Premiere Talent. The Latest Tools. Legendary Support.
For the past 10 years Atlas digital has offered top tier editorial suites on location and in our facilities. Avid Media Composer, Avid Symphony Nitris, Final Cut Pro and the complete Autodesk product line are all available both hourly and as long term rentals. Enjoy the flexibility of using our in house artists or bring your own. Regardless of whom you choose to drive your sessions, our in house IT staff, machine room tape operators and technical support are available to you 24/7.
All Atlas editorial suites are connected to shared fiber storage for security and maximum flexibility. Client workspaces are password protected so you are in total control of who can access, edit or view footage from your private shared storage workspaces. Once your creative editorial is completed your workspace can be archived or delivered to mastering for final color, finishing and output to tape and file based deliveries.
The Atlas Online division completes over 5,000 hours of commercials, broadcast television and feature film post production annually. Our experience and artistry are unmatched. Complemented by the support of our executive and management teams, our complete workflow design outlines a roadmap for each project large or small ensuring a timely finish.
Recent works include NBC's Biggest Loser and Treasure Hunt, WeTv's "Braxton Family Values" and "Joan River's: Joan Know's Best" and "MTV's 2011 Movie Awards," just to name a few.
At the forefront of our online division is Entertainment Executive and Atlas Director Of Online Services Michael Booras, a 20 year industry veteran specializing in television and film mastering. He is supported by Hollywood's finest technologists and creative masterminds who live and breath color theory and technical precision.
Call now to take a tour of our East and West-Side facilities or to meet our artists.
Atlas artists utilize a variety of toolsets specific to the needs of each individual production. When grading for projected environments our artists have in their arsenal the Autodesk Lustre, Davinici Resolve or Assimilate Scratch projecting in 4K, 2K or HD 4:4:4 for insight into the finest levels of color space and accuracy. In our broadcast bays our artists utilize the same toolsets with additional reach into Davinci Color Correctors, Autodesk Smoke, AVID Symphony Nitris and Apple Color.
Which suite is right for you? Each project undergoes a "Needs Analysis" to help you decide which suite, artist and workflow is right for your project. Our team is available to you to design a roadmap specific to color grading standard 701, 601 and RAW formats such as RED and ARRI as well as all High Definition and Standard Definition tapeless formats. In the ever changing environment pre-planning and workflow management are crucial. We help you design the right workflow so your budget dollars end up on screen and avoid costly data wrangling oversights.
The Atlas Digital fiber network ensure seamless integration between color correction, mastering, visual FX and editorial suites without compromising quality, speed or flexibility. Our managed workflow and shared storage allows you the creative freedom you deserve.
Reality Television, Scripted Television, Feature Films and Corporate Branding pieces all share a common requirement for visual polish and on screen effects. The artists at Atlas understand that absolute perfection in visual effects and composting are key components to our workflow and digital pipeline. Our team works directly with production and executive teams to storyboard, develop and execute dazzling on screen visual effects. We offer a variety of software packages and experienced artists comprised of both staff and freelance artists.
Some of our more popular Visual FX and Graphics services are:
Atlas Digital's 3D Stereoscopic division relies on the robust Autodesk and Assimilate product lines for finishing and mastering in 3D. Client's enjoy 3D capable broadcast bays and 3D capable projected environments for ultimate precision and insight into the smallest pixel and exacting 3D convergence. Our seasoned artists draw from traditional 2D proven workflows and capitalize on today's digital mastering techniques to deliver 3D editorial and finishing that is ahead of the curve.
Our 3D suites are fully equipped to edit, color and master RAW and traditional stereoscopic formats. Eye matching, real time 2K image processing and native RED support are all at your fingertips.
The Atlas team is adept in the interactive world of DVD. The process starts with a "needs analysis" meeting to determine the proper format and intended audience. The resulting scope of work defines Standard Definition (SD) or Blu Ray (HD) formatting and the level of interactivity desired.
The next step is a schematic design which acts as both a project roadmap and the menu hierarchy that a user experiences while navigating through each disks content. At this point the creative, programming and encodings teams can way in about technical specifications encoding parameters and individual interactive elements.
