New Teradek COLR Products Let You Fine Tune the Image

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Teradek logoWorking with different cameras in different environments can be a real challenge for video producers. There’s no way to know for sure if the camera you’ve got is the right one for the job until you’re on scene. And by then, it might be too late to get the optimal shot. Teradek is hoping to make this problem a thing of the past with its new line of COLR devices.

COLR is a real-time LUT box, camera control bridge, and HDMI/SDI cross-converter in one tiny package. COLR integrates with Pomfort LiveGrade Pro, allowing DITs and colorists to give everyone the right look. There are a total of three products in the COLR line. The first is the COLR Lite and it boasts these features:

  • Perfect for GoPros or DSLRs/Mirrorless cameras, COLR Lite offers real-time color grading with 3D LUTs and a CDL or 1D LUT.
  • HDMI in / 3G-SDI out.
  • USB port for Camera Control and auxiliary power.
  • 802.11ac WiFi.

Next up is the COLR Duo:

  • All the functionality of the original COLR with a second 3G-SDI output, allowing a unique 33-point 3D LUT and CDL or 1D LUT to be applied to each output.
  • 3G-SDI in / 2x 3G-SDI out.
  • Gigabit Ethernet and USB ports for Camera Control and auxiliary power.
    802.11ac WiFi.

And finally the COLR Pro:

  • The world’s first 4K real-time color grading system. Support for two simultaneous 12G-SDI inputs and up to four 12G-SDI outputs, with 2 independently applied 33-point 3D LUTs with a CDL or 1D LUT. Designed to be mounted in a rack or on a DIT cart.
  • 2x 12G-SDI + HDMI in / 4x 12G-SDI + HDMI out.
  • Gigabit Ethernet for network connectivity.

COLR pricing begins at $1190. Teradek will have demo units available at booth C6025 during NAB Show 2016 in Las Vegas.

Teradek Introduces Sphere at NAB 2016

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Teradek SphereTeradek manufactures wireless video devices for remote video capture, camera control, real-time monitoring, color correction, and webcasting. All Teradek products are designed and manufactured in the USA. Teradek has introduced Sphere at NAB 2016.

Sphere is a groundbreaking solution for monitoring and streaming live 360° content to iOS devices and the web. It is a whole new workflow for 360° video productions.

Only slightly larger than an Apple TV, Sphere’s hardware interface offers 4 HDMI inputs and streams 4K video (4x1080p) at up to an incredible 10 Mbps with just 4 frames of latency. When daisy-chained to a second unit, Sphere can support up to 8 cameras at once.

Its companion iOS application introduces the world’s first real-time 360° stitching engine with patent-pending dynamic picture adjustment, ensuring white balance, tint, exposure, and lens distortion are consistent across the panoramic image.

Sphere’s hardware interface features four HDMI inputs and a built-in H.264 encoder that can encode up to 10Mbps, providing a realistic 360°-video experience. When connected via Ethernet to a wireless access point, Sphere streams in real-time to Apple laptops and iOS devices where users can record or view the live 4K (4x1080p) content in three different ways:

Perspective Mode – Maneuver your iOS device in any direction to explore your 360°-video content as it is being shot. As you move your iOS device, the camera feed moves with it, showing you footage from any angle in which you point your tablet or smartphone:

Panoramic Mode – Pan and zoom across all 4 videos feeds stitched together into a panorama.

Headset Mode – Experience your live 360° content as it was intended for your audience.

For remote viewing, the Sphere app can be used to live stream to any compatible 360° online video platform, including Wowza and YouTube.

Sphere will ship in June of 2016 at a price of $3,000. Visit Teradek and see Sphere on display at booth C6025 at NAB 2016.

Cerevo Unveiled a New Video Encoder for Live Streaming at NAB 2016

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LiveShell XCerevo focuses on creating networked devices for consumer and professional users. Cerevo’s products have been recognized globally for their unique connected solutions. Cerevo unveiled LiveShell X, a revolutionary video encoder for live streaming at NAB 2016.

LiveShell X is the latest and highest model in Cerevo’s line of award-winning LiveShell series devices that enables you to live stream without the need for a PC. The multi-streaming function enables you to stream multiple services simultaneously while sending video to a backup server. You can also broadcast multiple streams to one streaming service with different bit rates.

