ASIA-PACIFIC BROADCASTING

A production of Australian animation and visual-effects studio Animal Logic, the film was released in the US last September and released in the UK last month.

Directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Zack Snyder and produced by Zareh Nalbandian of Animal Logic, the feature film is based on the renowned Guardians of Ga’Hoole book series by Kathryn Lasky.

Animal Logic’s head colourist, Eric Whipp, completed the entire 3D grading and mastering on Nucoda Film Master.

Whipp explained: “We initially graded the film in 2D to get the look right. Once we got to a point where we were happy, we applied all the settings to the right eye and then switched into stereo mode for final tweaks. All windows and shapes had to be re-aligned for the right eye, and then we did other alterations such as light-level adjustments. Once in stereo mode, layer-by-layer colour adjustments can easily be made using the Nucoda Film Master.

“Another useful feature is the system’s Open EXR functionality. All the shots were composited in EXR format, which was great as it was like working with a film negative in the sense that there was range in the highlights that could be pulled back if required.”

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