We are able to duplicate DVD-R formatted disks while you wait. DVD-R's play in most DVD set top players, computers and gaming consoles. We also prepare masters for replication. The replication process involves the creation of a glass master used to stamp DVD's which have the highest level of playback (near 99%) across all end user devices. Usual turn around times for replicated masters are two to three weeks (rush orders are available) and a "check disk" is standard practice to ensure your final disk plays exactly how you imagined.
Some of our more popular DVD services are:
The Atlas Digital Encoding team has the know how and the toolsets to ensure the highest quality digital stream. Uncompressed media is ingest through hardware encoders to streamline the process while allowing for segment re-encoding and multiple pass variable bit rate encoding.
Digital Archiving has the greatest impact on the long term content viability. Uncompressed digital masters are able to serve as "mezzanine files" which can be re-purposed into multiple formats without degrading the source. As technology continues moving towards a fully digital "tapeless" pipeline, Atlas is at the forefront of digital archival solutions.
It is one of our hidden strengths, one that spotlights our flexibility and creativity. Clients seek us out for our vast workflow expertise, color and finishing artists and stay for multi platform branding capabilities. Once your materials are in our shared storage network you can easily navigate to artists who can create opening title treatments, lower thirds, show bumpers and full graphics packages. Save time and money by repurposing your newly created vector art for movie posters, branded websites, ad banners, streaming video and DVD menu art. Contact us now to discover how we can design your custom workflow.
Flexibility is the key. Schedule time with one of our artists by the hour, or request a quote based on an existing concept or storyboards. From Television Show Opens and Network Upfront Sizzle Reels to Rotoscoping and Wire Removal, we are here when you need us.
Some of our more popular graphics services are:
Atlas merged with Pilotware in 1998 and has continued to develop Pilotware's proprietary Media Vault and Tape logging software. All of Atlas' facilities including Post Services and Duplications rely on Pilotware to manage tape and digital media elements.
Did you know our Pilotware system is available for licensing at your location? Check out Pilotware's feature set under the Software tab above for more information.
Some of the more popular Pilotware Media Vault Features are:
TRACK TAPES, MEDIA, AND PRODUCTION RELEASES
Atlas Operates 24/7 Facilities on both sides of the Los Angeles entertainment hub with fully managed Vault, Machine and Tape Room operations. Tapes and Media are logged into our secure Pilotware Tape Vault system to ensure constant tracking and workflow management. Quality Control Testing (Q.C) is available to ensure compliance before submission to network or distributors. Gain piece of mind that your delivery is correct and to broadcast standard.
Some of our most popular Duplication & Conversions products are:
The Atlas team is experienced in all aspects of reformatting for Television, Airlines Broadcast, Foreign Broadcast and the Internet.
Some of our more popular Adapting and Versioning products are:
Restoration techniques and Film Grain have been a highly debated topic amongst the entertainment community since large format digital acquisition took hold. Many feel that varying levels of grain evoke an emotional response from viewers. The absence of film grain in digital formats gave birth to the application of the "Film Look". Our artists are seasoned experts in the applications of grain to achieve desired Film Looks. It is often only after the combination of the final color grade and the application of grain, while ever so slight, that we achieve the desired emotional response from viewers.
The delicate application of grain in digital formats is balanced by the removal of unwanted artifacts, dirt, hair and film scratches in traditional film acquisition formats. Our artists can remove these unwanted elements with speed and precision to ensure that each frame displays how it was intended. For extreme cases or highly damaged frames we often utilize our visual FX experts who can begin to paint and re-create damaged areas to save frames that otherwise would end of on the cutting room floor.
ATLAS DIGITAL
170 S. FLOWER STREET
BURBANK, CA 91502, USA
Tel: (323) 878-0080
Since 2003, ATLAS DIGITAL has provided full service television post-production support to ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Discovery, Lifetime, A&E, MTV, Fremantle Media, Pilgrim Films and Television, Hone, Long Pond Media, Relativity TV, Shed Media, Original Productions and Fortune 500 companies.