3Dfx produces
voodoo chipsets/boards for extreme 3D work on the PC platform.
They have some excellent video engineering talent here. Although
they are slanted towards gamers right now, we expect their products
to move into post and brodcast in the comming year.
The Accom site also
has product and corporate information. They manufacture the
Axial editor, Workstation Disk, Axcess network still/clip store,
and a complete line of signal processing and transcoding systems.
In addition, the LSet provides a virtual set environment. They
have an extremeley talented group of people here. They now
own what used to be Abekas and Scitex. Look for some exiting
new products out of this group soon.
Adobe Systems make Premiere,
a Macintosh-based video production package, and AfterEffects, a fine
special effects package for the Mac as well as many, many applications
crucial to the production of text and graphics in Video.
Alias Research produces
some of the best digial image creation tools in the world. They
have many design guides and samples on their site.
Avid produces a wide range
of broadcast and post-production content creation systems. They
have, as one would expect, a beautiful site here.
Artel Software, Inc developer of Boris Effects, a
multi-channel DVE plug-in for Media 100 and Adobe Premiere.
C-Cube produces
JPEG and MPEG codec hardware. They also have standards and file format
information for JFIF and MPEG data.
Crispin Corporation Develops
software for the Tektronix Profile. Their products run under Windows NT,
on a workstation or directly on the Profile.
Desktop Images Home Page
is a commercial site which sells design tools and instructional videos.
Digital Image Design
produces the Monkey, a motion-input device for character animation, the
Cricket, a VR-input device, and InScape, a workstation package for
adding VR to applications.
Digital Vision
won an Emmy for their Motion vector estimation work. They make
a wide range of video processing systems including color correctors,
image stabilizers, and film-to-video systems. They are based
in Sweden.
Doceo
Publishing puts out the Compression Times, a site dedicated to
the latest in Video Codec technology. Well worth a visit if you are
thinking of encoding video. Their link list has some good PC and
Mac video manufacturer links.
EDLMAX - EDL Management
Professional edit decision list management software and information.
"Guide to EDL Management" (an EDL primer) is a good resource on
edit decision lists, covering EDL compatibilities, cleaning, and
tracing, with appendixes including EDL format cross-references,
"Using AVID EDL Tool", and an EDL "check list".
Frame Rate
Labs (FRL)
provide multimedia authoring, delivery, and presentation tools. They
make "Millenium", an authoring package, and also produce a low-profile
computer system for the (as yet nonexistent) settop market.
Fujitsu Semiconductor
manufactures many devices critical to video systems engineering.
Grass Valley Group
located in the foothills of the Sierra, makes switchers, editors, and
much more.
IBM
has an MPEG encoder chipset. They also have a
Compression Service which offers a complete compression solution
for those interested in MPEG content production. I've seen this
product at NAB now for three years, and the results are very impressive.
Immersive Systems
has a virtual environment system called Meme produced by Marc De Groot.
It allows for interaction among agents in a virtual reality.
Imagine Products has
a very fine set of logging packages for Windows and Macintosh, Media
Asset Management applications and all manner of serial and timecode
interfacing products.
Inscriber Technology produces
a marvelous character generator, as well as many plugins and tools
for non-linear editors.
Media 100 is one
of the finest non-linear Mac systems out there.
Microsoft has made a
large impact with both the capabilities of NT and their new
branch, Softimage .
Miranda makes
interface boxes, those little widgets that go between
the analog and digital worlds. Hopefully they'll soon
have their great "format matrix" on their Tech Bits page.
Motorola has produced many
of the components used to produce and control video systems.
Netvideo offers video storage
and compression services over the net.
NewTek makes the amazing
video toaster: and now, a Windows version.
Odetics is active
in a broad range of video activities. Their forte' is broadcast
automation, but theyr are making inroads into video-over-ATM with their
OC-3/DS3 converter. And man, look at their earnings!
OptiBase makes MPEG-1 and
MPEG-2 encoders and decoders. Their page has some
great clips and some Shockwave material.
Oracle has been moving
into the video server business for a while.
Pinnacle Systems is
having tremendous success in the broadcast market due to the
efforts of Mark Sanders, George Ubell, and Art Shiffer.
Pixelan Software produces the
Video Spice Rack which adds over 300 transitions and effects to
Premiere, After Effects, Media 100, Video Machine and Speed Razor.
They offer some sample downloads.
PSP Digital Ltd. produces
a family of digital switchers and keyers for the post production
and broadcast industries. While many such systems operate
only on the 4:2:2 domain, these systems handle 4:4:4:4 as well.
Radius has
a huge technical site here. Everything and more about frame rates,
DV recoding. They also have some product info.
Silicon Graphics (SGI)
is the leading producer of high-performance Graphics/Computing systems.
Their products comprise the basis of modern video/graphics production
systems.
QuantumLeap
have a number of PC-based video window and capture products.
Quantel dominates high-end
production with their Hal and Harry products.
Snell & Wilcox
is a British firm with a wide line of film/video production equipment.
They also have some fine technical publications available on their
site.
Sohonet is an
ATM network service provider cnetered in the Soho district of London, U.K.
They have a link page, and some information about their setup on
their site.
Texas Instruments makes many of the parts
we use for DV products, including DSPs and high-speed FIFOs. Hopefully
they will continue to do so.
Truevision makes
video boards for both Mac and PC platforms. They have an information-rich
site, well worth the time to browse.
VideoMedia is widely known
as the manufacturer of V-LAN, the remote control network for video
equipment.
ViewTronics produces
Professional audio and video disk recorders. Site has product
specs and a links page, as well as membership in the
Video Consulting Ring