Quantel gets Hollywood Light Iron nod

Hollywood's Light Iron has purchased a Quantel Genetic Engineering shared workflow infrastructure to augment its end-to-end file-based workflow. Light Iron's two existing Pablo 4K systems can now work with the same shared media without wasting valuable time transferring media between suites or having to manage multiple versions.

Light Iron CEO Michael Cioni said, "Genetic Engineering is the key to our collaborative workflow. Keeping the Pablo platform the same and expanding the terminals enables us to multi-task without inducing redundant processes or having to transfer media. This reduces down-time and enables our colorists and conformists to migrate between projects throughout the workday, all the while increasing our overall storage capacity. We expect to expand this even further with the introduction of Pablo PA (Quantel's new conform, prep and workflow software) for additional flexibility.

"The best part about Genetic Engineering is that our artists literally won't know the difference. Because Genetic Engineering is transparent to the operator, it increases flexibility without any trade-off. Color and conform operators can work faster because they are not married to one specific location. It's simply a win-win for everyone."