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Accsoon’s affordable M7 monitors
Chinese brand Accsoon has launched its long-awaited Cine View M7 and M7 Pro monitors, unveiled in prototype form at the NAB Show earlier this year. These all-new, seven-inch touchscreen monitors pack high-end features into rugged, compact bodies at competitive prices. The Cine View M7 Pro is priced at $899 and the M7 at $799. UK prices have not yet been revealed. The M7 Pro includes built-in long- range wireless video reception using Accsoon dual-band transmission tech. It will also soon support transmission to other monitors, receivers or mobile devices running the See app. The M7 shares the same core performance, minus the wireless features. Both models have premium laminated displays with 1920x1080 resolution, 1000-nit brightness and factory calibration for accurate Rec. 709 colour. Touchscreen camera control is currently in beta testing for select Sony mirrorless cameras, with aperture, ISO, shutter speed and white-balance
ADOBE UPDATE REFINES AI VIDEO PRODUCTION Adobe’s update to its Firefly software brings advanced AI video tools to speed up workflows and give more creative control. The update delivers improvements to motion fidelity, smarter video generation and a range of tools to cut down editing time. At its heart is a refined video generation model that creates more natural movement, lifelike transitions and atmospheric realism. With Composition Reference, editors can upload a clip and generate new footage which retains the same structure and visual rhythm – great for storyboarding, reworking past projects or building series content. New Style Presets let users apply unique visual styles – from anime to claymation – at a single click. And Keyframe Cropping enables the generation of full scenes based on just a beginning and end frame. Firefly has also added a Generate Sound Effects tool to create custom audio through text prompts or voice control, as well as text to avatar (beta), which can turn scripts into narrated videos with virtual on- screen presenters. The new Enhance Prompt rewrites vague inputs into more targeted ones, helping creators get better footage on the first try. adobe.com
adjustments available from the monitor. More camera models will follow. Housed in aluminium with Gorilla Glass Victus screens, the monitors run a custom Android OS for future expandability and fast performance. Monitoring tools include waveform, vectorscope, zebras, false colour and histogram, all customisable. Accsoon has also prioritised pro LUT workflows. Users can import, apply or burn LUTs in real time, use the monitors as LUT boxes or preview footage in log. On-board recording of 4K H.264 or H.265 files to SD card, SSD or USB drive is supported. Both monitors offer HDMI and SDI I/O, Bluetooth audio, dual NP-F slots and cloud-enabled uploads. accsoon.com
NETFLIX THUMBS UP FOR FLAGSHIP URSA Blackmagic’s Ursa Cine 17K 65 large format digital film camera has been added to Netflix’s list of approved cameras. The list specifies the necessary capture requirements to qualify as an approved camera for the streamer, such as resolution, dynamic range, workflow compatibility and more. Netflix requires 90% of a programme’s final total runtime to be filmed on approved cameras. The list already includes the Blackmagic Design Ursa Mini Pro 4.6K G2, Ursa Mini Pro 12K OLPF and Ursa Cine 12K LF among its approved systems. blackmagicdesign.com
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