Grant Petty discusses The Future of Davinci

Article focus : Blackmagic founder Grant Petty says that the company's purchase of DaVinci systems actually fits exactly what they have done all along: build the kinds of products they have needed for their own postproduction business, and being the kind of company they'd want to do business with. While important details are still being worked out, Grant has some very clear visions about how these practices can help rebuild one of the industry's most respected brands

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Leading Post Production Company Smoke & Mirrors Buys 2 DaVinci Resolve R360 systems

AMSTERDAM--(Business Wire)-- Blackmagic Design announced today that world leading post production facility, Smoke & Mirrors has purchased two DaVinci Resolve R360 systems at IBC 2009.   One DaVinci Resolve will be installed in the company`s London facility and the other DaVinci Resolve will be installed in their New York facility. Smoke & Mirrors will be using their new DaVinci Resolve R360 systems for cutting edge television commercials and music videos, keeping the company at the leading edge of creative workflows in their international markets.   Ben Eagleton, Smoke & Mirrors' Head of Color, comments, "It`s the best system out, that`s designed for colorists by colorists and we`re thrilled!" 

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Blackmagic Design buys da Vinci Systems

Interview with Peter Barber at IBC 2009

3D Hits Home: Snap Judgments on 3 Different Technologies

With the the big 3D push coming in 2010, I planted my eyes on three types of 3D technologies displayed at CEDIA (home theater expo) that you may have in your next TV...and passed some judgments without pulling any punches.

It should be noted, all designs require glasses. (More technical background on the types of glasses here.)

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Free FCP Plugins: Inside-Outside Matte, etc

Alex Gollner, a FCP editor, has created several useful plugins and posted them on his blog to share with other FCP users.
He has several helpful FCP tips and tricks on his blog.

Ten Stereoscopic Tricks I Learned From Pixar

Written by Mike Seymour for fxphd, "After watching UP again at a Sydney VES preview event, here are my 10 tips for better stereo 3D imaging, or what I like to call Lessons I learned from Pixar after watching the best 3D I have seen yet."

Blackmagic Design acquires da Vinci Systems

Black Magic Design (BMD) has bought daVinci color grading systems. Black Magic known for it world class signal convertors and hardware boxes. daVinci, makes of Resolve and Revival, has been based out of Florida, but interestingly, software R&D for some time has been based in Singapore – also home to Black Magic’s head office. With this move, the new company will be increasing – almost doubling or tripling – their R&D staff on the Resolve and Revival products. What is changing is the companies reliance on custom build in house Hardware. daVinci will be showing some incredible new technology at IBC next week that extends and changes the companies technology focus. For all current daVinci customers there will be no break in support, development or service. There has been a reduction of US staff as part of the move but this is linked to R&D changes rather than a contraction of the companies activities. daVinci and other companies have been hit with the global economic climate, and changes in the DI industry – notable the expansion of DI to a wider audience and the withdrawal of some major houses from DI altogether, recently for example Framestore in the UK closed its whole DI department, (although Framestore’s Digital Lab was not primarily a daVinci house). Industry insiders point to how well this positions BMD to compete at an even higher level – while simultaneously allowing daVinci to service a wider market.

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RED One vs Canon 5D Mk II vs Panasonic Lumix GH1

Red One, Canon 5D Mk II, and Panasonic Lumix GH1 Footage Comparison from Birns and Sawyer on Vimeo.