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Bluefish444, manufacturer of the 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards, announces integration with ONDA Automation from Media-Alliance.

Bluefish444, manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards, announces Fluid IngeSTore version 1.1, obtainable free from the Bluefish444 website. IngeSTore v1.1 will be available shortly after IBC 2016.

IngeSTore is Bluefish444’s free multi-channel capture software compatible with all Bluefish444 video cards. It captures multiple simultaneous channels of SD/HD/3G SDI to popular media files for archive, edit, encoding or analysis. IngeSTore drives efficiency in the digitization workflow by enabling multiple simultaneous recordings from VTR’s, cameras and any other SDI source.

This free update to IngeSTore software adds important new functionality including additional CODEC upgrade options and “Edit-While-Record” functionality…[continue reading]

S. Melbourne, Australia, September 5, 2016

Bluefish444 continue to develop and enhance support for AVID Media Composerediting software enabling advanced SDI/HDMI video input/output with Epoch | 4K Neutron Turbo, the Epoch | 4K Neutron range, and Epoch | 4K Supernova/S+ range of video cards:

Bluefish444 Open IO support for Avid Media Composer 8.6 includes:

• 4K/2K/HD/SD Video Modes
• 3G/1.5G/SD SDI Input and Output
•  4K/2K/HD/SD HDMI Preview with Epoch | 4K Neutron
• High Frame Rate 50/59/60fps support at 4K/2K/HD
• 48fps support at 4K/2K

The continued partnership with Avid allows Bluefish444 to bring the finest quality SDI/HDMI video IO hardware to the industry standard Avid Media Composer 8.6 video editing platform, now with 4K UHD and 2K video modes. Bluefish444 support continues to innovate real time video workflows, by providing full featured native video IO within Avid Media Composer as well as providing ingeSTore multi-channel and live production capture software, compatible with AVID Media Composer.

“We continue to work closely with AVID, bringing the quality and reliability of Bluefish444 SDI/HDMI hardware to AVID’s video and audio editing software via the Avid Open IO program,” comments Tom Lithgow Product Manager Bluefish444. “Many Avid Media Composer customers already rely on Bluefish444 hardware for high quality and stable SDI/HDMI IO and will continue to do so with version 8.6 onward. Our customers are now taking advantage of the Bluefish444 ingeSTore and AVID live production and multi-channel capture workflows.”

Bluefish444 4K SDI/HDMI support for Windows and MAC OSX Avid Media Composer 8.6 is available now and will be enhanced with feature and performance updates after IBC 2016.

About Bluefish444: Bluefish444 is the manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD video cards for the Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems. Its video cards are used in broadcast, feature film and post-production markets for editing, animation, compositing, color correction, restoration, digital intermediate, 3D and IPTV applications. Bluefish444 cards have been used on award-winning feature films, commercials, music videos and sports events worldwide. Bluefish444’s range of video cards are incorporated in video servers, encoders, decoders and character generator solutions by numerous 3rd party OEM manufacturers, in addition to other niche & mainstream applications. Founded in 1998, Bluefish444 is a division and brand name of Bluefish Technologies Pty Ltd., which is based in S. Melbourne, Australia. Its products are distributed via an extensive sales channel of OEMs, dealers, and system integrators globally. For further information, visit www.bluefish444.com

azPTP’s work has appeared on the major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC), on sports outlets in the form of news magazines and features (Fox Sports, ESPN, HBO Real Sports, PGA Tour, The Golf Channel, NASCAR Images), in corporate presentations (Ford, GM, Walgreens), in documentaries (Last Picture Show, Chronic Insomniac), and in independent films (Home Front, Letters From Home, The Princess of Ahwatukee).

In 2009, leveraging their extensive experience in broadcast television, azPTP expanded their focus to include more cinematic endeavors, specializing in high-resolution digital cinematography. Shooting primarily 5K on a Red Weapon, azPTP also accommodates budget-minded clients who want a high-end look but can’t afford 5K pricing by using specialty camera options. For editing, azPTP started out using Avid Media Composer but has transitioned to the Adobe Creative Cloud.

4K HDMI Preview

azPTP had also invested in Bluefish444’s Create | 3D Ultra, but recently upgraded to the Epoch | 4K Neutron. The upgrade was driven by azPTP’s desire to ensure that their video editing facilities stay up to date, even though the Create | 3D Ultra had served them well. Epoch | 4K Neutron provided 4K HDMI video preview, which was also a major factor in deciding to upgrade, considering many of the company’s projects are being shot at 4K and above.

