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member in the Panasonic P2 Partner Alliance.” Greg Booth, president of Calibrated Software, adds, “As advancements in image formats continue to evolve, Calibrated Software is committed to delivering accessible tools that map today’s changing workflows and can be easily installed onto a user’s Mac or PC to help them see and work with their material as directly and immediately as possible. Many broadcasters and postproduction facilities are adopting a Panasonic AVC-Intra workflow, and Calibrated{Q} AVC-Intra Decode was created to facilitate rapid viewing and review of AVCIntra material at up to full 10-bit quality and according to the end user’s specific platforms and needs.” Version 1.0 of Calibrated{Q} AVCIntra Decode for Macintosh OS X 10.5/10.6 (Intel only) and Windows 7/Vista/XP is now available. For more information, visit www.calibratedsoftware.com. Magic Bullet Grinds DSLR Video Red Giant Software has introduced Magic Bullet Grinder for converting DSLR video to edit-friendly formats, enabling smooth playback and faster rendering. With Magic Bullet Grinder, Final Cut Pro users now have a fast way to get DSLR footage from video-capable Canon DSLR cameras into their timeline for editing, add time code and generate proxies all in a single time-saving pass. Batch processing and multi-threading make for fast and painless conversion, allowing editing to begin even on location. Magic Bullet Grinder supports all

video-capable Canon DSLRs, with additional format support coming soon. The software tool converts to ProRes, Standard, ProRes Proxy and PhotoJPEG formats, complete with a time-code track. The batch-processing feature supports multi-threaded systems to ensure fast, glitch-free operation; users working with eight cores can convert eight files at once. Magic Bullet Grinder also adds file-name and time-code information directly to proxies and converts 30p and 60p media for quick 24p slow-motion effects. Magic Bullet Grinder is available for $49. For additional information, visit www.redgiantsoftware.com. LightSpace Manages Color Light Illusion has released LightSpace CMS, a fully featured color-management system. The system is a continued development of Light Illusion’s widely adopted LUT Manager display and calibration software. LightSpace CMS brings major calibration enhancements to users, with full display and film-profiling capabilities, as well as the automatic generation of calibration LUTs from the various profiles generated. Improving on Light Illusion’s 3D LUT Manager, LightSpace CMS makes it much easier to implement total color management facility wide for DI, visual effects, grading, animation, games or exhibition using any direct display or projection-monitoring system. LightSpace CMS is not only suitable for visualizing film images on digital displays, but also for directly matching different displays, allowing operators, colorists, supervisors, cinematographers and directors to see a matched final look at every point in the digital post chain. “LightSpace CMS makes accurate color management available to all industry operations, and its new tools and capabilities really help to enhance facilities’ calibration capabilities and accuracy,” says Steve Shaw, CEO of Light Illusion. “While LightSpace CMS will be welcome in all facilities looking for high quality color management, its affordable price makes it easy for studios, post and broadcast facilities to establish company-wide color calibration, regardless of the specific display or creative hardware being used.” LightSpace CMS brings together a
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range of tools and capabilities that go far further than simple LUT building, with options that provide for full underlying color management, display profiling, profile matching (auto-LUT generation), direct profile and LUT transformation, calibration visualization and display comparison, colorspace conversion, and even batch image processing with multiple image parameter controls. LightSpace CMS enables customers to accurately measure all displays to fully manage the color pipeline, regardless of the technology being used. A wide and growing range of measuring probes can be used, including X-Rite Hubble, Klein K-10, i1 Pro, i1 Display 2, i1 Display 1, i1 Display LT and ColorMunki. LightSpace CMS can be purchased as a fully configured package, or via option components allowing customers to build their color-management tools as their requirements grow. For more information, visit www.lightillusion.com. Avid Takes Editing Line to Next Level Raising the bar on format flexibility, openness and speed, Avid has introduced the Media Composer v5, NewsCutter v9 and Symphony v5 editing systems. New features include native support for popular formats such as Red, QuickTime and Canon XF; support for Matrox MX02 Mini monitoring hardware, a low-cost external monitoring solution enabling field editing and simplified client screening sessions; HD-RGB finishing capabilities, allowing customers to keep high-end finishing in-house; multi-channel audio support; and an array of interface enhancements. Avid Media Access enhances productivity by supporting the most popular filebased formats and eliminating the need for

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