3cP {Cinemaqtographer's Color Correction Post}

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Not necessarily DVX but I feel 3cP warrants its own topic (even if it's an orphaned one). My apologies in advance if this is a bit off-topic. I read about it recently in American Cinematographer, did a search here and didn't get any hits......

3cP

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(Los Angeles, California--May 5, 2008) Gamma & Density, developer of the 3cP on-set color correction system for cinematographers, announced that this weekend's box office winner "Iron Man" used the 3cP (Cinematographer's Color Correction Process) system to keep color consistent across production and post-production.

It is the third box office winner this year (10,000 BC and College Road Trip were winners in March) who used 3cP which is a hardware-and-software color correction and calibration system designed for cinematographers to use on set and at the end of the shooting day.

"We have a special 'box office filter'"seriously noted Yuri Neyman, President of Gamma & Density and one of the developers of 3cP.

The software has been proven on 20+ films and television shows including Iron Man, 10,000 B.C., The Kite Runner, The Tudors, Babel and the upcoming Quantum of Solace(Bond22) and State of Play, by top cinematographers including Matthew Libatique (ASC), Rodrigo Prieto (ASC, AMC), Ueli Steiger (ASC), Roberto Schaeffer (ASC), Guillermo Navarro (ASC, AMC), Jerzy Zielinsky (ASC), Ousama Rawi (BSC, CSC) and others.

Gamma & Density announced that its world renowned 3cP on-set color correction system for cinematographers --previously available only to selected high-end Hollywood projects -- is now available as software for all cinematographers in any budget range.

Yuri Neyman continued, "Concerns around color in the digital production realm affect DPs, camera specialists, colorists, editors, VFX artists, and post supervisors alike. We all face challenges in dealing with film, HD, SD, 2k and 4k media, different formats, and combinations of analog and digital image origination and processes. 3cP can help by making sure the look of a scene stays true to vision every step of the way."

3cP enables DP to precisely preview and communicate color decisions to colorists and others in the post-production process, whether they're producing dailies, doing pre-post, matching special effects or performing the final color grade for the Digital Intermediate (DI). The system is one of the first to support of the full cycle of the American Society of Cinematographers Color Decision List (ASC CDL) utility for the cross-platform exchange of primary RGB and saturation color correction data.

About Gamma & Density
Gamma & Density Co. develops tools that enable cinematographers to maintain artistic and technical control over their images during the film and digital transfer processes.

Cinematographer Yuri Neyman (Liquid Sky, D.O.A. and many more) and Bob Currier are developers of 3cP system.

The Los Angeles-based company's Thorough Control System (TCS) helps cinematographers arrive at their desired look during a film-to-tape transfer session by relying on a patented color chart that functions as a common language between DP's, DIT's and telecine colorists. The innovative 3cP on-set color correction system for cinematographers calibrates monitors and transfers images quickly and without losses between different digital color imaging systems used in film, television, HD, and Digital Cinematography. The 3cP system has been used, or is currently being used, on films including 10,000 BC, Babel, Iron Man, The Kite Runner, Quantum of Solace, State of Play, and TV shows including The Tudors, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Low Life, and many other projects.

For more information visit http://www.gammadensity.com
 
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da Vinci Systems, Gamma & Density Collaboration Ensures Consistency Between On-Set Color Correction and Post-Production

3cP On-Set Color Correction System Used for Summer's First Blockbuster, "Iron Man," and Upcoming "State of Play"

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- May 27, 2008 -- da Vinci Systems today announced its collaboration with 3cP (Cinematographer's Color Correction Process) developer Gamma & Density Co. to ensure that 3cP is fully interoperable with the company's Resolve® and 2K Plus™ systems, giving cinematographers the power for on-set color correction and calibration.
3cP is a laptop-based system that allows color grading decisions to be made on-set by the cinematographer or director of photography (DP). Settings can then be accurately passed on to the dailies timer and to the colorist directly involved with post-production. Using 3cP, everyone in the post-production environment has a precise preview of color decisions for dailies, pre-post, matching special effects, and Digital Intermediate (DI) final color-grading. 3cP is being deployed by some of the world's top cinematographers on major motion pictures, including 2008's first summer blockbuster, "Iron Man," as well as "The Tudors", "The Kite Runner," and "10,000, B.C.," among others.

