August 7th, 2009 - 1:43 pm § in Tapeless Workflow

Bling Imaging discusses How to Speed up the Pipeline through Compositor Friendly Workflows for Maya

Bling has been asked by Autodesk to speak at a webinar to discuss intelligent workflows for 3D Computer Generated Imaging (CGI) in post.

You can find out more on the Autodesk site here – http://med.experience.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/en-US/all/speakers.php


July 2nd, 2009 - 6:35 pm § in Tapeless Workflow

Uncompressed RED 4K and the Throughput You Need

Recently at Bling we had the opportunity to push the boundaries of how far you can go with the RED One. The RED One is a 12 megapixel digital camera with a sensor that gives up to 4520 (h) x 2540 (v) pixels. To put the amount of information you are working with in perspective, imagine [...][...]


July 1st, 2009 - 9:55 pm § in Color Science, Digital Intermediates

Why Lookup Tables (LUTs) for Color Monitors?

One can’t go to NAB or look at a monitor nowadays without some talk about Bit Depth and LUTs (Color Lookup Tables.) Whether it’s the HP Dreamcolor Monitor, or the latest Cinetal LCD concoction, the question arises about color fidelity and manipulation. Does it support 1D LUTs or 3D LUTs?[...]


July 1st, 2009 - 7:28 pm § in Color Science

What is Gamma, and Why is it important?

Everyone has probably noticed from time to time that a weird term comes up on their computer monitor, or in a discussion with some film or broadcast professional called Gamma. Often there are these very complex and technical explanations of what it is, that has to do with mathematics. However, the e[...]


June 30th, 2009 - 12:34 pm § in Online Edit

HD Tape Compression and Why It’s Bad for Filmmakers

Many Independent Filmmakers out there have heard the gospel from the HD tape manufacturers touting full filmmaking capabilities off of Sony’s HDV Format, or Panasonic’s DVCPRO HD. Of course, many of the cameras give you the ability to throw on nice lenses and with the right professional [...]