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    Codex to advance workflows at IBC 2014

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    Codex, a leader in RAW recording and workflow, will showcase the ease with which Codex Vault Platform and Codex recording systems can be integrated with the latest production, monitoring and DI post technologies–from partners including ARRI, Panasonic, Canon, Sony, RED, Dolby, FilmLight and Leica–to deliver robust, streamlined workflows for motion picture, television and commercials production, at the Codex stand (Hall 11.C71) during IBC 2014, September 12-16, in Amsterdam. Codex will also show new workflows for ARRI’s AMIRA UHD ProRes output, and Codex Action Cam, now shipping, the new ultra-compact, all-in-one, digital cinema camera and recording package for 2D and S3D production.

    Chief among the Codex exhibits is Vault Platform, the modular workflow system providing fast, reliable transfers of camera data to internal storage, plus metadata management, transcoding to a multitude of dailies formats and archiving to LTO tape. The latest Vault Review module enables the playback of HD, 2K and 4K material for review, QC and basic color grading–making Vault a fully featured dailies, QC and archiving system. Plus it adds the power of GPU processing, enabling transcoding at speeds far greater than real time. Brand new at IBC, Codex will show Vault Platform running on the latest Mac Pro workstation.

    Codex has extended support to encompass even more digital cinematography cameras, and will highlight its end-to-end RAW recording solutions for ARRI ALEXA XT and Canon C500 cameras, as well as showing how Codex workflows, powered by Codex Vault, support the latest 4K cameras from Sony and RED. Codex now delivers ProRes UHD workflows for ARRI’s AMIRA camera, via Vault and the Codex CFast 2.0 dock for ARRI AMIRA. Additionally, Codex is partnering with Leica to showcase the latest Leica Summilux-C series lenses, as used in the Codex/ARRIRAW workflows on Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and X-Men: Days Of Future Past, plus a selection of Leica’s new Summicron-C Prime lenses.

    Codex is now shipping Codex Action Cam–the small camera with a big workflow. The new product can be deployed as an Action | POV camera system on commercials, TV and movie productions, as a companion camera when regular packages are too large for the situation or location, or as a Witness Cam to capture depth information for VFX compositing or stereoscopic conversion. Codex Action Cam comprises a tiny HD camera head and a Codex Camera Control Recorder that delivers full remote control of the camera, plus the proven workflow of the industry-standard Codex.

    At NAB 2014 Codex and Panasonic announced a strategic product development alliance, whereby Codex is working exclusively with Panasonic to deliver the only compact, high-speed 4K uncompressed RAW recorder for Panasonic’s VariCam 35 camera. The dedicated recorder, to be shown at Panasonic’s stand during IBC (Hall 9.D40 and 9.C45), captures uncompressed 4K VariCam RAW at up to 120fps. Codex’s Vault workflow system supports the rapid transfer of digital camera originals for post-production and archiving. The Codex V-RAW recorder connects directly to Panasonic’s VariCam 35 camera eliminating cabling completely, to facilitate greater efficiency and higher mobility while shooting. It is compact and lightweight and provides the reliability that customers expect from Codex solutions.

    Focusing attentions on critical on-set procedures, Codex and FilmLight will demonstrate the results of their successful technology collaboration that links Codex Vault to the Baselight grading system. This allows grading decisions, made on-set with the Baselight FLIP real-time image processor, to be viewed and rendered into dailies deliverables on Vault.

    There will also be a technology demo of Dolby’s Dolby Vision Display Prototype that supports Dolby Vision, utilising breakthrough quantum dot technology to create over 2,000 nits of brightness while retaining a 0.003 nit black, delivering an astounding 600,000:1 contrast ratio or 16eV (f-stops) of dynamic range. The Dolby Vision Display Prototype will be integrated with the ARRI ALEXA XT, FilmLight FLIP and Codex Vault.

    Codex recording and workflow technology has been used on hundreds of motion picture productions worldwide. Recent and forthcoming releases to rely on Codex products include: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Jupiter Ascending, Hercules, Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, The Fault In Our Stars and Mad Max: Fury Road.




    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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