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    Kodak and Lasergraphics Collaborate to Improve Motion Picture Film Scanning

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    Rochester, NY -- (SPW) --

    Continuing in its efforts to support the advancement of high quality scanning within the motion picture industry, Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) has announced a collaboration with Lasergraphics to provide customers with Kodak Digital ICE Technology to improve the quality of motion picture film scanning. Through this new arrangement, Lasergraphics will be offering Digital ICE Technology on their DIRECTOR series of film scanners.

    “This is a great example of Kodak providing access to innovative technology that benefits customers within the motion picture industry,” said Kim Snyder, President, Entertainment Imaging. “Digital ICE Technology provides an important level of quality assurance in today’s evolving film/digital workflow. This technology further supports our customers’ efforts to maintain standards for image quality, improve overall efficiency and protect the creative integrity of motion picture content.”

    The software is designed to automatically detect and eliminate dust, scratches and other anomalies while film images are being converted to digital files for post-production. KODAK DIGITAL ICE Technology Version 2.0 incorporates an option for providing “uncorrected” image data along with the output defect matte generated by the software that can be used with other post-production applications, making it a state-of-the-art tool for creatives and end users.

    “We are pleased to offer our customers automated dust-busting capabilities,” said Dr. Stefan Demetrescu, CEO of Lasergraphics Inc. “This upgrade enables facilities to create pristine digital picture files faster and more cost-effectively. Digital ICE Technology streamlines the workflow for digital intermediate, visual effects, broadcast, film restoration and other applications.”

    Kodak Entertainment Imaging is a world-class leader in providing film, digital, and hybrid motion imaging products, services and technology for television, feature film, commercial, music video and documentary industries.

    Lasergraphics, Inc., founded in 1981 and headquartered in Irvine, California, is a leading designer and manufacturer of high resolution, high-speed film scanning and recording systems for the motion picture industry. For more information, visit www.lasergraphics.com.

    About Kodak
    As the world’s foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives.

    To learn more, visit http://www.kodak.com, and our blogs: 1000words.kodak.com, and 1000nerds.kodak.com.

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    For more information, visit www.kodak.com/go/motion.

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    Stephen Arnold Music Creates Immersive Soundscapes for Histovery’s “Surrounded: The Alamo Augmented Experience”

    Tuesday, December 3, 2024
    Stephen Arnold Music Creates Immersive Soundscapes for Histovery’s “Surrounded: The Alamo Augmented Experience”

    Stephen Arnold Music (SAM), the world leader in sonic branding, recreated the sounds of the most storied site in Texas history for Surrounded: The Alamo Augmented Experience now on view at The Alamo in San Antonio. SAM produced stunningly realistic, immersive soundscapes for the groundbreaking AR attraction, which takes visitors on a journey through The Alamo’s 300-year history. The sound environments bring vividly to life the rich, natural ambience of the site in six distinct time periods, as well as battle sounds and the voices of Native Americans, Spanish friars and the heroic defenders The Alamo. Surrounded: The Alamo Augmented Experience was produced by Histovery, a leader in augmented reality experiences. Using a handheld tablet with a custom app, The HistoPad, Alamo visitors experience its history as never before. Holding the tablet up to any number of ‘timeportals’ throughout the tour brings to life interactive characters, immersive clips and 360-degree animations from across time. "With HistoPad, you’re no longer a spectator—you’re an active part of history," said Asia Laird, Managing Director of Histovery U.S. “It’s a new way to enjoy and learn the Alamo story,” says SAM president and creative director Chad Cook. “You feel as though you are standing in the Alamo as it looked and sounded in 1813, 1836 and 1907. It’s living history.” SAM created soundscapes and dialogue specific to the different periods featured in the attraction, from the founding of Mission San Antonio de Valero in the 18th century to the beginning of efforts to preserve the site in 1907. Drawing on meticulous research and guidance from historians, the studio’s sound designers reproduced the sounds of the Battle of the... Read More

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