“Mistika is the first genuinely exciting development in DI platforms in a long time. What SGO have created is a truly exciting, powerful and creative tool that has taken Park Road’s capabilities to new levels, and has allowed us to complete some incredibly complex jobs in impossible time frames.”
David Illingworth, Head of DI and Colourist at Park Road Post Production
Mistika Digital Intermediate – Ultimate DI Creativity
Interactive Timeline-based Creativity
Advanced creative tools for all DI and Finishing requirements, including Editing, VFX, Colour Correction, Paint and Keying, with timeline control, real-time review and interactive playback.
Unrivalled Colour Grading Toolset
Multi-level Primary and Secondary colour correction, combined with optical flow processing for grain managment, semaless slow-motion and image restoration.
Truly Open Operational Environment
Open storage infrastructure, sharing standard file formats without import/export or conversion process.
Total Creativity and Technology without Boundaries
Generate the perfect results, at the best quality, within the shortest possible time.
“Using the same system for dailies, QC, screenings and through to final DI is key to our end-to-end colour control and the overall quality of the finished project. We have been able to create a pipeline for feature films that previously wasn’t even on anyone’s roadmap”
David Hollingsworth, Head of DI, Park Road Post Production
Mistika has been chosen as the DI system of choice for the post production of Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”. Functions include a fresh implementation of “printer lights” – a popular tool for many colourists, and support for the new Tangent Devices “Elements” control surface. Mistika now features new and advanced storyboard displays and an innovative “dual head” grading system, allowing the colourist to instantly jump between set locations on the timeline. All features remain constant whether working in 2D or 3D, and at any supported resolution or frame rate.
The Benefits of using Mistika for Digital Intermediate workflows include:
- Above 4K real-time colour grading
Speed is important, especially without compromising quality - Directly compatible with more than 200 native image formats
Start work immediately with no conversion delay, space duplication, or processing time - State-of-the-art colour manipulation tools
Work interactively with tools that provide requirements when demanded with no creative limits - Advanced algorithm de-grain and noise reduction
Lose the unwanted artefacts, but retain the image detail - Powerful motion tracker
Seamlessly follow the action and apply grading and effects only where required - Real-time Optical Quality image scaling
Zoom, format convert, generate multiple deliverables from a single master – with the best optical quality transforms - Soft border windows
Just as powerful as any soft border tools out there but far more superior quality - Optical Flow processing
Track every pixel within an image and then simply change it with the touch of a button! - Colour grade in context with effects
Why would you grade any other way? FG, BG, multiple elements graded individually to ensure the correct end result - Multiple input colour correction
Use effects tools to help define the grade, resulting in refined control colour - Real-time power windows and shapes
Add as many shapes as you need with no damage to system performance - Conforming
Conform direct from external drive, or from pre-loaded media – why wait to start the DI process? - 64 bits true range colour correction
Creativity without technical limits – push as far as you can without issues arising - Native support for RED EPIC, ARRI ALEXA 5K , SI-2K and other data workflows
Real-time direct R3D operation – without transfers or conversions - Support of multiple simultaneous versioning
Work different versions simultaneously to ensure the option to define the perfect outcome - Open environment
Share, exchange, collaborate as teamwork defines the generation of the perfect end result - Total Creativity & Technology without boundaries
No creative limits, no technological restrictions, no dead processing time – generate high quality results within the shortest possible time frame
