DVS Digital Video Systems AG and <a href="http://www.dft-film.com.>DFT Digital Film Technology GmbH have teamed up as technology partners to aid post production and media archive facilities in enhancing and speeding up their workflows. The partnership includes DFT’s certification of the DVS SpycerBox for use with its film scanning, telecine, and post production software solutions. DFT and its developers of the Spirit 4K/2K Film Scanner and LUTher Color Space Converter were recently honored by the 2010 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® with six Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards for their contributions to the industry.
Clients working with <a href="http://www.dft-film.com.scanners/scanity.php”>SCANITY, Spirit, BONES Dailies or BONES PlayoutMaster in combination with the SpycerBox gain significant flexibility: The footage is scanned at maximum speed with extraordinary quality and is immediately available for the digital workflow. Connected via Fibre Channel, the SpycerBox reliably stores the high-quality film data. The DVS storage solution can be used as SAN or NAS by all workstations โ an essential requirement for the parallel processing of various tasks that the DFT products are specifically designed for.
Post production facilities benefit from the DFT scanners’ and software systems’ speed and performance as well as the DVS SpycerBox, that is directly accessible by several workstations. With its numerous connection options, SpycerBox easily integrates into existing IT infrastructures. In archive environments, too, the combination of DVS and DFT technology proves the ideal match: The DFT <a href="http://www.dft-film.com.scanners/scanity.php”>SCANITY is optimally suited for sensitive archive material thanks to its sprocket- and pinless transport, and the DVS SpycerBox guarantees highest performance rates.
Spycer®, DVS’s integrated data management software, enables users to optimize and accelerate their workflows with a unique toolset that includes browse, preview and metadata edit functions, as well as features like high-speed copying. Spycer’s stand-alone defragmenter for image sequences bolsters the SAN storage for continuous high performance.
Stefan Kramper, Managing Director of DFT: “We are delighted to partner with DVS to ensure that our customers have optimum solutions to complete their project cost-effectively, and in a timely manner. We have rigorously tested our hardware and software with the DVS SpycerBox storage solution, and feel confident that our customers will experience performance increases in their various post production and archive workflows.”
Henner Steinwede, DVS Product Manager: “Our joint solution follows our clients’ specific requirements. In addition to the world’s fastest film scanner, they now have immediate access to our high-performance storage solution and profit from an individual workflow design.”
About Digital Film Technology
<a href="http://www.dft-film.com.>DFT Digital Film Technology provides high-end film and digital post production solutions for a variety of commercial media, film and content markets including; film studios, broadcast operations, and post production facilities.
DFT products include the <a href="http://www.dft-film.com.scanners/scanity.php”>SCANITYTM Film Scanner, Spirit family of DataCinesยฎ and Telecines, Shadow Telecine, Scream grain reducer, LUTher color calibration tool, Bones digital intermediate (DI) workflow solution and Bones Dailies non-linear dailies software solution. The entire DFT team is highly regarded within the industry and is dedicated to uncompromised product and technology development, as well as superior sales and support services.
<a href="http://www.dft-film.com.>DFT Digital Film Technology is headquartered in Weiterstadt, Germany and has regional offices in London, Paris, Sydney, Bangkok and Los Angeles. DFT is independently owned by PARTER Capital Group, a Frankfurt, Germany private equity investment group. www.dft-film.com.
About DVS
DVS, a Rohde & Schwarz company, is a leading manufacturer of high-quality hardware and software for broadcast, digital film and video post production, presentation and event markets. DVS applications cover the production of popular TV series and Hollywood blockbusters, and enable 4K films for Digital Cinema.
With over 25 years of experience in the professional video industry, DVS has cultivated a “passion for perfection”, and continues to develop revolutionary systems for customized, flexible, high-performance workflows. With CLIPSTERยฎ, DVS was the first company in the world to make real-time 4K processing possible. Its future-proof video server VENICE offers a flexible solution for modern, file-based workflows in broadcast environments.
Headquartered in Hanover (Germany) and Los Angeles (USA ), DVS also has branch offices in Miami (USA ), Paris (France), Warsaw (Poland), and Singapore. www.dvs.de.