da Vinci Promise Full Product Line At IBC 2006

da Vinci will be featuring demonstrations of its full product line at IBC, confirming the company’s presence in DI and commitment to nonlinear processing.
Set to be highlighted at the show is the Resolve digital mastering suite featuring all three Resolve configurations: FX, DI, and RT. The Resolve FX will be running Revival image restoration software, which will display its two newest features, improved Grain Reduction and da Vinci’s exclusive Color Registration tool.
da Vinci’s newest product, Splice, just released in April and designed as a bridge to enable nonlinear workflow capabilities for da Vinci 2K/2K Plus users, will be demonstrated at IBC2006. Demonstrations of powerful new options for the 2K Plus color enhancement system will also be offered, including ColorTrace, a session reconform tool that matches color decisions with editorial changes.
The Resolve FX, Resolve DI, and Resolve RT systems are each designed to address specific post-production applications and are optimized for varying resource demands.
Resolve FX is an excellent entry-level solution for studios wanting to offer file-based, nonlinear color enhancement and conforming work — making it ideal for processing and matching short clips in a less-demanding digital intermediate workflow. Resolve FX is equipped with PowerPlant, da Vinci’s software-programmable image-processing accelerator.
With two PowerPlants for enhanced processing power, Resolve DI is the perfect fit for digital intermediate projects calling for a substantial volume of color-look creation and conforming. When ultimate speed performance is required, the Resolve DI can be reconfigured and upgraded to the RT system.
Resolve RT is the top-of-the-line system, optimized for studios requiring speed, flexibility, efficiency, and high-volume throughput. Resolve RT addresses the specific needs of true real-time image processing in film, digital intermediate, and video finishing applications. Greatest speed and performance are delivered with PowerGrid, a unique set of da Vinci-exclusive programmable PowerPlant accelerator boards that deliver real-time, multilayered color correction on full-film-resolution images, not just proxies. Also featured are conforming tools, a file browser, a formatter, and real-time waveform monitoring of data, a unique capability that allows colorists to view simultaneously a vectorscope, parade, or histogram display of the color grades they’re applying.
Splice creates a "virtual telecine" for the world-standard da Vinci 2K/2K Plus, offering users a bridge to nonlinear workflow with pan, tilt, zoom, and rotate capabilities in real time. Splice blends key technologies from da Vinci's Resolve Digital Mastering Suite to allow new and existing da Vinci 2K/2K Plus users to expand and leverage their equipment investment.
Powered by da Vinci's exclusive Transformer image-processing accelerator, which provides real-time sizing and rotation, Splice allows colorists to conform, transform, grade, arrange, and deliver images in any order, in real time, and at unsurpassed quality. Operating as a front-end for the da Vinci 2K, Splice presents itself as a new device on the 2K control panel and provides operators with the types of controls one would normally only associate with a telecine environment.
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