4K / 2K / HD DI & Finishing
4K / 2K / HD DI & Finishing
4K / 2K / HD DI & Finishing
- Full service DI, color grading and finishing for features, TV, music videos and commercials.
- When quality matters, you want to choose HD Creative Services.
- We offer a variety of options, from a high-end fully equipped theater with a calibrated 2K Digital Cinema Barco Projector, to an affordable DI suite for independent content.
- All real-time. All high-quality.
4K / 2K / HD DI & Finishing
It is no secret that we have built our company on Digital Intermediate and finishing services for features and TV and have learned to use and leverage all possible resources available. With vast experience and knowledge behind us and a solid track record, we can honestly say that we can deliver at any level and meet any standards and expectation.
We offer complete DI & finishing packages for any type of project and any type of acquisition and delivery format – 35mm, 16mm, RED, RAW, Uncompressed, 444 RGB, DPX, Cineon, CineForm, ProRes and many more.
We offer various packages to choose from:
Full Theatrical DI:
Situated at a high-end theater setup, with a large theater screen and a 2K DLP Digital Cinema color-calibrated projector, taking dual-input HD-SDI, we can meet any standard and any theatrical requirement. Our Scratch color grading system operates in real-time and offers incredible and high-performance tools for unlimited amount of moving windows, curves and various secondary color and vector adjustments, multiple rendering options and real-time playback on any resolution, including real-time 3D dual stream DPX playback.
Indie DI:
No filmmaker is left behind. For films and projects that do not require a high-end situation, we offer an affordable way to get the work done. Set up for theatrical delivery and worldwide broadcast, we offer a DaVinci or Apple Color studio DI setup, utilizing CRTs and Plasma screens to ensure you get the colors right. If your reources are limited and you still want to get the best quality possible for your project, as you should, you should contact us for a consultation.
The Art of Color:
Color grading is an art, just like painting is. The founder of the company is a colorist himself, and as such, our freelance colorists are top notch. We always adhere to the highest of standards with regards to satisfying our clients needs and requirements as well as incorporating the artistry and magic of color work. For us, it’s personal.
Final Finish:
We perform all final finish tasks, including titles and credits creation and integration, motion effects, digital noise reduction, VFX integration, versioning, pan & scan, audio laybacks and all other aspects that come to play.
Visual Effects (VFX):
We provide some VFX services, including green screen, rotoscoping, wire removal, backgrounds creation, stabilizing, tracking etc. Please read more in the VFX section.
Technical Deliveries:
No DI is complete without technical deliveries. We service all formats in house with our highly knowledgeable and experienced technical delivery team. We are able to handle all delivery requirements for domestic and worldwide distribution, including: DCP, HDCAM-SR 4:4:4 / 3D, HDCAM, Digital Betacam PAL/NTSC down conversions, digital encoding, deliveries and uploads, shipping and logistics.
Related Services:
In addition, we offer complete closed-captioning, legalizing, QC, Blu-ray, DVD screeners and all other additional media related services that are required for various clients and broadcasters.
The Support You Need:
Our team here stands ready to educate and empower you in all aspects of the post, DI and delivery process. After all, it is one of the most critical phase, where your film, TV project, commercial or music video become a tangible item you can present, exhibit and sell. We want you to be successful so that you keep coming back and recommend us to your peers.
When you are ready for your DI, please contact us for a complete overview of your project.
Could you please advise me? I am shooting with a Canon 7D and editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. I plan our entering my short film in a couple of festivals and if it is selected, they require the short to be on a SONY HD-CAM tape. My question is in what settings, format, etc, would the video need to be exported in and sent to you?
Thank you,
Greg
Hello Greg,
Thank you for the inquiry and sorry for the delayed reply.
This is a very good question. First, as you said, initially you will shop it around with various festivals and see which one accepts you (hopefully many).
Keep in mind that only some festivals play from HDCAM-SR. Not all festival are capable of affording an HDCAM-SR deck, especially when it comes to festivals catering to short films. Some festivals would allow you to exhibit from HDCAM, Blu-ray and in some instances a DCP. The key is to go for the best quality possible, and that entails not only the exhibition format, but also all the way around from shooting, to post and finishing.
From a technical standpoint, your camera shoots on H.264. You can edit it as is in Premiere or convert it to a flavor of Quicktime, like ProRes or ProRes HQ. We have done various tests and measures and the differences between ProRes to ProRes HQ are fairly minimal and can mostly be detected only with the aid of instruments. However, on a large screen, everything is magnified, so keep that in mind.
Let’s just say that for most purposes, ProRes HQ will suffice.
You definitely want to keep the frame size and frame rate the same. If it was shot 1920×1080 at 23.98 frames per second, keep it this way. When you later on do your HDCAM-SR layback, you don’t want to find out that there are some unaccounted for motion artifacts.
When you are done with editing, color, sound, titles and everything else, you can export the file using the same codec you used (in our example above – ProRes HQ). Initially you will make a DVD and mail it to the festival (they may also accept a file delivery these days). As a side note, we do provide high quality DVD encoding, printing and duplication services in case you need.
Then, when a festival accepts you, they will provide you with a list of tech specs, that details if they will take an HD-SR, HDCAM Blu-ray or DCP delivery.
We can provide all options for yo at a very reasonable and indie price. Please feel free to contact us at (323) 461 3715 if you have any additional questions.
Best of luck with your film and we’re looking forward to work with you soon.
HD Creative Services