Curtis Pair, CEO of azPTP who also serves as director of photography and post supervisor, has a unique understanding of the entire process. As an editor himself, Pair knows what is needed in terms of footage being shot in the field. He provides research, storyboards, test shots, example edits and various lighting schemes for each project to ensure the perfect harmony of creative artistry, technical mastery and the communication of the intended information.

“We have moved to shooting and delivering more 4K and HFR footage, and it was time to upgrade to a card that could handle the increased data rates more efficiently,” explains Pair. “The upgrade to the 4K Neutron was pretty seamless, and it worked perfectly in my existing system. It behaves exactly like the Create card, but with added resolutions available in the Adobe CC suite.

“In particular, we’re quite pleased with the 4K UHD support and HDMI 1.4 monitoring, which was an added bonus,” he continues. “We don’t have a 4K production monitor at this time, so support for lower cost HDMI monitors was essential. Like the Create card, support for 10-bit color was not something we wanted to lose when upgrading to a 4K card.”

With an all-new form factor, the Epoch | Neutron range of video cards opens up a new options for users. Bluefish444 has compressed functionality of much bigger cards into a low-profile, half-height PCIe video card, allowing integration with rackmount, small form factor, PCIe or Thunderbolt enclosures.

Pair notes, “This is our fourth year using Bluefish444 cards, and we’ve been quite pleased. We recently used the Epoch | 4K Neutron on the Good Sam 500 at the Phoenix International Raceway (NASCAR) and at MLB spring training using the Red Weapon, and we’re planning on upgrading a second card to 4K Neutron Turbo, adding HFR 60p support.”

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. [Watch Video Here]

AlphaDogs Reduces Ingest Time with Bluefish444 IngeSTore

“We looked at a variety of products, but the bundled Bluefish444 IngeSTore software and hardware combination was the only reasonably-priced solution for multiple streams of capture that fit our needs. It can record simultaneously while editing in Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro, which is very useful for multi-tasking. And the company has been responsive to any communications we have had.” [..Read the Case Study]

Get Bluefish444 Epoch | 4K Neutron with Fluid IngeSTore
for just MSRP: $2,495

MSRP: $2,495.00

For more information contact your Broadfield Rep at 800-634-5178

From RedSharkNews

Bluefish444 has announced a new product range of I/O cards that point to the future of video over IP.

It’s easy enough to get a file off a computer. You don’t need any special technology to do this. If it’s a big file, it will take longer, but a file is a file, whether it’s a spreadsheet or a 4K master of a feature film.

The same isn’t true if you need to get a moving image from a computer onto a display device or any sort of real-time studio equipment. For this, you need an interface that will take the data from the computer and output it as a video signal.

Cards that do this have been around for decades, but as the quality and resolution of video improves, so must the computer interfaces that deal with the signals.

Time for KRONOS

Bluefish444 is well known for making video input and output cards that work at the highest quality. And now the company announced its latest generation of cards that support a wide range of extremely high resolutions, bit depths and frame rates. The new range is called KRONOS and it builds on the abilities of the existing Epoch range, which supports 4K up to 60 frames per second. KRONOS adds workflow support for resolutions up to 8K, frame rates up to 120 frames per second, HDR and Video over IP…[continue reading]

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.

Terence Curren, Founder of AlphaDogs, saw the technological trends in post-production and their effects on the traditional business model, that with the falling costs of equipment and opportunity for producers to invest in their own post production systems, talent would be the deciding factor in the longevity of post-production service in the years to come. Hence, he and a team of like-minded individuals founded the company almost 15 years ago.

Since its founding, AlphaDogs has investigated & implemented new editing methods that give clients a quality finished product quickly and inexpensively. In 2003 the company introduced its Editors’ Lounge series, a hands-on seminar for industry professionals. Each month, professionals in the production and post-production industries come together and exchange ideas, discuss trends and learn about new technologies.

In 2004, AlphaDogs introduced a Digital Service Station(tm) division. Digital Service Station (DSS) gives independent producers a one-stop solution to importing and exporting material from tape to hard drive and back to tape – a competitive alternative to renting expensive decks or hiring assistants, and which has expanded to different cities since its introduction.

Terence states, “The Digital Service Station acts as a self-serve ingest and output opportunity for editors with NLEs and no access to videotape machines. As a consequence, they can do a lot of capturing from videotape. The Bluefish444 IngeSTore software and Epoch | 4K Supernova S+ card utilized in the system allows us to capture multiple streams of video at the same time, which reduces the ingest time on large multi-tape jobs. We use the card for mass tape capture jobs. One recently involved capturing hundreds of hours of Gulf War footage from HDCam tapes.”

