TOYBOX EXPANDS COLOUR GRADING

Toybox have announced the arrival of the world’s fastest pin registered film scanner.  Lasergraphics ‘The Director’ scans 16mm and 35mm at unprecedented speeds at up to 2k resolution.

The Director features a low noise CCD area array and continuously calibrated LED light source to ensure optimal image quality on all film stocks. The built-in Keykode reader allows for frame-accurate scanning and for the embedding of both Keykodes and time-codes into DPX output files. A Positive Air Pressure System with a HEPA filter prevents dirt from entering the system during scanning.

The addition of the film scanner will make Toybox the first NZ post-production house to offer a fully data-centric commercial post workflow from rushes to final grade without a traditional telecine machine.

Rushes can be kept as data or output to traditional tape formats including HDCAM SR and Digital Betacam.

The Director not only scans at 2k but can simultaneously put out a ‘one light’ quick time for offline editing. A feature that enables the scanner to complete fast turn around of rushes transfers.

In addition to the scanner, Toyox has also purchased ‘Scatch’, a DI colour grading system. This will work in tandem with the Quantel Pablo already in use at Toybox to offer ‘real time’ colour grading for rushes transfers. ‘Scratch’ will also enhance the ‘Red Camera’ pipeline with ‘real time’ extraction and grading of red source files.

For further enquiries or a demonstration please call James on 09 366 7247 or james@toybox.co.nz