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Digital Cinema
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CELCO Intros Firestorm 2X Digital Film Recorder
By Myrna Tobisoo
Apr 25, 2006, 16:40
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CELCO, a provider of digital film recording systems, introduced the newest version digital film recorder in its product line, the Firestorm 2X. The Firestorm 2 was launched internationally at IBC 2005; since that time, several Firestorm 2 film recorders have been sold worldwide, indicating its rapid acceptance in the post-production community.
The Firestorm 2X will output a high-resolution frame of film in 1.4 seconds, 50% faster than the original Firestorm, and incorporates CELCO's FilmOut Pro Advanced Digital Film Recording Software. FilmOut Pro is CELCO's Film Recorder and Image Control Software for its latest generation FURY and Firestorm high performance digital motion picture film recorders.
The Firestorm 2X is a low cost, high-speed film recorder that utilizes CELCO's new XCRT Advanced Imaging Technology, resulting in unsurpassed image quality. The new system is a continuation of CELCO's advancement of their proven, award-winning electron beam control technology for transferring digital images to motion picture film.
The Firestorm 2X's 1.4 second per frame speed includes high definition images onto Kodak 5201 or 5245 camera negative stock. The system is also capable of imaging to intermediate stock (Kodak 2242) and high-speed output of any resolution up to 4K or higher for larger format purposes such as 65mm. It takes only 12 seconds per frame to output a 4K 15-perf IMAX frame onto Kodak 5201 low ASA camera negative stock. The Firestorm can output multiple film stocks, including color and black and white intermediate and camera negative stocks. The new system can also output to multiple film formats including 16mm, 35mm, and 65mm 5, 8, 10, and 15-perf (IMAX format). The system will also have the option to add CELCO's newly developed 2000ft split film magazines.
FilmOut Pro's intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) controls the film recorder and includes a variety of image processing and viewing tools in a user friendly, easy to understand environment. FilmOut Pro will allow the operator to define aspect ratios and formats, and will provide image cropping, offset, and resizing tools. It will display image histograms by color channel and have selectable image sharpening algorithms and degrain functions. FilmOut Pro also includes an automated color management tool to give Filmmakers on film what they see in the digital color-timing suite. A unique feature of FilmOut Pro is an interactive A/B image comparison slider that allows the user to view images before and after different image processing tools have been applied. Bundled within the FilmOut Pro software is FinalView, an image-viewing tool that displays the final image and its exact size and position on film. This gives the operator a final view of the image on film to verify everything is correct before the image is sent to the recorder.
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