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Quantel technology that means business
Quantel is totally dedicated to bringing its users the most powerful and efficient tools for content creation and production in thedigital age. Quantel systems combine industry-leading performance with total scalability in both hardware and software acrosspost production, graphics, digital intermediate, news and sports production for multiple resolution, team-working environments.
Quantel products deliver unrivalled performance, quality and workflow at SD, HD, 2K, 4K and beyond. We achieve this by unitingthe very best of IT technology with super-powered image processing hardware and brilliant software that together deliver anoptimum mix of flexibility, capability and performance. It all results in the kind of productive and profitable workflows that give post houses and broadcasters the edge they need to thrive and grow in today’s highly competitive global media market.
“Quantel is the best provider to help us achieve our goalof digital nirvana – ‘The One Content Universe’.”
Angelos Frangopoulos, CEO, Sky News
A business in a box
eQ works at lightning speed and at the best
quality there is – it’s the perfect machine for
client-attended work. And eQ gets the whole job
done by combining best-of-breed capabilities
in each of four previously separate operations –
which means with eQ, you get four revenue
streams in a single box:
■ Editing
Next generation gestural timeline interface
and comprehensive editing toolset
■ Effects
The whole box of tricks, including the
world’s first multi-view compositor
■ Color correction
Powerful in-context grading with
the QColor™ option
■ Deliverables
The world’s only realtime, multi-format
versioning system with pan-and-scan
New workflows, new business
eQ has the power and versatility to open up
new workflows, markets and opportunities
with creative color correction tools, productive
realtime versioning capabilities and an HD-RGB
option to open the door to Digital Intermediate
work. It’s the ideal workhorse for both
broadcasters and post houses.
An eQ for every application
eQ is available in a variety of configurations –
the multi-resolution HD model, the Pay as you
Go HD version, the richly specified eQ FX post
workhorse and eQ HD-RGB, which lets you work
with all the latest digital acquisition formats.
Great business for post
With its comprehensive editing, effects,
color grading and versioning capabilities,
eQ is the ultimate all-rounder for the post
house. Its enormous power means that
mainstream editing and effects work can
be completed more quickly and profitably,
while eQ’s QColor option can open up a whole
new profitable of business in color correction.
Broadcast Powerhouse
Investing in eQ gives the broadcaster access
to a massive range of capabilities in a single
room. eQ has all the editing and effects
power needed for putting together sparkling
promotions at breathtaking speed. And eQ’s
multi-format deliverables capability means it’s
quick and easy to produce the multitude of
different versions that are so often required.
TimeMagic™
The new TimeMagic option for eQ literally
doubles the system’s processing power,
providing a further massive boost to throughput;
TimeMagic quite simply takes the waiting out
of rendering.
Pay as you Go HD
Pay as you Go HD is a fantastic commercial
innovation from Quantel that gives post houses
and broadcasters a risk-free path to HD. A Pay
as you Go HD eQ costs just 60% of the price
of the ‘always on’ system, with HD input and
output purchased on a weekly or monthly basis.
For the aspiring post house or broadcaster,
Pay as you Go HD makes compelling financial
and business sense, with Quantel taking the
risk while business grows on the back of the
most powerful, productive and versatile post
production system available today.
eQ means business
eQ: one great system - four revenue streamseQ™ is the complete answer for all today’s mainstream post production needs for broadcasters and post houses at SD,HD and mixed resolutions. eQ’s enormous power, open workflow and extraordinarily broad toolset will dramatically increasethroughput on every job, whether it’s commercials, longform, promotions or high-end corporate.
eQ: one great system - four revenue streams
“The eQ has been instrumental in taking us to another level ofpost production. There’s a quickness about this system that helpsme be my very best. I can be more creative because my thoughtsare being translated in the eQ as quickly as I can think.”
Miriam Machado-Cooper, Creative Services Producer, BET Jazz
The DI backbone
For the post house or film lab, iQ offers
multiple revenue streams in a single system,
and that’s why iQ is the backbone of more DI
businesses worldwide than any other system.
New DI workflows
iQ appeals to the director and DoP because
it enables them to do more and have more
control over the realisation of their creative
vision. iQ also appeals strongly to the producer
because it can do more work for less cost
in a shorter timescale.
Putting iQ at the heart of the digital
intermediate workflow brings enormous
benefits to every stage of the production cycle.
Whether the job originates on film or digital
and is destined for either medium, iQ unifies
the film post pipeline.
