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Author Topic: Digital "IMAX" Files and Servers Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 04-13-2009 09:33 AM                     Does Digital "IMAX" utilize standard DCI servers and content packages or are they using proprietary servers. Are the files used for "IMAX" any less compressed than standard D-Cinema releases? Are they mastered any differently?  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-13-2009 10:07 AM                    I wonder how long before this thread gets moved.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 04-13-2009 12:21 PM                        It won't, they actually consider digital IMAX to be a "Large Format", funnily enough.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-13-2009 12:50 PM                    Who does?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 04-13-2009 12:54 PM                        Film-Tech.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-13-2009 01:10 PM                    Bozos.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-13-2009 03:46 PM                     IMAX Digital MPX is NOT large format.  |  IP: Logged James B Gardiner Film Handler Posts: 91 From: North Altona, Victoria, Ausrtalia Registered: Feb 2009 posted 04-13-2009 05:12 PM                     from my understanding, Digital IMAX can be done by any duel stream capable DCI player. DTS/QUBE for example. Remember its only duel 2K. IMAX digial is really nothing more then a DCI system on a over sized screen compared to standard cinemas. IMAX also support the unlicensed duel projector 3D (Polarizing for colour filter). Ie no RealD 50cents per ticket costs. They use a slightly modified DCP, same as DCI. QubeMaster makes them I hear. This is staff I heard in passing at Showest, so don't take my word for it. James  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 04-13-2009 05:53 PM                        quote: Adam Martin IMAX Digital MPX is NOT large format. While I agree 100%, I saw a post (not thread) by Brad stating to put IMAX Digital topics in the Large Format forum. However it appears a thread from a week or two ago has gone missing (something about IMAX and Sony 4Ks), maybe it was in there?  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-13-2009 06:39 PM                    quote: Myself Bozos. Apparently not.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-22-2009 11:28 AM                     quote: James B Gardiner They use a slightly modified DCP, same as DCI. QubeMaster makes them I hear. According to an aquaintance that was at Imax for 20+ years there is alot of digital processing going on in this system. Consider that they are overlapping the two images so as to effectively fill in the DLP grid. Normally this would cause the image to go into a blur... Mark  |  IP: Logged

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