Arri-news 2014

ALEXA's tenth software update will be released sometime in September this year, concluding an open beta that began in August. The many features in Software Update Packet (SUP) 10.0 have been chosen based on feedback from numerous set visits and a continual dialog with cinematographers, assistants, DITs, rental and post houses, and ARRI partners. At its launch, ALEXA was promised to be a future-proof system and ARRI has been working hard to ensure that its feature set evolves with modern shooting practices and needs. It is the re-programmable FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) processors inside ALEXA cameras that have enabled them to be updated with functionality far beyond the original specifications. The feedback keeps coming as digital production methods continue to evolve. Work is already underway on SUP 11.0, which will further improve the usefulness and flexibility of ALEXA cameras with features such as ProRes 3.2K and a checksum for ARRIRAW recording. ALEXA's software updates reach double figures - like its nine predecessors, SUP 10.0 provides exciting new features and refinements ALEXA SUP 10.0 10.0 SUP The many movies that are already recording in the ARRIRAW Open Gate format with ALEXA XT, XT Plus and XT Studio cameras will now be able to do the same with the compact ALEXA XT M. Open Gate records the full size of the ALEXA sensor for an easy 4K up- sample or for repositioning, resizing and stabilizing in post. Open Gate support for ALEXA XT M The new Apple ProRes 4444 XQ codec is the ideal choice for productions that are shooting for premium image quality, or are looking to take their color grading to extremes. This new 12 bit RGB codec supports HD and 2K resolutions as well as 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios. Its data rate of 500 Mb/s (at 30 fps 1920 x 1080) is higher than ProRes 4444’s 330 Mb/s, allowing a lower compression ratio that better preserves the superior tonal range of ALEXA's Log C signal. Apple ProRes 4444 XQ for ALEXA XT and XR 8 ARRI NEWS