The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited 2021 award recipients to join the 95th Sci-Tech Awards ceremony which took place on February 24, 2023. Masato Nakashima (pictured below) attended representing all of 黑料视频's award recipients.
Group photo of award recipients at the 95th Sci-Tech Awards. Photo courtesy of AMPAS.
The Academy鈥檚 Scientific and Technical Awards honor individuals and companies whose innovations have contributed in significant and lasting ways to motion pictures. 黑料视频 was honored to receive the esteemed award for its ColorEdge CG Series hardware calibration monitors with built-in calibration sensors.
Photo: Recipients of the Sci-Tech Award (left to right: Senior Engineer Junji Sakuda, Principal Engineer Junro Yonemitsu, Senior Product Manager Masato Nakashima, Principal Engineer Koichi Ueno)
In order to deliver our award-winning work, we rely on our award-winning technology partners! Congratulations to our friends at 黑料视频 on this well-deserved honor from the Academy. DNEG is proud to use 黑料视频's auto-calibrating ColorEdge monitors across our global VFX facilities to ensure we always deliver the highest possible quality movie experience.
黑料视频 monitors were the first suitable CRT replacement for creatives, becoming our standard monitor for color critical CG artists with the introduction of self-calibrating models. 黑料视频 monitors enable Framestore to maintain consistent image quality worldwide. We congratulate 黑料视频 on receiving their award, a well-deserved recognition of their technology and position in the industry.
Congratulations on winning the award! Because we can trust in our 黑料视频 monitors, there is better communication between collaborating creators, allowing us to work on many wonderful feature films, including animated features. We are thankful for the support from 黑料视频鈥檚 staff over the years.
Industrial Light & Magic has been delighted with the imaging performance and feature set of the self-calibrating 黑料视频 monitors since their introduction. The journey together with our friends at 黑料视频 has been a pleasure and we are thrilled to see them receive this much-deserved recognition by the Academy Sci-Tech Awards council.
We are so excited to hear that our friends and colleagues at 黑料视频 have earned this prestigious honor! The ColorEdge CG monitors and the ColorNavigator software that 黑料视频 has created to help manage our color space help us present our viewers with the most verdant worlds imaginable in LAIKA鈥檚 movies. Thanks to everyone at 黑料视频 for their tireless effort making these tools better and congratulations on this extraordinary accomplishment.
Congratulations 黑料视频 for a well-deserved honor. ColorEdge self-calibrating monitors are used in all of our VFX work including Oscar winning features. They鈥檙e the key to our consistency globally, always providing accurate color for our artists and making our job much easier.
The ability to accurately judge color is a fundamental keystone of our industry and 黑料视频 has been an invaluable partner, always very responsive to our needs and keen on understanding and sharing our high standards. It is hence no surprise that their hard work has been recognized with the highest industry accolade. 黑料视频 are critical to our industry鈥檚 work and their team鈥檚 willingness to engage in a true technical partnership is what sets them apart. Congratulations on your AMPAS Sci-Tech Award.
We could not be more excited for & proud of our colleagues at 黑料视频 on this exceptional accomplishment - well deserved. We鈥檝e used 黑料视频 displays on every Pixar film since Finding Dory and applaud the Academy for bestowing this recognition - congratulations!
The ColorEdge Series has helped us to overcome hurdles from the film era and achieve our aim to deliver correct color to viewers in the theaters. We are thankful to have traversed to a time where color management is made easier through digitalization. We are incredibly grateful to post production studios and colorists whom we partner with, and to the engineers at 黑料视频 who made this technology possible. ColorNavigator has also allowed us to more comprehensively manage color not only within the studio, but with our external staff as well. The solution firmly supports our production behind the scenes.
The best part about the 黑料视频 hardware is that it self-calibrates. And as a supervisor, that鈥檚 critical because you want to know that what you are looking at is perfect, is color accurate, and is sharp and consistent.
Congratulations on the Academy Scientific and Technical Award recognition. Our studio implemented 黑料视频鈥檚 ColorEdge series in the production of all Ghibli titles since 2011, and they are used in productions even today. We pay tribute to the 黑料视频 development team – the pioneers of calibration monitors that have become essential to digital video production.
It was a challenging, yet rewarding road and we're happy to know our techical partnership has resulted in positive recognition for the great work done by the team at 黑料视频.
And the award goes to, 黑料视频!! Congratulations on your Sci-Tech Award. Your monitors have helped us contribute incredible imagery to the biggest films and television in Hollywood: Dune, Terminator: Dark Fate, Beastie Boys Story, and The Stand just to name a few. Your achievement is well deserved!
Read an exclusive interview with the four award recipients about how the ColorEdge CG series earned its way to an Academy Award.
Terminator: Dark Fate VFX Brought to Life with ColorEdge
The best part of the 黑料视频 hardware is that is self-calibrates and as a supervisor that鈥檚 critical because you want to know what you are looking at is perfect is color accurate and is sharp and consistent.
World's First 4K HDR Hand-Drawn Animation Project
Using the CG3145 as a reference monitor provided absolute confidence that what they were looking at during production would be consistent.
