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Part 1:
From Manchester U to the Academy Awards
Part 2:
Enter the Matrix
Part 3:
IRIDAS Joins the Team
Part 4:
Raising the Bar
in VFX
Part 5:
SpeedGrade is Born
Part 6:
Kim Libreri's Filmography
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IRIDAS Joins the Team
The relationship
between Kim Libreri and IRIDAS dates back to 2001. It began with Kim’s
search for a good flipbook application so that his artists could have
easy access to their work while it was in progress. “Our philosophy was
that our time was too valuable to spend writing software if applications
that were as good, or better were available for
purchase. When Oystein Larsen, one of our artists, discovered
FrameCycler, we knew we’d found what we needed. It loaded frames
immediately, it was easy to use, and it offered a loads of playback
controls.”
By the end of the trilogy, the world of the
Matrix with its greenish hues and falling rain begins to resemble the
computer screens in the film.
But FrameCycler
Professional was missing one thing that Kim really wanted. “I met Lin
[Kayser, IRIDAS CEO] at
SIGGRAPH in 2001 and asked him if FrameCycler could play directly from
disk,” recalls Kim. “We wanted to play longer sequences, and even do
full dailies digitally at 2K resolution without being limited to only
playing shots that could fit into RAM. Lin said it should be possible. I
told him it would be even better if we could also load playlists from
the Avid and Lin said he’d been thinking about that possibility
himself.”
The result of
this exchange -- after a lot of work and several more conversations --
was FrameCycler Digital Daily System. The new application was used
throughout the making of the
Matrix
sequels and Catwoman.
“We used it to view playlists, compare versions, and so on, all the time with the
director there asking us to try this or have another look at that etc.
We got many compliments on our daily system. The
[Wachowski] brothers called it the best they’d seen.”
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In the "Burly Brawl" Kim and and his team used 'virtual
stuntmen' for much of the action. "They're less prone to injury," laughs
Kim. Click on image to see
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FrameCycler DDS was used for all the review sessions in the Matrix
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