard to imagine a message that will come on stronger than 4K. Most of what will become breaking news at NAB is still under wraps, but here are some industry trends generating buzz around 4K and UHD that we think will help drive adoption of high-resolution workflow tools at the show.
An innovative monitor that thrives outdoors or in, and shows that 13″ can be as good as 17″ for many jobs. I’ve owned many field monitors over the years, but the 1303 is easily the most versatile and innovative. Its brightness makes it the best monitor I’ve ever used outdoors, and features such as push-button LUTs, dual camera angles, and image capture all are genuinely useful. 
In this video, shot last month at BVE 2017, you can see exactly how quickly a drive working north of 540Mbps can move your data around.
