The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) Pays Tribute to the DFT Digital Film
Technology Engineering Team with Seven Awards
January 14, 2010
Source: DFT - Digital Film Technologies & Delamere Marketing
Scientific and
Technical Awards Recognize the Developers of Spirit 4K/2K
Film Scanner and LUTher Color Space Converter
Six employees of DFT Digital Film Technology
Holding GmbH are being honored for their critical roles in
scientific and technology achievements and will each receive
Sci-Tech awards from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.). The Academy’s Scientific and Technical
Awards honor those whose innovations have contributed in significant
ways to motion pictures.
Volker Massmann, Markus Hasenzahl and Andreas
Loew will each receive a Scientific and Engineering Award
for the development of the Spirit 4K/2K Film Scanner.
Christian Baeker and Frank Billasch will each receive a Technical
Achievement Award for their contributions to the LUTher Color
Space Converter. Dr. Klaus Anderle was involved in the development
of both products and will receive both awards.
“These awards are highly respected
within our industry and reward our employees for their hard
work and contributions to the product development of Spirit
4K/2K and LUTher over the past years,” says Stefan Kramper,
Managing Director of DFT Digital Film Technology. “Our
customers expect high quality innovation from us and these
awards motivate our developers to overcome technical boundaries
to create market leading products.”
The Spirit 4K/2K is a high speed, high precision
Film Scanner that scans images in 4K resolution. DFT has installed
more than 450 systems of the Spirit family worldwide and is
considered the market leader in fast, high end film scanning.
The company recently launched the successor
to the Spirit 4K/2K Film Scanner with their new SCANITY™.
SCANITY is installed at Sony Pictures Technologies in Los
Angeles and began shipping to customers worldwide in December,
2009. A key unique feature is its touch-free perforation detection
and optical pin registration that scans film stocks extremely
gently. SCANITY is ideal for new film productions as well
as archival and restoration projects.
The LUTher Color Space Converter is a calibration
tool used in film production that adapts the color space between
different monitors and digital / film projectors. It ensures
the correct color representation is independent from the viewing
device. A 3D look-up table provides a calibrated pre-visualization
of a film print allowing the operator to see the correct colors
that will be projected from the release print in movie theatres.
DFT Digital Film Technology was founded
in December 2008, yet its legacy dates back to 1929 in Berlin,
Germany as Fernseh-AG.
Milestones of the company include the first HD transmission
of Olympic Games events in Barcelona, 1992 as well contributions
to digital post production in motion pictures including the
digital intermediate process.
The Sci-Tech awards ceremony will take place
on February 20th 2010 in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly
Hills, California.
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