Assembly/conform
With iQ the editor can work with rushes,
temps, offline and finals, all on the same
timeline – a massive benefit of Quantel’s
unique Resolution Co-existence™. As a job
comes together iQ’s powerful on-board
Paintbox™, effects and compositing tools
allow finessing and complex changes to be
made without the delays and management
headaches of going back to other systems.
Flexible titling and subtitling tools complete
the picture.
Effects/compositing
iQ has a comprehensive effects toolset,
all brilliantly orchestrated by the industry’s
only multi-view compositor, which gives the
iQ operator unparalleled freedom and clarity
in compositing everything from opticals to
complex multi-layer effects. iQ’s superb DVE,
keying, tracking and image processing tools
complete its formidable effects armoury.
Color correction
iQ’s QColor non-linear, in-context grading
option gives total creative freedom with color
at every stage of the post production process.
Its dedicated trackball control panel gives
interactive, full resolution control and allows
unlimited secondary corrections and in-context
grading of multiple layers within composites.
TrailersiQ has all the power and all the tools to enable
editors to create powerful trailers as soon as
the rushes start hitting the machine. It means
the iQ owner can get a bigger slice of the job.
Deliverables
With iQ, work that used to go outside can now
be kept in-house, further increasing revenues
for the iQ owner. The iQ DI workflow makes
it easier to make the movie and all the many
versions that are always required, adding
another profitable revenue stream to the post
house or film lab’s ratecard.
iQ means business
iQ: the only DI business model that works and worksiQ™ delivers the only DI business model that works and works; that’s why a staggering 700 movies have already benefited fromthe extraordinary power of iQ, the world’s number one DI system. No other system comes close to iQ’s power or capabilities,which cover the entire DI spectrum from pre-vis, assembly/conform, effects and grading to titles, trailers, deliverables andrestoration – total DI. All this with realtime, full resolution operation right up to 4K.
iQ: the only DI business model that works and works
“The iQ is a great machine. It allows us to provide the bestproduct possible in the DI service market. The iQ integrates allof the requirements of doing DI in a single box.”
Bill Schultz, Senior Vice President and General Manager, FotoKem
Next generation technology
Pablo is a totally integrated, super-powerful,
in-context, non-linear color correction
environment that brings more creative, more
productive and more profitable ways of
working to post and DI from SD to 4K.
Realtime 4K
Pablo is the first system to offer realtime
operation up to 4K resolution with a toolset
that not only covers the full gamut of in-context
color correction needs with its dedicated
head-up controls, but also enables these to be
used interactively with the full iQ/eQ toolset.
That means color correction can take its
rightful place in the mainstream of post
production, alongside assembly/conform,
effects, titles, repair/restoration and
deliverables production.
By colorists, for colorists
Pablo has been designed by colorists,
for colorists. Over the two years since Quantel
introduced its ground-breaking QColor
in-context color grading facility for iQ and
eQ, there has been a continuing dialog with
some of the world’s leading colorists that
has led to Pablo, the next generation color
grading environment.
All new, all powerful
In creating Pablo, Quantel’s engineers went
back to the heart of the machine and rebuilt
the system from the ground up to meet all
the needs of colorists head-on. The result is
massively increased power and no waiting
for rendering thanks to TimeMagic, coupled
with brilliant head-up ergonomics and
super-rich toolset that make color correction
a fast, creative and highly versatile process.
Pablo for the DI business
Color grading sits right at the heart of today’s
digital intermediate process. It requires
the combination of interactive working at
resolutions right up to 4K and a toolset that
covers every conceivable aspect of color
control. Pablo does it all:
■ State-of-the-art non-linear, in-context
color correction
■ Fabulously efficient workflow
■ All-round DI capabilities
■ Instant 2K and 4K working
■ World’s first true 4K system
■ Full quality, no-proxy operation
Pablo for the Post business
Bringing the DI workflow to post with Pablo
gives the post house a powerful weapon to win
more core business while maintaining rates
and opening new markets too. The DI workflow
can be applied to all work that originates on
film, from commercials to dramas. The secret
is in scanning and carrying out all post work
at high resolution, only converting to the
target format(s) at output time. The benefits
are enormous:
■ Greater efficiency – telecine freed for
next project as soon as technical scan
complete
■ Color correction carried out in context –
greater freedom, better results
■ Keys and composites much more precise
and so better-looking
■ Highest quality versioning for deliverables
with realtime pan-and-scan
■ Full original film quality maintained
for cinema projection
Pablo means business
Pablo: next generation non-linear color correctionPablo™ is the next major step forward in color correction technology – a complete, state-of-the-art color grading solution that bringstogether the best of two worlds – and adds more than a touch of magic too. Pablo is a unique combination of the most powerfulimage processing hardware on the planet with the enormous flexibility of the world’s most versatile color correction software – all perfectly blended with the Quantel heritage of quality, performance and interactivity.
