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

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Please fill out the form below to watch the THX Color Management 102 Webinar.

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To be effective and successful working in a modern production or post production environment requires knowledge about the issues and challenges related to color science. Regardless of position in the production chain, color plays a major role in telling a powerful story. DoPs and colorists are very sensitive to these issues, but post supervisors, engineers and VFX and animation artists must also have a firm grasp on color for a seamless workflow. In order to use color correctly, it is critical to understand what is seen at every stage in the production process, regardless of the nature of the display and viewing environment.

This webinar includes a brief talk from THX Senior Vice President Rick Dean; he discusses THX’s strategy for supporting improved color management in professional facilities through our product development efforts and our education program.

As Senior Color Scientist at THX, Michael Chenery has been teaching his popular color science classes worldwide for the past five years. In this session, Michael reviews the basics of color science presented in the Color Management 101 webinar and will then instruct how to create and use display profiles in professional facilities. These concepts are valuable for anyone working in color correction, VFX and animation environments.

In this webinar, attendees will learn:

• What it means to “profile” a display
• Best practices for creating and using color profiles
• Differences between different classes of calibration probes, including colorimeters and spectroradiometers
• What “decoupling” is
• Which colors are most important to measure

Quantel is a world-leading developer of innovative, high performance content creation and delivery systems across post, broadcast and Stereo3D. Quantel’s product range includes: eQ HD finishing systems; iQ multi-resolution DI systems, award-winning Pablo Neo color correction solutions; stereoscopic 3D post systems and integrated news and sports production systems. They all deliver the creative, productive and profitable workflows that give post houses and broadcasters the edge they need to thrive and grow in today’s highly competitive global media market.

Pablo – DI color correction and finishing

Pablo is the ultimate color correction and finishing solution for HD, 2K, 4K and Stereoscopic 3D – proven on thousands of movies, commercials and programs in the hands of leading colorists around the world. It puts all the creative color correction tools at the colorist’s fingertips in an interactive, hands-on color correction environment. Pablo’s powerful color tools all run in a non-linear environment – where changes are easily accommodated at any stage. It also means that the colorist and client can view every shot in its correct editorial – and even compositional – context, transforming the entire post workflow into a fast, collaborative and creative process.

Non-linear, multi-layer, in-context color correction

With Pablo there’s no waiting or wasted time. Its immensely powerful hardware makes color correction a truly interactive process. With Pablo the director can sit with the colorist and instantly see results of changes on screen at full resolution without proxies or previews. Pablo’s non-linear operation gives instant access to any part of the entire project, meaning colorists and directors can instantly see the way individual shot treatments work next to each other, even including dissolves, wipes and other transitions. Nothing is committed until output; the whole project remains live throughout the process so multiple treatments can be quickly tried without penalty.

Every format

Resolution Co-existence means Pablo offers complete format flexibility, able to handle everything from SD and HD to 2K and 4K material simultaneously on the same timeline. Pablo always works with full resolution material in its original format and colorspace, whether it’s HD-RGB, 2K, 4K or CGI files – or a combination of them all.

Stereoscopic 3D

Pablo includes a comprehensive Stereo3D toolset as standard. Pablo’s enormous power offers realtime handling of dual left eye/right eye high resolution media; the Stereo3D toolset takes care of all the issues interactively – just the way clients expect.

Highest quality

Pablo’s high quality processing ensures that the final look exactly matches the director’s vision. This means the director and colorist can have total confidence that what they see on screen is exactly what the viewers will get in the movie theater. Conversion to the target format(s) only happens on output, meaning that ultimate quality is maintained throughout the DI process.

All round DI capabilities

Pablo is more than a color corrector; it is also a complete digital intermediate system in a box. Pablo has everything you might need in the session instantly to hand, from paint and retouching tools to fix problems through to editing functionality that allows directors to change their minds without a hefty time or cost penalty.

This means that Pablo can handle the whole job in an enormously efficient manner, from assembly, pre-viz, effects and of course color correction to trailers, titles and deliverables well as being a highly productive solution for restoration projects. And combining Pablo with Genetic Engineering gives even more efficiency gains.

