WORKFLOW SOLUTIONS
Welcome to Holdan's Quick Guides
Manufacturers constantly release new technology more advanced than the previous generation product. Eventually developers can boast a vast range of closely related products, with endless and impressive technical specs... no problem for technophiles, but bewildering for others.
So these guides are not designed with experts in mind. Rather, they are intended for example to assist:
- Producers unsure of the benefits of one recording format over another
- Camera operators looking for guidance on ingesting content into an edit system
- Technical assistants more familiar with SDI signals than RAID array configurations
We hope you find them useful.
The AVCCAM & AVCHD Workflows
AVCCAM is the name of Panasonic Broadcast's professional video lineup employing the AVCHD format. All AVCCAM camcorders record to Secure Digital memory cards (SDHC) and have recording bitrates up-to 24 Mbit/s.
What is AVCHD?
AVCHD employs MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (AVC) video coding. This codec is highly advanced, enabling very high quality images to be captured at ...
The P2 Workflows
P2, the Explosive Growth
Panasonic's P2 technology was launched in 2004. It has been widely adopted by broadcasters including Reuters, BSkyB, and BBC as well as the host broadcaster at the 2012 London Olympic Games. According to a 2008 statement from Panasonic, "throughout Europe, fully 80 percent of the broadcasters that have made the switch to tapeless production methods ...
EDIUS 6 from Grass Valley
EDIUS is a non-linear editor with a large and growing user base. It has with followers right across the world...- Major broadcasters across the globe use EDIUS for cutting news programmes: its speed, stability and precision editing tools make it perfect for very fast-turnaround production
- Television production companies us...
EDIUS Hardware
As well as delivering class-leading speed and multi-codec native support, EDIUS stands apart from the NLE crowd with its dedicated hardware options.
Grass Valley has developed a number of expansion boards that add fantastic additional features. Options exist for high quality analogue and digital video and audio capture, accele...
A Guide to Sonnet RAID Technology
Sonnet's storage systems are designed for digital media professionals. They are very fast and dependable and can be used in parallel in the studio and on location. Sonnet Technology's systems are flexible and can grow with your needs.
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Blackmagic Design's Editing Hardware
Blackmagic Design's editing cards and break-out boxes give users countless options for ingesting content into their systems, monitoring incoming feeds and previewing output. Whether you are working with archive footage, 720, 1080, 2K, 4K or 3D media, Blackmagic has a solution for you.
Importing and Previewing Media
Blackmagic cards us...
Portable SD Studio
Cameras & Prompting
The standard definition studio workflow is built around two Panasonic AG-HMC81 HD & SD cameras. Using the high quality HD to SD down sampling, the cameras record in HD, while mixing in a live SD environment is possible. Take advantage of long recording in eit...
Portable HD Studio
Cameras & Prompting
The high definition studio workflow is built around two Panasonic AG-HMC81 HD & SD cameras. The uncompressed HDMI output is converted to HD-SDI, which allows for running very long cable runs at afforadable cost without losing any of the pristine high definiti...
Installed Studio - SD
Cameras & Prompting
SD Installed Studio Workflow The standard definition studio workflow consists of two Panasonic AG-HMC81 HD & SD cameras. Using built-in high quality HD to SD down sampling, the cameras record in HD, while mixing in a live SD environment. One of the cameras is...
Installed Studio - HD
Cameras & Prompting
The high definition studio workflow is built around two Panasonic AG-HMC81 HD & SD cameras. The uncompressed HDMI output is converted to HD-SDI, which allows for running very long cable runs at affordable cost without losing any of the pristine high definition...
