News and Events - February 2007

Wed 28th Feb, 2007

Craft editing

FORscene, Forbidden's web based video logging and editing system, is being used increasingly as a finishing tool. Features which help craft editors include: a search engine to locate source clips, frame accurate editing and trimming, video transistions, video and audio levels, subtitles, and collaborative features such as chat. Additional craft editing features are being released over the next few weeks.

Tue 20th Feb, 2007

Video on the Net

Forbidden Technologies is taking a booth at Video on the Net. The conference takes place between 19th and 22nd March 2007, and is being held in San José, California.

Mon 19th Feb, 2007

FORscene Load Mac

Version 1.4.14 of FORscene Load Mac, released today, supports NTSC source video in both drop frame and non drop frame timecode versions. NTSC is also supported on the corresponding EDL exports to such systems as Avid and Final Cut Pro.

Mon 12th Feb, 2007

DVD quality

The latest camera phones have video resolution similar to DVDs: 640x480 pixels, 30 frames per second. Now you can shoot on a phone, upload over the air, edit on the web in FORscene, and publish at full resolution. Those with an MPEG 2 player can see the high resolution result filmed on a Nokia N93. Those without the MPEG plug-in can see a low resolution web version.

Tue 6th Feb, 2007

Internet coverage

James E. Clarke summarises the current position of web editing tools. His report points out: "Forbidden was the first company that got a true Post Production level video editor running on a web technology stack. Everything from the CODECs to the UI is written in Java and delivered as a managed service over HTTP; Salesforce.com for video in effect". He also mentions other products in this area.