American Cinematographer - September 1990 - 64

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going to cost a lot of money to fix it. But
it will be substantially less than reshoot¬
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on the big screen. It looks like an optical.
But with 90% of what we do getting
transferred back to tape, you really can¬
not tell the difference. We are also plan¬
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image, which will make the film image
much better in the Gemini process."
Electronic post production with
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Harry, DaVinci, Gemini, CMX6000, Ediflex, Montage, PaintBox and others - is
not the future. It is today. At the same
time, it's important to remember that in
filmmaking technology is impotent with¬
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