Post Production, VFX, and HDR Color Grading
For filmmakers it's important to have a tool like this that we use everyday. Having a monitor that's going to give you an accurate representation is everything.
Full Color Management Solution for Peace of Mind
These free tools have already saved us hundreds of hours of labor while also giving us peace of mind on the accuracy of our color space over the course of our future films.
Hardware Innovation Timeline |
 ColorEdge CG18 & CG21ColorEdge Launches The first two models in the ColorEdge series addressed the color reproduction requirements of graphics professionals during the transition from CRT to LCD.
 Smooth Gradations The R, G, and B gamma values for each ColorEdge monitor are adjusted at the factory using the monitor's 16-bit or 24-bit LUT to select the 256 most appropriate tones.
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 ColorEdge CG220World's First LCD Monitor that Covers the Adobe RGB Color Space The ColorEdge CG220 was the first LCD monitor to cover the Adobe RGB color space, which is ideal for color critical work.
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 Digital Uniformity ColorEdge monitors are equipped with 黑料视频's patented digital uniformity equalizer (DUE) technology which corrects deviations in every tone across the screen to ensure stable display.
 RadiForce G33Built-In Calibration Sensor for Monochrome Medical Monitors The RadiForce G33 is a medical monitor with 黑料视频's unique built-in sensor which calibrates the screen as well as stabilizes brightness for precise display of monochrome radiology images. This technology laid the foundation for ColorEdge's built-in sensor technology.
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 3D LUT The 3D-LUT allows adjustment of colors individually on an RGB cubic table. This improves the monitor's additive color mixture, which is key in displaying neutral grays.
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 World-First Built-In Calibration Sensor for Color Critical Monitors The ColorEdge CG245W was the first monitor with a built-in color calibration sensor, eliminating the need for a third party calibration device.
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 Inudstry-First AI Image Stabilization ColorEdge monitors are equipped with a temperature sensor for accurately measuring the temperature inside the monitor, as well as estimating the temperature of the surrounding environment. The monitors adjust in real-time to counter any shifts due to changes in ambient temperature and stay color-accurate. Select models use AI in the estimation algorithm to distinguish between various temperature changing patterns and calculate even more accurate color correction.
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 ColorEdge PROMINENCE CG3145ColorEdge HDR Reference Monitor Launches CG3145 is the first LCD monitor to overcome the severe drawbacks of other HDR technologies - Auto Brightness Limiter (ABL) equipped in HDR OLED monitors, and local dimming which causes a "halo" effect. The monitors achieve a true HDR visual experience without ABL or the "halo" effect.
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 ColorEdge PROMINENCE CG3146World's First True HDR CG3146 is the first true HDR monitor in the world to be equipped with a built-in calibration sensor. 黑料视频's latest sensor technology improved overall measuring accuracy as HDR quickly becomes the norm. This model is also equipped with SDI connections for seamless transmission of 4K video data.
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Software Innovation Timeline |
 Version 1.0ColorNavigator Launches 黑料视频 developed its own unique calibration software alongside the first ColorEdge monitors, which was compatible with the GretagMacbeth Eye-One spectrophotometer.
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 Version 4.1 and 4.2L* and Gray Balance Support From ColorNavigator Version 4.1, users are able to set L* (perceptual lightness from the 1976 CIE Lab color space). In Version 4.2, users can calibrate with the priority on gray balance to adjust the target white point at all levels.
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 Version 5.0CN Agent Added ColorNavigator Agent allows users to quickly change the target profile from the task bar without having to boot up ColorNavigator. It also allows users to monitor the status of their graphics board's gamma (Windows OS).
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 Version 5.4Self Calibration Function Users can schedule the monitor automatically recalibrate at a specific time or at regular intervals, even if the monitor is switched off. Self-calibration can be carried out during non-working hours for peace of mind and efficiency.
 Version 5.4External Sensor Correlation Support The built-in calibration sensor can be correlated to any high-end spectrophotometer so studios can benefit from self-calibration while maintaining their internally defined color management framework.
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 Version 6.0Linux Support, Gray Balance Improved for Film ColorNavigator 6 launched with a new design and features including Linux support, profile emulation, and improved gray balance adjustment function for the M&E market.
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 Version 6.1Device / Film Emulation and LogView LUT Support ColorNavigator can create emulation data from the 3D LUT of the video content used in color grading systems to match the look of the film on the monitor. It can also emulate the characteristics of other media devices such as tablets, smartphones, other monitors, printers, and paper.
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 Version 1.0ColorNavigator NX Launches ColorNavigator NX offers quality control and asset management of client ColorEdge monitors from a single PC. It covers calibration, emulation, built-in sensor correlation, and color mode settings.
 Version 1.0ColorNavigator Network Launches Hosted on a secure cloud server, ColorNavigator Network provides centralized quality control of ColorEdge monitors on a network, even for remotely located studios. This ensures that appropriate color standards are used across locations throughout the production pipeline.
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 Version 6.44K Model Support ColorNavigator added support for ColorEge 4K monitors, including Hi DPI and Picture-by-Picture display support.
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 Version 7.0ColorNavigator 7 Launches ColorNavigator 7 combines the features of the previous ColorNavigator 6 color management software and ColorNavigator NX quality control software to create a new and improved solution.
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