IRIDAS products contain support for RAW file formats from all digital cinema cameras on the market. RealTime RAW provides real time playback and processing at render quality. In order for RAW files to be displayed on screen in full color, they have to run through a process called Bayer Interpolation. RealTime RAW uses the power of NVIDIA's GPU technology to offload most of the required computation to the graphics card, freeing the CPU to do other tasks. The result is full speed playback and transcoding at quality levels that are on the same quality level (and quite often above) as images that went through the traditional lengthy offline transcoding process.
RealTime RAW is currently available for cameras from ARRI, DALSA, RED, Silicon Imaging, Vision Research, and WEISSCAM.
Product Guide
IRIDAS MetaRender provides batch transcoding and conversion of RAW files to other file formats. You can use MetaRender to generate Quicktime proxies for offline editing or full resolution DPX frames for a traditional DI finish. MetaRender supports virtually all file formats used in the film industry, including DPX, TGA, TIFF, Quicktime, AVI and many more. Metadata, such as reel ID or timecode can be rendered into the image using burn-in templates, used as part of the output file name and path, or written into the output file's header information. > More Information
All FrameCycler playback products contain support for RealTime RAW. This includes the entry-level FrameCycler PRO flipbook, which gives you access to cost effective desktop preview of RAW files without having to process them to RGB first. FrameCycler DDS provides real time direct from disk playback and full RAW conforming capabilities. FrameCycler DI adds basic color correction and direct playout of RAW to tape with deck control. > More Information
Through RealTime RAW, the SpeedGrade color correction products have access to the original unprocessed sensor data as a unique starting point for the best possible image quality. SpeedGrade OnSet allows cinematographers to establish a look on set directly on the unprocessed RAW data. SpeedGrade XR and SpeedGrade DI provide full film finishing functionality, including a full set of color correction tools, repositioning, conform, tape playout and final rendering. > More Information
All SpeedGrade and FrameCycler products support stereoscopic workflows through DualStream. By combining RealTime RAW with DualStream, stereo workflows can benefit from the smaller file sizes and greater flexibility of RAW-based cameras. > More Information
RealTime RAW is the industry's only real time render quality display technology for RAW files, that is based on the computer's graphics card (GPU).
Utilizing the NVIDIA GPU's massively parallel architecture, RealTime RAW processes RAW files from all digital cinema cameras currently on the market. Material can be played, color graded and finished without prior transcoding into a different file format. RealTime RAW works up to 4K in real time with uncompressed RAW formats such as CinemaDNG.
RealTime RAW is a core technology available in all IRIDAS products, including SpeedGrade, FrameCycler and MetaRender.
RealTime RAW in FrameCycler gives you direct access to the recorded material for review and quality control..
RealTime RAW in SpeedGrade preserves the full latitude of the digital negative which often gets lost in a transcoding process to a different format. Working on the original untouched footage gives you unprecedented image quality for your final movie.
MetaRender utilizes RealTime RAW to quickly process RAW files into offline proxies or other file formats.
