4K Editing: Prices, Features Run Gamut

TV Technology by Jay Ankeney

Looking at some of the extreme ends of the game

MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF.—According to Greek mythology Sisyphus, King of Ephyra, being punished for being deceitful, was forced to repeatedly push an immense boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down. We are not sure how big the stone was, but it was headed up the same ramp each time. In 4K editing we find a similar challenge, with editors pushing large and small rocks up the same slope while having various options to accomplish the task.

In the past two Focus on Editing columns, we’ve surveyed most of the mainstream edit systems that can tackle the 4K challenge. This time we’ll take a look at the extreme ends of the game: NLE systems that can cut 4K for free; and others involving costs that match the budgets of the productions they are mastering to exploit all the visual glory that 4K promises.

EDITSHARE
EditShare can also get you editing 4K on a budget with a free download of their basic LightWorks software—the same timeline- based NLE that Thelma Schoonmaker has won Oscars with for editing the films of Martin Scorsese.

Colorist and client using Quantel’s Pablo Rio digital intermediate workflow

“We’ve been able to ingest RED and DPX 4K files for about four years,” explained James Richings, partner and managing director at EditShare, “and we are now in the process of implementing native support for ARRI RAW files and XAVC from Sony.”

Richings sees a dilemma when handling 4K files. “Everyone wants the purity of uncompressed images, but storing and transporting them requires a lot of horsepower. So most editors are editing compressed versions and then mastering from the originals,” he said. “It’s like returning to the offline/ online paradigm of years ago, and we make it more feasible by offloading a lot of the effects work to high-end GPU cards.”

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EDITSHARE
EditShare can also get you editing 4K on a budget with a free download of their basic LightWorks software—the same timeline- based NLE that Thelma Schoonmaker has won Oscars with for editing the films of Martin Scorsese.

Colorist and client using Quantel’s Pablo Rio digital intermediate workflow
“We’ve been able to ingest RED and DPX 4K files for about four years,” explained James Richings, partner and managing director at EditShare, “and we are now in the process of implementing native support for ARRI RAW files and XAVC from Sony.”

Richings sees a dilemma when handling 4K files. “Everyone wants the purity of uncompressed images, but storing and transporting them requires a lot of horsepower. So most editors are editing compressed versions and then mastering from the originals,” he said. “It’s like returning to the offline/ online paradigm of years ago, and we make it more feasible by offloading a lot of the effects work to high-end GPU cards.” read more...

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