Pablo: next generation non-linear color correction
“I give it more gas and Pablo responds very nicely. The hardwarenever bogs the engine down. The Pablo and iQ pair up andintegrate into the most powerful creative color grading andfinishing station I’ve seen.”
Rick Unger, DI Colorist, Milagro Post
Returns not risk
Newsbox is a complete, self-contained system
that arrives tested and proven – ready to go
on air within just a few hours straight out of
the box. Newsbox offers every facility of the
largest customized systems. It is available
in SD and HD versions; in short, Newsbox
is a risk free passport to all the benefits of
integrated digital news production.
Workflow not wrangling
With seven configurations in the range, there’s
a Newsbox that will very closely match your
station’s workflow aspirations. Going digital
doesn’t mean emulating a tape-based set-up;
with Newsbox you can have a smarter,
more efficient workflow that enables you
to maximise your resources – both human
and technical. And all without the worries,
delays and risks of customized technology.
A complete system in a box
All Newsboxes are complete, fully integrated
systems that include ingest controllers, a mix
of newsroom and craft editing workstations,
and playout and media management.
The package also includes all the necessary
Quantel and PC hardware, all the software,
the network switch and even the cables;
just the normal power, video & network
connections and monitoring are all that
are required to complete the installation.
Better stories, more easily
Newsbox uses the same progressive view/
edit/craft software that is found in all Quantel
sQ systems. The interface and toolset is the
most user-friendly and easily mastered in
the industry; a journalist can be confidently
cutting stories with just a few hours’ training,
while craft editors who have worked with
a non-linear system before will take to it
immediately. Even those with only experience
of linear editing systems quickly grasp its
intuitive way of working. It all adds up to more
creatively packaged, better told stories on-air
faster – so helping to build and maintain
audiences.
The Newsbox advantage
■ Faster – the shortest flight time to air
■ Better – Quantel quality: simply the best
■ Smarter – re-package stories
instantaneously to give every bulletin
a fresh look
■ Easier – the toolset is easily mastered by
journalists with no prior video knowledge
■ Cheaper – server-based production is
no longer a major systems purchase
Newsbox means business
Newsbox: the complete news system in a boxNewsbox™ makes the transition to digital a painless, fast and immediately rewarding experience for broadcasters – and now withthe introduction of Newsbox HD, another previously daunting leap has become just a short step too. Quantel has poured all itshuge experience in digital news systems into the development of Newsbox. The result is a range of systems that are products,not projects. With Newsbox, you start reaping all the benefits immediately – instant payback.
Newsbox: the complete news system in a box
“The Newsbox is a complete system yet it comes ready builtand tested so it’s ready to go. The price is within the range thata small TV station such as ours can afford but still has all thefacilities we will need in the future.”
Rumen Artarski, Managing Director, TV7
The system of choice
sQ has proved itself in every scale of broadcast
operations, from local TV stations with just a
handful of journalists and editors to national and
supra-national news and sports broadcasters
with hundreds of simultaneous users.
Built for the job
Every sQ system is custom-designed and built
to meet each broadcaster’s individual HD/SD
workflow, scale, connectivity and operational
needs. But what they all have in common is
proven, totally scalable, open technology that
gets news and sports programming to air
faster, more reliably and at higher quality than
any other system available. Journalists and
editors love the progressive, easy to master
user interface; news directors value the
freedom sQ brings; engineers love its ability
to seamlessly bridge IT and broadcast; sQ
systems make compelling economic sense
whatever the size of the station.
Flexible server technology
At the heart of every sQ system is the
sQ server – combining the flexibility of
IT technology and broadcast’s next-frame
imperatives in a best of both worlds package
that offers performance and connectivity
way beyond any other server in the world.
Underpinning the sQ server is Quantel’s
unique FrameMagic™ technology, which gives
simultaneous, copy-free, true random access
to multiple users, guarantees the security
of edited material and massively simplifies
media management.
Powerful database management
Quantel’s Integrated server architecture (ISA)
is a single overarching database that covers
the entire sQ system, whether it is based on
a single or multiple servers. ISA also locks
together broadcast and browse resolution
material so that edit decisions made on the
journalist’s desktop are instantly ready to
go to air with the full resolution material.