LiveShell X features leading edge H.265/AAC encoding, supporting video at up to 1080/60fps and a bit rate of 20Mbps. It can record to a microSD card directly, to make a backup copy of your H.265/H.264 encoding live broadcasts. It has lower thirds support, where you can add the subtitles, logos and graphics on your live streaming.

LiveShell X is scheduled to be shipped in Summer of 2016 and will be priced at $699. Visit Cerevo at booth C9250 at NAB 2016.

Make.tv Demonstrates Live Video Cloud Platform at NAB

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Make.tv logoMake.tv is the world’s largest cloud-based video production platform. It has launched its Live Video Cloud platform, which enables broadcasters and publishers to acquire, manage, and distribute video content submitted by professionals and amateurs alike. Make.tv will be showcasing its Live Video Cloud Platform at NAB 2016.

Using the free Streamtag app for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, news sources and user-groups from anywhere in the world can shoot footage from breaking news scenes, festivals, events, or live TV programs, and stream it live to newsrooms and other production environments where it can be instantly edited and posted into a production segment in an efficient and manageable way. Producers can also choose to acquire feeds from different sources like Periscope or Facebook Live and stream them to Live Video Cloud using a specific hashtag.

The following components of the Live Video Cloud platform will be showcased at NAB:

* Make.tv Acquire is a workflow plugin that enables 1-to-1 communication between producer and contributor. It allows producers to monitor live or uploaded video streams, communicate via intercom or chat with the contributor, route streams to live outputs, browse by production, contributor or location, and receive upload notifications.

* Make.tv Selector is a video router within the cloud that also acts as a sub-switch, enabling broadcasters to ingest, curate, and route large amounts of live footage through the system, on a scale that has never been done before. Broadcasters can browse through unlimited input/output streams, communicate via chat or intercom with contributors, route videos into newsrooms or live production environments, and push outputs to video platforms or content delivery networks (CDN) directly.

* Streamtag mobile app converts any smartphone or tablet into a fully integrated system camera and enables users to configure third party devices. The app features high quality streaming, camera mode with tally light, chat & integrated intercom, file management & upload queue, external device configuration via ingests URLs and optional multi-angle in-app viewing of video contributions.

Visit Make.tv in the South Lower Hall at booth SL5817 at NAB 2016. They will be demonstrating technology integrations with key partners Arvato Systems, Avid Everywhere, and NewTek.

FilmLight Unveils Baselight 5.0 at NAB

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FilmLight logoFilmLight develops unique color grading systems, image processing applications, and workflow tools that are transforming film and video post-production and setting new standards for quality, reliability and performance. They will unveil Baselight 5.0 at NAB 2016.

Baselight 5.0 is the new version of FilmLight’s high-performance flagship color finishing system. Baselight 5.0 introduces a radical step change in the way that professional colorists and other creative artists across the production process can add value and quality to productions – all boosted with over 50 new features.

The most notable new concept to improve color grading techniques is Base Grade. To give colorists natural, instinctual access to subtle grading, this creative tool moves away from the traditional lift/gamma/gain approach, to a set of controls which mimic the way the eye appreciates color: via exposure, temperature and balance. It gives the grading controls a more natural feel and results in smooth, consistent changes.

Baselight 5.0 also provides added HDR capabilities through color space ‘families’ – which hugely simplify the deliverables process for distinct viewing environments such as television, 4k projection and handheld devices. Baselight 5.0 also added gamut optimization to provide natural gamut mapping deliverables and avoid clipping when captured colors can’t be displayed on a cinema or television screen.

Baselight 5.0 streamlines workflows even further by introducing a completely new approach to remote grading, whereby Baselight workstations in different locations can collaborate. New software release Baselight 5.0 will be available for all BLG-enabled products from FilmLight, including the Daylight dailies and media management platform, as well as Baselight for Avid and Baselight for NUKE in the Baselight Editions range.

Visit FilmLight at booth SL3829 at NAB 2016, where they will be staging comprehensive demonstrations of their product range.

HOFA Offers New Freeware 4U+ DynamicTiltEQ Plugin

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HOFA TiltEQAudio-production software developer HOFA has released a new plugin called 4U+ DynamicTiltEQ. HOFA is billing it as “the world’s only available freeware TiltEQ,” boasting that users can “use just one knob for the perfect balancing of low and high frequencies on the highest audio level.”

