THE LOOK | workflow for tape

Here is the typical route used by many post production facilites:

There are two massive disadvantages in working this way is, one is the lack of flexibility to change anything near to your deadline because the process is so regimented. The other is the quality of the final master. Due to the sheer number of times that the material will have been laid to tape (which is always compressed) the image quality of your material is greatly reduced.

Here is the route at The Look

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There are many advantages in working this way. Firstly, there is much more flexibility, you can send an EDL to The Look before the cut is completely locked. Because we are conforming, grading and onlining on the same machine it doesn't matter if the edit changes near the deadline, you send us a new EDL and the system just reconforms the project and reapplies the grades and titles. Another advantage is quality, because you only lay down to tape at the end, your image quality will be the best it can be.

The Look offers the following:

Post-production supervision from scene through to screen
Industry leading workflow via shared HD disks between suites - courtesy of Quantel's GenePool
In context colour correction from the start of the grading process
Visual effects creation in parallel with the grading/finshing session
Visual effects elements individually colour corrected in the grading suite
No time wasted grading shots that do not make it into the final cut
No compression at any point, maintaining the highest possible image quality
Re-conforms for editorial changes are simple - can be done while work continues on the grade
More flexibility without incurring higher costs
Comparable workflow for images captured on film, tape or data
Uncompressed images can be exported from the suite for cinema
Editing, racking and rotations possible during the grading session
Trackable hand drawn power windows in grade, no need for multiple passes
DVDs can be created directly from the grading suite
Specialists in High Definition capture and post-production

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Here is the typical route used by many post production facilites:

Here is the route at The Look

The Look offers the following: