Silicon Color Releases FinalTouch SD


Breakthrough Pricing for QuickTime Based Professional Color Correction Software

LAS VEGAS, U.S.A. --(Business Wire)-- April 18, 2005 Silicon Color announces the immediate availability of the newest member of its professional real-time color correction and grading solution for QuickTime(TM) -- FinalTouch SD -- at NAB in Las Vegas. FinalTouch SD is available through its worldwide reseller network and that the Australian pricing will be released by it’s solution provider, Intraware Australia Pty. Ltd. Silicon Color will be giving demonstrations at their booth, SL-3665, during NAB. The FinalTouch product family can also be seen at the following companies' exhibits: AJA -- SL2514; Blackmagic Design -- SL4916; and QLogic -- SL3634.

 "There are thousands of videographers in the market today that have never experienced the power of a professional color correction or color effects tool. We wanted to empower that market segment with a fantastic toolset while also providing a tightly integrated solution with Final Cut Pro," said Roland Wood, President and founder of Silicon Color." FinalTouch SD is the absolute best value proposition in the market today and once again sets a high benchmark for the industry."

 "I was able to completely color correct a feature with FinalTouch SD. Not only was I able to set a great look for the project, but all the incredible tools in FinalTouch SD gave me the ability to fix many things that I was never able to even attempt before," said David Deelo of Crest National. "The workflow was just fantastic because of the way FinalTouch imports XML files directly from Final Cut Pro and then exports the XML back to Final Cut Pro so the editor can re-link to the corrected files."

Highlights of FinalTouch SD include:

Primary In -- with advanced controls for shadows, midtones, highlights, lift, gamma, gain, hue and saturation, Integrated Vectorscopes, Waveform monitors, Histogram, Multiple Live Grades

Secondaries -- HSL controls with falloff, Hue Auto-Qualify, Additive and Subtractive (RGBCMY) Auto Qualify, HUE Curves, Saturation Curves, Luminance Curves, Vignettes, Trackers, Keyframes

Color Effects -- Node-based color effects for advanced looks and creativity

Primary Out -- Similar to Primary In but with added controls for Broadcast Safe and sophisticated IRE controls

Geometry -- Pan, Scan, Scale, Flip, Flop, Rotate, Motion Trackers, Keyframes

Still Store -- Unlimited still store for saving shots for comparison using dynamic split screen (vertical, horizontal)

Rendering -- High speed rendering from within FinalTouch SD with integrated queue manager

About Intraware
Intraware is the Specialist Distributor of Creative Digital Media Tools for Australia and New Zealand .

It’s solution offerings includes a range of the world's best in 2D and 3D animation, film and video compositing, editing, real time colour finishing, facility management and data management solutions to service nearly all facets of the creative industry. Building on this solution, large customer base and reseller channel network and it's strong industry expertise, Intraware is now expanding it’s business model and intends to become the premier distributor of solutions to the new media and creative markets in Australia.

For more information on the company or it’s range of solution offerings, visit www.intraware.com.au

About Silicon Color
Silicon Color, Inc. is a developer of high performance, highly scalable color correction systems and applications for the post-production marketplace. Leveraging strengths in video processing, color science and display technologies, Silicon Color designs systems to meet the ever increasing need for powerful real-time systems that support the resolution requirements of video and film professionals.  The company is headquartered in San Diego , California .

For more information visit www.siliconcolor.com. Silicon Color, Inc.

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