Media solutions developer 5D has revealed that its family of compositing, visual effects, colour grading, and record and review systems are all playing key roles in the digital intermediate process for motion pictures and visual effects post production worldwide
Media solutions developer 5D has revealed that its family of compositing, visual effects, colour grading, and record and review systems are all playing key roles in the digital intermediate process for motion pictures and visual effects post production worldwide.
These systems will be shown at 5D’s booth (#S3908) during NAB 2002, when 5D Cyborg, 5D Colossus and 5D Commander will feature actual job re-constructions to tell the story of how 5D products improve digital intermediate workflow for motion pictures and high-end post-production.
5D Colossus, the software-based digital grading and mastering system, shipping at NAB 2002, has been used by The Post House to grade and master over 3,000 shots on The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring winner of multiple BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Awards, including the Oscar for Best Cinematography for DP Andrew Lesnie. The system is now being used to grade and master the second and third movies in the trilogy, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, bringing the total shots to around 10,000.
Adding to this success, 5Ds Cyborg effects editor and 5D Commander record and review station, are playing key roles within digital intermediate pipelines at visual effects studios worldwide, delivering significant operational cost savings on a range of award-winning and box-office successes. Movies involving 5D systems include
The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring, A Beautiful Mind, Vanilla Sky, The Time Machine and We Were Soldiers at Digital Domain, L.A.
Black Hawk Down, K-19: The Widowmaker, The Shipping News and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at The Mill and Mill Film
Behind Enemy Lines and The One at Digital Film Works, L.A.
Feardotcom, The Musketeer and Roman Polanskis The Pianist at Das Werk, Munich
The Panic Room at Computer Caf, L.A.
5D also recently provided 5D Cyborg and 5D Colossus systems for an Academy Awards Promotional Trailer which was shown in 16,000 cinemas across the USA prior to the 74th Academy Awards on March 24th.
Its a great thrill to us that 5D systems are at the core of the motion picture industry, creating stunning visual effects and finessing some of todays biggest theatrical releases, said Marc Dando, a director at 5D. 5D systems support digital artists, cinematographers and directors in the pursuit of their artistic and creative visions. Crucially, 5D systems also provide improved productivity and significant cost savings in day-to-day operation. Its our aim to keep delivering movie-makers and visual effects artists with the best solutions to achieve their goals.
About 5D Cyborg:
5D Cyborg delivers a complete suite of creative visual effects and finishing tools for film, digital cinema, HDTV and SDTV post production. By combining advanced, resolution-independent, image processing tools within a flexible and highly interactive environment, 5D Cyborg delivers unprecedented levels of productivity for workflow pipelines today and tomorrow.
About 5D Commander:
5D Commander provide a convenient and flexible way to acquire, view and distribute full-frame SD, HD, CG and film-resolution data, such as daily test composites for movie special effects and 3D content. As soon as materials are output from the originating workstation they can be viewed on 5D Commander. By enabling the viewing on a CRT, or via a digital projector, the system offers a revolutionary and cost-effective alternative to the traditional process of checking digital dailies by outputting to film.
About 5D Colossus:
5D Colossus is a real-time, software-based, multi-resolution digital grading and finishing solution, dedicated to making the grading of multiple scenes as fast and as efficient as possible. The ultimate output from 5D Colossus is a high quality, graded digital master that can be used to prepare final film prints as well as in digital film projection. 5D Colossus offers both log and linear grading, providing digital artists, colourists and DPs with unprecedented power to achieve cinema-quality, interactive colour-correction.
About 5D:
5D is a Media Solutions Company built on world-class credentials in film and video visual effects. The companys IRIX, Linux and Windows 2000-based solutions are essential commodities for digital artists worldwide, helping to boost productivity, creativity and workflow in film and video post-production. 5Ds compositing and creative effects/editing division delivers 5D Cyborg, a revolutionary integrated effects system, which combines advanced, resolution-independent, image-processing tools into a central working environment. For digital grading and mastering 5D offers 5D Colossus, an acclaimed, software-based digital grading and finishing solution. 5Ds Plug-Into division provides 5D Monsters, a renowned range of more than 400 visual effects plug-ins for advanced animation and compositing systems, plus 5D Masher, an offline effects and network connection system for Quantel systems. Chief among 5Ds workflow, storage and infrastructure products is 5D Commander, a full-frame 2K film and video playback/output solution. Working with log or linear data, 5D Commander will record direct from Telecine, HD or SD video, and has tools for batch conversion and output.