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Product news Live sound gets bigger Digidesign’s Venue live sound environment family just got a ‘little’ bigger with the release of D-Show Profile. This compact mixing console is a size-conscious alternative to its acclaimed big brother D-Show, the flagship console of the Venue line. It’s also fully compatible with all existing Venue hardware and software. That’s right, with DShow Profile, the legendary sound quality, flexibility, and reliability of a Venue system is now available for small to mid-sized environments and applications such as houses of worship, corporate events, theatres, nightclubs, and remote broadcasts. D-Show Profile takes full advantage of existing Stage and FOH racks, and allows you to connect your Venue system to Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools LE systems via an additional hardware option for recording and playback. Best of all, D-Show and DShow Profile operate on the same D-Show control software and operating system, meaning you can forget about ever having to learn new software or rebuild your console settings from scratch when moving between Venue mixing consoles. Matrox RT.X2 now shipping Matrox have started shipping release 2.0 software for the Matrox RT.X2 real-time HDV and DV editing platform. This release provides significant new features including real-time native editing of JVC's ProHD HDV 720p format. Matrox RT.X2 is designed primarily for real-time native HDV and DV editing with Adobe Premiere Pro. It also provides a high-quality MPEG-2 Iframe codec so users can capture other HD and SD formats using RT.X2's analogue inputs and mix HD and SD material on the timeline in real time. “Support for all the 720p formats used by JVC's popular ProHD series cameras will make RT.X2 even more attractive to corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities, and digital filmmakers,” said Janet Matey, marketing manager for Matrox. “The 720p format gives them an affordable way to get into HD production.” More creative control with Autodesk Maya 8.5 “Autodesk is committed to making Maya the foundation for modern production pipelines. Maya 8.5 supports industry-standard Python scripting, offering improved workflows and development productivity,” said Marc Petit, Autodesk’s Media & Entertainment vice president. “We’re excited to offer Maya 8.5 as a Universal application for both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macintosh computers. As well, the software features innovative new capabilities for character animation; the new Maya Nucleus unified simulation framework enables interactive simulations while keeping artists in full control of the animation.” 3 Capture, Connect, Edit, Everywhere Panasonic have launched the AJ-HPX2100 – the brand’s first shoulder-mounted, multi-format 2/3” P2 HD camcorder which epitomises the brand positioning statement of ‘Capture, Connect, Edit, Everywhere’. Inherently versatile, this full-sized, highly specified camcorder is ideal for news/ sport production as well as for creating anything from dramas to documentaries. Its features include 1-megapixel progressive 3CCD with high sensitivity of up to F10 2000 lux , while five P2 card slots with hot swapping capability allow for uninterrupted shooting. As with all Panasonic P2 products, the AJ-HPX2100 enjoys all the advantages of shooting in the IT world, including low power consumption, low maintenance, high speed transference to NLE, high reliability, high shock resistance, proven stability of DVCPRO HD and multiple IT interfaces. “Given that the AJHPX2100 is tapeless, professional, rugged and multi-format HD/ SD switchable, and that it offers outstanding results in any environment while delivering a truly IT acquisition solution, we are confident that it will do as well as the AJ-HPX200 P2 minicamcorder release in 2006,” says Sean Loeve, sales manager at Panasonic Broadcast Systems. Autodesk has announced Autodesk Maya 8.5, the latest version of its Maya 3D animation, modelling and rendering software. Maya is widely used for games development, as well as film and television visual effects production. The new version gives artists enhanced creative control, enabling faster completion of complex animations and simulations.

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AV Specialist - Africa Edition Vol 92

Larger than life
Mediatech Aftrica shines bright in local market
HD camcorder runs with the wild dogs
Divers Down pursues tapeless workflow
Broadcast industy feedback

AV Specialist - Africa Edition Vol 92