Silhouette
FX V4.5 Color Management
January
12, 2012 Source: Silhouette New
Silhouette v4.5 adds OpenColorIO color management capabilities; optimizing visual
effects and animation color pipelines for motion picture post-production
SilhouetteFX has released Silhouette v4.5 with new OpenColorIO
(OCIO) color management.

Originally developed
by Sony Pictures Imageworks, OCIO manages color transformations and image display
in a consistent manner across multiple graphics applications. Unlike other color
management solutions, OCIO is geared towards motion-picture post-production, with
an emphasis on visual effects and animation color pipelines.
"Color
management is one of the trickiest and most challenging aspects of digital motion-picture
production. This is particularly true of visual effects and animation, where images
often flow through multiple software applications and production houses, each
often using their unique color processes. Virtually every facility must re-invent
a color workflow, for every application - which is hard to get right. OpenColorIO
addresses this critical issue," says Marco Paolini, partner at SilhouetteFX
and a veteran visual effects artist.
Facilities
deal with color space issues on just about every show. By providing a unified
color environment, OCIO greatly simplifies the task of creating and validating
multi-application color workflows. For smaller facilities, OpenColorIO allows
artists to work in a properly color-managed process with minimal effort. For larger
facilities, off-the-shelf OCIO-compatible tools can be extensively customized,
matching existing facility color practices.
Availability
& Pricing Silhouette 4.5 is a free
feature release to current v4 customers while new licenses start at $995 USD and
are available now at: http://www.silhouettefx.com/buy/home.php?cat=17
.
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