News, Features, and Press
2007-03-01
Chicago HD worked on 4 out of the 15 bestselling music/concert HD-DVDs in Amazon.com’s online DVD store. Chicago HD handled the creative editorial & HD finishing on “A View From Space with Heavenly Music” and “Muriel Anderson: A Guitarscape Planet”; HD conforming & finishing for “New Orleans Concert: Music for America’s Soul”; HD post-production support and HD DVD extras mastering for “Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up – Live”, edited by Steve Rodby.
2006-03-01
Chicago HD welcomes the arrival of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray as a new source of business. “A View From Space with Heavenly Music” is our first program edited for HD-DVD & Blu-Ray delivery. HD footage compliments of NASA; HD creative editorial & finish by Steve Panning; HD color grading by Bob Sliga; HD-DVD authoring by Ascent Media.
2005-12-01
Post Magazine, December 2005
"High Def Outlook: Feel the Love for HD"
See full article here.
2005-10-00
Chicago HD co-owner & editor Steve Panning and his wife Jennifer welcome their first son, Luke Joseph, into the world. Mom and baby are happy and healthy.
2005-09-01
Chicago HD moves into our current, beautiful remodeled offices at 1 E. Erie near Michigan Avenue. Offices are shared with BAM Studios, Chicago’s best audio post-production facility. Chicago HD’s customers now have access to high-end audio post in stereo and 5.1 surround.
2005-08-01
The Sony SRW-5500 HDCAM SR/HDCAM Dual Format Player/Recorder is now on our equipment roster. This deck is available for rent.
2005-07-01
Chicago HD acquires Silicon Color’s Final Touch HD software and Tangent Device’s CP-200 controller – offering high-end, cost-effective HD & SD color grading solutions to our customers. Bob Sliga, freelance colorist, worked with us to complete our first HD film using Final Touch HD – I. Michael Toth’s “Cast In Gray”, shot on a Varicam at 720/24p and edited in SD on Final Cut Pro. High Definition conforming & mastering by Chicago HD’s Steve Panning; color grading by colorist Bob Sliga.
Final Touch HD has opened our doors to customer’s seeking awesome color correction and DI. Dozens of commercials and independent films are graded at Chicago HD in the coming months.
2005-02-01
Markee Magazine, February 2005
"High Definition Portfolio"
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2004-09-00
Chicago HD takes delivery of AJA’s new Kona II HD & SD card and breakout box. Our HD suite’s PowerMac is upgraded to a G5 and our Blackmagic card is re-purposed to build up our offline room. Our HD suite upgrades to a 24” Sony HD CRT monitor.
2004-07-01
Markee Magazine, July 2004
HD Unmasked excerpt:
"Is HD Post Tried and True or Are the Tools and Processes Still In Their Infancy?"
See full article here.
2004-04-19
Chicago HD Corp. launches its new web site.
2004-01-15
DVCProHD just got better at Chicago HD. The Panasonic AJ-HD1700 is now on our equipment roster. This studio-grade DVCProHD machine offer eight channels of audio and handles mini, regular and oversize DVCPro and DVCAM tapes. This deck is available for rent.
2004-01-01
Markee Magazine, January 2004
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2004-01-00
Chicago HD Corp. sponsored the Midwest Independent Film Festival for the 2005 season. We converted all of MIFF’s films to 720p HD and provided show reels on a monthly basis. Our sponsorship culminated with the creation of MIFF’s year-end awards videos – two awards videos, approximately 10 minutes each.
2003-12-01
Screen Magazine, December 2003
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2003-09-15
D5 is now on board at Chicago HD! We’ve just added Panasonic’s AJ-HD3700B D5 multiformat player/recorder to our equipment roster. D5 is our premier HD & SD mastering format with eight channels of audio. This deck is available for rent.
2003-06-21
Markee Magazine, June 2003
"Chicago HD: Off and Running"
See full article here.
2003-05-01
“Piaf: Her Story… Her Songs” – Luminair, inc. - HDCAM 1080/23.98PsF, 94 minutes
Chicago HD’s first HD conform and finish of an independent feature film. Produced & directed by George Elder; creative edit by Scott Dummle; HD conform, color grading & finishing by Chicago HD’s Steve Panning; HD graphics by Brian Check; 5.1 Digital Surround mix by Skywalker Sound.
2003-05-00
Chicago HD Corp. moves into a more spacious studio in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Formats supported include HDCAM, DVCProHD, Digital Betacam,
Beta SP and DVCAM. We soon switched from CineWave to Blackmagic I/O on a G4 PowerMac platform. Storage is upgraded from 1.8T SCSI to 3.5T Fiber Channel.
2003-03-03
CHIFCPUG Meeting, March 2003
"High Definition Workflow with Steve Panning"
See full article here.
2003-01-00
Chicago HD begins to offer HD consulting services to customers in Chicagoland and around the country. Steve Panning is quickly becoming Chicago’s High Definition post-production expert.
2002-12-01
“The Haircut” – Super Rap Production Company - HDCAM 1080/23.98PsF, 20 minutes
Chicago HD’s first HD creative edit, conform and finish of an independent short film. Written & directed by Mark Vallarta; produced by Pat Walsh; creative edit and HD conform by Chicago HD’s Steve Panning.
2002-10-01
“Last Day” – Spoke Film - HDCAM 1080/23.98PsF, 20 minutes
Chicago HD’s first High Definition conform of an HD short film. Written & directed by Ron Lazzeretti; produced by Ed Amaya; creative edit by Steve Morrison; HD conform by Chicago HD’s Steve Panning; HD color grading & 35mm film recording by i^3.
2002-07-01
MacGregor Golf “Lee V-Cavity” – Magnani Continuum Marketing - HD 1080i, TV :30
MacGregor Golf “Jose Big Dog” – Magnani Continuum Marketing - HD 1080i, TV :30
Chicago HD’s first High Definition commercial conform job. Produced & directed by Justin Daab & Brian Riley of Magnani Continuum Marketing; creative edit by Steve Panning for Media Process Group; 1080/24p & 1080i HD conforming, color grading & finishing by Chicago HD’s Steve Panning.
2002-06-00
Chicago HD Corp. opens its first HD edit suite in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood and was the first post-production company in Chicago to edit uncompressed HD with a G3 PowerMac and Final Cut Pro. Sony HDCAM and Digibeta were our tape formats of choice and Pinnacle’s CineWave served as our original system I/O.
