FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH OF COLORFRONT'S TRANSKODER 2020 IN DECEMBER, UPDATE 1 FIRMWARE IS NOW AVAILABLE

Check out our highlights of the top new features in Colorfront's Transkoder 2020 Update 1 below, or review the full release notes for details on all changes here:

• The Simple CFE default project color pipeline option is based on the latest CFE node that provides high quality conversion from scene-referred and display-referred sources to any output colour space.
• COLORFRONT ENGINE PIPELINE now in one single node for easier use and fast processing.
• Transkoder "CFE" Color Processing Option When Creating a New Project
• Colorfront Engine and ACES combination to get full color quality control
• Better RAW technical color conversions
• CFE colour processing, output and camera independent

Color Metadata in ProRes and HEVC Files

• Fastest and certified encoding
• Fastest at loading media
• Fastest render speeds
• Fastest debayering
• Simultaneous deliveries of multiple formats, colourspaces, burnins

• Dolby Atmos (Immersive Audio) IMF Mastering
• Support for 2020 IMF spec
• Background and Distributed, Automated DCP and IMF Mastering
• Multiple Subtitles QC and Mastering, improved subtitle rendering
• Side-by-side, Dolby Vision 2.9 and 4.0 Comparison
• Mastering Delivery to S3 and/or Netflix Backlot
• IMF Sidecar Composition Map Support From CPL Merge Window
• Custom Encoder Presets in the Finalise Window
• New Positional Marker Types
• Fastest and best quality Jpeg 2000 Encoder/Decoder for HDR IMF
• Fastest checksum
• Support of complex "version file" or supplemental workflows
• Transwrapping: flexible strategies to deal with "fixed" OVs with fixes being injected in OV
• Ready to use OTT presets
• Easy proper IMF audio creation

• Secure AES-encrypted, reference quality video streaming for interactive sessions
• 10-bit, 4K Video/Audio Streaming out OSD/TKD/ExD
• Supporting Multiple Destination to multiple concurrent viewers
• Dolby Vision “tunnelling” From Timeline streaming to Consumer TV
• Remote Control Via Rest API

• Reading all IMF flavours & heavy OCN formats directly from cloud storage, playing back in real-time
• Full Transkoder, On-set Dailies, Express Dailies running on Amazon AWS
• Full workflows to/from Amazon S3 Storage natively, integrated S3 Browser
• Cloud Automation via web forms
• Improved REST API

• Automation Via Customisable Web Forms
• New Render Queue Page
• Probe Job Page
• Remote Control Page
• Shots Page (Colorfront Bins via Web UI

• Improved Simple CFE Node
• Dolby Vision HEVC MP4 export
• Parametric Colorfront LMT ACES node, ACES AMF import, and CLF support
• New GPU Accelerated
• HEVC encoder
• frame.io integration
• Pixspan Compression GPU support
• Timeline usability improvements

• HDR user interface (like on an XDR display)
• HDR / SDR perceptual color remapping to any nit level
• More sophisticated HDR mastering and QC tools
• Best Second head HDR Analyser in 4k resolution
• Industry standard HDR Report for PQ content

• More sophisticated Dolby Vision mastering tools
• Best Dolby validation tools
• Best Dolby V4 tools and best at dealing with mixed v4 v2.9 workflow
• Dolby Atmos and Immersive Audio support

• Cloud ready technology
• Sophisticated EXR metadata mapping for VFX pulls
• Best Subtitle Rendering
• Flexible node-based pipeline
• Less expensive upgrades
• Dual-monitor Broadcast
• Faster at loading media
• Fastest render speeds
• Faster debayering
• Simultaneous deliveries of multiple formats, colourspaces, burnins 
• Amazing support
• Fastest development of new features and requests
• Easier way of setting up audio metadata / labelling /configuration 
• Windows and Mac platforms

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