Cinec has a history of breaking new ground. They were the first to let PC users convert to ProRes and they didn’t stop there. They made things even easier with “Plin”, an easy to use ProRes plug in for Adobe Premiere and After Effects. Android users love them for the first ever H.265 player. I tested and love the standalone and immensely powerful “Denoiser” application for removing video noise from footage. of course there is the FLEC, the X-Y adjustable multi baseplate for SLR and camcorders.
Now they have reached a new zenith with the release of Cinec 4.0. Not satisfied with just transcoding to ProRes 4K or just converting to H.265, no they want us to be ready for phase two of UHD, by taking us all the way to 8K H.265. To be exact Cinec 4.0 supports encoding and now scaling videos from / to almost any resolution; SD, 720, 1080, 2K, 4K, 6K, and 8K (TV and DCI).
Knowing the crew over there, this release should blow all the others off the map. The ability to upscale to 4K, 6K and even 8K makes Cinec 4.0, the Holy Grail of Conversion.
I am anxiously awaiting my serial number so that I can give you all first hand analysis of the software. In the meantime, you can familiarize yourselves with the features in the press release below.
Cinec 4.0 : 8K, H265 8K 10Bit, VP9, Scaler up to 8K, Custom Presets, Text & logos overlays, LUTs, and more
PRESS RELEASE
February, 2015 Barcelona, Spain,
Cinemartin, the team developer of various tools and software for the cinema, filmaking, video and broadcast world, producers of the acclaimed Cinemartin Plin, a Prores plugin for Adobe Premiere and After Effetcs ( www.cinemartin.com/cinec/plin/ ), Hoid, the first HEVC H.265 video player for Android ( www.cinemartin.com/hoid/ ), Denoiser, the first standalone video denoiser for windows ( www.cinemartin.com/denoiser/ ), and FLEC, the X-Y adjustable multi baseplate for SLR and camcorders, now announces the next major release of the popular and leading professional video converter, Cinemartin Cinec v 4.0, available at http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/
Cinemartin is proud to announce Cinec 4.0, being the world first video converter featuring be able to convert / encode videos to 8K. Cinec 4.0 supports encoding and now scaling videos from / to almost any resolution; SD, 720, 1080, 2K, 4K, 6K, and 8K (TV and DCI).
Cinec 4 is the first software encoder (and currently the only one) to integrate and produce H265 at up to 8K 422 10 Bit.
Cinec now comes with a new codec, the VP9, that adds to its list of pro video codecs including prores, xdcam, etc.
As the demand for high quality video distribution with smaller size – bandwidth has increased, Cinemartin decided to enhance HEVC H.265 and integrate a entry VP9 alternative, the google’s codec response to H265.
Other features now include a text & logos overlay, a LUT importer, a CUT – SPLIT feature, and other enhancements including support for up to 8 CPU – cores.
8K – UHDTV
Cinec 4.0 is the first video converter / encoder supporting videos with resolutions up to 8K DCI compliant (8192×4320), including Sony F65 8K and RED Epic 6K among others. It supports almost any input file with resolutions up to 8K.
UP-SCALER / DOWNCONVERTER : SD – 8K
Cinec 4.0 features a video scaler that allows you to scale videos in almost any resolution between SD and 8K. This allow users of 1080p cameras to upconvert videos to 4K. 4K videos to 6K & 8K, ..almost all sources are compatible with Cinec, get the videos in 8K, from cameras like Panasonic GH4 or Sony A7S or Panasonic Lumix FZ1000, Sony AX100, PXW-Z100, FDR, F5 F55, FS700, AJA CION, Kinefinity, BMD 4K, etc.
Users are able to downscale videos from 3840×2160 or 4096×2160 to 1920×1080 clips, 2K – 1080p to 720 & SD etc ..
MAXIMUM COMPATIBILITY : ALMOST ANY FILE
Cinec 4.0 supports almost any video input including Cineform, ACVHD, XAVC, XAVC-S, MXF, MOV, MTS and even RED r3d (up to Red Epic Misterium). CinemaDNG, DPX, etc ..
H.265 10-Bit and up to 8K
Cinec 4.0 now includes H.265v3, the 3rd release of its H265 Encoder, with 8K, and 8 or 10-Bit selectable outputs, with world best ratios. Cinec 4.0 is also a 30 – 40% faster than previous versions, with now Main and Main 10 Profile specifications of HEVC H265 integrated.
Cinec 4.0 is the first available H265 encoder video converter up to 8K.
Feature added is the ability to convert from a sequence of raw & still files to hevc h265, including DPX, TIFF, TIF, DNG and CinemaDNG to H.265
Left: tiff source, 46 frames at 545 MB Right & down: H265 v3 2’ second video at 24 fps in 271 KB
Download source and h265v3 output from below links
545MB http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/_Sample_Videos/h265v3/tiff-to-h265/tiffs.zip
Access above all sample files in path: http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/_Sample_Videos/h265v3/tiff-to-h265/
VP9
Cinec 4.0 is the first video converter to include a VP9 video encoder.
VP9 codec is the google h.265 response offering similar features with some improvements and enhancents over hevc
Custom Presets
Custom presets has been added to Cinec, allowing users to customize – tune several parameters.
Now it is possible to set a constant or variable bitrate and tune the quantizer
Overlays
Includes Text or Image (logos) overlay features that allows users to put a text or logo over any video for branding, watermarking, etc..
It is possible to add any text, picture or even a animated movie or logo to overlay your videos.
LUT-S
Now you can import existing LUTs to your videos or use any of the available ones. It supports 3D-LUT from DaVinci, After Effects, Iridas and more
This will allow you to provide a Cinematic color to your videos, a Broadcast TV spot tune, or virtually any look, providing that on the web out there are dozens of look-up-tables ready for use with Cinec..
CROP / SPLIT
Another feature of Cinec 4.0 is the ability to crop a portion of a video. Say you can split a 4K video in 4 full HD videos portions. One example: You have 4 FHD cameras, you can record into one 4k recorder using four inputs to record the videos from the 4 cameras into 1 video of 4K, then you get that 4k video and split in 4 different FHD videos, this will allow you to use ONE 4K recorder instead of FOUR FHD recorders.
Up to 8 CPU cores
Cinec 4.0 is able to take full profit of new Intel Haswell (Z87), Haswell Refresh (Intel Z97), Devil Canyon and latest Haswell E Processors (Intel x99) with up to 8 CPU cores dedicated to encoding process.
Other features
Other features includes sony IMX – mpeg2 converter, JPEG2000 j2c import support, custom paths for temporary and output files (ideal for converting too much videos), decimal framerates (for 23.978, etc) and other enhancements.
No other software supports all kind of input formats as Cinec. Cinemartin software is used worlwide and customers include REDucation & RED Camera, FOX, Panasonic, Sony, Microsoft Games, JVC Keenwood, EA, LG, Volkswagen AG, etc ..
More information about Cinemartin Cinec 4.0 video converter http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/
VP9 encoding video converter http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/vp9/
H.265 10-Bit http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/hevc-h265/
Video Scaler http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/scaler/
Tony Hernandez
Cinemartin Team
Gelabert, 26 08029 Barcelona – Spain
00 34 93 667 22 55