Digital Tech Guru Workshop
April 15, 2007
• 9:00AM - 6:15PM
9:00 - 10:15am
SAN Strategies: Storage Area Networks for Editing Facilities
Editing complex projects such as reality television programs, documentaries and effects laden feature films takes the use of a SAN. Allowing multiple points of access to centralized media storage speeds up the workflow chain and saves time, but these systems don’t necessarily run themselves. Come to this session to discover strategies employed in SAN deployment to make that enormous project much more tame.
Audience: Senior Editors, Post Production Supervisors and Post Producers working in long format, multiple seat edit facilities.
11:45am - 1:00pm
Signal Routing: The Basics of Video, Audio and Data Connection Distribution
Sitting at the controls of an editing, graphics or digital audio workstation it’s easy to forget about all the cabling and connections required between where you sit and the rest of the facility. Getting video, audio and data connections over great distances to computers, video decks and monitors requires a thorough understanding of a number of technologies, both analog and digital. Whether you’re part of a dozen edit suites, or just one, understanding how to best route your signals to your equipment will ensure clean professional results every time.
Audience: Seasoned Editors, Video Engineers and Studio Technicians.
2:00 - 3:15pm
The Machine Room: Creating the Ideal Central Media Room in Your Facility
Machine Rooms are created in post facilities for a number of reasons: centralizing video gear, maintaining proper temperature and noise levels, etc. Finding the ideal environment to create a Machine Room can be a tricky endeavor, in addition to the undertaking of building one. In this session, we’ll explore the considerations used in choosing a place for a Machine Room and how to maximize it’s use in post production facilities.
Audience: Video Engineers, Studio Facility Management personnel.
3:30 - 4:45pm
Maintenance: Routines to Keep Post-Production Facilities Running
Post Production facilities need a number of things to function well; talented people working on powerful computers next to expensive video and audio gear. The people only need sleep and coffee to function. But the equipment needs attention more often. Regular maintenance of computers by IT staff and preventative maintenance to video gear before it breaks down is the key to keeping your shop working long and hard when the jobs are in. The loss of a computer or expensive video deck can sometimes result in the loss of a client. In this session, we’ll discuss the basics of maintenance routines for both the computers in your facility as well as the video and audio decks that will keep your engine firing on all cylinders.
Audience: IT Professionals, Vide
5:00 - 6:15pm
Video Monitoring Solutions: HD, SD and D-Cinema Display Technologies
It used to be true that all you needed in an editing suite to watch your video was an NTSC CRT Monitor. Today, with the advent of HD and Digital Cinema, it’s no longer a single solution world. Edit facilities are now moving from SD to HD projects, and some are working in the 2K realm color correcting for theatrical projection. With all these new project opportunities come new challenges on the proper way to watch all these different formats. This session will cover the most popular display technologies being used to address SD, HD and D-Cinema editorial and finishing.
Audience: Editors, Video Engineers and Studio Facility Management personnel.
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