SpeedGrade XR Installed at DART
Costa Rican Facility Chooses Real-Time RAW
Finishing System from IRIDAS
Los Angeles: June 24, 2008 ...
DART, Central America's leading production company and post
facility, has selected SpeedGrade XR to drive their DI
finishing pipeline. SpeedGrade XR offers a complete set of
grading and finishing tools for all available RAW and video
formats. DART, who recently purchased Silicon Imaging 2K
cameras for their production work, will now be able to
review, color correct, and assemble projects using the
native RAW files straight from the camera.
"We looked at several competing
products," said Vinicio Musmanni, CEO of DART. "They could
have done what SpeedGrade does, but in each case they would
have required more steps. SpeedGrade XR matches our workflow
perfectly." This is also true for stereoscopic work. The
facility recently shot stereo footage in Panama for an
international production which will allow them to take
advantage of the DualStream stereo technology included with
SpeedGrade XR.
Along with the benefits of
working with RAW, SpeedGrade XR makes use of the SpeedGrade
OnSet integration in the Silicon Imaging camera. Looks
created or applied in-camera during shooting are saved as
metadata along with the image files and can be loaded
non-destructively in SpeedGrade XR. "This is a great help
for our colorists," explained Aaron Montoya, technology
supervisor at DART. "Even though we often do end-to-end
productions in-house, it is so much easier to show a look
than to try to explain it in words."
Founded in 1998, DART has
established itself as the leading facility in Central
America. The company does everything from production through
post, VFX, DI, sound, and even DVD authoring. An early
convert to digital technologies, DART has a reputation for
technical expertise. "We are recognized for using
state-of-the-art technology," explained Ana Lil Mora, COO of
DART "That is important, but our real strength is the skill
of our artists. They are the secret of our success."
"We're delighted to be joining
the team at DART," said Steve Crouch, director of IRIDAS
USA. "They've been doing excellent work for years now and
SpeedGrade XR will only add to their capabilities." DART is
currently working on an animated version of a Bollywood
comedy and has many more projects lined up.
SpeedGrade XR
includes primary and secondary grading, FX, animated masks,
reframing, and EDL conform. The application offers real-time
playback of video and RAW formats and renders out to
virtually any industry standard file format. For more
information on SpeedGrade XR, contact IRIDAS at +49 89 330
35 142, IRIDAS USA at (818) 951-8927, or visit
www.speedgrade.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. IRIDAS is an independent, privately held company
headquartered in Munich, Germany. For more information,
visit www.iridas.com.
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