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RedRocket integration by Maquise Technologies : MIST

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Hi,
We just got a visit from Dan Tatut, previously from Chrome Imaging, makers of the high end Matrix color correction solution. He recently founded a new company : "Marquise technologies" : http://www.marquise-tech.com

Their first product, rewritten form the ground up, is called MIST as in Media/Ingest/Stream/Transcode. It is based on Bluefish, NVidia and RedRocket hardware and allows realtime transcode of numerous formats, including .r3d

Marquise is aiming at a wider clientele than was Chrome Imaging (price wise). Their solution presently allows realtime primaries and they are working on a realtime full blown color correction software. A demo is planned, here in Geneva, before years end. I will keep you posted.

Cheers,
Damien Molineaux

Disclaimer : I have no ties what so ever with Marquise Technologies.
 
Ok.. I asked for a demo license for my new Mac Pro with 8 Cores! Eager to test it next week with some R3D files. Meanwhile, here are some screenshots stolen from their website. The UI shows some nice and sexy controls for the R3D clip color & denoise parameters.

While I am at it, is there anyone with a RedRocket in Switzerland? I'm seriously thinking about buying one myself..

Vince
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Disclaimer: I do not work for Marquise Technologies in any way
 

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Well, there's at least one at Marquise Technologies. We'll probably be aquiring one sometime in the begining of 2010, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were some others in other parts of Switzerland.

Cheers,
Damien
 
Hi guys!

thanks for your interest in our product.

RC9 is out with support for the RedRocket. Anyone willing to test is welcome and can request a demo license here: license@marquise-tech.com

Dan
 
Run in windows 7? Or vista? Work with redrocket windows drivers?
 
@RRafael: for now it runs on XP and Win7. No plans for Vista. If you have a RedRocket, the Windows drivers must be installed in order to make it available to the software

Dan
 
I got my license for MIST and it's really a nice tool! Congratulations guys! The UI is gorgeous and my dual i7 Mac delivers great performance with the R3D files. I'm now seriously thinking about the Rocket but I do have some questions.

Do you guys only output on the SDI of the rocket? As far as I understand only the decoded images get displayed on the SDI but what about the extra color corrections? Do I need an Nvidia with SDI output or a BlueFish?

Vince
 
@Vince: we don't control directly the SDI out of the rocket. It outputs the decoded/scaled images by itself (depending on what you set as parameters). However if you need to use the extra color corrections tools in MIST, you will get the output only through the Nvidia's SDI output or the BlueFish SDI output.

I hope that answers your question.

Dan
 
@Gunleik: sorry no OSX version for now... but works fine under Bootcamp/Windows. We have 2 MacPros here in the office with BootCamp installed and works very fine.

Dan
 
When using Bootcamp/Windows on a MAC, do you still get the realtime benefits of the RED Rocket? Are there any drawback of anykind when using it on a MAC w/Bootcamp?

Also curious wether or not MIST will support any AJA or Blackmagic cards? Bluefish doesn't offer any HD or 2K solutions for MAC users.
 
@craigjharris: we did not observe problems with the machines we have here. I mean not problems that are not known yet regarding the RED Rocket. But again the Apple machines we have here are the top of the line. I guess on a small machine you may experience problems but that can be an issue related to the software performance on the machine and not necessarily the rocket.

regarding other i/o boards, we plan AJA and Blackmagic, but we did not set a calendar yet. And Bluefish supports Mac users: http://www.bluefish444.com/support/compatibility/hardware/systems_mac.asp

Dan
 
Sorry for my ignorance, but is Bluefish like the AJA/BM cards, or is it a GPU replacement? (I think the former, but sometimes stupid questions have to be asked...)
 
@gunleik: Bluefish is another brand like AJA/BM. Not a GPU replacement. We handle it for video i/o. But if you need only SDI out you have the choice between BlueFish (in our case), or the Nvidia Quadro or the Rocket's SDI out (limited to the decoded image only, not post-decode processing).
 
@Chris: the purpose of MIST is to be a virtual telecine. R3D handling and RedRocket support is just one of the features of MIST. These options turn our product into a DI deck for Red and then the uses are multiple. From dailies/QC/reviewing to conforming and playout to SDI.

I don't see MIST as a competitor to the products you mentioned because we do not handle only R3D files.

For example some people use MIST along with Scratch/FCP/DaVinci 2K.

Dan
 
@craig: I guess drivers for Mac are on the way for their new product range. But since we are not on Mac for now, that was not so relevant... However the HD/2K boards on a Mac with Windows/Bootcamp work fine of course.

Dan
 
Would this work for a RED grading & dailies workflow?
Any drawbacks to this for a realtime 2-4K workflow?

- MIST w/Rocket Support
- MacPro Tower - Quad Core Intel Xeon
- RED Rocket Card
- Bootcamp w/Windows (7; XP; etc)
 
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