Rancho Cucamonga, CA,
September 9, 2005…CELCO (www.celco.com), a world leader in digital film
recording systems, introduced its Digital Chemical Process (DCP) Color
Imaging Tool for digital imagery recorded on CELCO’s latest generation FURY
and Firestorm film recorders.
Upon investigation of the film exposure density relationship that was
undertaken to implement 3D color correction, CELCO determined that there
were certain unintended anomalies and limitations within the film component
of the motion picture system. CELCO has built its Digital Chemical Process (DCP)
technology layer on top of the standard 3D correction to remove these
inconsistencies.
“CELCO has engineered new algorithms to eliminate the organic limitations of
the traditional chemical film process,” says Pete Constantine, Director of
Engineering and Technology at CELCO. “Our new DCP color imaging tool
replaces current techniques of 3D color correction for digital film
recording, breathing new life into the final film recorded images. This
technology is critical to the digital intermediate process where we want to
eliminate analog contamination."
Facilities are able to output nearly an hour of high-resolution digital film
per day on CELCO’s latest generation FURY recorder. This speed includes high
definition images onto Kodak 5245 camera negative stock. Imaging times are
less than 2 seconds per frame for a full Cineon density range 2K image onto
Kodak intermediate 2242 film stock. The system is also capable of very
high-speed output of any resolution up to 4K or higher for larger format
purposes, allowing 40 minutes of 15-perf 65mm format film per week to be
filmed out. The FURY can output nearly any type of film stock, including
color and black and white intermediate and camera negative stocks. In
addition, the new system can also output to multiple film formats including
16mm, 35mm, and 65mm 5, 8, 10, and 15-perf (IMAX format).
In the FURY’s latest version, recording speed has been increased for Kodak’s
2242/5242 intermediate stock, resulting in faster performance for the
growing digital intermediate market. In addition, CELCO has introduced
FilmOut Pro an enhanced graphical user interface (GUI) software package that
adds additional imaging and film recorder control tools and further
simplifies the operation of the recorder.
About CELCO:
CELCO was founded in
1950 by John M. Constantine Sr. as an engineering laboratory dedicated to
high resolution display technology. CELCO’s innovations in the field of
electron beam control soon made the company a leading producer of electron
optics including deflection yokes and focus coils used in high resolution
display systems. Its display components have been used for an abundance of
military and civilian applications in everything from fighter jets, flight
simulators, medical imaging systems, electron beam welders, to the space
shuttle. CELCO also became known for its lab standard test equipment
including high performance deflection amplifiers and precision display
systems. The technologies evolved into the production of complete digital
imaging systems starting in the 1970s with large format satellite imaging
systems to the first motion picture digital film recorder used for
Disney’s TRON in the early 1980s.
Clients have included Disney Feature Animation,
PIXAR, Industrial Light & Magic, Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Tippett Studio, CFI/Technicolor, Double Negative, The Mill, Éclair Labs, AAV Digital Pictures, Klasky
Csupo, and Fotokem, just to name a few.
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For further
information, contact CELCO, 8660 Red Oak Ave., Rancho Cucamonga,
CA, 91730, USA, tel +1.909.481.4648, fax +1.909.481.6899, info@celco.com,
www.celco.com
