CineForm Announces 12-Bit RGB Codec For HD and 2K Direct-To-Disk Media Recording and Online Post-Production Workflows

"CineForm announced that its CineForm Intermediate codec family now supports a 12-bit RGB format called CineForm 444, offering spatial resolutions up to 2048 x 2048 pixels. Further, CineForm’s Windows-based Prospect 2K editing software for Adobe Premiere Pro now supports real-time, multi-stream editing of CineForm 444 content on its editing timeline. A version of CineForm 444 compatible with Intel-based Mac OS X QuickTime video applications will be released in the near future.

Intended for professional film, digital cinema, and broadcast applications, CineForm 444 offers real-time software-based direct-to-disk recording of dual-link HD-SDI sources onto Windows (and soon Mac OS X) computers as an alternative to traditional tape-based recording. Tape-based recording requires an extra tape-to-disk transfer process prior to beginning post production which is eliminated by using CineForm 444 direct-to-disk recording. Setup parameters allow selection of whether files will be written to QuickTime MOV or AVI file formats for cross-platform (Windows / Mac OS X) compatibility. Recorded CineForm 444 files are immediately available for online editing using Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects on Windows, with compatibility soon to be offered for Final Cut Pro and other non-linear editing and compositing software."

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