Digistor NewsVol 3-28. September 2010Click to enlargeHi there and welcome to this month's newsletter. It’s packed with some really great articles, customer stories, tech notes and, of course, special offers. Keep reading for details on:.

How to get a free sausage on Saturday, October 16th. How to save money and move from a multi-cam HDCAM workflow to a tapeless AJA Ki Pro workflow. Avid’s HOT new, competitively priced, ISIS storage system. How iPads are being used on set.

Matrox Vetura Capture for Mac Matrox Vetura Playback for Mac Matrox A/V Tools for the PC General Dimensions L: 16.6 cm (6.5') × W: 11 cm (4.3') × H: 4 cm (1.6') Weight 0.6 lbs (280 g) Regulatory compliance FCC Class A, CE Mark Class A, ACMA C-Tick Mark, VCCI RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC.

Our latest training course on the “Art of Editing”. Autodesk Smoke tutorials and DaVinci Resolve information. And so much more.We’d like to feature more content from our readers so if you come across something cool that you would like to share then feel free to send me an email and we’ll add it in. Until next month, enjoy.Regards,Managing Director Events Digital Entertainment Creation & Creative Finishing EventsFor one-day only and exclusively for Adelaide and Perth, Digistor and Autodesk will present the techniques and workflows to enable the delivery of state-of-the-art animation and digital effects for games, film and television, plus 3D stereoscopic. Adelaide - Monday 20th of September. Perth - Thursday 23rd of SeptemberYou can find full details and registration.Avid Open Day at Digistor Sydney in OctoberPut this date in calendar – October 16th. It’s a Saturday and we’ll be hosting an Open Day at Digistor Artarmon in the afternoon.

It’ll be an informal affair and we’ll have the BBQ running so if you are out and about with the family feel free to drop in. We’ll be showing Media Composer on Mac OS X and Windows, the new low cost ISIS 5000 storage solution and Media Composer Symphony.We’ll have the various IO devices on show as well as the experts on hand to answer your questions and show you through the software. We’ll have full details in next month’s Newsletter but we would like to know numbers so we know how many snags or shrimps to throw on the BBQ so register your interest.

CINEMA 4D Release 12 Launch EventsAdimex will be hosting some CINEMA Release 12 Events. Which will be presented by CINEMA 4D expert, Nigel Allen. Sydney - Monday 27th September at Adimex, Artarmon. Melbourne - Wednesday 29th September. Brisbane - Friday 1st OctoberSession time is check-in 5:30pm, event 6:00pm to 7:45 pm. Stay tuned for more information about these events.

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Customer Focus Royal Institution Sets Up Ingest & Live Video ServersDigistor's Jason Bock worked with The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) to set up an Editshare Flow Ingest Server & Digital Rapids Stream Z Live Server as the backbone for their live presentation and digital media requirements. Transitioning to HD with AJADigitalVideo Assist Operator and Digital Imaging Technician, Michael Taylor has worked on a multitude of films in his twenty year career.

In that time he has seen many changes in the technology, in this article he talks about his transition to HD with AJA solutions supplied by Digistor. News Avid's Latest Storage Isis 5000The ISIS 5000 is the latest storage offering from industry heavyweight AVID. It's a member of the ISIS family of collaborative storage solutions but unlike the other members of the ISIS family the ISIS 5000 is clearly targeted at small to medium Post Production Facilities, Education and other similar applications.Digistor Queensland UpdateThe big news in Queensland was the announcement of Steven Spielberg's next blockbuster, Terranova, will be shot largely at Warner Bros on the Gold Coast. Read the press release. This a huge boost for local industry that has seen recent Hollywood productions such Narnia & The Pacific also shot locally.Last month also saw the Digistor 3D Workshop Seminar roll into town. Thanks to all who attended, we hope that the night was informative and a real insight into the new 3D frontier. Digistor Southern Region UpdateThe Melbourne Office of Digistor has been busy recruiting new staff to look after our customers in the Southern Region.We looked far and wide for the right people for the diverse roles required and ended up with two great guys, Simon Fenton (left) is our New Tech Support Engineer and Andrew Havelburg is our new Account Manager both with international experience in their respective fields.DVS at IBC 2010DVS' theme for IBC 2010 was 'Flexibility for Post and Broadcast'.

