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New Products & Services
Colorfront Optimizes On-Set Dailies Colorfront has announced a partnership with Arri for Colorfront On-Set Dailies, a state-of-the-art digital-dailies tool optimized for use with Arri’s Alexa and D-21 digital cameras and their corresponding workflows. The On-Set Dailies system incorporates production-proven tools for dailies work — including playback and sync, QC, color grading, audio and metadata management, and simultaneous faster-than-realtime deliverables in common file formats — combined with Arri’s color and image science. In addition to benefiting productions working with Arri digital cameras, Colorfront’s system can be integrated into any digital-dailies workflow. On-Set Dailies has an easy-to-use, node-based operator interface, and can load media files from film scans, tape capture, disk and solid-state recorders. The system also synchronizes sound files with picture using automated and manual techniques. Its image-processing capabilities include primary and selective color correction, the application of 3-D LUTs, printer light and ASC CDL compatibility, image resizing tools, and a range of burn-in options. The system also works with stereoscopic media, allowing stereo adjustments of color and position, and it assembles takes into rolls and tapes for deliverables, screeners and archiving. Input media formats include DPX, ArriRAW, ProRes 422 and 444, Avid DNxHD, QuickTime (with various codecs) and broadcast WAV audio files. Deliverables formats include MPG4 H.264 for Web delivery, iPhone and iPad; MPG2 for authored DVDs and chaptered Blu-rays; Avid DNxHD MXF and QuickTime files; QuickTime files with various codecs, including ProRes 422 and 444 for Final Cut Pro editorial; and TIFF and JPEG stills and WAV audio. For additional information, visit www.colorfront.com and www.arri.com. DSC Labs Adds Red CamBook DSC Labs has added the Red CamBook to its popular CamBook series of charts. The Red CamBook includes three pages of charts designed specifically for the Red One and Red Epic. The CamBook includes unique Red framing formats, including one chart with the industry-standard 18-percent gray background and a second with DSC’s CamWhite background; both have Red camera framings for up to 5K. The Red CamBook also contains the Chro84 January 2011

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maDuMonde 28 chart, which features an 18-percent gray background, 24 colors, four skin tones and an 11-step crossed grayscale; the grayscale displays the exposure setting and determines exactly how gamma curves are affecting the image. “The neutral white and 18-percent gray backgrounds are great for achieving an accurate white balance,” says Graeme Nattress, problem solver for Red. “The Red CamBook allows you to achieve better exposure [and] a more accurate white balance, and it produces a record of the actual lighting on set, which helps keep you consistent in terms of colorimetry throughout postproduction.” The Red CamBook costs $480 and can be purchased directly from DSC Labs or Red, or from DSC’s worldwide reseller channels. For more information, visit http://dsclabs.com. Cinedeck Gets Extreme Cinedeck LLC has released version 2.0 of its Cinedeck Extreme cameramountable recorder, monitor and playback device. Cinedeck Extreme v2.0 offers full support for all versions of Apple’s ProRes codecs, including 4444, 422 HQ, 422 (LT) and 422 (Proxy), streamlining the camera-to-edit workflow for Final Cut Pro users. Cinedeck Extreme v2.0 enables any camera with an HDSDI or HDMI output to bypass onboard compression codecs and record to any of a number of loss-less compression standards, including all varieties of Avid DNxHD and CineForm Digital Intermediate. A FullStream Uncompressed option adds even more flexibility for uncompressed 444 and 422 recording. Cinedeck Extreme v2.0 is available for $9,995. The FullStream Uncompressed option, which includes a 256GB RAID SSD, is available for $3,495. For additional information, visit www.cinedeck.com. Panasonic Introduces P2 Storage Unit Panasonic Solutions Co. has introduced the AG-MSU10 P2 Media Storage Unit, a lightweight, mobile-workflow tool that simplifies the process of backing up P2 content. Delivering fast, stable transfer of data, the compact P2 Media Storage Unit elimi-

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