HOFA came up with a “wish list” of all of the features they’d like to see in a TiltEQ plugin, and then proceeded to include all of them in 4U+ Dynamic TiltEQ:

  • Gain/cut up to 24 dB
  • Variable tilt width for transparent adjustments as well as musical sound shaping
  • Splittable bass and treble tilt
  • Low and highcut filter (6 & 12 dB/octave)
  • Individual routing for stereo, mid, side left and right processing
  • Up to 32x oversampling

The 4U+ Dynamic TiltEQ plugin is freeware and can be installed thru the free HOFA-Plugins Manager. The plugin works with Windows 7/8/10, Vista and Windows XP, as well as Intel Macs running OS 10.6 or later. HOFA provides AU, VST, VST3, RTAS and AAX versions of the plugin in both 32 and 64 bit configurations. HOFA has tested the plugin and confirmed it works with Steinberg Cubase/Nuendo/Wavelab, MOTU Digital Performer, Ableton Live, Apple Logic, Magix Samplitude/Sequoia, Avid Pro Tools, Cakewalk Sonar, Presonus Studio One, and Cockos Reaper digital audio workstations.

GatesAir Launches Flexiva LX Transmitter Range at NAB 2016

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GatesAir Flexiva LXGatesAir is a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for radio and TV broadcasters. They are launching their Flexiva LX transmitter series for analog FM broadcasting at NAB 2016. The Flexiva Compact LX joins the Flexiva Compact Series at the lower power end of GatesAir’s radio transmitter family, providing customers with a wider range of options for analog and digital radio delivery.

Flexiva LX transmitters give FM broadcasters a budget-friendly option for upgrading to a more efficient transmitter design that boasts extensive capabilities, and replaces multiple separate boxes. The Flexiva LX offers a streamlined design focusing on FM analog broadcasts – a design attribute that lowers costs for the broadcaster – and retains the pertinent technologies that contribute to exceptional audio quality, high performance and operational efficiency found in all GatesAir Flexiva transmitters.

On the quality side, the Flexiva LX surpasses competitively priced analog-only FM transmitters via its digitally modulated exciter. Quality and performance is further enhanced through an integrated, powerful multiband digital audio processor with composite clipping and dynamic RDS. The latter eliminates the need for external systems to transmit dynamically-changing data related to song title, artist and other information.

Flexiva LX is ideally suited for translator applications with built-in FSK ID systems and an optional slide-in, DSP-based rebroadcast receiver card. Built-in web-based control, accessible via IP connectivity, gives engineers an option for monitoring and management of transmitter parameters from any networked location.

Like all Flexiva transmitters, the Flexiva LX series incorporates the latest high-efficiency technologies to reduce size, energy consumption and maintenance responsibilities. The compact 2RU footprint, which leverages high-density transistors and broadband amplification to reduce size and parts, fits comfortably into any transmitter building or enclosure, eliminating concerns for broadcasters with minimal RF plant real estate. Hot swappable power supplies simplify maintenance, allowing engineers to quickly service transmitters without affecting on-air performance.

The Flexiva LX series is available in power levels from 10 watts to 1kW, and will begin shipping this summer. Visit GatesAir at North Hall booth N2512 at NAB 2016.

Glidecam Brings New Glidecam XR-PRO to NAB 2016

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Glidecam XR-PROGlidecam offers a wide variety of camera stabilizers (camera stabilization systems) for use with motion picture cameras, video cameras, and video camcorders. They have more than 20 products and hundreds of dealers worldwide. Glidecam Industries is bringing their new Glidecam XR-PRO to NAB 2016.

The Glidecam XR-PRO hand-held camera stabilizer is the latest generation of Glidecam’s camera stabilization systems. The Glidecam XR-PRO’s all-new, and meticulously designed, features combine the best of the XR-Series creating a system that now accommodates a wide range of cameras.

Designed for film and video cameras weighing up to 10 lbs. (4.53 kg.), the lightweight Glidecam XR-PRO will transform your hard to watch, shaky camera footage into hypnotically smooth, professional, footage. With the Glidecam XR-PRO hand-held stabilizer, your camera seems to float, always balanced, isolated from your hand’s undeseriable motions. You are now free to move with your camera – panning, tilting, booming or running without any camera instability or shake.

