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SMPTE 09 Theatrette

Presentation & Presenter Overview

  Improving Operational Productivity through Media Process Management
 
Terry Moss, Regional Account Manager, Xytech Systems Corporation

The last few years have seen explosive growth in the amount of content that is being created and managed by broadcasters, studios, post production facilities, media services companies, content aggregators and transmission service providers. A Media Process Management solution is the key to effectively managing the content and orchestrating its repurposing and delivery. This is taking place in an environment where capital expense budgets are tight, headcounts are at best stagnant, and the need is to do more with less.

Xytech’s new MediaPulseTM product is a ground-breaking new application suite offering businesses a dynamic, adaptive, end-to-end solution - from initial request through delivery and billing. Deep functionality, an easily modified user interface, template-driven workflows, and automated operations are the key components of the platform. It uses robust, open, industry-standard technologies to create an entirely new product specifically designed to improve, streamline, and reduce the cost of media operations.

This presentation will outline the benefits of MediaPulse against the backdrop of today’s reality.

Terry Moss
Terry has 20+ years experience in the Media & Broadcast market. He combines an extensive background in systems integration, where he designed and implemented studios, remote mobile units and editing facilities, with international sales roles with leading equipment manufacturers.

  3D Animation for Broadcast with Cinema 4D
 
Tim Clapham, MD, HYPA

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Tim will be showing examples of the Broadcast Animation he has completed over the years whilst working with HYPA. He will demonstrate how HYPA have used Cinema4D to create the work, specifically Thinking Particles and MoGraph. By examining some of the techniques and workflows available, Tim will explore methods to make the most of these powerful modules.

Tim Clapham
Tim Clapham is a multi-disciplinary animator and compositor. With over 11 years of industry experience, Tim is an industry recognized expert in Cinema 4D and After Effects, and a renowned trainer with a strong attention to detail. As a Company Director of HYPA (hypa.tv) Tim works with a wide range of global advertising and broadcast companies, producing world-class content that is both technically challenging and
innovative.

  Atempo Digital Archive: Three Creative Strategies for Digital Media Workflows
 
Chris Taylor, Business Development Manager, Atempo Australia

This informative and practical presentation looks at moving the archive to centre stage - from the dusty storage room to critical storage element. It looks how how an archive process can be integrated into a modern media workflow:
- Archive on Ingest of Raw Footage
- Editor-Initiated Archive
- Self-Cleaning Storage

Chris Taylor
Chris has over 20 years experience in the IT industry and has been managing Atempo's business in Australia for the last 5 years. Atempo's storage software is designed to protect media workflows and is used at numerous companies such as Showtime, Premier Media Group, Park Road Post, Animal Logic, E-Film and many more.


  AJA Ki Pro Presentation: From Lens to Post
 
Jon Thorn, Product Manager, AJA Video

Personally experience one Unified Production to Post workflow with AJA.

Finally, shoot on the same codec as you edit with, full raster 10 bit Apple ProRes 422, built natively into Ki Pro’s stand-alone, portable hardware.

See a live demo of AJA’s revolutionary new product, Ki Pro. You’ll have a chance to ask questions and get answers from our leading expert, Jon Thorn, the man who created the Ki Pro.


  An Introduction to CINEMA 4D R11 & Craft Director Tools
 
Nigel Allen, Animation Specialist, Adimex

Nigel will be presenting a brief overview of MAXON's CINEMA 4D Core, illustrating how the intuitive interface and logical workflow speeds the creation of animated graphics for use in a broadcast environment. Nigel will also present a brief introduction to Craft Director Tools which accelerate the process of rigging and
animating 4-wheel, 2-wheel and airborne vehicles as well as achieving complex, organic camera motion within CINEMA 4D.

Nigel Allen
Nigel has been using CINEMA 4D since 1996. During that time he has created animations for clients including Toyota, Telstra, JVC, Optus and MacDonalds Restaurants. Nigel is the MAXON product manager at Adimex looking after sales, customer support and CINEMA 4D training. Nigel also teaches 'Game Artistry' using CINEMA 4D R11 and BodyPaint R4 at Hornsby TAFE.

  Workflow-engineered Collaborative Storage solutions for Film, TV, & DI
 
Paul Hayes, Director - Asia Pacific Region, EditShare Pty Ltd (Asia Pacific)

With the move to digital formats and now file-based acquisition technology, there is a growing movement amongst the content production industry to create a single flexible solution for centralized storage and workflow needs. Today's content producer needs to access and manage digital files from many different softwares as well as many different locations simultaneously, both inside and outside their facilities.

