Pigment changes to Davinci resolve for HDR and IMF ethalonage

Given the growing demand for contents in IMF, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision format, the Madrid postproductor Install Davinci Resolve Studio de Blackmagic in its two avant -garde Etalonage rooms.

The Madrid postproduct Pigmento Color Grading has begun to use DaVinci Resolve Studio of Blackmagic Design as part of an improvement of its facilities aimed at carrying out the High -ranking images ethalonage (HDR) and deliver content in IMF format.

Founded by Fernando Martínez and Pepe Abellán, colorists with more than 20 years of experience in audiovisual projects, pigment has quickly earned the reputation of providing personalized services to diffuser and internet transmission platforms throughout Europe.

Team merits include internationally renowned series, such as The jetty, Vis a vis and The Money Heist, winner of an Emmy award.

Given the growing demand for contents in IMF, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision format, Pigment has installed Davinci Resolve Studio in its two avant -garde Etalonage rooms, as well as in two additional work stations, to make formed, compositions with visual effects and final deliveries.

These rooms have teams that include two Xeon Supermicro de Inte processors with RTX2080TI and Tesla K80 graphics cards (Nvidia) respectively, reference monitors BVM-HX310 (Sony) y PRM 4220 (Dolby), and devices DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel, in addition to a shared storage capacity of 180 TB and another 600 TB in NAS systems.

At the same time, the postproductive plan a total renewal for Add two additional rooms that allow Project 4k and HDR content before the end of 2020.

Work dynamics

"Before starting a new project, we review our work dynamics to ensure that pigment can offer the best opportunities to future clients," says Pepe Abellán, colorful and co -founder of the company.

"Previously we used other tools, although we were not satisfied with their development capacity, especially when adopting new technologies, such as IMF and HDR formats. Our clients expected that we could deliver content in such standards, but the team did not have sufficient support from the computer point of view. We began looking for different alternatives, and Resolve turned out to be the best."

"Now we use OpenFX accessories to eliminate flickers or the dead pixels filter practically daily, as well as tools of the color module that allow us to apply adjustments to a specific part of the program in a matter of minutes. The program has revolutionized the speed with which we work," adds the colorist David González.

"We have not had any problems during the transition to Davinci Resolve. Not only from a technical perspective, thanks to the simple and well -organized interface, but also the user community and the support of the Blackmagic assistance team have been invalorable when finding answers when we face a problem," says Fernando Martínez, colorful and co -founder of pigment.

"It is difficult to overcome Davinci Resolve. His great quality, along with his sale price and his flexibility, make it the ideal tool for postproductors like ours and allows us to update ourselves when necessary with the purpose of adapting to new technologies," concludes Martínez.