Demos Include Real-Time, High-Performance Digital Post Finishing in Stereoscopic 3D, RED 4K and Other Formats

Following on the heels of recent, significant product updates in SCRATCH 4.4, ASSIMILATE (stands 7.J09, 7.K01) will preview its newly upgraded SCRATCH 5.0 to give filmmakers and post-production facilities the most advanced and cost-effective digital workflows for 4K, 3D, HD/SD, film, and other formats. Also at IBC 09, ASSIMILATE announces the first industry support for the RED Digital Cinema’s RED ROCKET. Additionally, ASSIMILATE is launching its first worldwide SCRATCH User Group in Amsterdam on September 12.
Demos of the SCRATCH 3D Workflow will run on a Globalstor ExtremeStor-4K workstation that incorporates an NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 SDI by PNY graphics card and will include partner tools from 3ality 3Play Pro and the new Bluefish 444 Epoch multi-channel 2K/HD/SD SDI PCIe uncompressed video card. Film highlights will include My Bloody Valentine (trailer), Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (trailer), Running with Bulls D4D (RED), and Archangel (RED).

See RED ROCKET Live

As RED’s first partner for a 4K post workflow, ASSIMILATE set the post-production standard with SCRATCH for the needed real-time 4K post workflows ‘ simplified ingest of native REDCODE files, streamlined end-to-end workflow, conform, color grading, finishing and mastering.

Now See Rocket Science: RED’s Jim Jannard and ASSIMILATE’s Lucas Wilson will present the latest in red hot, high-rez imagery at the first showing of RED ROCKET in action – uncompressed and uncompromising with SCRATCH. The live demo is at The RAI Auditorium, September 12, 1:00 ‘ 2:30 p.m.

Technology Partners at IBC 09

See SCRATCH demos at partner stands throughout IBC 09: Lasergraphics (stand 7.F01), Rorke Data (stand 8.A39), Facilis (stand 3.B03), Editshare (stand 7.D22), Tiger Technology (stand 7.G05), Tangent Devices (stand 7.B11), and projectiondesign (stand 2.C18). RED Digital Cinema and Bluefish 444 are also sharing the ASSIMILATE (7.J09, 7.K01).

Launch of SCRATCH User Group at IBC 09

At IBC 09, ASSIMILATE’s global customers are gathering for the first SCRATCH User Group to learn the latest digital cinema techniques, as well as the company’s vision for continued empowerment of filmmakers and post professionals with high-performance, cost-effective DI tools. The event is September 12, 7:00 p.m., at Debalie (www.debalie.nl), Kleine ‘ Gartmanplantsoen 10 1017 RR Amsterdam. Registration required: www.assimilateinc.com.

“SCRATCH is helping the broad range of filmmakers and post studios worldwide break new cinematic ground with a powerful, real-time, and highly efficient DI tool and workflow. This venue gives our broad base of global users an opportunity to share information and ideas, and have a good time doing so,” says Jeff Edson, CEO at ASSIMILATE.

The Latest SCRATCH Features

Recent SCRATCH updates include advanced color control; an extended output tree that can branch multiple outputs in different resolutions and formats; and extensive support for the RED Digital Cinema’s latest color science (Build 20), which significantly improves image quality, reduces noise, and evolves color fidelity and reproduction.

Edson states, “True to our initial vision for SCRATCH, we continue to make significant feature upgrades and enhancements based on the feedback we get from our customers – filmmakers, post facilities, agencies, producers, and of course indies. We’re also committed to staying at the forefront of digital cinema technologies, such as RED and 3D, so that all users have access to the latest techniques for creating high-impact imagery. This is gratifying for our users and for us because we work as partners in creating a first-class DI tool set that simplifies and streamlines the post workflow, and that’s highly cost-effective at the same time. A win-win doesn’t get much better than this.”

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