Legend Films Upgrades 3D Pipeline with IRIDAS Systems

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Fri, 07/29/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Legend Films has made a significant investment in its stereo conversion pipeline with a major deployment of IRIDAS SpeedGrade NX FrameCycler DDS and FrameCycler PRO systems. With this announcement Legend has upgraded its stereo conversion pipeline to include 8 SpeedGrade NX suites 8 FrameCycler DDS review systems and has deployed over 500 seats of FrameCycler PRO to ensure every employee company-wide has access to stereoscopic review on their desktops.

 Legend Films is credited with the highly acclaimed stereo 3D experience on films such as Pirates of the Caribbean The Green Hornet and Alice In Wonderland and is currently working on several stereo conversion projects including a new major motion 3D film scheduled for release later this summer.

“ Legend Films has become synonymous with visually stunning immersive stereo 3D. They are a company who prides themselves in their ability to leverage technology innovation to deliver high quality lightning fast results for their clients ” says Lin Kayser CEO of IRIDAS. “With a combination of multiple SpeedGrade NX suites FrameCycler DDS and FrameCycler PRO systems the team now has unparalleled creative flexibility to make parallax adjustments use advanced pan and scan tools and in real time compile multiple 3D sequences for playback. No other stereo tools on the market could deliver the stringent requirements for this innovative stereo pipeline and we’re proud to be a key part of it.”

 As the demand for stereo conversion has been steadily rising Legend Films has quickly emerged as a leading company for extremely high quality results. As this demand as risen Legend has responded with significant investments in its stereo conversion pipeline. 

With large teams of artists working on multiple scenes for review adjustments and approvals Legend needed a solution that would enable them to work on several scenes simultaneously create multiple options for client review and deliver scenes for viewing to one of many screening rooms. Legend responded to this need by creating a stereo conversion pipeline with IRIDAS at its core.

The level of integration between SpeedGrade NX FrameCycler DDS and FrameCycler PRO enables Legend Films to meet the extremely tight deadlines and stringent quality requirements of their Hollywood studio clients.
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