Blackmagic adds Cintel to its arsenal

[Eric Santiago]

I hope this doesnt push back the BMCC and Resolve 9 release.

[Tim Wilson]

You’re kidding, right? They should rename the company Multitasking, Inc. and just get on with buying Avid. LOL

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The typos here are most likely because I’m, a) typing this on my phone; and b) an idiot.

[Walter Soyka]

Everyone thinks “film scanner” when they hear Cintel, but their image processing technologies (grain management, stabilization, and restoration) seem to be a good fit with BMD’s other recent acquisitions.

Ten years ago, BMD was selling a low-cost uncompressed 10-bit SDI card that worked with Mac OS X. Today, they own DaVinci, EchoLab, Teranex, and now Cintel. Wow.

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[Gary Hazen]

[Walter Soyka] “Wow.”

That pretty much sums it up. BMD seems to have an endless supply of cash.

[Bernhard G.]

I hope TheFoundy would join them some day
and BMD would let their fingers from Avid – because I like BMD!

And TheFoundry technology would be such a great fit…

[Joseph Owens]

[Walter Soyka] “Everyone thinks “film scanner” when they hear Cintel”

Well, at least “telecine”, but the noise and dirt-fix technologies (some similar toor licensed with Kodak “Ice”) would fill in some gaps.

Pesonally, I’ve been lusting after a diTTo for years, and now that they will be priced at about $5K, might be the time to set aside the funds…

jPo

“I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me” Oscar Wilde.

[Walter Soyka]

[Walter Soyka] “Everyone thinks “film scanner” when they hear Cintel”

[Joseph Owens] “Well, at least “telecine””

Conceded!

[Joseph Owens] “Pesonally, I’ve been lusting after a diTTo for years, and now that they will be priced at about $5K, might be the time to set aside the funds…”

They did drop the cost of the Teranex, so maybe they will drop the cost of the diTTO as well. 4K for $4k?

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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[Gustavo Bermudas]

Hopefully now we will see Revival ported on the Mac. Interesting though, since film is pretty much dead. I guess restoration and 2D to 3D conversion will become cheaper and more accessible now.

At the same time, they’re about to revolutionize digital filmmaking with their new camera, and now they cover film!

I think if they can do something like Autodesk Smoke (NLE + VFX) they will definitely conquer the world. I posted in another thread recently that VFX and Color seems to be merging, and whoever covers both will definitely be the winner, but you have to have a NLE. Autodesk may have it easier since all they have to do is throw Lustre in Smoke, BM will have to acquire and develop new products. Which makes me wonder, why Adobe hasn’t yet? Is it because they’re too modular? We’ll see once Speedgrade works with video cards, right now is unusable.

[Bernhard G.]

[Gustavo Bermudas] “Autodesk may have it easier since all they have to do is throw Lustre in Smoke”

They already have thrown Lustre into Smoke as well as Flame. They call it “Flame Premium”:
https://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/flame_flameprem_flare_2013_brochure_en_us.pdf

I think, sooner or later, Autodesk will EOL Flame Premium and Smoke on Mac will be left (with full functionality).
A ‘Premium’ market segmentation doesn’t make any sense any more in the 21st century;
BMD’s model with Resolve vs. ResolveLite is the way to go.

[Gustavo Bermudas] “BM will have to acquire and develop new products”

This is the reason I hope BMD acquires TheFoundry anytime in the future.
Because they have exactly what BMD is missing for a world-class Finishing App based on Resolve:
– They have the algorithms BMD is missing and the interface know-how of Storm.
– Their technology is also extensively GPU accelerated.
– They have know-how on databases and workflow, so media-management.
– A PERFECT match!

At the other hand an often proclaimed acquisition of Avid would lead BMD unnecessarily into a financial disaster.

Best regards

[Misha Aranyshev]

[Walter Soyka] “so maybe they will drop the cost of the diTTO as well. 4K for $4k?”

Too many precisely machined moving parts.