Texture Control

Control the level of film grain and digital noise, mix and match the textures of 16mm, 35mm and digital images, for a particular effect or visual continuity. Reduce grain or noise prior to compression for Blu-Ray and DVD authoring or any cable/satellite/IPTV distribution while retaining picture detail. Produce impressive theatrical quality images from Super 16mm or 2-perf 35mm. With the optional Film Simulation module, make grain an aesthetic choice by adding a pleasing texture to the finished product. .

Film Simulation

Add natural looking film grain to digitally captured images or CGI. Or add the subtle grain of 35mm film to 16mm origination that has been de-grained via Texture Control.

Space Time Converter

Convert any TV or motion picture format into another, with crop/zoom, spatial resampling, frame rate conversion, de-interlacing and addition or removal of 3:2 pulldown through an easy-to-use interface. Includes audio format conversion and resampling (with or without pitch correction). Resample time for creative tempo changes, slow motion and speed ramp effects.

Retimer

Provides artifact-free, single pass retiming of video and audio (up to plus or minus 10%), allowing broadcasters, content providers and post production facilities to customize program times to fit into new time slots. Harnessing the speed and power of the Pixel Strings™ GPU motion engine, this plugin provides control for extending and condensing video timelines (with or without audio). Compared to more expensive hardware solutions that are limited to drop-frame shorten-only methods, Relativity Retimer allows more choice and flexibility. Ranging from set-and-forget processing to scene-by-scene modifications with slug insertions, this plugin provides an unprecedented level of retiming solutions for file-based content.

Clean SP

An initial treatment for the removal of optical and physical artifacts such as fine dust, fibers and random scratches from scanned film images that typically make up 90% of image defects, Clean SP provides a tremendous advantage when re-mastering interpositives and internegatives, where optical artifacts are invisible to infrared detection. Utilizing the innovative speed of the Pixel Strings™ GPU engine, Clean SP processes with extreme accuracy and speed to provide quality solutions in minutes, not hours or days. By removing the majority of minor defects quickly without eliminating important detail, Clean SP allows more time for clean up artists to handle more complicated repairs.

Demo Clips

The QuickTime movies were generated in a high quality to preserve the texture of the original and of the processed images. The movies are too large for streaming, please download them to your computer.

Texture Control

The JPEG encoded movies highlight the efficacy gained in compression by the noise reduction. With a constant quality level, the file sizes of the degrained clips are around 50% smaller than the original versions. Comparing the two versions of the Car clip show the quality improvement gained by noise reduction when working with a constant bit rate.

Welt am Draht - 35 mm film scan, 5 sec - Photo-JPEG

Basketball Player - 16 mm film scan, 3 sec - Photo-JPEG

Car - 16 mm film scan, 8 sec - H.264

Match - 16 mm film scan, 5 sec - Photo-JPEG

Face - 16 mm film scan, 3 sec - Photo-JPEG

Spacetime Converter

 

Runner - 35 mm film scan

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01.12.2009 - FotoKem Purchases ARRI Relativity Software