IRIDAS Launches SpeedGrade OnSet 2006

New Version Offers Enhanced Interface and LUT Export Functionality

Munich: November 7, 2006 … IRIDAS, the industry leader in non-destructive color grading technologies, today announced the release of SpeedGrade OnSet 2006, a filmmakers' application for creating and communicating creative looks. The new version introduces a more streamlined grading workflow and a function for exporting Look-Up Tables (LUTs) for use in other display and DI systems.

SpeedGrade OnSet 2006 works on still-frame images and runs on off-the-shelf Mac and Windows laptops. The application does not alter the original images and saves gradings as .Look files which can be copied, edited, and re-used. The .Look file format is standard across all SpeedGrade applications providing a complete color workflow from cinematographer to colorist. SpeedGrade .Looks can also be loaded in FrameCycler applications for color graded rushes and digital dailies.

"With SpeedGrade OnSet, I have a simple tool for establishing the looks we want during preproduction," said cinematographer Caroline Brandes of Luminist Films. "Then I use the looks to review shots with my director during production and into post, refining them when we need to."

Third party products, including the Cinemage Intelligent Display monitors from Cine-Tal and the new digital camera systems from Silicon Imaging can load .Look files in their native format. In addition, SpeedGrade OnSet's new export functionality allows .Looks to be exported as 1D and 3D LUTs for use with a variety of other systems.

"I use SpeedGrade Onset with the Cine-tal monitor and the LUTher box." said Dave Stump, ASC, who used SpeedGrade OnSet most recently on What Love Is and Killer Pad. "It's great: all I have to do is generate the .Look and it's 'plug and play' from then on! SpeedGrade OnSet closes the color loop for me."

"SpeedGrade OnSet allows me to work with FilmStream and HDStream to demonstrate the broad latitude of those mediums and their potential for the final look of a production," said George C. Palmer, a Las Vegas-based Digital Imaging Engineer. "It makes the new medium more comfortable for the creative people."

SpeedGrade OnSet 2006 is available for purchase from IRIDAS worldwide network of resellers and online at www.iridas.com. The cost is $399 per license. Volume pricing is available. For more information on the SpeedGrade family of non-destructive color grading applications, visit www.speedgrade.com or contact IRIDAS at +49 89 330 35 142 or 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 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.


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