IRIDAS Announces
Phantom Camera Support

Vision Research Collaboration Provides First Real-Time Playback of RAW Digital Footage

Munich: March 27, 2007 ... IRIDAS, the industry pioneer in non-destructive color grading technologies, and Vision Research, the long-established leader in high-speed digital imaging, announced today that support for the Cine RAW file format will be included in all current IRIDAS applications. This means that filmmakers working with Phantom HD and Phantom 65 cameras will have native file support for color grading and playback with IRIDAS' SpeedGrade and FrameCycler applications.

With the industry's first GPU-based Bayer interpolation technology, RAW footage can now be displayed and played back in real-time without requiring file conversion, providing a significant savings in time and storage requirements. Together with SpeedGrade .Look files, this allows for a complete data and color grading workflow which is only 1/3 the size of regular RGB file formats.

"IRIDAS' real-time demosaic of RAW files represents a breakthrough in the industry," said Phil Jantzen, Cinema Product Manager at Vision Research. "It sets the bar for a new, low-overhead workflow from production into postproduction."

"The Phantom 65 large format camera is a significant step in digital acquisition technologies," said Lin Kayser, IRIDAS CEO. "The larger sensor means an exceptionally clean image and provides an ideal canvas for SpeedGrade users to work on. We're delighted to be working with Vision Research on this important integration."

Support for the Cine RAW file format will be included in all 2007 FrameCycler and SpeedGrade applications, including SpeedGrade OnSet and SpeedGrade DI. See it at NAB April 16-19, 2007 in the Las Vegas Convention Center at the Vision Research booth C11426. For more information on the SpeedGrade and FrameCycler product families, visit www.iridas.com.

About Vision Research Inc.
Vision Research Inc., established in 1950, is a privately held company based in Wayne, NJ that designs and manufactures high-speed digital imaging systems used in measurement and entertainment applications. The Phantom product family has been recognized for its innovations in high-speed digital camera technology and sensor design receiving numerous research and development awards. For more information on the company and its products, visit www.visionresearch.com.

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 the critical links in an end-to-end pipeline for uncompressed content and color metadata. IRIDAS' applications are used by filmmakers around the world and most major animation and postproduction houses including Industrial Light & 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.