Press Coverage
In this area we have placed the latest reports about DFT Digital Film Technology from newspapers and special interests magazines all over the world.
2013
Content + Technology: Oz Film & Sound Archive Takes DFT Scanity for 16mm
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has acquired a motion picture film scanner for the digitisation of its extensive holdings of 16mm film in the national audiovisual collection. ...
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On Screen Asia: NFSA selects DFT’s Scanity for national archive project
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia will use DFT’s motion picture film scanner to digitize its extensive holdings of 16mm film in the national audiovisual collection...
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IABM: NFSA SELECTS DIGITAL FILM TECHNOLOGY’S SCANITY FILM SCANNER FOR NATIONAL ARCHIVE PROJECT
Digital Film Technology GmbH, a leading provider of high-end film and digital post production solutions that preserve, manage, and deliver pictures, has announced a major sale to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA)....
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AMIA: NFSA SELECTS DFT’S SCANITY FOR NATIONAL ARCHIVE PROJECT
Digital Film Technology GmbH, a leading provider of high-end film and digital post production solutions that preserve, manage, and deliver pictures, has announced a major sale to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA)....
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2012
Post Production Buyers Guide: DFT Introduces New SCANITY Features at NAB 2012
DFT Digital Film Technology, provider of high-end film and digital post production solutions that preserve, manage, and deliver your pictures, announces at set of enhanced features for the SCANITY 4K/2K film scanner, which make it an even stronger scanning solution for the archive film market. ...
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DCinema Today: Digital Film Technology Integrates Fraunhofer IIS's easyDCP Post Production Software
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, the world's renowned source for audio and multimedia technologies, announces today its partnership with Digital Film Technology (DFT), the supplier of professional solutions for postproduction, motion picture and TV industries. ...
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Post Production Buyers Guide: DFT Digital Film Technology Certifies Rorke Aurora Storage for Digital Film & Archive Workflows
DFT Digital Film Technology has officially certified the Rorke Data Aurora RAID and SAN storage devices for a variety of digital film and archive workflows. By certifying the Rorke storage solutions and creating this technology partnership, DFT Digital Film Technology is providing post production and archive facilities with another RAID or SAN option that seamlessly integrates with the SCANITY film scanner and FLEXXITY software tools. ...
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Digital Production Buzz: DFT Introduces FLEXXITY V1.5 Post Software for MAC
DFT Digital Film Technology will showcase version 1.5 of FLEXXITY post production software suite at NAB 2012, stand C11145. Visitors to the DFT NAB booth can receive a demonstration of the new FLEXXITY V1.5 software, and receive a hands-on experience for how it can apply to their specific post production workflow. ...
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OnScreenAsia: DFT presents FLEXXITY V1.5 for Mac
DFT Digital Film Technology, provider of film and digital post production solutions that preserve, manage, and deliver pictures, has announced FLEXXITY V1.5 for Mac. In addition to supporting a Linux workflow, FLEXXITY V1.5 for Mac provides the post software tools for dailies, playout, and archive applications for facilities with an existing Apple infrastructure. ...
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American Cinematographer: Cinelicious Invests in Film's Future
Opening a boutique post house with a focus on film projects could be perceived as risky in this day and age, but Paul Korver, the principal officer at Cinelicious in Hollywood, believes now is the perfect time to invest in film. Located in a hip, 1960's industrial environment a few blocks West of Paramount Studios, Cinelicious currently offers one color room - a DaVinci system connected to a Spirit Datacine and a state-of-the-art Scanity 4K digital film scanner. ...
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Creative Cow: DFT Includes Native Support of ProRes
DFT Digital Film Technology recently added native support of ProRes files on the Linux OS to version 1.2 of its FLEXXITY suite of software applications, which includes Dailies, Playout and Archive -- which speaks especially to ARRI Alexa output. ...
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Regional Film & Video: BBC Studios And Post Production Breathes New Life Into Trumptonshire Trilogy
BBC Studios and Post Production restored the animation children's TV show wiht the help of SCANITY. Robbie Lava, digital media services coordinator at BBC Studios and Post Production: "The beauty of the system is that it reproduces every single frame of film (...). This means that we can (...) squeeze every ounce of quality from the footage" ...
