Shooters Post & Transfer chooses Snell & Wilcox Niagra HD

Snell & Wilcox has announced that Shooters Post & Transfer, a Philadelphia-based postproduction firm, is using the Snell & Wilcox Niagra high definition noise and grain management system to provide a smooth, clean look for projects ranging from feature films to commercial spots and material for corporate, industrial, and political markets.
"The Niagra serves as a multifunctional noise reduction unit for HD and SD, making it easy for us to work with both formats without switching between two separate types of noise reducers," said Bob Pyle, Director of Engineering at Shooters Post & Transfer. "We really like the way it handles the picture. It gives us an infinite window of how much noise reduction we apply and gives us immediate results that allows for very fine adjustments. We can give our clients a cleaner, sharper product without losing the special look and feel of film."
Film grain and noise problems are much more significant in high definition productions than in standard definition work because the resolution of the format is more revealing and viewer expectations are much higher. Through seamless integration with da Vinci's 2K colour corrector, the Snell & Wilcox Niagra allows Shooters Post & Transfer to produce material that looks pristine in HD and SD alike.
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