They announced that CLIPSTER now offers support for 3D depth grading, VENICE has been significantly expanded by a multi-camera view and channel grouping feature and that The Atomix family of video boards is seamlessly interoperable with Final Cut Pro.Antiques Roadshow Goes Tapeless with AJA Ki ProIf you’re involved in multi-cam production and are looking at making the move to a fully tapeless workflow, or improving your existing workflows, then this article is a must read. See how Antiques Roadshow slashed their costs whilst dramatically improving their workflow when they moved from recording on 5 expensive HDCAM decks to recording on 5 AJA Ki Pro’s directly into ProRes.Although the article talks about a Final Cut Pro workflow but now that Avid Media Composer also plays back ProRes files this could equally be an Avid Workflow. With AJA Ki Pro’s priced at $5302 inc GST you can see there are big savings to be made. Discovery Channel Goes File Based with ISIS 5000Learn how the Avid Interplay and ISIS helped the Discovery Channel move from tape-based to file-based workflows - plus go green and save both money and the environment in the process.Also, Avid have just published a great guide called “5 steps to success with Video Storage Solutions”.

Request your copy. How Apple's iPad Streamlines Work On SetCheck out how the iPad is making its way into on-set workflows running databases to log and manage clip details.

The iPads are also used to view and annotate the script as well viewing rushes and assembled scenes. I think we’ll start to see more of this with the the iPad becoming a more important part of production workflows.Early Feedback on the 2010 Mac ProEarly Benchmarks are in on 2010 Mac ProsBarefeats.com have been doing some testing and have published some early benchmark results for the 2010 Mac Pro versus the 2009 and 2008 Mac Pro. Much more is coming but consider this an appetizer.64-bit kernel now default on Apple's Mac ProThis article posted on the MacFixIt blog looks at how 64-bit kernel now is now default in the 2010 Mac Pro.

Product Updates & Releases Boris Continuum Complete 7 AVX Now AvailableBoris Continuum Complete 7 AVX brings over 200 filters to Avid Media Composer and Avid Symphony. The new release features highly sought-after lens blur effects, a video noise reduction tool, a new OpenGL particle engine, and new on-screen overlay control widgets for streamlined workflow. Matrox Announces Vetura Capture ApplicationMatrox Video Products Group has announced Matrox Vetura Capture for Mac OS X, a stand-alone capture software application compatible with the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices. Matrox Vetura Capture lets users quickly and easily capture QuickTime files using popular codecs installed on their editing systems. DeckLink version 7.8 and Media Express Version 2.2DeckLink version 7.8 and Media Express version 2.2 are now available for download.These releases include full 3D capture and playback support for HD Extreme 3D with Media Express. The 3D support includes dual stream SDI capture and playback as well as a muxed HDMI output for monitoring in side by side, line by line, top and bottom or left eye/right eye 3D formats.Cache-A Pro Data Tape DeckAvailable in either LTO-4 or LTO-5 configurations, the Pro-Cache Library24 Automation Appliance works with any Pro-Cache model. Cache-A’s automated library option for Pro-Cache4 and Pro-Cache5 provides users with a capacity of 36 Terabytes for Pro-Cache5 and 19 Terabytes for Pro-Cache4.

New from Digital RapidsDigital Rapids Expands Flux HardwareDigital Rapids has announced two new additions to the Flux family of video capture and pre-processing hardware. Complementing high definition models introduced earlier this year, the new Flux-3510 and Flux-3550 cards offer the power of the Flux hardware platform for top-quality encoding and streaming applications requiring only standard definition video input.Digital Rapids Announces Transcode Manager and Broadcast Manager 1.5Digital Rapids has announced new versions of the Transcode Manager automated, distributed transcoding software and the Broadcast Manager multi-encoder management software. Highlights of the new features in Digital Rapids Transcode Manager include automated 'commercial black' removal and extended clip list capabilities.

