Tony Westman and Chris Oben on the set of 'The 4400'                            Photo by: A.Zenuk / T.Westman

The Magic Lantern HD Framestore™ is an integrated capture tool developed by Tony Westman and Chris Oben. The system provides non-destructive review of a full HD resolution image on true HD reference monitor. By immediate real time comparison of live image versus a captured reference frame, the Director of Photography and Digital Imaging Technician / On-Set Colourist can maintain exact shot-by-shot lighting consistency as well as day-by-day lighting continuity (using established location reference stills). This tool allows unprecedented control over the subtle color balancing necessary to achieve a consistent look in High Definition production setting.

Applications:

• Efficient camera colour timing – by matching multiple cameras without keeping cameras c abled
• Instant recall of stills for referencing material shot on previous days (i.e. inserts, pickups, and 2nd Unit).
• Visual F/X reference and chroma key / mix effect previews
• Review of critical focus
• Continuity reference
• Generate publicity stills from camera's point of view

Specifications:

• Full bandwidth HD-SDI input
• Aspect ratio: 1080 x 1920 Sampled at 10 bit 4:2:2
• Each frame is a full 6MB / image
• Captures stills at all camera frame rates including 24P (23.98PsF) and 60i (59.94 interlaced)
• Successive capture up to 100 full resolution frames / minute
• Full motion video capture at Standard Definition res (using downconverter)
• Full motion video capture and playback in High Definition using HD-JPEG compression
• Archives to CD-Rom or DVD
  

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