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2011
ScreenAfrica: Spice-ey film scanning
Bangkok-based Spice Shop is the first commercial post facility in Southeast Asia to install a SCANITY film scanner from DFT Digital Film Technology. SCANITY's scan-once approach to film scanning allows Spice Shop to generate all required content from one 2K digital negative scan. Whether the content is for offline work using QuickTime or MXF files, or online work that requires uncompressed HD files with low resolution proxies for editing, the high speed and efficiency of SCANITY means Spice Shop only has to handle the film once. ...
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OnScreenAsia: Spice Shop first in region to install SCANITY
DFT Digital Film Technology, a provider of high-end film and digital post production, announced that Bangkok-based Spice Shop is the first commercial post facility in Southeast Asia to install the SCANITY film scanner. ...
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TVBEurope: FLEXXITY first with native support for ProRes on Linux
The FLEXXITY suite of software applications (dailies, playout and archive) from DFT Digital Film Technology is claimed to be the first software on the Linux operating system with native support for ProRes files, writes David Fox. The software runs on Linux, for stability, performance, and high-throughput post production. Linux also offers scale-up flexibility from single-user seats to multi-user workgroups, tailored to different ways of working. ...
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Film-TV-Video: Nice Shoes kauft Scanity Filmscanner
Chris Ryan, Nice Shoes Partner and Colorist, urteilt: "Scanity bietet uns nicht nur einen Highspeed-Workflow, sondern auch ein Toolset, mit dem wir unser bestehendes Filmbusiness unterstützen, aber auch neue Geschäftsfelder wie etwa die Filmrestaurierung erschließen können." ...
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SCREEN: Nice Shoes Invests in SCANITY
"SCANITY is a logical upgrade for the company which has had a long relationship with DFT," explains partner/colorist Chris Ryan. "We like their technology and trust them, so it just made sense." ...
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Screen Africa: "SCANITY - the latest and best film scanner on the market"
Recently opened Cape Town facility Searle Street Post Production (SSPP) is bursting at the seams with new and ultra sophisticated post-production equipment, including a SCANITY film scanner and a Bones Dailies Solution. ...
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American Cinematographer: DFT Offers FLEXXITY Suite
DFT Digital Film Technology has introduced the Flexxity software suite, which offers specialized applications for dailies, archive and restoration; video playout and file mastering; and ingest, transfer and transcoding tasks. ...
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Asia Image: SCANITY helps Finas Advance Malaysian Film Heritage
"While speed is crucial for our work in our post production facility, the ability to handle damaged film material with care all while receiving stable and steady images from the scans is imperative when working with archive material", says Khairunizam Sukor, Post Production engineer. ...
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DFT Software Suite unterstützt Postproduktions-Workflow
DFT Digital Film Technology stell seine Software-Suite FLEXXITY vor. Sie besteht aus verschiedenen Anwendungen für den Postproduktons-Workflow. ...
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Colorworks Performs 3D Post Services for "Priest"
Colorworks, Sony Pictures Entertainment's full-service digital intermediate (DI) facility located on its historic lot in Culver City, provided 3D post production services for PRIEST. Work at Colorworks included scanning of original camera negative at 4K, using the facility's Scanity film scanners, and 4K color grading of both versions of the film. ...
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Cinelicious Installs Scanity
Cinelicious principal Paul Korver explained that he embarked on a year long search for the best film scanning technology. "We wanted to give our clients the highest quality level available anywhere, matching – and even exceeding – the technology used by the major studios. We found this in the Scanity." ...
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OMNIMAGO Invests in SCANITY for New Production and Archive Scanning Projects
Peter Fries, OMNIMAGO Managing Director commented on their purchase; "A new technological era starts at OMNIMAGO with the SCANITY film scanner. Our investment not only transforms our internal production and post production processes, it will help us solidify new clients in existing and new markets with technology and service offerings that encompass higher standards of quality and flexibility." ...
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BBC Studio and Post Production Invests in Scanity
Clive Hodge, Head of Digital Media Services says: "This investment enables us to offer new cost effective restoration services to customers at the highest quality. The Scanity adds speed and flexibility to our current systems with the ability to add additional capacity with ease and provides us with an upgrade path to 4K scanning when our customers request this." ...
