August 2014
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ARRI
Alexa supports ProRes 4444 XQ
By David Fox
ARRI has become the first camera maker to support Apple’s new ProRes 4444 XQ codec, the highest-quality version of ProRes to date, which is designed to preserve all the detail in higher-dynamic range imagery through post production. “Working with ProRes has been great for our customers,” said Marc Shipman- Mueller, ARRI’s product manager for camera systems. “Up until now, the ProRes 4444 330Mbps version has been the workhorse of professional filmmakers using the Alexa. ProRes 4444 XQ has a higher target data rate of 500Mbps that makes it the ideal choice for post production that requires visual effects processing or extreme colour grading.” “ProRes 4444 XQ is a fantastic choice
Ensemble Design
BrightEye on a new compact router
By Michael Burns
A new version of the BrightEye NXT line of compact routers will be making its IBC debut, adding up/down/cross conversion to its feature set.
David Wood, Ensemble Designs CEO and chief design engineer, said the BrightEye NXT 430-X offers glitch-free conversion to a common production format, routed seamlessly to HDMI and SDI destinations. “SD sources can now be up-converted to HD as part of the routing process, as well as cross- converting from one HD format to another,” he explained. “Just select an output format and route whatever SMPTE broadcast resolution source you have to that destination.” Like other BrightEye NXT routers, the NXT 430-X features direct cuts,
for high-end mastering and archiving,” added Henning Rädlein, ARRI’s head of digital workflow solutions. “ProRes 4444 XQ offers 12-bit RGB encoding with a low compression ratio of 1:4.5 that maintains the superior tonal range of Log C, while providing the speed, ease of use and familiarity of ProRes.” Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 fully supports ProRes 4444 XQ for editing, compositing, rendering, and exporting. ARRI Alexa XT cameras and Alexa Classic cameras with the XR Module gain ProRes 4444 XQ capability in both HD and 2K via ARRI’s Software Update Packet SUP 10, to become the first cameras capable of encoding ProRes 4444 XQ.
SUP 10 is due to be released in August. 11.F21
Glitch-free: the NXT 430-X converts from SD to HD as part of the routing process
dissolves, router salvos, and clean and quiet switching of HDMI and SDI sources. The unit, around the size of a paperback book, offers audio level and channel assignment on an input-by- input basis, a full motion LCD display for switching and a built-in web server for control and set-up with any browser-enabled device. 8.B91
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