User guide

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Introduction

This document describes the optionally available DCI Mastering feature

of CLIPSTER and the steps that are required to create a DCP successful-

ly.

The CLIPSTER DCI Mastering feature allows you to create digital con-

tent which adheres to the standards formulated by the Society of Mo-

tion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), and thus widely to the

specifications as originally formulated by Digital Cinema Initiatives

(DCI). With it you will be able to take the D-Cinema steps from DSM

to DCP over CPL and KDM with ease.

With the CLIPSTER DCI Mastering feature you can generate a Digital

Cinema Package (DCP) from a Digital Source Master (DSM) directly in

one step. However, all intermediate steps, such as a Digital Cinema Dis-

tribution Master (DCDM) or JPEG2000 encoded files, can be generated

as well. For all this the DVS software provides the comprehensive digital

cinema delivery tool which will lead you through the different configu-

rations step by step.

Truly beneficial is the possibility to load and adapt an already created

DCP. With this you cannot only quality check the final result or create

additional KDMs, for example, for future releases, but you can create

different versions of a DCP, for instance, for localizations of a feature

film. Additionally, you will be able to handle 3D material in the timeline

and thus to create stereoscopic digital cinema content.

Any renderings which may be necessary during the creation of an inter-

mediate result or the final DCP will be supported by additional hard-

ware (such as the CLIPSTER JPEG2000 accelerator board), enabling

you, for example, to generate JPEG2000 encoded 12-bit X’Y’Z’ files in

near or even faster than real time.