"3cP's tight integration with the Resolve and 2K systems makes it an even more useful tool to solve the problem of color consistency in today's post-production environment, particularly when it comes to DI work," said Yuri Neyman, DP and CEO of Gamma & Density. "There is often a disconnect between what a cinematographer expects and what actually occurs during the final color correction process, a problem our two companies have worked together to eliminate."

The system, which is packaged as a laptop computer loaded with 3cP software, works with film, DI, video (NTSC/PAL), and HD productions to perform on-set color correction with live settings. These settings are then saved to a USB memory stick as ASC CDL XML files, which are easily transferred to the Resolve suite for finishing.
The ASC CDL (American Society of Cinematographers Color Decision List) protocol was developed by members and contributors of the ASC Technology Committee, including Gamma & Density Co. and da Vinci, to provide an industry standard for cross-platform exchange of primary RGB color correction data using offset (lift), slope (gain), and power (gamma) functions and also saturation, printing lights, curves, and other utilities in the future. Unlike 3D LUTs, color corrections saved as an ASC CDL can be modified or reversed once they are in the Resolve or 2K suite.

"More and more, 3cP is becoming a lifesaver for DPs who want to communicate their vision accurately into the DI world," said Dean Lyon, marketing director at da Vinci Systems. "The perfect communication between the 3cP system and the Resolve and 2K that's enabled by the ASC CDL promotes workflow efficiency, technical accuracy, and perhaps most importantly, artistic quality."

Gamma & Density and da Vinci, together with Panavision and Modern VideoFilm, will host a Master Class Seminar on Sunday, June 22, during Cine Gear Expo 2008 in Universal City, Calif. The two companies' products, creativity, and technical skills enabled creation of the industry's first full-cycle workflow, based on the ASC CDL protocol, for the upcoming film "State of Play," starring Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe, and Helen Mirren. At the seminar, the companies will demonstrate the workflow that DP Rodrigo Prieto (ASC. AMC) undertook on the film to keep color consistent across shooting, dailies, post, and DI.
 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE​
Four companies combined products and creative and technical skills to create fullcycle
production and post production workflow​
Combined workflow is the sign of the future!​
Los Angeles, California -- June 19, 2008 - Today Gamma & Density, Panavision , da Vinci and Moden VideoFilm, announced that they will join forces to host Straight Forward, a master class seminar, which will present a full-cycle production and post production digital workflow.
The Gamma & Density Co. combined these company's products and services along with their creative and technical skills to be the first full-cycle workflow - from the set to post. Gamma & Density's 3cP, Panavision's Genesis, da Vinci's Resolve/2K and Modern VideoFilm's customized procedures were brought together with the ASC CDL.
The use of the American Society of Cinematographers Color Decision List (ASC CDL) functionality for the cross-platform exchange of primary RGB and saturation color correction data on a big-budget film - "cemented and glued" all color data of the upcoming feature "State of Play" starring Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe and Helen Mirren.
At Cinegear 2008 in the Panavision Woodland Hills office, they will demonstrate this new digital workflow, which DP Rodrigo Prieto (ASC. AMC) was undertaking on the film to keep color consistent across shooting, dailies, post and DI.
This alliance is the first of its kind. It has opened creative, technical and production opportunities in the new, "brave", ever- changing world of digital movie-making.
The seminar runs from 1:45 - 5 p.m. Sunday, June 22 as part of Cine Gear Expo 2008 in Southern California. This will take place at Panavision, 6219 DeSoto Ave., Woodland Hills, Calif. For more information and reservations, visit http://www.cinegearexpo.com/classes.
For more information visit our respective websites: www.panavision.com www.gammadensity.com www.davsys.com www.mvfinc.com​
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