1ALICEARRILASER Interactive Configuration Editor

Introduction 1

The ALICE offers the fastest, easiest and safest way to generate a new image processing configuration file and gives visual control over the whole image process from the raw input sequence to the final images positioned on the film. General input parameters like start/end frame, calibration and loader-LUT can also be specified and will be transferred to the GUI input window when quitting and saving the ALICE window. Furthermore additional information is provided about the input images such as image type, pixel size and bit depth. Analyzing and controlling tools further simplify the configuration process.

The purpose of ALICE is

•to judge the quality of the input images

•to select the frame range visually

•to build a job and select appropriate job settings with visual control of the final rendered images positioned on the film.

•By choosing an ICC profile for the workstation monitor, the effect on the actual output on film can be previewed. This is especially helpful in transferring colors that lie outside of the normally reproduced color space of the choosen film. All results can be accurately previewed.

ALICE uses the same image processing as the image processing used during recording. Therefore, the results of image processing operations previewed in ALICE are completely identical to those being recorded later. Zooming in and out is always done by replicating or omitting pixels to exclude all possibility of inaccuracy of the displayed image.

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