Sometimes touted as the industry's leading color enhancement system and the most widely used system in digital intermediate (DI) applications, da Vinci's 2K Plus has recently been upgraded. The new version, known as 2K Plus 4.0, now includes enhancements to Toolbox2 and one new option: ColorTrace.
"Speed and creativity continue to be tremendously important as colorists strive to satisfy the expectations of their clients," said Tony Fox, director of marketing at da Vinci Systems. "With that in mind, we've made the 2K Plus easier and faster to use by matching the Toolbox2 interface closely to that of the 2K Plus, giving colorists that instant familiarity and the ability to access all the features in high-pressure situations. In addition, our new ColorTrace option gives colorists the flexibility they need to quickly and easily update their color grades to match editorial changes."
ColorTrace option, a new tool through which colorists can update color grading lists to match any editorial changes made to the program material, was introduced to save hours of manual copying and list manipulation. Now facilities can begin the grading process before the cut is locked, without concern for how the final editing decisions will be incorporated into the color grading list. ColorTrace compares the new conform EDL with a database of source time codes to match original grades to content in the new conform. With ColorTrace, the task of manually updating 2K list changes has been reduced from hours to seconds.
Version 4.0 of the 2K Plus also includes the enhanced ability to track windows per scene and window, so that effects will remain on the desired areas even during panning and scanning, while vignettes can remain undisturbed, da Vinci said. Additionally, 4.0 gives colorists the ability to import images of a desired effect into the 2K Plus for side-by-side comparison and includes support for one of the first HSDL noise reducers, the Cintel imageMill as well as support for the Digital Vision ASC3 and RGB HD noise reducer.
2K Plus Version 4.0 with Colorist Toolbox2 is available now, with a free Toolbox2 upgrade for all current Colorist Toolbox owners with active service agreements.
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