California's Zaxel Systems Installs FrameCycler DDS

"There's nothing else like FrameCycler out there"

Los Angeles: October 17, 2006 … IRIDAS, the industry leader in uncompressed playback technologies, today announced that Zaxel Systems Inc. of Sunnyvale California has purchased FrameCycler DDS. FrameCycler DDS provides direct-from-disk playback of frame-based content. Zaxel Systems develops and sells mathematically lossless DPX compression software with bundled servers. With FrameCycler DDS real-time playback capabilities, Zaxel can provide image quality demonstrations of their technology for film and broadcast clients.

"Our customers are already using FrameCycler for playback," said Dr. Norihisa Suzuki, President & CEO of Zaxel Systems. "It makes sense for us to show them what our technology can do using the tools they know. We also use FrameCycler for our own testing. We feel that a software-based solution provides an economical and reliable means for playback. And there's nothing else like FrameCycler out there."

"Zaxel's unique DPX codec offers image quality equivalent to uncompressed formats," said Steve Crouch, Director of IRIDAS USA. "With FrameCycler DDS' A/B mode, their images can be compared side-by-side with uncompressed footage, including color channels and the color picker to check pixel values."

FrameCycler DDS will be put through its paces when Zaxel demonstrates their technology at the SMPTE exhibition on October 18-21 at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood. For more information on the FrameCycler family of applications, visit www.iridas.com, or contact IRIDAS USA at (818) 951-8927.
For international inquiries, contact IRIDAS at +49 89 330 35 142.


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 Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Industrial Light & Magic, The Moving Picture Company, ReelFX, 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.