Blase Theodore

Really Nice stuff. Any chance we could grab a dpx frame of a source scan? The song is amazing btw. Would love to get the name of it.

I'm pretty sure that we're one of [ if not the ] lowest here in the US. Check us out and give us a call, and I'll try to match or beat whoever's out there. www.contact-di.com Cheers, Blase Theodore Contact DI & Post

I know someone who seems to be doing this successfully, whereas I did not succeed. I cannot tell you definitively either way, but here was my experience.. My setup consisted of using a sony CRT fed through a DVI port connected to my X1900 graphics card. The resulting signal was tuned by an ISF engineer to compensate for any gamma/color shift from the signal path and then re-profiled with an EyeOne Pro. In theory, everything was ideal, direct RGB with no conversions, and the LUT ensured perfect 709. However when I compared it to broadcast monitors, there was a clear difference. I believe there's a scaling issue in pc levels to video levels which causes colors to clip at 235 instead of 255. (Additionally, there's a gamma shift being introduced by the graphics card itself.) The result was that I had crippled the available gamut of the display, but couldn't see it unless I went outside of "broadcast safe" space. (Hence all my bars/test patterns looked good). So I would grade things, and then they would go over-saturated and I'd never know. For me the issue is not the CRT, its the data path to the CRT. And a graphics card pipeline, no matter how good the card, didn't work for me.

Paul, Film out's are done on on the LaserGraphics Producer for cam neg or the ArriLaser for Inter-neg.

By the way, we'll be updating the website shortly. Some technical info was originally withheld to avoid scaring producers off with industry jargon. It's an evolving process, and I appreciate the feedback. Scans are done on the Spirit2k, client names are available upon request to avoid overwhelming the patience of my clients. I look forward to having a client list big enough that its no longer an issue. Tell me what "etc" you wanna know and it'll be on the site. Cheers, Blase

Well this seems like an appropriate time for me to chime in. Contact DI is my company. We're the new guys on the block, which is why we've taken the angle of "lowest price" to establish ourselves. We have a production tested workflow, and we do good work with no compromises to quality. However it will only be a few years before everyone else does what we're doing, so we're trying to corner the market early with a price you can't say no to. By then we'll have a solid track record and a reputation for quality which will keep us ahead of the pack. For the time being, I can directly show you that what we do works, that we do it with with skill and precision, and I can make it work for you at a price you're not going to see anywhere else in the US. The industry is changing, and at the end of the day its a good thing for everyone.