Deliverables

Deliverables are a key element of the DI process – and a profitable one too. When the color work is done, Pablo has all the tools to enable you to rapidly output versions to cover every need. Re-sizing, reframing, 3D LUTs and pan-and-scan are all handled on-the-fly in realtime on output without having to make copies. Every format is supported from 4:3 and 16:9 SD to HD, 2K and 4K.

More about Quantel at http://www.quantel.com

Image Systems, formerly Digital Vision, is a division of Image Systems AB, which specialises in high-resolution image processing, film scanning and motion analysis solutions.

Media Products:

• Nucoda: The flagship Nucoda software products provide a suite of colour grading and finishing solutions used in film and television post production. The Nucoda product line works with multiple camera and file formats, allowing a collaborative workflow and delivering finished content for different viewing platforms including stereoscopic 3D.
• Phoenix:The restoration of film and tape-based content is a balance of quality versus return on investment, whether delivering media for DVD/Blu-ray, HDTV, Digital Cinema, or simply archiving. Combining the best in automated, semi-automated and manual image enhancement and restoration tools, the Phoenix products are used extensively for film and video restoration, media repackaging and archives.
• Golden Eye: Originally developed over 20 years for automotive testing and air defence reconnaissance, the Golden Eye has matured into the leading film scanner for DI, restoration and archive. With a high-quality LED light source providing unparalleled image quality, previously unavailable at this price point, the Golden Eye III scanner with Phoenix restoration software solutions provides workflows for end-to-end DI and restoration.

Nucoda: Colour grading and mastering solutions

Image Systems’ Nucoda range of grading and mastering solutions have been used on many of the best known films, commercials, documentaries, music videos and television programs across the globe. Our technology guarantees the best and most creative look and feel of television projects such as CSI, the highest rated drama series worldwide; the hugely successful Game of Thrones; the Emmy Award winning Californication; Breaking bad, the winner of six Emmy Awards; the 3D animated series The Clone Wars by Pixar; 60 Minutes ranked #6 on the US TV guide’s 50 greatest TV shows of all time; and the hugely successful animated series Family Guy nominated for 12 primetime Emmy Awards, Oscar winning documentary The Cove, and many more.

Our latest range of grading solutions have also been used to conform and grade prestigious films such the Oscar winners Toy Story 3, Happy Feet, and Crash; as well as one of the world’s highest-grossing film of 2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader; the Science Fiction alien invasion film Skyline; the upcoming Immortals directed by Tarsem Singh from the producer of 300; the latest Cars 2 adventure and Pixar’s upcoming feature Brave.

Developed in conjunction with renowned colourists and a leading industrial design house, the Precision panel is the next generation integrated control surface for the Nucoda grading solutions.

As part of Image Systems’ continued commitment to provide customers with enhanced grading solutions the latest Nucoda release software includes the THX cineSpace colour management tools (64-bit).

See the current list http://www.digitalvision.tv/media-bu/about/customers.aspx
www.imagesystems.se

DAVIO Calibration is a versatile solution for your video monitor calibration needs. Use with cineSpace to profile HDSDI and HDMI monitors then build 1D and 3D LUTs for calibration and emulation of other display systems like film and digital signage. Inside DAVIO are two independent 3D LUTs (Look Up Tables) with a 64 point resolution. Each input also supports 1D LUTs for gamma correction or Log – Linear conversion. DAVIO provides the highest level of accuracy available for calibrating your video monitors, projectors and workstation monitors.

Applications include monitor and projector calibration for:

• Production, Post Production, DI, Color Grading, Visual Effects
• Use with Plasma, LCD, DVI-D Workstations Monitors, & Digital Cinema Projectors
• Calibrate/match up to 3 monitors with each DAVIO Calibration system

Innovative Versatility

Davio is an innovative approach to the constant change and expansion of video processing needs. The Davio software library provides a diverse set of image processing tools that expand and adapt with changes in workflow, colorspace and image monitoring.

Expanding Software Library

The Davio software library provides tools for:

• Display calibration & emulation
• Color pipeline management
• 3D stereo processing
• Frame markers, graticules and cages

More information at: www.Cine-tal.com

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