Arriraw testing and evaluation completed

Pure Digital Services has now completed full testing and evaluation for the Alexa and the Arriraw file format.

Pure has developed workflows and full testing now for Features in India, UK and Australia plus TV shows in Canada.

Alexa's version of Arriraw right now works well, just keep in mind your workflow and dealing with the Arriraw format and it will deliver 3K full resolution DPXs.

Pure Digital Dec 2010

Digital negative report

When shooting on film, the rushes are sent to the lab, and from there you will receive a negative report on the DMax and DMin levels? film scratches? All that’s measured through optics, and it’s done quickly and efficiently. With digital cinema you can’t produce a negative report without giving it a 100-percent lookthrough. You’re looking at the sensor, you’re looking for shutter errors, dead pixels, and noise patterns, and that has to happen in real time. A digital negative report is essential or the completion of a successful shoot.

The creative advantages for digital are too big to completely dismiss, or discourage. Its possible that a digital production, with all the safety checks required today, that it is just as expensive as film, but the options that digital offers can really bring together ground breaking cinematography and as such open a new wave of possibilities.

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Abobe CinemaDNG Initiative

The CinemaDNG file format is designed to store high-resolution video streams in camera raw format and typically adds less than 1 KB overhead per image. CinemaDNG files typically require half the storage space of corresponding DPX files. Each video frame is independently encoded using the DNG (Digital Negative) image format. The video stream is stored either as a picture track in an MXF (Material Exchange Format) file or as a sequence of individual frame files.

CinemaDNG uses fully-documented, vendor-neutral, standard formats for video and imaging – DNG, TIFF/EP, and MXF. The format is unencrypted and free from intellectual property encumbrances or license requirements. Several SDKs are available for each of the components of the format.

The CinemaDNG format allows vendors to add functionality on set or in post, for example, by extending the decoder SDKs with additional image processing or metadata processing.

Pure Digital 2010

ProRes Alexa workflows for Canadian Productions

Pure Digital Services is advising Productions in Canada on the best solutions for fully structured ProRes workflow for the Alexa camera system from Arri.

By incorporating a full end to end and efficient solution Pure has enabled the Productions to create the quickest and safest way to complete each days photography.

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Sony F35 S-Log 12bit DPXs

Pure is developing full 12bit capture and delivery systems for the Sony F35s new 12bit output. The extra 2 bits of image signalling will give greater dynamic range and further enhance the F35s imaging capabilities.

Fully uncompressed 12bit DPXs from the F35 with Pure Digital Services.

Pure 2010

Arriraw full sensor DPXs

Pure Digital Services can now capture and render the .ari files from the Alexa and deliver full frame 3K DPXs at 2880 x 1620. This allows for more headroom for possible pan & scan within the 3K frame and when re-sized to 2K gives you sharper images.

Pure is now developing workflows for Productions worldwide who want to shoot Arriraw.

Pure 2010

Red MX and Epic data services

Pure Digital Services R3D services for 2010-2011.

.Pure Digital can deliver your R3d files as 4K DPXs in real time along with Blu-ray 1080 DVDs with viewing LUTs (Look Up Tables)

.Real time de-bayering abd decoding of raw files in full 4K resolution and delivered as DPXs

.Full SAN storage on set for your 16bit RGB 4K DPX material.

.Printer lights and colour timing for DPXs.

.Digital dailies with burn-ins.

.Full conforming tools and delivery for R3D files with EDL, XML and Avid ALE.

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Real time RAW workflows

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Raw to daily deliverables in real time.

Pure Digital Services solutions for onset processing includes the options for real time daily deliverables from raw cameras.

Alexa (Arriraw), Cinefrom SI2K, F35 S-Log, Red R3d can all be captured, processed and delivered in real time.

Through enormous investment in various post toolsets for on set workflows Pure can offer a digital data lab service for your camera of choice.

Pure can let you apply first light colour correction to your rushes, 3D LUTs and create Blu-ray HD dailies with LUTs for your daily review.

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Red R3d workflows - Real time 4K on set

R3d files created from both Red MX sensor camera and the new Epic can now be delivered as 4K DPXs on set in real time. With years of data workflow experience and with a team of VFX supervisors, Red technicians and full integration with post, Pure Digital Services can now create a real time enviroment for all your data requirements.

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Arriraw - D21 & Alexa

How is ALEXA ARRIRAW different from D-21 ARRIRAW?

The D-21 ARRIRAW has the white balance baked in, since back in 2002 we felt that it would be closer to the way film negative behaves. The EI setting is not baked in. The 2880 x 2160 pixel images (4:3 aspect ratio) are transported as 12 bit linear data.

The ALEXA ARRIRAW file format has neither the white balance nor the EI setting baked in. However, both white balance and EI that are set in the ALEXA are stored in the ARRIRAW header as metadata. This metadata will also include other information, including the green/magenta shift value (CC) that has been set in the camera. The 2880 x 1620 pixel images (16:9 aspect ratio) are transported as 12 bit log data, since this is a better way to transport ALEXA's wide dynamic range.

Both file formats can be transported via ARRIRAW T-link. The initial ALEXA ARRIRAW file format has been purposefully kept very close to the D-21 file format (both are 12 bit), since that means only minor modifications to the debayering algorithms used by the recorders and post tools. The recorders and post tools will be able to distinguish between D-21 and ALEXA ARRIRAW based on the metadata, so the whole thing is transparent to the user. In the future, we are planning other ARRIRAW formats to further exploit the capabilities of ALEXA.

Pure Digital supports Arriraw and the .ari file format from Alexa and D21

3D LUT Services

Let PDS create your own unique desired 3D LUTs for both offline material and viewing on set. Fully calibrated LUT options available or 3D viewing LUTs for on set comfort viewing.

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Arriraw ready services

Full Arriraw 12bit services. Capture, transcode, deliver and store with PDS.

Active storage for LTO and SANs for the Arriraw files.

Let PDS create and deliver your images.

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Digital Processing

Pure Digital Services offers Productions a full complement of file based services. From fully uncompressed DPX frames to Cineform and R3D, Pure can deliver your requirements on set or location for fast and efficient turnaround.

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Transcoding

Full transcoding services. Converting file formats for immediate use.

DPXs,

Cineform, uncompressed & compressed

Avid DNxHD 36, 220,

Apple FCP ProRes 4444, HQ, SQ,

H.264

R3D, Red Rocket conversion to DPX

Pure Digital Services, a new Digital Company for 2011.

Digital Motion Picture Lab & Storage Services

Pure Digital supplies live active SANs

and LTO 4/5 archive

solutions for your Production.

Truelight On-set

Truelight On-Set plus Baselight creating live LUT capabilities while filming.

Instant colour timing on set.

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