Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about best practices for color management, display calibration and emulation. This two-day course will provide participants with a working knowledge in color management for digital film & video production, digital intermediate (DI) & video post production, visual effects (VFX), HD & film print dailies, as well as digital projection. The class is lead by THX’s Michael Chenery, a leading color science expert in the digital cinema and video industry. Sign up today.

Professionals in the video and feature film industry responsible for quality control of color across the entire production / post-production workflow should attend, including:

• VFX production supervisors
• VFX artists
• DI Post-production engineers
• CGI/VFX software developers
• Digital Imaging Technicians (DITs)
• Colorists

Participants will receive an introductory background into color science and color theory and color models including XYZ, RGB and YCbCr, XvYcc. Participants will also learn about, gamma, logarithmic and linear encoding including Rec709, RedLog, Panalog, ArriLog, FilmStream and sLog. The two-day course features hands on practice of transforming data between color models, profiling display technology including digital projection, building look up tables (LUTs), and implementing color management practices.

Dates & Location

Tuesday, March 5, 2012: 9:00am-5.30pm
Wednesday, March 6, 2012: 9:00am-5.30pm

Moving Picture Company – The Theatre
127 Wardour Street,
London, W1F 0NL

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Registration Fee

2-Day Class: £500.00 (Cost includes tuition, course materials, lunch on both days, plus first round of drinks on the evening of March 5)

Registration

If you’re interested in registering for the THX Color Management course being held in London, March 5-6, 2012, please call or email either contact:

Michaele Parkin
+44 1279 758285
michaele@bigpicmedia.net

Robert Caldwell
+1 317-373-6064
rcaldwell@thx.com

Presented by THX cineSpace and Media Asylum in Singapore.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about best practices for color management, display calibration and emulation. This two-day course will provide participants with a working knowledge in color management for digital film & video production, digital intermediate (DI) & video post production, visual effects (VFX), HD & film print dailies, as well as digital projection. The class is lead by THX’s Michael Chenery, a leading color science expert in the digital cinema and video industry. Sign up today.

Professionals in the video and feature film industry responsible for quality control of color across the entire production / post-production workflow should attend, including:

• VFX production supervisors
• VFX artists
• DI Post-production engineers
• CGI/VFX software developers
• Digital Imaging Technicians (DITs)
• Colorists

Participants will receive an introductory background into color science and color theory and color models including XYZ, RGB and YCbCr, XvYcc. Participants will also learn about, gamma, logarithmic and linear encoding including Rec709, RedLog, Panalog, ArriLog, FilmStream and sLog. The two-day course features hands on practice of transforming data between color models, profiling display technology including digital projection, building look up tables (LUTs), and implementing color management practices.

Dates & Location

Tuesday, March 26, 2012: 9:00am-5.30pm
Wednesday, March 27, 2012: 9:00am-5.30pm

Media ASYLUM
213 Henderson Road #04-11, Henderson Industrial Park,
Singapore 159553

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Registration Fee

2-Day Class: $780.00 US dollars (Cost includes tuition and course materials)

Registration

If you’re interested in registering for the THX Color Management course being held in Singapore, March 26th/27th, please call or email either of the following:

Sharon Calenthral
Sharon@media-asylum.com

Robert Caldwell
+1 317 373-6064
rcaldwell@thx.com

Roush Media
84 East Santa Anita Ave, Burbank, CA 91502

Wednesday, January 25, 2011

Doors open at 6PM. First presentation starts at 6:30PM

Seating is limited so please RSVP at the following link:
http://hsmptejanuary2012.eventbrite.com/

Description

Auro 3D 11.1, the Next Dimension in Theatrical Sound – Barco and THX will present the creation of the next generation of 11.1 3D sound systems for cinemas. Following will be a short film explaining the production process by the team at Skywalker Sound to create the 11.1 Auro 3D mix for Lucasfilm Ltds latest film, Red Tails. Red Tails is the world’s first 11.1 soundtrack released to theaters and opens nationwide January 20th.

New Approaches to Film Restoration in an ACES Environment – Image Systems will discuss The ACES environment and how it offers the potential for improvements in how film material is restored. Its wider gamut can allow more original content to be recaptured, processed and distributed as the original filmmakers intended. Combining ACES with OpenEXR and HDR tools provides even more latitude for uncovering the beauty and original intent of archival footage while simultaneously allowing for a “future-proof” Digital Master.

Please fill out the form below to watch the Calm Webinar.

Jon Cielo talks with THX Senior VP, Rick Dean about the exciting news surrounding THX Media Director at CES 2012.

THX Senior Systems Engineer, Jon Cielo talks with Paul Wasek from Onkyo about their new lineup of THX Certified AVRs being showcased at CES 2012.

Until now, smaller, more compact speaker systems have been about convenience and form factor rather than performance. Well, times are changing, and recent advances in technology and design have challenged this precedent. Today, it’s quite possible for smaller speaker systems to deliver excellent sound experiences.

THX is here to make sure you get the best performance for your buck by unveiling the THX Compact Speaker System certification program.

For many people, even a THX Select2 Certified system (speakers designed to power rooms up to 2,000 sq/ft) would be overkill given the size of their room. However, up until now the market for smaller spaces has been saturated by underperforming, highly promoted products – leading many people to believe that the best they could get was tinny sound, no bass, and limited upgrade options.

The goal at THX is, and has always been, to bring the best possible sound and video quality to the consumer. Speaker designs, build materials, components, amplifier power, and other factors have prevented smaller, less expensive systems from being able to pass the strict certification performance benchmarks.

With recent technology advancements in the audio world, THX has been able to develop a certification program, without lessening the criteria, for smaller systems that perform well above what their diminutive size would imply.

The Room

Now of course no small system could fill a big room, nor should it ever be asked to. Rather, the THX Compact Speaker System certification program is designed and engineered to power rooms up to 1,000 sq./ft. – for example, rooms that are approximately 13.5-feet long by 10-feet wide with 8-foot ceilings.

Just because the speakers power smaller rooms doesn’t mean the certification criteria isn’t asking them to do a lot. THX demands high output (up to 105 dB) with low distortion. In a radical change from many other small speakers, THX also requires a flat frequency response, just like all THX Certified speakers.

Understanding not all small rooms can fit a full surround sound system, the THX Compact Speaker System Certification program is flexible in that it will be found on 2.1 systems (two speakers and a sub) as well as up to 7.1 systems.

MK Sound M Series Speakers

The first THX Certified Compact Speaker System is based on the popular MK Sound M7. These speakers feature a two-way bookshelf design with 1-inch silk dome tweeters and a 4-inch polymer-coated pulp cone. Neodymium magnets drive the tweeters. Frequency response is 80 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 2 dB.

With the THX Certified Compact Speaker System program, it’s now possible to find speakers to fit any size room or application, from desktop systems (THX Certified Multimedia Products), to sound bars (THX Speaker Bar), to small-room integrated systems (THX I/S Plus Systems), to mid-sized (THX Select2) and large rooms (THX Ultra2).

For more information about the different Certification Performance Categories, click here.

Jon Cielo talks to Bard Williams from TiVo about the THX Certified TiVo Premiere Elite DVR being showcased at CES 2012.

Peter Vasay talks to THX Senior VP, Laurie Fincham about the new THX amplifier technology being showcased at CES 2012.