Digital Vision at Pixar

Pixar Animation installs Film Master Digital Vision color grading systems at its California headquarters.

To complete its non-linear workflow, Pixar Animation has just installed two Digital Vision Film Master color grading systems at its California headquarters. Simon Cuff, president of Digital Vision, commented that “studios like Pixar have a high requirement for image traffic between their non-linear systems, with continuous and multiple sendings in which the strictest quality takes precedence.”

The Swedish company's technology has been tested on demanding films such as iO Film's Astro Boy. This work was developed in 16 bit TIFF, REC 709 color space, until now not available in standard post-production processes.

Even though other pieces in the stream such as monitoring operate at lower bit rates, the producers wanted to ensure that the look of the film was faithful to the 16-bit files, maintaining it in every send from HD to digital and digital intermediation. cinema packaging (DCP). Custom LUTs and other color management tools were imported directly into the Film Master.

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