[Tig] Tig-announce Digest, Vol 14, Issue 1

Thu Apr 12 14:23:38 PDT 2007

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Today's Topics:

   1. RTI at NAB etc. (Rob Lingelbach)
   2. Gamma and Density at NAB (Rob Lingelbach)
   3. Fwd: Silicon Imaging Integrates SpeedGrade into	SI-2KT Cinema
      Cameras (Rob Lingelbach)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:55:11 -0300
From: Rob Lingelbach <rob at colorist.org>
Subject: [Tig-announce] RTI at NAB etc.
To: tig-announce at colorist.org
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RTI

what's happening at NAB in our BOOTH C-3951.

Sherwin Berger

Sales and Marketing

RTI Research Technology International 4700 W. Chase, Lincolnwood, IL

60712-1689 U.S.A.

Phone: 847-677-3000 or 800-323-7520

Fax: 800-784-6733 or 847-677-1311

Website: www.rtico.com E-Mail: sales at rtico.com

ALL NEW BHP INC 7700 SERIES FILM PRINTERS A new motion picture film  
printer with a host of improvements for enhanced performance,

cost-saving features and greater production efficiencies.

TREISE AND CALDER MOTION PICTURE FILM PROCESSING SYSTEMS

The two most respected names in motion picture film processing  
equipment are both under

the RTI Film Group banner. We can design and build a turnkey  
processing center for you.

ROCKWELL HITEC CHEMICAL MIXING AND SILVER RECOVERY SYSTEMS

We are proud to represent the finest in mixing and silver recovery  
systems. Proven technologies

and reliability for a lab which requires the highest possible  
standards of processing.

CIR FILM INSPECTION AND QC EQUIPMENT

A new versatile film viewing and inspection device for labs and post- 
production applications.

LIPSNER-SMITH CF9200 HFE ULTRASONIC FILM CLEANING SYSTEM

Designed for use with 3M(r) Company's Novec(r) HFE-8200  
hydrofluoroether fluid, this latest

technology in motion picture film cleaning provides high-speed deep  
cycle ultrasonic

cleaning without using chlorinated solvents.

FILMLAB SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL COLOR ANALYZERS

A range of film color grading equipment and lab network products.

RTI TAPECHEK PRO LINE VIDEOTAPE INSPECTOR CLEANERS AND ERASERS

A range of videotape care products for professional videotape formats.

SEE ALL THESE AND MORE IN NAB BOOTH C-3951

The RTI Film Group will have expert personnel available to discuss  
motion picture film

processing, printing and other laboratory technologies with you. We  
can provide products

and services for any size laboratory project. RTI is the world's  
leading provider of motion picture laboratory and archive equipment.  
RTIFilm Group products provide important links in producing the  
highest quality film product.

We look forward to showing you our technologies at NAB, Las Vegas  
Convention Center.

--
Rob Lingelbach
http://www.colorist.org/robhome.html
rob at colorist.org      rob at calarts.edu

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:28:40 -0300
From: Rob Lingelbach <rob at colorist.org>
Subject: [Tig-announce] Gamma and Density at NAB
To: tig-announce at colorist.org
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Gamma and Density Co.
Exhibiting at Booth # SL3827i

3cP, a working on-set color correction system, continues to offer  
cinematographers and colorists the best in today's Image Management

Los Angeles, CA - April 9th 2007 - Gamma and Density Co.  
(www.gammaanddensity.com) will present the new version of its on-set  
color correction program, 3cP (Cinematographer?s Color Correction  
Program)

With the track record of 17 major feature films and TV productions  
such as ?The Tudors?, ?10,000 BC?, ?Kite Runner?, ?Babel? and ?Iron  
Man? currently in production including, 3cP is now an established,  
reliable tool, that facilitates precise communication between DPs and  
colorists.

Well known to American, Canadian and European cinematographers, 3cP  
has been used on locations and in tele-cine facilities around the  
world and is now an item that is even asked for by directors,  
producers and special effects supervisors. The reason for that is:  
3cp ensures precise communication between DPs and colorists and saves  
time and money for post-production (specifically at tele-cine,  
special effects and DI stages).

Ousama Rawi, BSC, CSC, DP of prime-time TV Series ?The  
Tudors? (Showtime) that was shot with HD cameras F900 and F950  
comments: "Using 3cP led to dailies with no misunderstandings. Every  
scene was transferred accurately. The final timing sessions took less  
than half the allotted time to complete. That is remarkable.?.

