NAB 2008: Panasonic's new AVCCAM camera to capture to SDHC cards

Panasonic, always on the cutting edge, unveiled its new AG HMC 70 camera at this year's show. The HD camera shoots 1080 to an SD card. Panasonic's Robert Harris took me through the process and discusses its AVCCAM format.

Mitsubishi XD211u DLP projector

Small footprint, ultraportable projector for less than $1000

One of the most dynamic markets for projectors has been that of the portable projector. During the last NAB and infoCOMM, projector manufacturers showed everything from the projector models designed to throw an image on huge 70ft screens, down to the tiny handheld portable units that are often used in viral advertising in big cities across America.

Global TV uses Antics Pre-viz for quick turnaround and flexibility

Station uses Antics Pre-viz to fill in the gaps of the story with an animated visual component

Antics has been used on a number of Global TV news stories for use as on-air supplemental coverage. Whether it be a crime scene re-enactment, car crash, new building development visualization or a proposed light rail network, Global TV will continue to use Antics Pre-viz to fill in the gaps of the story with an animated visual component.

Keyframe Digital Partners with Sesame Workshop to Help "Pinky Dinky Doo" "Do 3D"

Digital animation and visual effects studio Keyframe Digital Productions is co-producing and creating 3D animation for 26 new half-hour episodes of "Pinky Dinky Doo," comprising the second season of the animated preschool series produced by Sesame Workshop and Cartoon Pizza, according to Keyframe co-founder, Clint Green. Green serves as producer and production manager for Keyframe. Keyframe co-founder, Darren Cranford, is directing all 26 episodes, which include 52 segments and 104 games. JoEllyn Marlow is the Executive in Charge of Production for Sesame Workshop.

ElementFX creates penguins in puddles for the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Facility's first live action shots in HD

ElementFX recently created a fun commercial for BuderEngel Advertising and the Monterey Bay Aquarium that shows a young girl looking at rain puddles to see various sea life as she splashes. The digital facility used the commercial to mark the first time as a live action production company to shoot in high definition, using the Sony FP 23 HD digital camera.

NAB 2008: GridIron Shows Flow

New professional workflow management solution from GridIron Gang

GridIron, a relatively small company showed up with a massive booth for a massively comprehensive management solution. GridIron, previously known for its memory and processor management application: NucleoPro now offers to help us with our file management as well.

3Ware Sidecar

A Mac RAID that that offers a high end PCI Express solution

The sidecar RAID from 3Ware isn't new gear featured at NAB this year, but with the advent of more and more high definition resources and 2K+ video, every Mac editor and/or compositor will have to look at the different solutions available to store and access all of those gigantor elements. It's not just about storage, its about bandwidth too.