This presentation explores the industry push to a highly flexible, yet cost effective central storage solution, and outline the technical advances that have allowed EditShare to be seen as a pace-setter in the collaborative storage and workflow solutions market. The core technical and operational benchmarks required for a true collaborative workflow will be highlighted, as well as the very important decisions that need to be considered by the content creator for their long-term storage, collaboration, and archive needs.

Examples and case studies, from both local and international users, will support the presentation.

Paul Hayes
Paul Hayes has been involved in the broadcast television and film production industry for over 25 years. The last 15 years has been predominantly in the sales and marketing of specialist broadcast and video-related production equipment.

As director of the Asia Pacific sales region for US broadcast TV equipment manufacturer EditShare LLC, Paul focuses on sales channel development, sales, and marketing. Previously Paul represented Avid as reseller, Avid Certified Support Representative, and Avid Certified Trainer. Close association with the ‘content creation” industry, as well as a thorough understanding of their daily workflows, processes and problems, allows Paul to confidently design integrated solutions for the specialised needs of today's Film and TV market.

  Advanced Broadcast Techniques Using CINEMA 4D
 
James Redmond

James will provide a detailed breakdown of the animation he has created for several popular TV shows.

James Redmond
James began in the broadcast industry by creating low budget videos destined for Rage. Following on from this, he worked on a a variety of animated laser installations,
corporate videos, TVC's and the 2007 3rd placed Tropfest film "The Von". Over the last two and a half years he has been working fulltime at Sydney production studio Beyond , known for hit shows such as Mythbusters, Hot Property and What's Good For You. C4D has been his 3D weapon of choice since R8, usually working hand in hand with Adobe After Effects and speciality applications such as Zbrush.


  The Night is for the Young: Umeric Projects Using CINEMA 4D
 
Ash Bolland

Umeric is a creative-driven production studio, based in Sydney, Australia, lead by Director Ash Bolland and Producer Von Dekker, which creates material within the fields of film making, commercials and music videos for clients including Nike, MTV, Discovery Channel and HP.
In the presentation Ash will provide insight into the techniques and workflow involved in the creation of some of these projects.

“We buy a lucky cat every time we finish a project. Maneki Neko, as the figurine is known in Japan, is believed to summon wealth, health and happiness into the homes and business which display them. The sculpture depicts a cat beckoning with an upright paw. In the design of the sculptures, a raised right paw supposedly attracts money, while a raised left paw attracts customers. Creating memorable work is much like the Maneki Neko; it must attract, provoke and inspire people into your world.”
Ash Bolan

  CLIPSTER® – The Heart of Your DI
 
Dan Germain, WW Business Development & Pre Sales, DVS

Hardware accelerated CLIPSTER® is the optimum solution for fast and easy RED workflows. CLIPSTER® supports the full workflow with 4K 12 bit RAW material. Users benefit from debayering and decoding in real time. Offline RED material can be accessed as QuickTime® reference files or as CLIPSTER-processed offline streams. For example, important Avid DNxHD® metadata can be burned into video. CLIPSTER’s sophisticated Conforming Tool easily manages and conforms original RAW content via EDL or FCP XML. CLIPSTER® creates a master thanks to timecode and reel number information in the header.
CLIPSTER® is an ideal solution to create digital master for screening in digital cinemas. The masters generated with CLIPSTER® meet the required standards as specified by SMPTE and DCI. All steps from Digital Source Master (DSM) to Digital Cinema Package (DCP) can be easily performed with CLIPSTER®, guided by an intuitive wizard.

Dan Germain
Dan Germain is responsible for worldwide business development and pre sales at DVS. As a digital media specialist he is familiar with the challenges and solutions of future-proof post production workflows. Dan Germain is experienced in Broadcast TV, Media and Entertainment especially editing, DI, workflow, DAS, NAS & SAN storage, compositing, colour grading, graphics, visual effects and 3D stereoscopy. Prior to joining DVS, he worked in prominent roles for high-end post production facilities such as Digital Vision, Root6, Avid, Eyon and Quantel.

