With its wide range of i/o capabilities O C E A N is the ideal tool for film and tape dailies creation: O C E A N remote controls the telecine or the VTR and performs automatic scene detection. An EDL or an ALE log file can be exported for further editing process.
Handy tools like Output Blanking for letterbox formats, Pan&Scan, Time Code and Edge Code burned-in overlays will speed up and enhance the dailies creation process, no matter the format of choice.
O C E A N has a toolset of image color analyzers like Vectorscope, Histogram or Color Picker. It can also display a wide range of guides and safe margins like title or action frames, as well as aspect ratio. All these features allow full control over your image accuracy and conformity with industry standards (SMPTE).
1D and 3D LUTs can be used on the incoming SDI signal or on the output destined for a reference monitor at the same time. You can also bake-in the LUT on the output signal in order to transfer the resulting image, with the applied look, on a VTR or render it to a SAN.
O C E A N is able to transfer signals, ranging from SD up to 2K(through HSDL), directly to a disk array or a SAN, all uncompressed for optimal quality, turning your telecine into a data-cine. Data export can be done in QuickTime, DNxHD and of course as file sequences(DPX, TIFF, etc).
For tape recording purposes, O C E A N can also embed the TimeCode (RP188) in the SDI output signal. Up to 4 VTRs can be connected and remote controlled from O C E A N with on the fly automatic upconvert/downconvert performed directly on the video stream if needed.
O C E A N's Primary Grading capabilities allow for real-time color correction of the images using Printer Lights: add or remove points and half-points of Red, Green and Blue and export this Color Decision List in ASC format.
O C E A N's user interface has been designed to easily navigate through the telecine controls and to allow quick manipulations of the grading tools. One Light and Best Light transfers are ready to be captured in data, on a SAN, or for later storage on LTOs, in a single path.
Traditional auxiliary devices like denoisers and key code readers are also supported within the same user interface, creating a holistic approach to user experience.
Use the Still Store available in O C E A N to store, recall, and apply on one or several scenes the desired look. The Grade Library allows you to store unlimited color looks for your current project, and to simply access other projects' grades.
Telecine's controls and O C E A N's digital color corrections can be easily compared frame by frame using wipes.
O C E A N's digital Pan&Scan allows to compensate for the differences in the images: each pan or zoom correction can be animated, achieving a stabilized playback. This can also be done automatically with an image stabilization device such as imageMill Steady, remotely controlled and integrated within OCEAN's user interface.
O C E A N's control capabilities can also be applied to digitize tapes: the VTR can be remotely controlled using the RS422 Sony 9-pin protocol, allowing the video stream to be resized and graded in Real Time, with the speed of a traditional linear system.
The result is directly rendered in DPX, or encoded in MXF DNxHD (optional) for immediate broadcasting purpose or later DCP mastering.
O C E A N is able to embed up to 16 channels of AES/EBU 24-bit 48 Khz audio into the outputted SDI signal. It can also ingest audio through AES/EBU connectors, an SDI embedded audio stream or it can be synchronized with a sound follower.
Gaining the ability to restore any kind of material, within one system, can become a huge asset in any postproduction facility.
O C E A N allows several processing workflows: film to data, film to tape, tape to data and even data to data.
Real Time degrain, denoise and stabilisation devices are remotely controlled by O C E A N, directly from the same interface.
Restoration can then be applied on the fly from any traditional video source (telecine and VTR), but also from DDRs (e.g. M I S T, Clipster, Doremi, etc.) playing out data files.
O C E A N's management of red, green and blue channels allows to compensate for time ravages like degaussing.
The digital channel mixer feature, usually only available in telecines for film reels, enable the restoration of a missing or damaged color channels on a tape.
O C E A N integrates this new hardware component developed by Cintel, in order to process real-time image stabilization, degrain and dust and scratch removal.
Thanks to O C E A N's backbone Timeline, Edit Decision Lists of video commercials are easily imported in O C E A N: the conformed clips become immediately available for a real-time color grading session.
The editing tools available in O C E A N allow last minute changes in the editing: cut, join, replace or insert are easily performed, and the new composition is immediately available for export in ALE log format or as an EDL.
O C E A N's Primary Grading features are performed in Real Time on the video signal received from a telecine or a VTR. Switch between timeline and shot-view, within a streamlined and intuitive user interface, for maximum efficiency.
Color Balance, YRGB corrections and Curves are all included in the available Grading Toolset.
In addition, optional Secondary Grading features are available: 6 vectors with keyers and unlimited shapes/windows.
O C E A N is a turn-key solution that includes, in addition to the telecines controls, digital Primary Grading and data rendering capabilities. The solution is enhanced with optional Secondary Grading vectors and shapes for precision work. This is the ideal system for demanding transfers, like the recovery of audiovisual heritage or feature film dailies.
- Cintel DSX /C-Reality, Millennium HD and Ursa
- DFT Shadow and classic Spirit
- Debrie Flashtransfer
- MWA Vario
- Sondor ALTRA
LIGHT O C E A N is a basic turn-key solution able to remotely control the telecine features and the connected auxiliary devices. The system is fully upgradable in order to later add the additional grading and data-cine features of
O C E A N. LIGHT O C E A N is designed for traditional film to tape workflows, with One Light and Best Light transfer capabilities.
- Cintel DSX /C-Reality, Millennium HD and Ursa
- DFT Shadow and classic Spirit
DEEP O C E A N is a powerful turn-key solution that includes, in addition to full featured digital grading capabilities, the imageMill2 board for real time and faster than real time automatic image restoration. This is the ideal solution for massive transfers and image recovery. DEEP
O C E A N exists in 2 variations of iM2.
imageMill2 Single Application board processes one restoration application at a time: GRACE (grain & noise reduction), STEADY (image stabilization) or ORIGIN (dust & scratch removal).
imageMill2 Multi Application board processes all 3 restoration applications in the same time: GRACE (grain & noise reduction), STEADY (image stabilization) and ORIGIN (dust & scratch removal).
- Cintel DSX /C-Reality, Millennium HD and Ursa
- DFT Shadow and classic Spirit
- Debrie Flashtransfer
- MWA Vario
- Sondor ALTRA