Features include:

* Dynamic Camera Balance Platform (Camera Mounting Platform)

* Adjustable convergence, precision, three-axis Gimbal

* No-tools Telescoping Center Post

* Adjustable, inertial-control Base Platform

* Foam padded Handle Grip

* Precision Bearings at all vital points

* Made with precision Aluminum

* Anodized Studio Black

* Laser etched Labeling

* Allows unrestricted Booming and 360 degree Panning

* Rubber feet under Base Platform

* Made in USA

Visit Glidecam Industries, Inc. at NAB 2016 in the Central Hall booth C9015.

Panasonic Introduces LUMIX GX85 Camera

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Panasonic LUMIX GX85Panasonic has introduced a new Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera for camera enthusiasts or anyone looking for an alternative to bulky DSLRs. The LUMIX DMC-GX85 (GX85) offers high image quality and high performance packed into a compact body.

The LUMIX GX85 delivers impressive large sensor performance in the most compact camera system ever designed by Panasonic LUMIX. Thanks to the elimination of the low pass filter, its fine detail resolving power is boosted nearly 10% over previous 16-Megapixel sensors.

The LUMIX GX85 incorporates a new 5-axis Dual I.S. (Image Stabilizer) for more effective suppression of blur. Combining an O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer, 2-axis) and a B.I.S. (Body Image Stabilizer, 5-axis), the 5-axis Dual I.S. Compensates for a larger range of movement than ever before. Users can enjoy blur-free photo/video shooting from wide to tele, even in low light situations.

The 16.0-megapixel Digital Live MOS Sensor without a Low Pass filter and the new Venus Engine combine to achieve crisp, high resolution images in detail with high contrast, impressive color reproduction. The LUMIX GX85 adopts a new electromagnetic drive in the shutter unit. The shock caused by the movement of shutter diaphragm is dramatically reduced and the shutter sound is also minimized.

The LUMIX GX85 is capable of recording 4K video. It records stunningly smooth, high resolution 4K video in 3840 x 2160 at 30p or 24p in addition to the full-HD 1,920 x 1,080 60p (60 Hz) videos with practical full-time AF. The LUMIX GX85 comes with the Post Focus function that enables users to select an in-focus area even after shooting. You can get multiple shots with different focus points with a single shutter release to choose from.

The LUMIX GX85 will be available at www.shop.panasonic.com and valued channel partners at the end of May for $799.99 in both silver and black versions with a 12-32 kit lens.

RTW Will Showcase Entire Line of Loudness Solutions at NAB

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RTW SoftwareWhen it comes to media production, “loudness” means more than just volume. These days, there are a number of different loudness targets for media, depending on a large number of factors. It can be a challenge for producers to keep track of all of the various requirements. That’s where software production company RTW comes in with its full range of loudness solutions.

RTW will be demonstrating its new Continuous Loudness Control (CLC) software at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas. This signal processing software allows users to constantly control and regulate to a given program-loudness value, along with a definable loudness range with minimal obstacles. The major advantage of CLC’s complex adaptive morphing algorithm is its realtime capability. The CLC algorithm “learns” during processing about the dynamic structure and intention of the sound signal and adopts its processing constantly to predict for what comes next. The software is also able to handle most common DAW applications and meets EBU-R128 and all major global loudness standard specifications.

RTW is also announcing the release of version 4.0 of its Loudness Tools and Mastering Tools software. The new version adds support for Mac OS X 10.11 and provides user requested features like a selectable 12thoctave RTA, cinema loudness (TASA and SAWA), and free scalable instrument size. In addition, the new version allows the Loudness Tools and Mastering Tools software to be operated as a stand-alone version. RTW will also present software version 1.5 for TM3-Primus and USB Connect. With this version, RTW adds support for Mac OS X 10.11 and supports the recently released standard changes in the EBU Loudness Recommendation (EBU R 128). Users can now select to read both Smax and Mmax values. Short-term loudness measurement is a parameter to characterize and control the loudness of commercials, promos, etc.. RTW offers both functions as a freely selectable feature. Users may turn on or off one or both measurements, as needed.

RTW will be demonstrating these products and more at Booth C2336 during NAB Show 2016.