  The Future of LCD Monitors for Film and Video
 
Masato Nakashima, Global Product Manager - Colour Graphics, Eizo

Directly responsible for the global success of Eizo's Colour Graphic series, Masato comes to Sydney to dispel the fear of technology change from CRT, and enlighten industry professionals on the advantages of tomorrow's screen. Eizo (pronounced Aye-zoh) with 40 years experience as a dedicated screen manufacturer, offers cutting edge R&D from its combined Japanese and German teams. Starting with the invention of the Space Invaders coffee table, Eizo Nanao now develops technology for diagnostic medical imaging, air traffic control, and professional colour graphics applications world wide.

  Content Delivery & Protection On-Line with Flash & the Flash Media Server Family
 
Biran Chau, Systems Engineer, Adobe

Adobe Flash is a major part of the online delivery ecosystem. To successfully deliver content you need to see where the technology is headed and how you can take advantage of up and coming developments. Following on from NAB 09, Brian will outline recent announcements and how they are relevant to your delivery of content.
- Flash platform
- Digital Home
- Strobe
- Open Screen Project

In addition, Discover how the Adobe Flash Media Server Family can help you efficiently and safely stream video content to the broadest range of clients – across platforms, browsers and devices. This sessions showcases interesting customer examples and demonstrates Flash Media Interactive Server, Flash Media Encoding Server and Flash Media Rights Management Server.
- Flash Media Server Family
- Deployment
- Case studies

  Content Creation Workflows with CS4 Production Premium
 
Evan Butson, The Difference Engine

Let Adobe’s Dynamic Media Ambassador, Evan Buston, guide you through all the new features in CS4 Production Premium to bring your workflow up to speed.

If you edit with Final Cut or AVID, if you shoot with tapeless formats such as RED, P2, XDCAM, AVC-Intra or AVCCAM don’t miss your chance to see for the first time, fully integrated, multiformat workflow all in one sweet package!

Its a must see, with speech to text transcription, editing your doco or interview 10 times faster with Premiere Pro. Not to mention making your video text searchable online.

CS4 Production Premium is your first step to an end-to-end solution for distributing content online, with a fully integrated independent media encoder designed for background and batch rendering.

Get content into your system faster, edit faster and output faster with CS4 Production Premium.

Evan Butson, Adobe Ambassador, The Difference Engine

The Difference Engine (TDE), is a Melbourne based post production company working within the television, corporate and educational sector. TDE has created content for clients such as BHP Billiton, Hard Rock Cafe, Honda MPV, THQ, Oxiana, Shell, Ford, and RACV.

TDE's founder, Evan Butson, is a contributing editor to Digital Media World Magazine, as well as an Industry Liaison Advisor for VCE Media students involved in VET course for Firbank Grammar School and Xavier College in Melbourne.

Evan is also an official Adobe Ambassador in Australia, participating in online training seminars, product launches and roadshows.

  An Introduction to Avid Media Composer for Final Cut Pro Users
 
Evan Boyd, Pre-Sales Specialist, Avid Technology

Avid Media Composer is an industry standard, cross platform, editing system for video, broadcast and film. This session has been designed to introduce Media Composer to Final Cut Pro users from a Final Cut user perspective.

Presented by Evan Boyd from Avid. Evan has spent the last decade immersed in the world of Media 100 and Final Cut Pro, supporting, designing and implementing Final Cut production solution. With his recent move to Avid, Evan will provide a unique insight into the world of Avid and Media Composer and provide an introduction to Media Composer interface and how to get started with your first Media Composer project. This is not an Final Cut Pro versus Media Composer presentation, it’s simply to provide an introduction to the tools inside Media Composer from a Final Cut user perspective.

The presentation will cover, creating a new project, working with bins, importing media, creating a sequence, working on the timeline, basic title’s and effects and output.

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  Telestream: Think Productivity - Pipeline & FlipFactory
 
Steve Ellis – Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Steve brings more than 25 years of executive sales and strategic business leadership experience in the video and telecommunications industries to his sales role at Telestream. Steve’s background includes many years of deep industry knowledge, as well as a successful track record of scaling business growth through his leadership of worldwide sales organizations and channel teams. “Telestream is a company with a great reputation, great team and great products that solve critical workflow needs in innovative ways for professional video users.”

Previous experience includes an extensive background in the professional video industry, where Steve lead domestic and international sales teams for Chyron Corporation, a leading provider of broadcast graphics and newsroom integration solutions, Vizrt Americas, and Pinnacle Video Systems. Former positions also include ownership and management of a successful regional broadcast dealership in New York and directing corporate media services for AT&T.

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