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Red Giant Software, in cooperation with Automatic Duck, released two new applications: Automatic Duck Ximport AE (transfers your editing timeline from FCPX to After Effects, in an instant, including Red Giant and other 3rd-party plugins, along with a vast variety of FCPX features), and Automatic Duck Media Copy 4 designed to copy and move your media from FCP 7, FCPX, and Avid projects.

Adobe revealed new and changed features in the forthcoming updates to the CC 2015 professional video and audio applications, including Premiere Pro. With this next release, Premiere Pro expands on its exceptional support for UltraHD, 4K and beyond workflows with new, native support for HEVC (h.265), DNxHR, and OpenEXR media, for both encode and decode, allowing editors to edit and deliver any format they need to.

The intuitive Color Workspace featuring the Lumetri Color Panel, designed to let editors to be creative with color without needing to work in a complex grading application, will be further enhanced with initial support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) workflows. With a supported external HD monitoring system, RAW camera formats and OpenEXR media, alongside the Dolby Vision mezzanine codec, can be edited and graded with much greater dynamic range than conventional video, by using powerful but intuitive HDR controls. And new HDR scopes will give editors precise feedback on their creative decisions. Adobe is also adding the Lumetri effect to After Effects, ensuring color fidelity between Premiere Pro and After Effects

New Premiere Pro will also provide touch support for Windows hybrid touch devices like the Microsoft Surface Pro, and improved gestural support using Apple Force Touch track pads. The addition of GPU-optimized Optical Flow Time Remapping will let you get smooth slow motion and speed ramps you want even when you haven't shot at ultra high frame rates, and will provide significantly improved frame-rate conversion. And there are large improvements coming to the Adobe Stock workflow, which will let you search, try out and license any of the 45-million high quality royalty-free images through the Adobe Stock service built right into the Creative Cloud Libraries panel in Premiere Pro, as well as After Effects.

The new Adobe Media Encoder will include Destination Publishing to Facebook, expanded support for UHD formats, improved image sequence workflows (new Watch Folder support for OpenEXR), Automatic Loudness correction, and more.

Grass Valley will introduce EDIUS 8.1 at this year's IBC conference and exhibition. Due in October, this free update will feature official support for Windows 10, OpenFX plug-in compatibility, including Boris Continuum Complete, HitFilm and GenArts Sapphire collections, as well as the ability to handle more layers of DNxHD and ProRes material in real-time. The new Browser application, introduced in version 8.0, will be improved with support for RED file formats, relinking of offline clips, or the export of thumbnail snapshots. EDIUS 8.1 will also allow to save projects as templates. The EDIUS Workgroup edition will add better K2 platform integration with the ability to edit 4K files on a server and integration of PYXIS video recording and playback system from FairlightUS Inc. Attendees of IBC 2015 will get a sneak preview of the new update at booth 1.D11, Sept. 11--15 in Amsterdam.

The AJ-PX380G has been thoughtfully created to cater to your video production needs and to undoubtedly enhance your operations. This shoulder-type camera recorder with interchangeable lens not only provides broadcast picture quality and enhances network-based workflows whilst boasting compact, lightweight mobility and low-cost operation it can equally be used as a camera recorder or in studio/live applications. The camcorder's 1/3-type 2.2-megapixel 3MOS sensor features high sensitivity; and high S/N. Broadcast-level AVC-ULTRA codecs (AVC-Intra, AVC-LongG, and AVC-Proxy) further enhance recording quality.

With this variety of options, you can effortlessly select the codec which is most suited to your needs. Not only does this high definition camcorder offer high-quality 4:2:2 10-bit recording to low-rate HD streaming and FTP transmission, it also supports 1080/50p, 59.94p acquisition and 3G-SDI output. It comes equipped with a P2 card slot and microP2 card slots. Network functions support wired LAN, wireless LAN, and 4G/LTE connectivity. New workflow functions include Wireless Preview/ Remote with PC/Mac, tablet device or smartphones, Rec during Uploading, and On-Air Streaming. An SDI input and wireless slot are also featured, providing all-round networking support.

The AJ-PX380G also features an integrated studio camera adapter, enabling easy conversion of this versatile camera into a fully functional studio camera system. Connecting to the optional AG-BS300G base station by just two standard HD-SDI cables the system provides full remote control of camera function and recording in addition to return images and intercom functions.

The AJ-PX380G also comes in two variations, one consisting of only the high definition camera recorder (8.700 EUR ex. VAT), and the other AJ-PX380GF (11.500 EUR ex. VAT) comes complete with a FUJINON 17x Zoom Lens and AG-CVF15G Colour HD Viewfinder.

New version of Blackmagic Design's Desktop Video software for DeckLink, UltraStudio and Intensity products for video capture and playback, adds general performance and stability improvements, as well as support for UltraStudio 4K Extreme and Avid Artist DNxIO products. New version 10.5 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux can be downladed here: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/support.