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Author Topic: Digital/IMAX Digital - same file??? Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 12-17-2009 05:55 PM                  Just wondering if digital IMAX is a different file than non-IMAX digital.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-17-2009 08:18 PM                     I can't answer the question. However, I don't see why the JPEG2000 file would be any different. IMAX Digital auditoriums aren't showing anything more in terms of native detail than what a 2K DCI JPEG2000 file provides. The IMAX setup is merely a little bit larger than conventional 2K houses and not any larger than some 2K houses with giant sized screens.  |  IP: Logged Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 12-18-2009 10:05 AM                  I wondered if the digital IMAX file was "DMR"-enhanced like their film presentation.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-18-2009 12:38 PM                     The digital file would not need to be "DMR" enhanced since the projector setup has the same native resolution as a standard 2K setup.  |  IP: Logged Todd McCracken Master Film Handler Posts: 263 From: Northridge, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 12-18-2009 12:40 PM                    Yes, it is a different print. Currently all digital IMAX prints are mastered by IMAX.  |  IP: Logged Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 12-18-2009 01:06 PM                  So what makes it different than the non-IMAX version?  |  IP: Logged Todd McCracken Master Film Handler Posts: 263 From: Northridge, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 12-18-2009 02:50 PM                    I only know that the prints and KDM's for the IMAX system are specific. I don't know what the spec difference is.  |  IP: Logged

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