London-based S.G.O., a developer of solutions for the post production and broadcast industries, has announced that the new version 4 of Mistika, including powerful 3-D stereoscopic capability will be demonstrated on stand C11, hall 7 at IBC. 3-D footage courtesy of Concrete, Axis Films and Can Communicate will be used to demonstrate Mistika's extensive toolset.
Mistika is a powerful solution for high-end timeline based editing, conforming, compositing, image restoration, multi-mastering and colour grading. All tasks can be accomplished interactively, and also evaluated in their global context in real time. Mistika seamlessly combines infinite layer compositing with feature film quality colour grading using a client-friendly timeline structure. Other manufacturers segment these abilities into separate products but SGO combines all those capabilities and functions together in Mistika, thereby enabling users to offer their clients a complete one stop solution.
Mistika's impressive speed is a major strength as well as its timeline. S.G.O. has optimised Mistika to a level that far exceeds its competitors. An area Mistika also excels in is its open structure, allowing easy interfacing to other products. Many other manufacturers like to talk about the openness of their systems, but Mistika really delivers a truly open environment. The system can work natively in a S.A.N. infrastructure while sharing standard format files, without any import/export process required for coping with other open systems.
Mistika provides high quality real time conversions between 4K, 2K, HD, SD. It literally has no resolution limits. While competitors are just arriving at the 4K landmark, for SGO 4K is already history. The new Mistika 64-bit-system (running on Linux of course) provides realistic production times even for 8K projects. All the standard output formats like PAL/NTSC SDI, HD-SDI RGB 4:4:4, 2K DVI output, 4K HDSL and even 3-D stereo dual HD-SDI can be supported.
Pixelution is the specialist S.G.O. Reseller of Mistika in the U.K. For further information concerning Mistika in the U.K., visit Pixelution's website at www.pixelution.co.uk.
