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Bluefish444 Announces Iridas File Support for HD|Lust (13/3/2006)

Offers Full Format Compatibility for SpeedGrade and FrameCycler

Bluefish444, a leading supplier of uncompressed video cards for the Windows and Linux operating systems, today announced that IRIDAS has certified all of the HD | Lust file formats for use with IRIDAS applications. This allows colorists and postproduction artists to ingest video media for use in SpeedGrade DI or FrameCycler DDS as well as playing back rendered sequences through an HD SDI output.

The HD | Lust video card provides HD and SD SDI I/O. Media can be ingested using Symmetry 3 in a variety of formats, including 10 bit 4:4:4 and 4:4:4:4 RGB Cineon and DPX, and others. Both single and dual SDI link are available for Cineon and DPX formats, preferred by colorists and postproduction artists. These formats allow facilities to work with uncompressed frames and are ideal for IRIDAS' SpeedGrade DI and FrameCycler DDS application, providing a postproduction transparent workflow.

HD | Lust ships with Bluefish444's new Symmetry 3 software, providing a user-friendly interface for media ingest and playback HD hardware colour space conversion, and enables artists to work natively in RGB or YUV. Audio support is included, as well as an on-board hardware down converter, which allows for monitoring during processing. RS422 deck control is supported, providing media ingest or output including insert editing.

IRIDAS SpeedGrade DI is a real-time color grading and film finishing solution offering primary and secondary color correction, conform, and direct integration with SpeedGrade OnSet (look management) and FrameCycler. FrameCycler DDS provides direct-from-disk playback for review and pixel-precise analysis of uncompressed, film-resolution content.

Jonathan Fall, Bluefish444 European OEM manager, states, "We're delighted to add an industry leader like IRIDAS to the list of companies supporting our HD | Lust file formats. We're seeing an ever-growing numbers of facilities reaping the benefits of IRIDAS-Bluefish444 workflows."

"We are impressed with the Cineon and DPX output capabilities of the HD | Lust card," said IRIDAS VP Michael Gallo. "This is particularly important for postproduction and DI workflows and Bluefish444 has the industry track record in this technology."

Being showcased at the HD Expo show in Los Angeles, Bluefish HD | Lust professional broadcast video cards with Symmetry 3 are available from Bluefish444 distributors worldwide. SpeedGrade DI and FrameCycler DDS are available from IRIDAS.

www.bluefish444.com

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