Post-Production Cinetape Area  |  Avid Media Composer  |  Diva The Post-Production facilities were completely remodeled in 2007, including a central editing storage system. All Post- Production and Studio equipment has been centralised into a new ‘Cinetape Area’. This enables quick assignment of all tape formats and editing/studio facilities as well as providing an infrastructure to accommodate future technologies. The merging computer technology has also been integrated to create an ‘Operations Domain’ of workstations and servers with access to the Wider Area Network throughout the school. The original edit booths have been rebuilt into a large open area with multiple workstations. Each workstation is configured to match the exercise - from Cuts Only News suites to Avid On-Line systems. For hands-on workshop training, a display distribution network allows broadcast of a single workstation’s display to some or all other workstations. Cinetape Area The Cinetape area is identical to those of television stations and post-production houses, thus allowing for matching operational procedures and the creation of a valuable skill base for the most common entry point for post-production graduates into the industry. At this ‘operations hub’, students learn to patch, route, convert, share and distribute resources as well as digitising, cueing, replaying, dubbing, blacking, monitoring and tech-checking. An extension of these skills involves the New Media Technologies of compressing, encoding, streaming and media serving. With unprecedented student access, the Cinetape Area patchbays and routers provide the students with ample opportunity to experiment and troubleshoot. Specifications VTRs DVCam - Sony DSR-1800P, DSR-60P Digital Acquisition Format; 2 x Sony DSR-11 Digital Acquisition Format HDV - 2 x JVC BR-HD50U HD Acquisition Format XD-CAM - Sony PDW-1500 Digital Mastering Format S-VHS - JVC BR-S822E, BR-S622E Analogue Acquisition Format DVD-RW - Sony RDR-HX Digital Release Format; Primera SE DVD Duplicator Blackmagic Design DeckLink Studio SDI playout server Patchbays Video - BNC: SDI Digital, Component/Composite Analogue Audio - Bantam: AES-EBU Digital, Balanced/Unbalanced Analogue Control - RJ-45: RS-422 Sony 9pin protocol Computer - Ethernet LAN; IEEE1394 ‘Firewire’ Monitoring Video - Monitor Displays 6" to 21"; Waveform/Vector Display Audio - Monitor/Speaker units; headphone jacks Routers Audio/Video - Quartz Topaz 32x32 CVBS; Quartz Topaz 16x16 YUV; Quartz Topaz 32x32 Audio; Grass Valley Group 6000 XY Router Control LAN - HP ProCurve 2900-24G 10GB Copper Ethernet Router Comms - Clearcom In-house System [Back to Top] Avid Media Composer The Avid editing system is an industry standard used for both off-line and on-line editing. Projects can be logged on any Producer's or Director's computer to be brought in for batch digitising and immediate editing. Further database refinement can be performed during the editing process. Up to 24 nestable and collapsible video tracks are provided in addition to 24 audio tracks with a large selection of trimming and synchronising tools. Titling, effects, full colour grading, image stabilisation and rotoscoping can be applied as part of the editing process. Final programmes can be sent back to video tape or compressed for internet or DVD release. The Avids are digitally linked to the Cinetape area, giving access to a variety of tape formats for input and output, including hybrid tape-to-disk cutting as applied in server-based news stations. Each Avid has one monitor for editing, a second for clip/bin management and third can also be switched to show a full screen video preview of the edit suite, or the editing display of the trainer for easy reference during workshop sessions. Specifications Software - Avid Media Composer Video/Audio Tracks - 24 video, 24 audio tracks Extensions - Avid Script Based Editing, Film Scribe, Dupe Detector, A/V AutoSync. Import/Export - Avid Media Log, Avid EDL Manager [Back to Top] Diva Diva by Group 6 Technologies offers a powerful yet easy-to-manage system that facilitates a creative and collaborative workflow but that does not require an IT expert to run it.  The Diva supports the Avid Media Composer suites, the audio and video online facilities, and the few Apple Final Cut Pro desktops on site. Specifications Diva 4RU System 16 Terabyte Capacity 24 Hot-Swap drive bays Intel 2.6Ghz Xeon Processor 8GB Ram Redundant Power Supplies 10 Gigabit router connectivity