The system?s sophisticated simplicity accommodates both printer- 
lights-versed and HD/DV cam scopes-savvy generation of DPs by  
providing them with the tools well familiar to each camp.

One of the major advantages of 3cP over all other competitors that  
are out there today is an excellent services package that the system  
comes with. Most importantly, it includes profiling and calibration  
of any production cameras (HD, SD, still) and monitors -- all based  
on built-in calibration tools and patented 3cP-E (electronic) and  
3cP-1 color charts.

Great for mixed format productions (such as was ?Babel?), 3cP is as  
easily adjustable to a variety of personal DP styles as it is  
compatible with practically all film and HD/DV cam and DI workflows.  
Many major post-houses who provide tele-cine and DI services to  
Hollywood have appreciated advantages of having 3cP as a  
communication pipeline between themselves and the set.

No wonder, because all of the color information (including 3D LUTs)  
generated by 3cP on set needs no further conversion to accommodate  
post-production color correctors. Neither tele-cine nor DI facilities  
need any additional software/hardware to include 3cP into their  
workflow.

The latest incarnation of 3cP allows cinematographers to export and  
interchange color correction decisions to the ASC CDL, Assimilate,  
the Final Touch and Color Finesse color correctors, the LUTher color  
space converter and Cine-tal monitors.

3cP doesn't dictate anything - from the inception/idea stage, it's  
designed to fit organically into projects, workflow and any color  
corrector. This makes for a smooth transition from on-set color  
correction to dailies, and from pre-post to final correction of the  
DI and Digital Cinema Projection, all using the same toolbox.

For more quotes and information about 3cP and Gamma and Density Co.
please go to our website www.gammaanddensity.com

--
Rob Lingelbach
http://www.colorist.org/robhome.html
rob at colorist.org      rob at calarts.edu

