IRIDAS Extends RAW Support to
ARRI D20 Camera
Real-Time Playback at 3K Resolution
IRIDAS, who introduced the first live playback of RAW
files earlier this year, today announced support for
real-time de-Bayering of ARRI D20 digital camera footage.
The ARRI RAW file format, which offers 3K resolution and
12-bit color depth, can be played directly in FrameCycler
and SpeedGrade. Since RAW files are one third the size of
uncompressed RGB formats, this means substantially lower
storage requirements and will save filmmakers the time that
would otherwise be required to render RAW footage before it
can be viewed.
"The new IRIDAS RAW playback capability is the link that
has been missing until now," said Achim Oehler, D20 project
manager at ARRI. "Now we have a seamless solution for
working with the D20 RAW data in its native format."
"Working with RAW is just much more efficient," said Lin
Kayser, IRIDAS CEO. "There's less data to move, less, to
store, and yet you're working at full 3K resolution. This
will be tremendous for digital dailies workflows with the
non-destructive color correction capabilities of SpeedGrade
DDS, for example."
The ARRI D20 is the third RAW file format supported by
IRIDAS. CineForm RAW, and the Phantom camera RAW format are
the others.
Support for the ARRI D20 3K RAW format will be made
available with SpeedGrade DDS, IRIDAS new digital dailies
application scheduled for release in August 2007, as well as
the other SpeedGrade and FrameCycler products. For more
information, please 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 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 by most major animation and postproduction
houses. IRIDAS is an independent, privately held company
headquartered in Munich, Germany. For more information,
visit www.iridas.com.
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