IDIFF30/1 - 1/2

2008,Paris

FilmLight Ltd

New Workflows in Digital Cinema and Post Production

David StroudFilmLight

HISTORY

FILM - 100+ YEARS• Static process• Until 2000

VIDEO - 60+ YEARS• Rapid technological

advances2 major changes:• Analogue to digital• Non-linear

TRENDSVideoDigital changes• Acquisition and Storage• Transmission• Consumption

Film• Manual until 2000• Visual effects and first D.I.• Digital manipulation and

storage• Acquisition• Delivery/Consumption

CONVERGENCE

Film and Video appear to be converging:

• Acquisition• Editorial• Special Effects• Grading• Delivery

Data-centric workflows are evolving

Images and sequences treated as:• Digital image data• Metadata essence

CHANGING WORKFLOW

• Manufacturers can’t specify how users will work

• No one single workflow• Fragmentation of processes• Increased speed, quality and complexity -

with reduced cost

Workflow equationCOST QUALITY/PERFORMANCE

MODERN ISSUESImage Data• Resolution, Bit depth, Format, Frame

rate, Colourspace, Encoding, Encryption

Metadata• Format, Interpretation, maintenance,

addition, interchange

Data Handling• Speed, transport mechanism

Data Management• Changes, Versioning, Metadata, Archival

Cost/Performance• Balancing the equation

SYSTEMS APPROACH

Moore’s Law doesn’t hold

System limitations:• Processing power• Disk I/O speed• Disk capacity• Data integrity• Graphics visualisation

FILMLIGHT SOLUTION

Baselight

RESULT

• Scalable hw and swsolution

• Instant response• Distributed I/O,

processing and visualisation

• Industry standard components

• Upgradeable

EVOLVING ISSUES

Interoperability:• Inter-machine connectivity/network• Proprietary filesystem• Video ingest/playout• Physical interoperability• Standards for data interchange

ENHANCED SOLUTIONS

• I/O / SAN Node• Virtual Filesystem• 10GigaBit Ethernet Fabric

INTERCHANGE STANDARDS

Using standards for data description and exchange:

Filesystems• XFS, NFS, ADIC CXFSImage Formats• Sequence - DPX, Tiff, Targa, Jpeg, YUV, RGB etc• Stream - QuickTime, MXF etc.Metadata• CDL, CMX3600, AAF, XML, Timecode, Keycode etc.Colour• Standard colour spaces - YUV, RGB, LAB, DCI XYZ

OEM INTEGRATION

SANS• DVS SAN• DVS Spycer• Avid Unity

Editorial• Avid editors• Apple Final Cut Pro

Commercials• Grass Valley Spirit Telecine

Visualisation• Truelight calibration of output devices• Barco DLP projectors• Sony SXRD 4K projectors

AVID - BASELIGHT

Editorial Workflow

MXF Images

AAF Sequence

SPIRIT - BASELIGHT

Commercials workflow

Control

HD SDI Video

TRUELIGHT

Truelight Colour Management

SUMMARY

FilmLight’s Baselight architecture:• Modern• Scalable• Distributed• Data-centric• Standard Compliant• Adaptable • Upgradable

FINALLY

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