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IRIDAS to Preview FrameCycler 2006
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Munich: July 27, 2006 … IRIDAS, the industry leader in uncompressed playback will mark its fifth year in business with the dual launch of FrameCycler Professional 2006 and FrameCycler DDS 2006. Both products will be previewed at SIGGRAPH. The original FrameCycler, introduced in 2001, was the world's first uncompressed playback application. With a raft of new features and capabilities, the 2006 versions will represent the most extensive FrameCycler upgrade to date. |
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FrameCycler 2006 offers a simplified interface and a new
drag-and-drop timeline, including support for multiple sound
tracks. Alongside industry-leading image analysis capabilities,
new annotation tools and a ReviewLink client for remote
collaboration will be standard with every seat of FrameCycler.
FrameCycler DDS 2006 will offer HD SDI out for broadcast quality
review. A module adding stereoscopic playback capabilities will
be available for all of the 2006 FrameCycler products.
Since its introduction in 2001, approximately 20,000 seats of
FrameCycler have been sold. "Before FrameCycler there was
basically no way to review uncompressed footage on a computer,"
said Lin Kayser, IRIDAS founder and CEO. "It was clear from day
one that we were filling a critical gap in the VFX industry and
it is no exaggeration to say that FrameCycler Professional
established the market for uncompressed desktop playback."
FrameCycler Digital Daily System (DDS) was launched in 2002, the
first direct-from-disk playback application to run on commodity
hardware. In 2004, FrameCycler became the first - and still the
only - cross-platform playback software running on Windows, Mac
and Linux.
"FrameCycler 2006 is the result of years of intensive dialog
with leaders in VFX and postproduction" said Steve Crouch,
Director of IRIDAS USA. "Today, facilities regard uncompressed
playback as an essential part of their pipelines. No other
solution runs on more platforms or can read and write more file
formats: it's no surprise that the demand for FrameCycler just
keeps growing."
To see FrameCycler 2006 in action, visit IRIDAS at SIGGRAPH (with
D2 Software, booth #1231) August 1 - 3, 2006 in the Boston
Convention and Exhibition Center. For more information on the
all-new 2006 FrameCycler family of uncompressed playback
applications, visit www.iridas.com, contact IRIDAS at +49 89 330
35 142. To schedule a demo, call IRIDAS USA at (818) 951-8927.
About IRIDAS
IRIDAS pioneered desktop film-resolution playback in 2001. Its
FrameCycler products are now the industry standard for
frame-based image review. In 2003 IRIDAS introduced the first
non-destructive color correction application. Today SpeedGrade
and FrameCycler provide a complete, end-to-end pipeline for
uncompressed content and color data. IRIDAS' applications are
used by most major animation and post-production houses
including C.O.R.E. Feature Animation, ReelFX, Warner Bros.
Feature Animation, Industrial Light and Magic, The Moving
Picture Company, Cinesite, The Framestore CFC and many others.
IRIDAS is an independent, privately held company headquartered
in Munich, Germany. For more information, visit www.iridas.com.
Copyright
(c) 2006 by IRIDAS - IRIDAS and FrameCycler are registered trademarks of IRIDAS, Germany - All rights reserved.
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