Organizing and finding media is essential to every editing project. However, over the last two years ten! companies that specialized in digital asset media management (DAM) software were acquired - and most of their titles have disappeared.
Last week, I asked video editors to share how they organize and manage their media for video editing. As you might expect, everyone has their own system. But some of these make a great deal of sense. Their comments are my lead story.
After all the consolidation in asset management, one of the remaining independent developers of media management software is Axle.ai. This high-powered, yet affordable program supports Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve and others. Here's a detailed review.
IBC is two weeks away and the pre-announcements continue:
JVC is launching three new PTZ (Point-Tilt-Zoom) cameras at IBC: KY-PZ510, KY-PZ400N and KY-PZ200N. All three are optimized for remote and streaming production.
Archiware will announce that their P5 archiving software now integrates with DataIntell simplify archiving of unused files. Unused files can now easily be identified and migrated into long-term archive storage for preservation and to free up active storage space.
DreamChip is launching a series of "micro" cameras called the AtomOne. These are designed for mounting on motorsports vehicles, competitors in mountain-course cycle races, sky mounted on drones to capture winter sports competitions, on American football touchdown lines, and upon the net in major global Tennis tournaments.
InSync Technology today announces that it has partnered with leading software encoding specialist Comprimato to deliver standards conversion for live streaming applications. The agreement will see InSync’s FrameFormer motion compensating frame rate and format converter available within Comprimato’s Live Transcoder software.
Comica Audio launched the VM10 Pro, the smallest, most compact shotgun cardioid microphone on the market for shooting video and live streaming. The VM10 Pro is designed for use with iPhones, Android smartphones, laptops, computers, DSLR cameras, and other devices for superior audio for vlogging, live recording, and podcasting.
Open Broadcast Systems is partnering with CyanView to enable remote camera shading for remote production. Using the camera shading technology from CyanView, Open Broadcast Systems is able to ensure that the color is matched when switching cameras during a remote production.
FeiyuTech launched the new SCORP-Mini, the only FeiyuTech gimbal made for use with all four popular types of cameras, including mirrorless, compact, smartphones, and action cams for smooth, professional studio quality video every time. The SCORP-Mini is targeted for social media productions.
LWKS (Lightworks) introduced React. This allows you to securely share, receive & review your video content in the cloud. (Introduced a while ago in Europe, LWKS is bringing this to the global stage.)
RUSHWORKS announced the release of the PTX Model 3 PRO, the most recent, agile, and powerful unit in its line of robotic pan/tilt heads. It features natural start/stop motion ramps for both presets and joystick manipulation and is controlled using VISCA over IP.
Blubrry is introducing a new web-based podcast player that uses transcription products integrated with Rev. This will provide Blubrry podcasters with closed captioning, as well as transcriptions for inclusiveness – an industry first. Transcriptions from Rev are integrated into the publishing system and the player.
