Off-Line / On-Line Color Grading? A new service for Colorists & Indie Films
ROUSH Media has just announced a new service they are providing at their DI boutique post facility in Burbank, CA–integrating the idea of offline/online editing to color grading and finishing. ROUSH Media seeks to give freelance colorists and indie filmmakers a facility to call home with the full support of our engineering staff so colorists can do what they do best–color grade. For the savvy independent DIY filmmaker these color services are a perfect blend of the full service support provided by a DI facility and the cost-savings that are neccessary to DIY filmmaking.
This service provides colorists with the option of choosing one of our color grading platforms (Baselight, Resolve or Nucoda) or bringing their own to plug into one of our rooms. The theater is equipped with a state-of-the-art 4K Barco post projector for monitoring in P3 color space, and the calibration is checked before each session to maintain the highest standards. Our HDR suite uses a Sony BVM-X300 HDR monitor for Dolby Vision and HDR10 color grades.
For clients, this will provide cost savings and increased attention to detail while boosting the quality standards for indie projects. The amount of time colorists can give to a project is usually limited by the budget. If colorists are able to use a low cost suite to do much of the color grading and then move into the large DI theater for a final trim pass for mastering, higher quality work can be done within budget.
Besides the colorist and system, the monitoring is the most important piece of technology in the room. Lower cost monitors often introduce problems that may not be present in the footage itself, such as banding, noise, poor shadow detail, aliasing, color calibration problems, and more.
Having a complete color grading environment with calibrated monitoring, scopes, and a color management system is an ideal working atmosphere for colorists and their clients. This provides peace of mind knowing that what they see is what they get when using ROUSH Media’s engineering & color science.
For freelance colorists who work at home or remotely, this service allows colorists to hold client sessions with ease while having the option of using the staff at ROUSH Media in areas such as media management, conform, color space management, and deliverables. ROUSH Media’s Supervising Colorist is also available to collaborate on the project for whatever may be needed.
Services Offered:
- Color grading or reviewing projects / files in a large 4K theater
- Powerful Linux systems for client sessions in the best color grading environment
- DI color management, workflow consulting, setup
- Let us take care of your conform and/or deliverables
- Full support of our facility and staff
Specs at a glance:
- Barco DP-4K post projector ( DCI XYZ, P3 or any custom setup)
- Client theater with 26 seats, 20-foot screen, and 5.1 surround sound
- Baselight TWO with Blackboard 2 control surface
- Resolve on a custom Linux 4-GPU system with DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel
- Digital Vision Nucoda with Precision control panel
- Dolby DSS Cinema Server for ingest and playback of DCPs
No matter the budget, ROUSH Media is here to help you exceed expectations with the full support of a top DI post-production facility. So don’t get lost in the dark — quality control your image in the perfect grading environment!