Arri-news 2014

ProRes 422 LT ProRes 422 ProRes 422 HQ ProRes 4444 2x CFast 2.0 cards 2x Live Output 1.5G-SDI 3G-SDI 6G-SDI ProRes HD ProRes 2K ProRes UHD UHD uncompressed (4:2:2) (Technology Demo) HD uncompressed (4:4:4 or 4:2:2) DELIVER ANY FORMAT While widespread adoption of 4K or UHD for broadcast is still a long way off, an increasing number of content owners are becoming concerned that they ought to safeguard the longevity of their programs by ensuring that they will be suitable for UHD transmission, should that become a standard in the future. For those productions that do need to generate UHD deliverables, AMIRA will now offer the ability to record all ProRes codecs in Ultra High Definition 3840 x 2160 resolution directly onto the in-camera CFast 2.0 cards, at up to 60 fps. This feature, which will be available for purchase at the online ARRI License Shop through an affordable software upgrade (and a sensor calibration for existing AMIRAs) by the end of 2014, comes in response to feedback from AMIRA customers, some of whom have been quizzed about 4K deliverables by clients. It is made possible by the camera’s exceptional image quality, its processing power, and its reprogrammable system architecture. Whether a production is pursuing a UHD workflow all the way through to distribution, or simply wishes to archive in UHD in order to future-proof itself against industry developments, AMIRA will now offer an easy solution that requires no additional processes in postproduction. A new software upgrade will allow AMIRA to record ProRes UHD files, answering the 4K requirements of some productions PRORES UHD WITH AMIRA 18 ARRI NEWS