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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!

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Color and DI by Roush Media.
Colorist: Keith Roush

We are very pleased to announce that Schy Gleason has joined ROUSH Media as Executive Producer on January 4, 2016.

As Executive Producer, Schy’s responsibilities will include coming alongside Roush Media’s clients to get the highest quality possible out of their vision with the color, finish, DI, and deliverables needs.

Schy comes to Roush Media with more than 15 years of experience, having served the LA post community as editor, colorist, and producer. His hands-on storytelling experience includes: feature film, documentaries, broadcast, and cable. The new capture and delivery of projects has made it easier and more complicated at the same time. Schy collaborates with each client to elevate the quality of the project as far as possible giving the opportunity for creatives to realize their vision.

Join us to celebrate Schy’s arrival at ROUSH Media 2000 N. Buena Vista St., Burbank CA. Stop by anytime to meet him and welcome him to our team!

You can reach Schy at:Schy@roush-media.com or call 818/559-8648

Roush Media provides Dailies workflows, Color Management, Digital Intermediate and Deliverables services.  Specializing in 4K Color grading for Digital Cinema file-based projects, Roush Media’s talented staff goes above and beyond their client’s expectations to provide them with efficient quality workflows and Stunning creative work.