Projects
Through the work of the Council’s Advanced Technology Programs Subcommittee, the Academy serves as a primary forum for the discussion and research of important technological issues facing the industry. Several projects are currently underway that tap the knowledge and experience of leading technology and process experts, both inside and outside the industry, in the fields of color science, imaging science, large-scale data storage systems and other core areas.
The Digital Dilemma
In this landmark report, the Council examined ways in which the movie business and other industries handle long term storage and access of important digital data. The goal was to better understand the problems faced today and what, if anything, is being done to avoid full-fledged data access disasters down the road. The study’s surprising results have caused reverberations around the globe.
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Digital Camera Assessment
The Science and Technology Council operates an ongoing assessment of digital motion picture cameras. Leading manufacturers bring cameras to the Council’s Esmeralda Easel (TM) facility to help establish a common measurement methodology that will allow cinematographers and directors to objectively assess any digital camera’s capabilities and also enables improvements in next-generation cameras.
Image Interchange Framework
The Council is developing an architecture and supporting tools for digital motion picture mastering applications. In development for almost 3 years by the motion picture industry’s leading technologists and practitioners, the Image Interchange Framework (IIF) addresses the lack of industry standards for the interchange of today’s digitally mastered motion picture elements. It is a set of components that facilitates a wide range of motion picture workflows while eliminating the ambiguity of today’s file formats.
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Color Transformation Language
New software technology designed to enable color transforms in digital imaging pipelines is currently available from the Academy under an open source license. A portable and platform-independent scripting language and interpreter, the Color Transformation Language or “CTL” addresses an industry need to precisely describe and share color transforms used in motion picture mastering.