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Omnimago investiert in Scanity
Das Postproduktionsunternehmen Omnimago GmbH in Ingelheim (Zentrale) und Wiesbaden hat sich für den Kauf eines ScanityFilmscanners der DFT Digital Film Technolgy GmbH entschieden. Der Scanner wurde im Februar 2011 bei Omnimago installiert und ersetzt einen Spirit DataCine, einen FDL Quadra und einen Cintel URSA Diamond. Der Scanity kommt sowohl für aktuelle Produktionen als auch Archiv- und Restaurierungsprojekte mit unterschiedlichstem Filmmaterial zum Einsatz. ...
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INSCANITY! 4K HDR Film Scanning Comes to Cinelicious
Cinelicious principal Paul Korver embarked on a year-long search for the best film scanning technology in the world. He had proprietary resolution test films made up in Prague that resolve 250 lp/mm, dynamic range targets from NY that go from 0-4 density, and shot registration charts at Panavision in Hollywood. He put these targets on a single reel of 35mm film meant to push the scanners to the extreme in 3 categories: resolution, dynamic range and registration/steadiness. The Scanity was the clear winner. ...
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DFT Digital Film Technology Unveils FLEXXITY Specialized Software Suite for Post Production
FLEXXITY helps facilities maximize their value and delivery of their content. Each software application based on the FLEXXITY platform addresses a post production workflow including; film and digital dailies, archive and restoration, playout of content supporting a vast number of file and video formats, as well as ingest and transfer applications. ...
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Storage Newsletter: DFT Certifies DVS SpycerBox
DVS Digital Video Systems AG and DFT Digital Film Technology GmbH have teamed up as technology partners to aid post production and media archive facilities in enhancing and speeding up their workflows. Henner Steinwede, DVS Product Manager: "Our joint solution follows our clients' specific requirements. In addition to the world's fastest film scanner, they now have immediate access to our high-performance storage solution and profit from an individual workflow design." ...
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Professional Production: Thought Equity investiert in DFT-System
Der Scanity-Filmscanner, die Bones-Dailies-Software sowie das Bones-PlayoutMaster-System werden bei einem Projekt des Unternehmens für das Eye Film Institute Netherland eingesetzt. Dieses verwaltet das gesamte kinematografische Erbe der Niederlande, das mehr als 37 000 Filme umfasst. ...
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FKT: Thought Equity installiert DFT System
Das Eye Film Institute Netherland setzt den Scanity-Filmscanner, die Bones Dailies-Software sowie ein Bones-PlayoutMaster-System von DFT Digital Film Technology zur Digitalisierung und Restaurierung von Archivmaterial ein. Das Eye Film Institute verwaltet das kinematografische Erbe der Niederlande und ist für eine audiovisuelle Sammlung zuständig, die mehr als 37.000 Filme umfasst. ...
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Millimeter Magazine: Film Scanning for Commercials in a Digital World (by Dongsoo Kim, chief administrative executive, Mercury Post, Korea )
In early 2010, our team here at Mercury Post in Korea started the evaluation process for a new film scanner for our advertising and commercials digital intermediate workflow. After our assessment, we chose the Scanity because of its high quality images, high-speed and ease of use...
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2010
Post Magazine: Stopp adds Scanity film scanner from DFT
Stockholm Postproduction (Stopp) has upgraded its front-end lab with a new Scanity high-speed film scanner from Germany-based DFT Digital Film Technology. Stopp (www.stopp.se) offers an end-to-end ...
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DFT nicht nur in Hollywood erfolgreich
Nach dem Technischen Oscar, mit dem sechs Entwickler der DFT Digital Technology Weiterstadt im Februar diesen Jahres ausgezeichnet wurden, konnte sich das Team jetzt über den zweiten Platz bei den Hessen Champions für die Entwicklung des SCANITY freuen. ...
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FKT: DFT bei den Hessen Champions 2010 ausgezeichnet
Am Abend des 26. Oktober 2010 wurde die DFT Digital Film Technology im Rahmen des 19. Hessischen Unternehmertags für die Entwicklung des Filmscanners "Scanity" in der Kategorie "Neue Produkte und Entwicklungen" mit dem 2. Platz ausgezeichnet. ...
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FKT: Mercury Post erwirbt SCANITY
Das koreanische Postproduktionshaus Mercury Post hat einen SCANITY von DFT Digital Film Technology in Weiterstadt erworben. ...