MAXON Launches CINEMA 4D R12MAXON has announced the immediate availability of CINEMA 4D Release 12, the next generation of its highly acclaimed professional 3D software application.The comprehensive CINEMA 4D Release 12 builds on more than two decades of 3D graphics development excellence and boasts dozens of new productivity enhancing features including improved rendering, enhanced dynamics, new deformers and superior character animation capabilities to allow digital artists to intuitively and easily create high-end 3D imagesand animations. The Pixel Farm Launches 'PFMatchit'PFMatchit is The Pixel Farm's groundbreaking 2D/3D camera-tracking/matchmoving product. Optimised for 64-bit application on OSX, Linux and Windows, PFMatchit is the first product to harness the power of The Pixel Farm's innovative node-based flowgraph architecture, and is the beginning of a wider realignment of the company's core VFX product range, which began with new pricing for the renowned PFTrack.GenArts Monsters GT for AE - Mac Version AvailableGenArts are now offering both the Mac and Windows versions of Monsters GT for After Effects.Monsters GT is CS5 compatible, enables the ultimate in originality and features more than 50 distinctive effects. Training Two day Editing Master Class:Digistor is having a two day course presented by professional editor, Jas Shennan. The course is for anyone keen to understand more about the craft of editing.

Directors and Post producers needing to get some hands on experience, editors converting back from Final Cut, film students, school students, amateur film makers, or anyone with an interest in learning the craft of editing. Colourist Master Class - Register NowDigistor is pleased to announce that Warren Eagles of the International Colourist Academy will be presenting a two day Colour grading course at Digistor Training Centre on 19th-20th August. “ Colourist Strategies” is the first ever hands on colourist training course in Asia and now Warren is bringing his course to Australia. This course enables participants to learn from a working colourist who has had real world grading experience on feature films such as Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. GenArts Monsters GT for AE - Mac Version AvailableAdobe Certified trainer Andy Day has developed a range of new training courses to get digital media professionals up to speed on Adobe CS5. Other upcoming courses include Motion, CINEMA 4D, Color,and Final Cut Pro, Please check our for full details and registration.

Current Specials SANman SpecialsFree spare drive with SANman SAS CubePurchase a SANman SAS Cube before the end of August and receive a complimentary spare drive valued at up to $487ex. If you are in need of a rock-solid, high-performance raid-protected storage system then one of these professional 8 Bay SAS Cubes is exactly what you need. SAN00062SAS Cube HD 8TBSAN00147SAS Cube HD 16TBSANman 32TB 16 Bay with Free 3 Year NBD WarrantyTo give you peace of mind, Digistor is offering a next business day support package, free of charge, on the 8Gb 32TB SANman 16 Bay if purchased before the end of September 2010.This support package is currently valued at $1661 inc EDU/Gov Customers to Save a 25% on Sorenson Squeeze 6We are excited to offer a promo on all EDU/Gov products for the next two months. Our standard EDU/Gov discount is 10% off retail, but for August and September we are offering an additional 25% off for all Squeeze EDU/Gov purchases. If you would like to take up this offer please contact your Digistor sales representative. Cross Grade Special from Tinder to Sapphire 5For those customers moving to Adobe CS5, GenArts is offering a cross-grade option from Tinder for After Effects to the 64 bit Sapphire 5 for After Effects for a special price. This offer is for cross-grade pricing to AE products only:Full set of Tinder to Sapphire 5: $385 incPartial set of Tinder to Sapphire 5: $517 incContact your preferred Digistor Sales Person for a quote.

GenArts and Class on Demand PromotionGenArts have teamed up with Class on Demand, to offer an exclusive, reseller-only promotion on the Award Winning, Complete Training for GenArts Sapphire. From July 12 through September 30, 2010, when you purchase a license of GenArts Sapphire 5 for After Effects or Final Cut Pro, you will be eligible to also purchase the Class on Demand Complete Training for GenArts Sapphire for $121 inc GST.