Latest articles by Jay Ankeney
Editing Virtual Reality Content
Virtual reality is upon us, and, like any other seachange technology in the world of entertainment communication, it’s ultimately going to be up to editors to figure out how to handle it.
Is Laser-Illuminated Projection the Future of 3D?
Last month I saw the future of digital cinema exhibition and the future is bright and beautiful.
2017 State of the Edit: VR, 8K and IMF
What better way to welcome the New Year than by taking stock of the state of post production with insights from representatives of some of the leading NLE manufacturers?
Music Assists in Setting the Scene
The FX Networks’ hit, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” was one of the most successful cable shows ever produced, and the most-watched episodic in FX Networks’ history.
2016 NAB Product Review: Monitors
As the Bard once said, “Displays the thing!” and at NAB Show 2016 monitors and displays provided windows into the souls of new technologies.
2016 Product Review: Editing & Graphics
We used to say “fix it in post,” but with all the new power and flexibility of today’s edit systems it’s now more a question of “create it in post.”
Ramp Up the Processing for UHD Post
Ultra high-definition (UHD) displays are everywhere, but UHD content, at least in this country, is limited to streaming sources such as Netflix, Amazon and other online services.
2016 Product Preview: Editing & Graphics
All the changes that are in the air in our rapidly evolving media environment at the NAB Show will hit the fan, as it were, in editing and post production.
The Perils of 4K
“We are working on eight television shows right now including ‘NCIS: Los Angeles,’ ‘Perception,’ and ‘Cougar Town,’ among others, but none of those clients have requested 4K masters.”
NAB 2015 Editing & Graphics Preview
All of the technological advances in digital video creation eventually find their way into the edit suite.
NAB 2015 Monitors Preview
Although 4K monitors will blossom all over the Las Vegas Convention Center, at the 2015 NAB Show, it’s as much about the quality of pixels as the amount of pixels.
NAB Show Product Review: Monitors
There were monitors filled with eye candy all throughout the Las Vegas Convention Center.
NAB Show Product Review: Editing & Graphics
Like a baseball catcher facing a knuckle-ball pitcher, edit systems have to be ready to handle anything that gets thrown at them.
NAB 2014: Monitors
New display technologies will make the monitors making their debut at the NAB Show as exciting as the revolutionary production systems used to create the content needed to fill them.
State of the Edit 2014
New technologies don’t limit the possibilities of post production, they expand its opportunities.
NAB 2014: Editing
Like all roads leading to Rome, every technology path on display at the 2014 NAB Show eventually ends up in editing and post production.
Creating Different Concepts Of Reality Through Editing
Editors rejoice. Every year the Creative Arts Awards given out by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences heralds the greatest achievement in our craft.
