THX Announces New THX cineSpace™ Color Management Offering

LAS VEGAS, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (NAB 2012 – SL14407) – THX Ltd. today announced a new component to its THX cineSpace™ Color Management Suite, the de facto standard in film and television post-production for achieving color accuracy and consistency through display calibration and profiling.  THX cineCube™ HD is specifically designed to emulate the ITU-Rec. 709 (HD video color standard) color space for facilities specializing in television commercials, music videos, corporate videos and television programs.    

The THX cineSpace toolset is used by production companies, post facilities, animation studios, VFX companies, game developers, DI facilities and others to produce and render near-perfect representations of how images will appear in final form.  It is a cost-effective way to implement precision color management at every stage of content production, post-production and delivery.  With specific requirements from creative artists about the way color is displayed, color matching is a lengthy, iterative cycle in post-production.  THX cineSpace cuts down on these cycles by removing the guesswork when dealing with film images and producing accurate image representations which can be viewed and manipulated on a digital workstation monitor or projector.

The new THX cineSpace module, cineCube HD, offers all the functionality needed to calibrate and profile displays of any type – projectors, plasmas and LCDs so artists can color grade material confidently, knowing that what they see in the suite will be duplicated in the target viewing environment.  cineCube HD licenses include the full version of cineProfiler™, a THX cineSpace component that optimizes and profiles output devices and creates accurate profiles for all viewing equipment including CRT, LCD screens, plasma displays, digital projectors and broadcast monitors.

"THX cineSpace technology has brought a new level of confidence to monitoring at our facility with its high-precision color management toolset.  Managing color with THX cineSpace across all of our finish and color suites provides quality assurance for our customers and increased workflow efficiency," said Mark Pruett, owner of Nashville's Storyville Post.  "The introduction of an affordable, simplified solution that offers the same quality as THX cineSpace is exciting.  cineCube HD makes THX cineSpace technology more cost-effective to boutique operations like ours – facilities that may have a narrower range of color management concerns, but still require the same precision and results that the original THX cineSpace software provides."

THX at NAB 2012:
THX will be showcasing its new cineCube HD application and the full suite of THX cineSpace color management solutions at NAB booth #SL14407.  In addition, THX will be demonstrating THX Media Director™ and highlighting its latest partners.

cineCube HD is available today through THX cineSpace resellers for $1,895 (one seat node).

About THX:
From the big screen to your screen, THX ignites your passion for exciting entertainment experiences. Founded by George Lucas and recognized by audiences around the globe, THX is synonymous with the design and certification of world-class cinemas, premium audio systems, 3D HDTVs and blockbuster movies.  Products featuring THX technologies defy convention and define quality in their class, whether in the cinema, in the home or on the road.

SOURCE THX Ltd.