Posted: Tuesday 25th October 2011

The European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF)'s Technical Support Group will be holding its meeting at the headquarters of DOREMI TECHNOLOGIES in Sophia Antipolis, France on the 2nd November 2011. Click here to download the agenda (PDF file 71kb).

 

Posted: Wednesday 7th September 2011
IBC is the leading global trade show for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of broadcasting media and entertainment. IBC 2011 is taking place at the Amsterdam RAI from 8th-13th September. The European Digital Cinema Forum will be presenting a seminar, "Review of Progress in D-Cinema", which will examine the advances being made in conversion to Digital and the current interest amongst high-profile film makers for higher frame rates, with particular emphasis on the impact of 3D Stereography. EDCF panellists, including HDDC's Peter Wilson, will present their view of the next five years of Digital Cinema.

 

Posted: Friday 13th May 2011

Furthering its reputation for producing high quality publications explaining the technology of Digital Cinema, the European Digital Cinema Forum has now published its long awaited "EDCF Guide to 3D Cinema". The basics of 3D are explained and the technologies are examined in detail. HDDC’s Peter Wilson has written the introduction, as well as an article "Brightness Issues & Conclusions". The publication is free to EDCF members. Further details here.

 

Posted: Monday 9th May 2011

Dimension 3 is the International S3D & New Images Forum held at Plaine Saint-Denis in France. On Tuesday 24th May 2011, Peter Wilson will co-host the conference "Filming: S3D Image Processing In Real Time", which will focus on what can be achieved by using rigs with the latest 3D correction & assistance modules.

 

Posted: Friday 8th April 2011

Peter Wilson will be presenting seminars on "The Principles, Technology, Art & Practice of 3D-Stereo (3DS) Movie Making" at the Internationale Film Fernseh & Musik Akademie (IFFMA) in Munich on the 6th/7th May 2011.

 

Posted: Monday 31st January 2011

We are happy to announce that the third of our "Theory & Practice of Digital Cinema Mastering" workshops will again be held at the British Film Institute Southbank, London. It will take place over two days on Wednesday 11th & Thursday 12th May 2011.

 

Posted: Friday 3rd December 2010
Jim Slater has published an excellent 4-page review of the first "Theory & Practice of Digital Cinema Mastering" workshop in "Cinema Technology" magazine.  Read it here (645kB PDF file).

 

Posted: Wednesday 1st December 2011

The second of our 2-day workshops "The Theory & Practice of Digital Cinema Mastering" will be held on Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th January 2011, again at the British Film Institute Southbank, London.

 

Posted: Tuesday 30th November 2010

HDDC's Peter Wilson will be presenting training sessions at the 3D Stereo Media Summit (Palais des Congrès, Liège, Belgium - from 6th December 2010), along with leading stereographer Kommer Kleijn and digital audio/video guru John Watkinson.

 

Updated: Wednesday 27th October 2010

HDDC Ltd, supported by the Skillset Film Skills Fund, is to present a series of 2-day workshops called "The Theory & Practice of Digital Cinema Mastering", aimed at post-production professionals. They will be held at various venues throughout the UK over the next twelve months, starting at the British Film Institute Southbank, London, on the 4th/5th November 2010. The course will cover the whole process from receiving the picture, sound and subtitle files through to final compression and secure packaging. Special thanks to Qube Cinema, Dolby, Doremi Labs and Fraunhofer IIS for pledging technical support for this venture. An revised version of the EDCF's "Guide To Digital Cinema Mastering", featuring content by HDDC's Peter Wilson, can now be downloaded here.

 

Posted: Saturday 23rd October 2010

On Wednesday 27th October, Peter Wilson of HDDC will be giving a presentation "Digital Processing for Stereoscopic 3D Production" at the 2010 SMPTE Annual Conference & Expo, Hollywood CA.

 

Posted: Friday 3rd September 2010

HDDC's Peter Wilson, along with stereographer Kommer Kleijn, will be presenting hands-on training sessions entitled "Stereoscopic Capture for 2D Practitioners", on the 11th and 12th September at the IBC 2010 conference, RAI Amsterdam. Further details here. Peter talks about the sessions in this video clip and discusses how portable rigs will make it more practical to capture live sports events in 3D.

 

Posted: Friday 8th January 2010

Happy New Year! We have been working hard to give this website a long overdue upgrade and a radical new look, with updated information and new features. There's still lots more to come (including on this very page!) - You might come across some 'under construction' flags as you navigate your way around the site! If you find anything that doesn't [yet] work as it is supposed to, do let us know. We thank you for your patience. "Watch this space!"

 

Posted: Wednesday 15th October 2008

HDDC Ltd supported by Skillset are presenting two 2-day workshops at Pinewood Studios, "The Theory & Practice of Stereoscopic Production (3D Movies) and Complimentary Sound Techniques". The workshops start on Tuesday 2nd December 2008 and Thursday 4th December 2008. Special thanks to the UK Film Council, Arri Media, Codex Digital, P+S Technik and Quantel for supporting this project. Click here to see the poster (59kB PDF file)

 

Posted: Monday 13th February 2006

This Spring, HDDC Ltd will be presenting a one-day course called "Exploding DCI Part 1" at The Digital Test Bed in the National Film Theatre on London's Southbank. This pragmatic course has been developed for Post Production and Distribution professionals facing the challenge of cinema migrating to Digital, and is designed to cover a broad spectrum of issues - Whether you are a Post House person or a Distributor, there will be something for you!