Platform 1
Platform 1 is a major new root6 event, sponsored by apple, featuring
the latest creative technologies for the Mac Pro - including some of
the hottest new products from NAB. Entry is free but all
attendees must pre-register as numbers are limited. Refreshments
provided.
All attendees will also be eligible to win an Apple iPad.
25/26 May 9.00am – 6.00pm
Bertorelli, 11/13 Frith Street, LONDON W1D 4RB
On Show
Apple
Get the latest scoop on
Final Cut Studio.
New features, enhanced performance. What’s the future direction for
Mac Pro?
Adobe
Creative Suite 5. Eagerly awaited and hot from NAB. See and learn
more about the 64-bit enabled Mercury playback engine.
Avid
Media
Composer 5. Set to ship in June with support for
QuickTime and ProRes. Come and get the full picture.
AutoDesk
Smoke
for Mac OS X. Going down a storm. Find out what all the
fuss is about.
DVS
Realtime 4K and 2K stereoscopic capture on the Mac? Certainly.
Direct from NAB – the
Atomix card
from DVS
Gallery
Sienna software is
highly regarded in Mac broadcast environments across the globe. Find
out how it was implemented recently for BBC London.
Eyeheight
Stay legal with Eyeheight's
complianceSuiteFC
software for Final Cut.
NVIDIA
Unleash blistering graphics performance with NVIDIA's Quadro 4800
for Mac - compatible with
Adobe CS5's Mercury
Playback Engine.
Seminars
Alongside the MacPro exhibition root6 is running a seminar program providing a brief insight into the following areas. The seminars typically run for a maximum of 20 mins with the presenters available afterwards for any questions.
Stereoscopic editing with Final Cut Studio
9:30 and 2:30pm each day
DVS present the UK's first showing of the Atomix Video Card with
support for Final Cut Studio. This card is the first to
deliver 4k and 2k stereoscopic capture in real-time.
Adobe CS5
10am and 3pm each day
Following NAB 2010's launch this is the UK's first
presentation of the new features of CS5 including an overview of the
Mercury engine supporting NVIDIA GPU acceleration.
Avid
10:30 and 3:30pm each day
Avid present Media Composer version 5.0 which extends Avid's AMA native editing support for QT and RED codecs and
includes many other new features.
Gallery
11am and 4pm each day
Gallery presents its QT applications including PictureReady which
provides live video capture whilst editing , logging and proxy
generation are in progress. The presentation includes a review
of how this technology was implemented at BBC London News.
NVIDIA and Eyeheight
1:30am and 4:30pm each day
A dual presentation discussing the technical implications of GPU
hardware acceleration with NVIDIA and a overview of
Eyeheight's newly launched plugin for video signal legalisation.
AutoDesk
12pm and 5pm each day
With the recent announcement of Smoke arriving on the MacPro
platform, Autodesk are presenting this eagerly awaited
software.
Root6 Systems Integration
12:30 pm and 5:30pm each day
Root6 are currently supporting many XSAN networks with Final Cut
Server systems. This is a look at how the ‘XSAN in a box’
technology makes integration simpler and more manageable, with an
overview of Final Cut Server and how it is being used in the field.