During the HPA Supersession on workflows, Tuesday morning presentations included:

–Deluxe’s method of creating new digital 3D masters from old 3D movies, on an affordable budget. The company tested Amityville 3D (1983) and GOG (1954). “We used off the shelf tools as much a possible to keep the costs down,” said Deluxe’s Kari Grubin, explaining that with a workflow that incorporated tools include Smoke and a daVinci, the company was able to keep budgets similar to other 2K restoration work. “Classic 3D is back. We hope in 6-8 months, we’ll be able pop in a Blu-ray and enjoy some of these classic movies.”

–TV series Community’s XDCAM workflow: The stock is more expensive, however this workflow eliminates downconvertion and online. Workflow savings amounts to roughly $13,000 per episode, reported Jake Aust, producer/post.

–TV project “Homeland,” which used Fotokem’s NextLAB mobile file-based workflow system: “I can’t mention it enough: quality control,” Fotokem’s Paul Chapman emphasized of the workflow topic in general. “Homeland” is shooting Alexa on location in North Carolina, recording ProRes 4:4:4. As part of its workflow, Fotokem aims to create a “Manifest,” what Chapman described as a metadata package that describes all of the work done so far to a project.