Re: RaveHD used for STARSHIP TROOPERS 2

Phil Tippett gave the keynote for the visual arts conference track at the 
Game Developers Conference. He mentioned that he had recently finished 
Starship Troopers 2. It will be first released to video on demand(not 
theaters) this month, then released on DVD.

At 10:48 AM 4/7/04 -0700, you wrote:
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>  SpectSoft's RaveHD helps bring Tippett Studio's "Starship Troopers 2: Hero
>of
>  the Federation" to life!
>
>  Oakdale, Ca. - April 6, 2004 -- SpectSoft, LLC today revealed that the
>  upcoming film, "Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation", used the
>  SpectSoft RaveHD system in the production pipeline at the famed Tippett
>  Studio. "Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation" is a sequel to the
>  original "Starship Troopers" and is the first film directed by Tippett
>Studio
>  founder and visual effects legend Phil Tippett -- a man who has won Best
>  Visual Effects Oscars for films like Jurassic Park and Star Wars: Return of
>  the Jedi.
>
>  Early during the planning phase of the movie, it was decided to shoot the
>  movie completely digital - yet another first for Tippett. It was at this
>point
>  that Tippett Studio decided to utilize RaveHD to capture all the visual
>  effects plates for the entire film. One major concern was the fact that,
>since
>  the movie was shot with both the Sony Cinealta and Panasonic Varicam HD
>  cameras, Tippett would need a system that worked in both 1080p24 and 720p60
>  formats used in each of the differing cameras. RaveHD was able to fulfill
>this
>  requirement as it has complete HD (1080p24/25/30 and 720p60) and Varicam
>  (Active Frame Flagging) support.
>
>  Over the course of the eight month post production process, visual effects
>  plates were captured as sequential images onto the local disk array and
>  exported via NFS, the standard Unix file sharing method, into the Tippett
>  workflow. The images were then converted from the native Rec.709 Y'CbCr HD
>  color space into a floating point RGB color space designed by Tippett for
>use
>  by their artists.
>
>  Since the plan for the film was a direct-to-video route, Tippett decided to
>  final the visual effects shots as high definition video with the RaveHD
>box.
>  This process consisted of rendering out at 1080p24 and converting back from
>  the Tippett floating point format back down to Rec. 709 Y'CbCr. Again, the
>  frames were moved onto the box via NFS onto the disk array. Once on the
>array
>  the clips were immediately playable.
>
>  "Taking on Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation was a challenge for
>  Tippett Studio. We had no infrastructure to deal with HD plates and the
>  production was going to use both the Sony CineAlta and the Panasonic
>Varicam
>  systems.", comments Dan McNamara, Head or Operations at Tippett Studio,
>  "Because the project was low budget we needed a HD DDR system that was
>  flexible and cost effective. After evaluating the existing DDRs and looking
>  into building something in-house we decided that going with the SpectSoft
>  RaveHD system was the way to go".
>
>  RaveHD is a second generation, open source, Linux based, hybrid digital
>disk
>  drive recorder and video editor geared toward the high end film and
>graphics
>  industries. It utilizes open standards and protocols to achieve a products
>  that is elegant, easy to integrate, and totally customizable. It features a
>  data agnostic core that allows it to work with today's uncompressed
>standard
>  and high definition video as well as tomorrow's super high datarate video!
>
>  With features like frame oriented, standard file system storage and
>  centralized database asset tracking, RaveHD is the first DDR to really
>focus
>  on the problems faced in working with film. Other features like RP188
>  (embedded timecode), Varicam support, real time color correction,
>programmable
>  cadence (2:3, 3:2:3, 2:3:3:2, etc), and RS422 machine control are standard
>as
>  well. For more information on RaveHD, visit: http://www.rave-hd.com
>
>  About Tippett Studio: Located in Berkeley, Calif., Tippett Studio was
>founded
>  in 1983 by Phil Tippett and his partner, Tippett Studio President, Jules
>  Roman. The studio employs more than 225 artists, craftsmen and engineers. A
>  visual effects and animation studio for feature films and award-winning
>  television commercials, Tippett Studio has received Academy Award
>nominations
>  in visual effects for Starship Troopers, Dragonheart, Willow, Dragonslayer,
>  and Hollow Man, and won numerous awards for its "Carl & Ray Pet Shop
>Campaign"
>  for Blockbuster Entertainment. Tippett Studio has also received an Academy
>  Award for Technical Achievement for the development of a Digital-Input
>Device
>  for motion capture. Phil Tippett won two Academy Awards for visual effects
>on
>  Return of the Jedi and Jurassic Park and two Emmys for Dinosaur! and Ewoks:
>  The Battle for Endor. The studio is also preparing to expand into producing
>  full-length animated feature films and mixed live-action and CGI features.
>For
>  more information on Tippett Studio, visit: http://www.tippett.com
>
>  About SpectSoft, LLC: Founded in 1997 to specialize in Linux-based software
>  for use in the film, media, and broadcast industries, SpectSoft has quickly
>  become a leading industry innovator. Since it's inception, SpectSoft has
>  worked on technical projects with some of the industries biggest and
>brightest
>  companies like Dreamworks Animation (Glendale, CA) and Tippett Studio
>  (Berkeley, CA) that both pushed the envelope and furthered the state of the
>  art in the film pipeline process. Throughout the years, SpectSoft has been
>  able to maintain a relatively small footprint, the family values, and
>  ownership that make it so unique. For more information on SpectSoft, visit:
>  http://www.spectsoft.com
>
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