At NAB 2013, MTI Film will unveil its newly-repackaged and expanded line of Cortex dailies processing and transcoding solutions. Seen for the first time will be two new editions of Cortex::Control Dailies, one of which is a FREE Starter Edition with all-in-one features for playback, color, synchronization and transcoding.
MTI Film will be exhibiting at Booth SL15510.
“In response to numerous requests from current users and the production community as a whole, we are broadening our Cortex line to provide increased options for users of all types,” said MTI Film Vice President of Product Development David McClure. “Our aim is to make the process of capturing, managing and delivering digital media quick, easy and available at every point in the production and post-production chain.”
The FREE Cortex::Control Dailies, Starter Edition is one of five editions of Cortex::Control Dailies. Designed for users seeking basic dailies processing features, it is capable of decoding the most widely-used, royalty-free camera codecs (RED, Sony, ARRI, Phantom, Canon C500 RAW) to QuickTime and Photo-JPEG at resolutions up to 1920×1080. “The FREE Starter Edition can be used as a tutorial to introduce personnel to the dailies process,” says MTI Film Director of Int’l Business Development Belinda Merritt. “It allows you to train new people without investing in new software.”
Also new is Cortex::Control Dailies DP, a low-cost package designed for cinematographers that includes all of the features of the Starter Edition while adding decoding of MPEG2, H.264 and DVCPro HD, and encoding to H.264.
Other Cortex:: Control Dailies Editions include Pro, which adds encoding to DNxHD and ProRes; Studio, which adds encoding to DPX, OpenEXR MPEG2 and DVD; and Ultimate, which adds encoding to Blu-ray and support for multiple GPUs. The Studio and Ultimate Editions also add output to any resolution.
MTI Film will also be demonstrating five editions of its standalone transcoding application Cortex::Convey. They include a free Starter Edition, as well as Stream, Pro, Studio and Ultimate with support for varying input and output formats, and resolutions.
Additionally, MTI Film will introduce several other enhancements and features for the new Cortex products. They include:
• A Cortex iPad dailies review app that will make it possible to review dailies immediately after they are synced and/or graded.
• An XML API that will allow developers to integrate the Cortex transcoding engine into their own applications.
• A new XML file format for Cortex::Convey to facilitate the transfer of metadata to third-party applications.
• Cortex integration for Digital Vision grading platforms.
• SDI output via DVS Atomix cards
• Tangent Element support.
In conjunction with its presence at NAB, MTI Film will conduct a Social Media Raffle for a free license of Cortex::Control Dailies. Anyone can participate in the raffle through Twitter simply by mentioning “@MTIFilm” and one of these tags – #Cortex, #Dailies or #Transcoding during the NAB 2013 exhibit period, April 8-11.
About MTI Film LLC
Since 1997 MTI Film has provided award winning software applications to the post-production industry with a focus on technology for digital film restoration and digital dailies. MTI Film has fostered strong ties with our customers and an in-house services arm to provide real-world, real-time de
