FrameCycler DDS offers robust direct from disk playback and analysis of frame sequences, RAW files and Quicktime/AVI files on LINUX, Windows and Mac OS X workstations. FrameCycler DDS features EDL conform, native stereosopic 3D timelines, editing functionality and multiple playheads for version and shot comparisons. Support for a broad variety of 3D LUT formats, including HDR floating point LUTs, allow for precise calibration and making creative color decisions.
Sound
FrameCycler DDS supports a virtually unlimited number of sound files on the timeline, including features for trimming and sliding the sound clips to match the moving image. Advanced sound tools include the option to slide sound playback by the fraction of one frame and ajdusting the volume to match other channels.
Stereo 3D Support
Stereo comes standard in FrameCycler DDS. Native stereo timelines eliminate the need to manually keep track of both eyes. Support for mirroring and temporal synchronisation allow you to work with uncorrected material directly. FrameCycler DDS supports virtually all stereoscopic output devices on the market, including dual HD-SDI, dual DVI and a wide variety of stereoscopic displays. Click here for more information about stereoscopic workflows.
Efficient and Built to Integrate
Speed and flexibility have made FrameCycler DDS the leading digital daily playback software since it was first released in 2002. It can play virtually any known format thus saving the need for file conversion; image analysis tools and channel views make it easy to spot issues with source material for efficient review and approval; a command line interface allows for integration scripting to connect FrameCycler DDS into any pipeline.
FrameCycler DDS is a powerful conform and review and approval tool, ideally suited for post houses and VFX facilities. The application provides unlimited real-time playback of uncompressed frame sequences at HD, 2K, and higher resolutions as well as native RAW support for all digital cinema cameras on the market. FrameCycler DDS can both provide conventional and stereoscopic playback and runs Windows, Mac, and Linux.
FrameCycler DDS is used by most VFX facilities around the world.
"FrameCycler DDS is easy to integrate with our in-house systems so our artists just have to hit play and they see the right media with the right color lookups with an even larger variety of features to help them review their material.
It's a highly functional and flexible application and is the real workhorse of the digital dailies review process at MPC."
Nick Cannon Head of Technology
The Moving Picture Company
London.