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:21:30 -0300
From: Rob Lingelbach <rob at colorist.org>
Subject: [Tig-announce] Fwd: Silicon Imaging Integrates SpeedGrade
	into	SI-2KT Cinema Cameras
To: tig-announce at colorist.org
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Eric Philpott - IRIDAS" <eric at iridas.com>
> Date: April 12, 2007 6:03:30 PM GMT-03:00
> To: <steve at siliconimaging.com>
> Subject: Silicon Imaging Integrates SpeedGrade into SI-2KT Cinema  
> Cameras
> Reply-To: <eric at iridas.com>
>
> * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *
>
> Silicon Imaging Integrates SpeedGrade Color-Correction and Green- 
> Screen
> Keying into SI-2KT Cinema Cameras
>
> IRIDAS' color-correction and keying toolset allows for intuitive color
> manipulation with live feedback in the camera interface.
>
> Las Vegas, NV , April 12, 2007 - Silicon Imaging, Inc., leader in  
> IT-centric
> digital cinema cameras in partnership with IRIDAS, the industry  
> pioneer in
> non-destructive grading technologies, is proud to introduce the latest
> innovation in look creation, color correction and keying  
> technologies by
> integrating the functionality of SpeedGrade OnSet directly into the  
> SI-2KT
> Digital Cinema cameras.
>
> The Silicon Imaging cameras will now be capable of not only  
> importing .look
> files created with IRIDAS' SpeedGrade applications, but also of  
> creating and
> modifying "looks" and applying them directly through the user  
> interface in
> the context of the live shot. Instead of 'baking in' the color- 
> correction,
> as traditional HD camera internal pathways necessitate, unaltered RAW
> digital negatives are recorded and stored along with the .look  
> metadata
> information for lossless retrieval and modification in post.
> 	
> While other cameras with color-correction require the user to have  
> knowledge
> of either cryptic RGB matrices or the mastery of non-intuitive  
> controls, the
> Silicon Imaging's SI-2KT color-control interface combines an  
> innovative
> tactile touch-screen control surface with a familiar, colorist- 
> friendly
> interface.  It incorporates a comprehensive set of tools including HSL
> color-wheel controls and sliders, white-balance adjustments and  
> isolation
> between shadows, mid-tones, and highlights to create a live 3D look- 
> up-table
> and display. It even has the ability to integrate and grade within  
> a target
> color-space, using calibration LUT's from Rising Sun Research, for  
> accurate
> color rendition from the set to the screen.  All color-correction  
> attributes
> are completely non-destructive and stored as metadata along with  
> the digital
> negative files, using the CineForm RAWTformat.
>
> "The ability to apply non-destructive color-grading in-camera is  
> the next
> step in the evolution of digital filmmaking technology, and we're  
> delighted
> to be working with Silicon Imaging to continue making it happen."  
> says Lin
> Kayser, IRIDAS CEO. "The SI-2KT camera system gives filmmaker the  
> tools to
> tell their stories better. Building in an industry-leading color- 
> correction
> system with an artist-friendly front-end is just one more step Silicon
> Imaging has taken to speed the shooting process and optimize the post
> production workflow."
>
> Silicon Imaging has also integrated SpeedGrade color selection  
> technology to
> enable in-context blue and green-screen keying. Using the intuitive  
> SI-2KT
> touch screen user interface, colors and ranges are interactively  
> selectable
> from the scene to create the key.  The resulting feed is then  
> combined with
> images from the internal frame-store to provide instantaneous live  
> feedback
> of the final composite. Now, visual effects artists can non- 
> destructively
> shoot with the effect in-camera, using the frame store to combine  
> on-set
> talent with pre-rendered effects for precise alignment, and then
> simultaneously export non-destructive key and fill information into  
> their
> post-production compositing applications for further manipulation and
> fine-tuning.
>
> "Live 3D LUT color-correction and green-screen keying in the SI-2KT  
> camera
> interface provides unprecedented visualization tools for directors,
> cinematographers, colorists, and actors for use in today's visual  
> effect
> intensive films," says Ari Presler, CEO of Silicon Imaging, Inc.  
> "These new
> interactive tools enable effects artists to seamlessly integrate  
> live on-set
> elements with their post-production chains using a metadata-rich  
> pipeline.
> They also give cinematographers the ability to interact with color  
> and the
> freedom to tell the nuances of a story with the confidence that all  
> of their
> ideas are being captured."
>
> The SI-2KT also provides a set of shot continuity tools.  Images  
> from the
> live camera or playback can be saved or grabbed for future recall,  
> such as
> those from a previously take.  These images can also be mixed with  
> the live
> feed to set the mark for the following take.
>
> "Silicon Imaging's SI-2KT camera is changing the way we make  
> movies!" states
> Producer Michael George, Pacific Gold Entertainment. "We just  
> completed
> shooting a feature film called "Blood: A Butchers Tale" with Aaron  
> Douglas
> of Battlestar Galactica and actress Jennifer Sciole, in just 17- 
> days.  The
> project was shot almost exclusively on green screen in the same  
> style as
> '300' or 'Sin City'. The image quality and detail from the SI-2KT  
> is simply
> amazing.  The visualization tools were incredibly powerful and helped
> shorten our production process."
>
> The SI-2KT series cameras, with IRIDAS SpeedGrade embedded and  
> CineForm
> RAWT, will be on display at NAB booth SL7826.
>
> Pricing and Availability
>
> The SI-2K MINIT with SiliconDVRT recording software, embedded  
> SpeedGrade
> technology, and universal lens-mount system bundled with an included
> PL-mount option is $14,500 and available now, with shipment in 2  
> weeks.
>
> The SI-2KT, which includes an embedded version of SiliconDVRT  
> recording
> software and integrated SpeedGrade technology, is $23,500.  Orders are
> currently available with shipping in June.
>
> Silicon Imaging is also announcing a special NAB promotional  
> discount of
> $2000 for the SI-2KT and $1000 for the SI-2K MINIT for orders  
> placed by
> April 30, 2007.
>
> 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. For more  
> information,
> visit www.iridas.com.
>
> About Silicon Imaging, Inc.
>
> Silicon Imaging, Inc. is a leader in IT-centric high-definition  
> digital
> camera and RAW workflow solutions. Silicon Imaging's products  
> incorporate
> disruptive technologies to deliver a new generation of products
> outperforming traditional HD cameras while increasing flexibility and
> lowering cost.  Please visit us at www.siliconimaging.com.
>
> - 30 -
>
> Press Contact
> Steve Nordhauser
> steve at siliconimaging.com
> 518-279-9098
>
> This press release is available online at
> http://siliconimaging.com/DigitalCinema/News/PR_04_12_07_Iridas.html
>

--
Rob Lingelbach
http://www.colorist.org/robhome.html
rob at colorist.org      rob at calarts.edu

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