13 STREAMPUNK CTpro
RIGHT FROM THE SENSOR CTpro aims to be a complete production workflow for iOS devices. With camera, editing and streaming tools combined in one app, the company hopes it will be widely adopted by professionals requiring low-friction, fast-turnound tools. The app is closely integrated with Apple hardware and produces higher quality images with raw data directly from the camera sensor
here is an increasing number of attempts at serious iPhone production tools – a few are useful, but the majority don’t
do titling. When it’s done, you can publish to your TV station either using FTP protocol with the built-in FTP server or publish it on social networks, or you can do live streaming from right from the phone.” “Because it’s on a small device using two fingers, we had to find a smart interface to make it all possible on a phone. What we discovered is that once you are used to doing it on a phone, you will never go back to the traditional tools. It’s amazing.” The product is first aimed at professional content makers, including TV stations and press. But there is a second tier of users which include a wide anyone who needs to shoot and publish high-quality video content with a quick turnaround and a minimum of technological friction. These include communications and marketing teams, corporates and government organisations. Prior to rolling it out widely, Samimi’s reporters and production teams had been using the early version of the app for three years. Another year was taken to fine tune and prepare the app for commercial distribution by an international team of 12 developers. The app is currently being trialled among a number of French TV stations, producers and freelancers. The company has also
export to Final Cut Pro X. Live streaming, with automatic bandwidth management, is also included, as well as live playout with switching between pre-recorded clips and cameras. YOU’LL NEVER GO BACK “CTpro is not only a camera, it’s a fully integrated and comprehensive workflow,” Baudet points out. “Within the app, you can shoot, edit your footage with frame accuracy and B-rolls, mix it with voice over, and then HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE PICTURE QUALITY COMING OUT OF IT IS SO IMPRESSIVELY BETTER THAN THE NATIVE CAMERA?
seem to be able to balance ease of use with professional power to be widely adopted. CTpro hopes they have created the breakthrough tool for iPhone-based production. The app, available only for iOS, was developed – and built – by Bertrand Samimi, owner of a local TV station in Saint-Quentin, France as a solution for his employees. “He decided to build a tool by himself for himself,” explains Philippe Baudet, CTpro’s global sales and distribution manager. “It’s a tool that’s been designed by a guy for his own crew and not for commercialisation. But we found the tool was so cool that it should go beyond his own company.” CTpro bills itself as a Mobile Video Suite and features tools for shooting, editing and live streaming from an iOS device. The app permits shooting in either 25 or 30fps HD using either HEVC or H.264 codecs in real time. Professional features such as Zebra, colour waveform, scalable vectorscope and an image stabiliser are built in. The app also comes with its own self- contained picture and audio editor with easy
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