The present and future of post production business and technology

Day: April 12, 2010

  • This is big news: Google to open Source VP8

    This is big news: Google to open source VP8 for HTML vidoe http://bit.ly/90n9eA Google acquired the On2 corporation largely for their codec expertise and got control over the VP8 codec (Flash 8-9 used the VP6 codec). They can open source it if they want, and they have. They are also pushing it for adoption as…

  • $995 daVinci Resolve on OS X Confirmed

    The rumor went around last night and has been confirmed this morning: Blackmagic Design have indeed released a software-only version of daVinci Resolve for US$995 and a turnkey package for just under $30,000. I never thought I’d stay in this indusry long enough to see a daVinci product under $10,000, let alone under $1000. daVinci…