Services Offered
Our menu of services includes HD/2K/4K color grading for commercials, music videos, episodic television and feature films, 2K up to 6.5K film scanning, film/digital dailies and archival film restoration. We can also supply you with your final deliverables including DVD, blu-ray and DCPs. While our tech-savvy crew is fluent in all digital cameras including ARRI Alexa, Sony Cinema, RED, etc. we also love and embrace celluloid and will continue to invest in, and support film at the highest level with up to 6.5K film scanning, DaVinci Resolve color correction, Digital Vision Phoenix Refine film restoration, and solvent-based film cleaning. We can meet any post production deliverable on any timeline.
2K-6.5K High Dynamic Range Film Scanning
The process of “Film Scanning” in post production terminology differs from “Telecine” in that each roll of film is scanned into a sequence of high-resolution, pin-registered, discreet image files, typically in the uncompressed DPX format, whereas Telecine converts film reels into a lesser quality standard video stream (SD 525i, HD 720p, HD 1080p/i).
After the scanning process is complete, each frame of film has a corresponding DPX image file which easily interacts with higher-end VFX, DI and restoration imaging applications. Alternatively we can scan straight to ProRes 4444 quicktime files. Most of the film work we do at Cinelicious is with the “pro” film formats – Super 16mm and 35mm. They can be seen in national commercials, ad campaigns and feature films. For S16mm and 35mm (all perfs) we offer HD, 2K, and 4K electronically pin-registered HDR scans from the Scanity.
We also support small format filmmakers and have become the go-to shop for feature film, commercial, fashion and music video DPs wanting the best out of Super 8mm, Regular 8mm and even 9.5mm. Our Lasergraphics ScanStation provides up to 6.5K scans with groundbreaking image stability and multi-flash dynamic range compared to traditional telecines. We also occasionally package film, camera & transfer as a one-stop small format solution for unique artistic endeavors.
- VFX Qualified Electronic Pin Registration
- 35mm (all perfs + VistaVision)
- 16mm & S16mm
- Small format: 8mm, S8mm and 9.5mm
- 2K-6.5K Scan from Pull-List
- 2K-6.5K “Scan Once” High-Speed, Full-Reel scanning
Digital Intermediates
A Digital Intermediate (D.I.) is a motion picture finishing process which starts with a scanned motion picture film element (or digitally captured images) and applies color grading, image effects and other changes, even final mastering. It is usually the final creative adjustment to a movie before distribution in theatres.
Color Grading
Commercial Color and Finishing are equal parts art, science and hospitality. As artists, our color team bring passionate, award-wining talent that can elevate a Creative Director or DP’s vision beyond expectation. Supporting our artists’ creative vision is good science.
As Chromaticians and students of the constantly evolving world of cinematography, image acquisition, and digital post production, Cinelicious innovates workflows and leverages digital technologies to keep you on the leading edge of what’s possible, delivering content for an iPad mini to giant IMAX screens and everything in between.
- Featuring 4K DaVinci Resolve
- Resolution independent for film scans or digital cameras
- Conform, online, audio layback, titles
Clean Up
Restoring old films may be a passion of ours, but many of the same tools and techniques used in restoring a 100-year old film can also be used to fix any number of problems with your current production.
- Beauty
- Legal
- Digital: noise Reduction, de-banding, rolling shutter, dead pixels
- Film: grain management & reduction, dirt, dust & scratch removal, de-flicker
Dailies
- HD Dailies from Film/Digital (35mm, 16mm, S8mm, ARRI Alexa, RED, Sony, Phantom, Blackmagic) to Sound Synced ProRes, and Binned Avid DNxHD MXF media
- Metadata Preserved across all Offline Media (Timecode, Keycode, Camera, Reel, File, VTReel)
- Best light, supervised dailies color grading
Film Restoration + Remastering
Cinelicious is the newest thing in old film restoration. Using our cutting edge technology and multidisciplinary, data-centric approach to film restoration, the titles we work on end up looking and sounding more beautiful than when they were first seen in theaters.We can provide one-stop shopping for all your restoration needs. Both picture (including remastered color grading) and audio restorations, LTO archives of the raw scan elements and final restored files, final deliverables (DVD, blu-ray, DCP).
From the boutique purveyor of fine films who just needs a Blu-Ray remaster of a cult classic, to a large institution looking to preserve their historic film library at 4K for the future (but wants to review it on their iPad today), to a Major Studio with an upcoming A-Title anniversary release who needs a mind-blowingly beautiful 4K restoration of a piece of Hollywood History…Cinelicious is the studio that has the tools, talent, and vision to breathe new life into old film.
Picture
- Solvent-based film cleaning on premises
- 100% sprocketless film scanning & light tension settings are gentle on old/archival films
- Electronic pin registration provides industry leading image stability
- Revolutionary roller-gate flattens warped film and is splice bump optimized minimizing focus loss over pesky splice-bumps
- Dust, dirt & scratch removal
- Advanced grain management – latest adaptive & temporal algorithms
- Image stabilization
- De-Warp, de-Spot, de-Stain, de-Fog
- Tri-Strip / YCM Recombine
- Nitrate safe handling & nitrate element vaulting
Sound
- Audio clean-up from single-pass hiss-click-pop removal to full audio restoration
- Stereo to 5.1 / 7.1 conversions and remastering with Lossless DTS and Dolby encoding
- Full 6-Track Dolby A and Dolby SR Decoding
- Pro-Tools recording at up to 96kHz, 24-bit BWAV
- Rare, Late-Model (1980’s) Magna-Tech 6-Track 16mm/35mm Sound Reproducer with transport & braking advancements that are much gentler on older magnetic elements than the majority Magna-Techs which were produced in the 1960’s-70’s. Meticulously restored and maintained by Academy Award winning audio engineer. 1kHz, 10kHz, pink noise and azimuth alignment calibrations per-channel per-transfer.
- Super 8mm Magnetic Striped
- 16mm Full Coat Mag – Center and Edge
- 16mm Magnetic Striped
- 16mm Optical – Variable Area and Variable Density, Composite Prints and Track Negatives
- 35mm Full Coat Mag – 1-track, 3-track, 4-track, and 6-track
- 35mm Optical – Variable Area and Variable Density, Composite Prints and Track Negatives
Final Deliverables
While not a replication house, we can provide you with final master picture and sound elements meeting Studio SMPTE Broadcast, and DCI Theatrical (XYZ) High Dynamic Range (Rec 2020), Standard Dynamic Range (Rec 709) and for all your DCP and Blu-Ray / DVD needs, as well as LTO backups of all your files for archival purposes.
- HDR Rec 2020 and SDR Rec 709 Digital Cinema and Broadcast Deliverables
- DCP – 2K & 4K fully DCI Compliant, DCDM and Digital Cinema Package Mastering with KDM Encryption
- Blu-Ray & DVD
- LTO archive
