Digital Cinema Society

In light of several sequels and re-releases of pioneering classic visual effects features such as Blade Runner and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, we thought it might be a good time to dig into the subject of Visual Effects. Our very special guests include Visual Effects Pioneer, Douglas Trumbull, renowned Director, ... [ Read: Now Streaming: Episode 8 of the Digital Cinema Show: Visual Effects ]

Longtime friends, colleagues, and DCS members are set to be honored at the 32nd ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement on February 17, 2018, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. Oscar winning Cinematographer Russell Carpenter, ASC will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.  He received his Academy ... [ Read: ASC DPs Russell Carpenter, Stephen Lighthill, Russell Boyd, and Alan Caso to receive ASC Honors ]

Although there have been a number of near misses reported in the last few years, news outlets are now reporting that a drone has hit an airplane landing at an airport in Quebec City, Canada.  No injuries were reported among the six passengers and two crew members on board the jet belonging to Quebec-based Skyjet ... [ Read: Drone Collides with Commercial Airliner in Canada ]

Sadly, Nokia has announced a retreat from the Virtual Reality hardware business and will cease building its OZO VR camera after finding that the VR market is developing “slower than expected”.  Nokia Technologies, the unit overseeing their VR efforts will lay off 35% of its workforce in the US and Europe, amounting ... [ Read: Nokia Abandons VR, Drops OZO, and Lays Off Over 300 ]

Please join the Digital Cinema Society as we explore the many innovative production and post products from Blackmagic Design. We’ll get updates on the latest technology, from Digital Cinema cameras like the 4.6K URSA Mini Pro to the ubiquitous DaVinci Resolve, which integrates not only color correction, but sophisticated ... [ Read: DCS Chicago Area Event - The Blackmagic Ecosystem with OWC at Atomic Imaging 11-2 ]

The Digital Cinema Society will again hold our annual Post Expo at the Chaplin Theater on the Raleigh Studios lot in Hollywood.  It will be held this year on the afternoon of Sunday November 12th from 1PM to 5PM. We’ll cover a wide variety of Post Production topics including: VR Post - Migrating from Final Cut ... [ Read: 2017 DCS Post Production Expo - Sunday November 12th at Raleigh Studios, Hollywood ]

The Television Academy has announced the recipients of the 69th Engineering Emmy Awards honoring developments in television technology. The honors will be bestowed at an awards gala on Wednesday evening, October 25, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. We’re proud to say that several Digital Cinema Society supporters ... [ Read: DCS Congratulates ARRI, Canon, Fujinon, and Sony For Technical Emmy Awards ]

Recent Post Production News Excerpted from Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, September 2017: R.I.P. Final Cut Pro 7 Besides the product releases associated with IBC, a lot of the news in Post is related to Apple’s pending release of their latest Mac OS High Sierra on September 25th. It seems their new Apple File ... [ Read: Post Production News from the Digital Cinema Society: Adobe - Apple - Avid - OWC - Resolve ]

Fresh from their 100 year anniversary celebrations in Munich and Amsterdam attended by more than 1,000 guests, ARRI also had new products to debut at IBC.  Their popular SkyPanel, known for its high output and large light aperture has received a major update.  The new model S360-C is even bigger and brighter with ... [ Read: ARRI Celebrates 100 Years and Debuts Updated Skypanel at IBC ]

In a word, “integration” is what the many recent updates to Creative Cloud are all about.  Over the last several years Adobe has been developing and acquiring technology, such as IRIDAS Speed Grade, and more recently the Skybox VR technology of Mettle.  They have also been busy bring all these technologies together ... [ Read: Major Adobe Creative Cloud Updates Announced at IBC ]