S.two OB1 Arri Certified March 2011

Pure Digital Services is the only UK based supplier of the OB1 recording system and the first rental operation to service a full V3 Arriraw workflow shoot in Australia early January 2011.

March 11, 2011 OB-1™ CERTIFIED for ALEXA and D-21 S.two is pleased to announce that all OB-1 on-board recorders have been certified by ARRI for ARRIRAW T-Link, now at v3.0. A simple software update provides full ARRIRAW recording support, real-time visualization, and playback. No hardware modification is necessary. S.two was the first manufacturer certified for ARRIRAW T-Link in March 2008, and OB-1’s are in use around the world with ALEXA and D-21 in ARRIRAW. OB-1 supports sync timecode and remote stop-start from the camera head for full integration of an ARRIRAW/DTE 'dual record' workflow. Easy to use uncompressed workflow, supporting all Alexa modes including high speed and dual-camera 3D, is completed with the S.two FlashDock. It features real-time playback of full raster ARRIRAW under edit control, high speed transfers of uncompressed ARC-compliant .ARI V3 files, and available archive to uncompressed LTO. S.two has become the worldwide leader in uncompressed recording and workflows with customers in 22 countries.

ICC profile cube from 3D LUT: Alexa EI350

Steve Shaw at www.lightillusion.com has shown us a way of baking into stand alone QuickTime movies (this includes Alexa captured 4444 ProRes) a 3D LUT that is converted into an ICC Profile.

By doing this we can use Colorsync within Mac OS to apply the converted 3D LUT and burn it into the .mov file.

To do this you do require Intel Mac and QT Pro7 and also the software, called Spaceman, which will do the 3D LUT conversion for you. Once you have converted the LUT into the ICC profile you then load this profile through QT Pro7 and Colorsync and there you will have the burnt in correction for your offline and dailies.

Attached here is an ICC profile for an Alexa EI350 LUT, this 3D LUT has ben converted to an ICC profile and here is the information as a 3D cube.

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Arriraw and ProRes LUT links

Here is the link to the information regarding the new LUT application to QuickTime ProRes for the Alexa plus our Australia and India V3 Arriraw shoots.

http://www.definitionmagazine.com/databank/?SSScrollPosition=0

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Alexa ICC Profile 3D LUT integration with ProRes

Taken from Steve Shaw and the Light Illusion web site March 2011 :

Alexicc FCP/Quicktome is an ICC based solution that enables FCP and Quicktime Pro7 running on a Mac, to work with Alexa ProRes444 Log-C rushes with LUT burnt in. Ideal for dailies and off-line workflows.

The main requirement for LUT operation with FCP and Quicktime Pro7 is the ability to convert true 3D LUTs into ICC profiles that are compatible with FCP and Quicktime.

To perform this conversion requires the use of SpaceMan ICC, or Light Illusion's LUT Conversion service.

To Use
To use Alexicc FCP you will need:

An Intel Mac with Quicktime Pro 7

To apply the ICC profile (LUT) within FCP to the sequence select Effects>Video Filters>Quicktime>Colorsync which will be implemented very soon.

CDL will also be implemeted soon.

To 'burn' the ICC profile into clips use the export window (or from within Quicktime Pro7) and use Export>Video>filter>Adjustments>Colorsync.

The Alexicc ICC profile should be set as 'Source', and the 'Target' set at Rec709, or sRGB, as required.

For more information on Alexicc contact www.lightIllusion.com or: steve@lightillusion.com.

3D LUT burn in for Alexa ProRes

Pure Digital Services in collaboration with Light Illusion www.lightillusion.com has developed a way of baking in 3D LUTs into self contained Quick Time Movies for offline and dailies delivery. Shooting ProRes 4444 via the Alexa means your Master File being encoded for Log-C delivery, with our system we can now deliver either the same ProRes 4444 copy with colour correction actually baked into the QuickTime for delivery.

Up until now this hasn't been available and now allows for full delivery of your corrections for all content delivery for Alexa and ProRes 4444 capture.

Daniel Mulligan March 2011

Arriraw JPEG from 3K DPX master

Image taken from .ari file, debayered and 3D LUT applied to the 3K DPX. The DPX was then turned into this more easily downloaded JPEG copy.

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More kit shots from Arriraw

Kit outdoors. Alexa/Astro 8" with waveform, OB1 with Flashmag.

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Live debayer for monitoring

Here is our 8" Astro monior providing a full live realtime debayer from the recorder. We can apply a LUT to this output via USB so providing full live images all debayered for that live output.

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OB1s and Alexa

Kit from the Arriraw tests and workshops in India. Here are the Alexa cameras with OB1s attached on top.

Alexa/OB1 Arriraw workshops India

More images from the workshops in India. Alexa with OB1 recorders shooting V3 Arriraw to Flashmags.

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Few Best Men DP wins ASC 2010 award.

Stephen Windon, currently shooting “A Few Best Men” in Australia with ARRI’s Alexa and S.two’s OB-1, a shoot Pure Digital was involved with supplying full Arriraw workflow from OB1s to Post delivery, has been awarded the ASC’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography 2010 for his HBO series “Pacific”.

Windon has also received two Prime Time Emmy nominations and is known for his work as DP on “Deep Blue Sea”, “House of Wax”, and “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Pure Digital supplies "A Few Best Men" with Arriraw workflow

Pure Digital Services arrived in Sydney, Australia on New Years Eve to help develop their Arriraw workflow and advise on the OB1 recorders and full workflow for Arriraw.

" S.two’s award-winning OB-1 on-board recorder has been chosen to record principal photography for “A Few Best Men”, a feature film from DP Stephen Windon ACS (“Pacific”). ARRI Alexa cameras shooting ARRIRAW, OB-1 recorders and S.two’s FlashDock transfer stations are being supplied by GEARHEAD out of Sydney. Post production services are being provided by E-FILM Australia. "

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