Adobe acquires cinema tech, staff from Iridas
Adobe Systems will beef up its digital video software through the acquisition of technology and employees from Iridas, the company announced Thursday.
The company's video software--Premiere Pro and After Effects--are geared for higher-end users, and the company is investing heavily in them at the same time that videography is democratizing. The arrival of video SLRs, most notably Canon's 5D Mark II, has brought relatively affordable gear into the hands of a much larger audience.
The Iridas Speedgrade software offers the ability to refine video in a number of ways, notably what's called color grading, which can shift … Read more