ROUNDABOUT answers demand for final HD finishing solutions with addition of color conform, restoration, and DVNR services.

For Immediate Release

Burbank, CA (July, 11, 2007)
Roundabout Entertainment, Inc. announces the addition of finishing services—including color conforming, restoration, and digital noise reduction—to its suite of high-end HD post solutions for television and film clients. The incorporation of these services comes with the recent installation of Digital Vision’s Nucoda Film Master, already proven with Roundabout’s just completed color grading of the independent feature film Kiss the Bride, starring Tori Spelling. The successful color grading experience has led to future work with three feature films and one television pilot already booked in the coming month.

Roundabout’s bolstering of its full-service HD post services with a dedicated grading suite answers growing client demand by providing an end-to-end finishing solution for feature films, long form television commercials, and restoration projects. Featuring the resolution independent Digital Vision Film Master, the facility now offers DI grading and finishing, restoration, and digital video noise reduction through seamless integration with its Avid Symphony Nitris edit suites.

“The Film Master is a highly efficient tool that will save our clients time and money. It takes our color correction services to a whole new level, allowing us to do the true high-end final color grading while also providing the critical DVNR and restoration capabilities,” remarks Deborah Willard, Roundabout President. “Our first project on the system, Kiss the Bride, proved the system invaluable with its fast intuitive interface, color matching efficiencies, and ability to handle infinite layers, allowing us to show the film’s director immediate progress.”

Film Master’s data-centric flexibility allows color grading at full resolution, uncompressed at any point before, during, or after editing or effects work, providing a creative productive workflow. Full support of the DI process includes fast reordering of layers and effects, dynamic grades, and animation of effects parameters. The highly regarded Film Master Scene Detector automatically identifies and marks scene cuts on the background timeline for immediacy in grading so client presentations are accurate and fast.

For more information on Roundabout’s end-to-end HD post and finishing solutions, contact: Sales at Roundabout, 818.842.9300.