IngeSTore is Bluefish444’s free multi channel ingest software compatible with all Bluefish444 video cards. It captures multiple simultaneous channels of uncompressed SD/HD SDI to uncompressed or OP-ATOM compliant DNxHD media for archive, edit, encoding or analysis. IngeSTore drives efficiency in the digitization workflow by enabling multiple simultaneous recordings from VTR’s, camera’s and other SDI sources.

Terence continues, “We looked at a variety of products, but the bundled Bluefish444 IngeSTore software and hardware combination was the only reasonably priced solution for multiple streams of capture that fit our needs. It can record simultaneously whilst editing in Adobe and Avid NLEs, which is very useful for multi tasking. And the company has been responsive to any communications we had and were extremely helpful in setting up the product initially.”

Having successfully conquered the transition to HD, the AlphaDogs team continues to research the latest innovations and develop practical workflows, including the emerging tapeless and 4K workflows.

(Melbourne, Australia–May 17, 2016) Bluefish444, manufacturer, developer and marketer of the highest quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards in the professional video industry, announced NewTek Network Device Interface (NDI(tm)) integration with its SDI video cards.

NDI, an enabling technology for IP live production workflows, allows multiple video systems to identify and communicate with one another over IP, and to encode, transmit and receive many streams of high quality, low latency, frame-accurate video and audio in real time. This benefits any network-connected video device or application, including video mixers, graphics systems, capture cards, and many other products. NDI is already the most prolific IP video transfer method in the production market, with over a million customers that have NDI enabled solutions from hundreds of companies that are working with NewTek on IP product integrations and delivering NDI commercial products.

Bluefish444’s collaboration with NewTek enables its SDI I/O video cards to send and receive video and audio over IP via NewTek’s NDI, allowing existing Bluefish444 installations globally to implement interconnected production workflows comprised of SDI and IP-based technologies.

“NewTek is quickly driving the adoption of IP production workflows via their bi-directional, multi-channel, low-latency NDI protocol” said Tom Lithgow, Bluefish444 Product Manager “Bluefish444 is pleased to be working with NewTek to give our installed customers access to NDI via NewTek Connect Pro and NDI Connect software.”

“We are confident that IP workflows will revolutionize video production,” said Michael Kornet, Executive Vice President of Business Development for NewTek. “Bluefish444 is highly respected both at NewTek and within the industry. Bluefish444’s capture card integration with NewTek’s NDI will help make this the most widely adopted IP standard in the market.”

About Bluefish444:

Bluefish444 is the manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD video cards for the Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems. Its video cards are used in broadcast, feature film and post-production markets for editing, animation, compositing, color correction, restoration, digital intermediate, 3D and IPTV applications.

Bluefish444 cards have been used on award-winning feature films, commercials, music videos and sports events worldwide. Bluefish444’s range of video cards are incorporated in video servers, encoders, decoders and character generator solutions by numerous 3rd party OEM manufacturers, in addition to other niche & mainstream applications.

Founded in 1998, Bluefish444 is a division and brand name of Bluefish Technologies Pty Ltd., which is based in S. Melbourne, Australia. Its products are distributed via an extensive sales channel of OEMs, dealers, and system integrators globally.

The answer to these salient questions can be found in understanding the Bluefish444 advantage.

THE BLUEFISH444 ADVANTAGE => MAINTAINING ACQUISITION QUALITY

Bluefish444 best maintains acquisition quality from a digital cinema or broadcast camera’s sensor and lens when captured to file via SDI regardless of bit depth or video resolution. 8 bit, 10 bit and 12 bit 4K/2K/HD/SD video files are acquired and replayed by Bluefish444 hardware with equal precision.

THE BLUEFISH444 ADVANTAGE => UNPARALLELED DRIVER STABILITY FOR CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE

THE BLUEFISH444 ADVANTAGE => HARDWARE RELIABILITY

Bluefish444’s unlimited warranty and extremely low RMA rates are achieved by an industrial manufacturing process that meets the same exacting standards demanded by the US military for IT hardware manufacturing. The assembly process is regularly verified under audit by government bodies and has ISO 9001 accreditation.

This system is tried and tested with many customers demanding Bluefish444 hardware to ensure that “ON-AIR” systems can be relied upon when it matters.

Whatever the answer, the SDI video card is typically < 5% of the total workflow cost. For such an inexpensive component of the workflow, the SDI video card has the most influence on end to end workflow quality.

Without Bluefish444 SDI I/O quality the original workflow investment in acquisition, monitoring and mastering is degraded down to the equivalent quality of the SDI I/O board deployed.

Bluefish444 SDI I/O is insurance, costing < 5% of the workflow, to protect and maintain the SDI quality throughout.

Don’t let the video card become the weakest link in your SDI equipped professional video workflow! Choose the Bluefish444 Advantage to best maintain your SDI acquisition, preview and mastering quality.