Because ISA does all the complicated
management entirely within the sQ system,
it makes interoperability with outside systems,
whether newsroom, automation or archive,
a simple proposition – a boon for the system
integrator, and offering far greater system
reliability to the broadcaster.
Open windows to the world
Success in broadcasting today is about
serving every potential media stream with
timely, attractively packaged material. sQ’s
Power Portals provide transparent interfaces
for content and metadata to a huge array
of partner companies’ applications, covering
every aspect of TV, web, mobile and archive.
All the tools
sQ includes a comprehensive range of
consistent, progressive editing software with
a common user interface; only the toolset
varies according to the needs of each user.
sQ View is for simple shot selection and can
be learnt in minutes. sQ Cut adds simple but
powerful editing tools, sQ Edit brings a richly
featured toolset to the journalist’s desktop
for more proficient users and sQ Edit Plus is
the full-powered craft editor for sophisticated
effects and finishing work. And of course
there’s the Paintbox and Picturebox sQ
for every aspect of graphics creation
and management.
sQ means business
sQ: core broadcast production technologyQuantel’s sQ™ is the system of choice for integrated digital broadcast production. sQ technology is powering the news andsports production operations of many of the world’s greatest broadcasters – BBC, ESPN, NRK, The Seven Network, Sky and TV3 to name just a few.
sQ: core broadcast production technology
“sQ is the fastest news system out there... and it’s incredibly flexible.”
Geir Børdalen, Head of News Technology, NRK
Open for business
Quantel understands that in today’s highly
complex broadcasting landscape, no one
supplier has all the answers. sQ systems
are infinitely scalable and adaptable to meet
changing needs as they arise, and are proven
in service around the world interfaced with
a greater variety of newsroom computer,
automation and archive systems than
server-based systems from any other supplier.
sQ systems also support a massive array
of video and file acquisition formats as well
as TV, web and mobile playout.
HD now – or tomorrowThe ability to work with HD material is designed
into the very fabric of sQ technology. So
whether your station needs HD now or a clear
future HD upgrade path, sQ is the logical
choice. And of course, sQ works now with
all the latest HD acquisition formats, from
XDCAM HD and P2 HD to HDV – whatever
the format, the sQ workflow lets you make
the very most of it.
ZoneMagic™
Collaborative working between sister stations
is now the norm. Quantel’s brilliant ZoneMagic
is the perfect collaborative production
workflow technology, giving total operational
flexibility to leverage content between different
users/stations whether across the same
office, building, city, country or continent –
in SD and HD too.
Business focused outputMaking the most of valuable content and
metadata is vital to business success.
sQ’s fantastic versioning tools make Triple
Play a fast and straightforward proposition –
servicing a station’s TV, website and mobile
audiences with attractively packaged, up to
the minute content via sQ Power Portals into
a partner company’s specialist application.
Making the most of your assetsBeing able to quickly re-package and sell
on stories to other media owners has become
an increasingly important revenue stream
for broadcasters. sQ systems’ ability to store
uncommitted material means that a clean
version can be instantly output ready for
onwards sale, enabling the sQ owner to extract
maximum returns from valuable content.
ArchiveNews and sports archives are not only
an essential resource for giving context to
breaking stories, they are also a valuable
source of revenue for broadcasters. Here
again, sQ has field-proven ability to exchange
content and metadata with archive systems
from all the leading suppliers using industry-
standard MXF.
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Artbeats
ATTO
Autocue
Automatic Duck
Blue Order
Bright Systems
Dalet
DayPort
Digital Praxis
Dixon Sports
DNF Controls
Force10
Front Porch Digital
Harris
HiTech
IBIS
Imagica
Imagineer
iNews
Kodak
NSD
Omnibus
Omnitek
Panasonic
Pathfire
PixelNation
Pro-Bel
Pro-MPEG Forum
Rhozet
Screen SubtitlingSystems
SGL
SMPTE
Sony
Speedsix
Sundance Digital
Telestream
VDS
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sQ means business
sQ: connected thinking for the connected worldsQ is the world’s most advanced and capable server-based production system, but it is when sQ works in concert with the manyother systems and applications required by the broadcaster, that its full benefits are realised.
sQ: connected thinking for the connected world
“We chose Quantel because we wanted a solution to do close-to-air post production better than any competitor; today,you simply have to show a difference, and the sQ has given usthe edge we need.”
Peter de Vink, Business Unit Manager – Post Production, UBF
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