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"Karate Kid" Receives a True and Complete 4K Digital Intermediate with SCANITY Film Scanner
"Karate Kid" was scanned at 4K on a SCANITY Film Scanner and delivered unprecedented image sharpness and quality. Evidence of which is shown in the recent Blue-Ray DVD release of the "Karate Kid". ...
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American Cinematographer: FotoKem Opens Facility in Raleigh Studios Budapest
In 2009, FotoKem Budapest, Raleigh Studios and Origo Film Group formed a strategic alliance to establish and operate a state-of-the-art studio servicing global filmmakers and the European motion-picture market. ...
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Professional Production: Scanity für FotoKem
Der erste 4K-Scanner Scanity in Zentral- und Osteuropa wurde nun nach Budapest ausgeliefert. FotoKem Budapest, die Origo Film Group und die Raleigh Studios haben eine strategische Allianz eingegangen, um zusammen ...
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Zwei Technik-Oscars nach Weiterstadt - Vorprodukte für die Traumfabrik
Auch Ingenieure mögen Filme, allerdings auf eine andere Weise als der erkömmliche Kinogänger. Catwoman sei ein sehr guter Streifen, sagt beispielsweise Projektmanager Markus Hasenzahl. Damit meint ...
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PostProduction Buyers Guide: DFT Digital Film Technology Hosts Archive & Restoration Workshop
DFT Digital Film Technology, provider of high-end film and digital post production solutions that preserve, manage, and deliver your pictures, announces it will host ...
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PostProduction Buyers Guide: DFT Digital Film Technology Team to Receive Scientific and Technical Academy Awards
Six employees of DFT Digital Film Technology are being honored for their critical roles in scientific and technology achievements and will each receive Sci-Tech awards from ...
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Professional Production: Technik-Oscars mit Schwerpunkt Scanner und Farbkorrektur
Noch vor der großen Oscar-Gala am 7. März hat die Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences die Träger der diesjährigen Technik-Oscars bekannt gegeben. In diesem Jahr ...
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2009
OnScreen Asia: DFT Digital Film Technology offers cost-effective 4K and 2K film scanning with new SCANITY
DFT Digital Film Technology unveiled SCANITY, a new film scanner offers speed, versatility, stability and safe film handling for 2K and 4K resolution...
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Post Magazine: Sony Pictures Technologies goes with DFT Scanners
Sony Pictures Technologies, a department of Sony Pictures Entertainment (www.sonypictures.com), has committed to the new Digital Film Technology Scanity film scanner for use in various data workflows...
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Film & Video: Digital Intermediate Gear at NAB
The market for digital-intermediate systems is still in growth mode, and NAB was the place to show off the goods. There wasn’t anything truly groundbreaking on the show floor, but higher resolution and infrastructure...
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Post Production Buyers Guide: DFT Digital Film Technology Announces New Film Scanner with Outstanding Feature Set
The SCANITYTM from DFT offers cost-effective 4K and 2K Film Scanning with TDI Line Sensor Technology for Numerous Applications...
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VFXTalk: DFT's New SCANITY Film Scanner
The SCANITYTM from DFT offers cost-effective 4K and 2K Film Scanning with TDI Line Sensor Technology for Numerous Applications...
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TVB Europe: IVC gets the Spirit
IVC Digital Film Center has expanded its 2k/4k film scanning, remastering, and archival services with a new Spirit 4k DataCine and Bones solution from DFT...
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Inside Film: IVC offers new 4k solution
DFT Digital Film Technology, provider of high-end post production solutions, today announced that Los Angeles-based IVC Digital Film Center, a Point 360 company, has expanded their 2K / 4K film scanning, remastering...
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Post Magazine: IVC Digital Film Center Employs Data-Centric Workflow
IVC Digital Film Center (www.point360.com) has expanded its 2K/4K film scanning, remastering, and archival services with the addition of a new Spirit 4K DataCine and Bones solution from Germany’s DFT Digital Film Technology...
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FKT: IVC erweitert Software-Angebot
Wie DFT Digtial Film Technology bekannt gibt, erweitert das Point 360-Unternehmen IVC Digital Film Center seine 2K/4K-Filmscan-, Remastering- und Archivdienste um eine neue „Spirit 4K DataCine and Bones“-Lösung...
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