As a result of the
agreement, Sonic will offer Digital Vision's image enhancement technologies -
including tools for managing film grain, reducing unwanted electronic noise and
increasing picture sharpness - with its CineVision encoder. The
CineVision/Digital Vision combination will enable authoring facilities to
efficiently master high-definition titles for the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD
formats.
DVO stands for Digital Vision
Optics and is a collection of resolution-independent, software-based image
enhancement tools for fine-tuning image quality. Included in CineVision will be
DVO Grain, which is designed specifically to manage the look of film grain and
to reduce unwanted electronic noise in film or video material. Also to be
included is DVO Aperture, a high-quality spatial filter that increases the
apparent sharpness of the picture. Additional components incorporated from
Digital Vision will enable authors to effectively remove high-frequency noise
and reduce banding. The final component of the suite of tools is DVO Dust which
automatically removes film dust, dirt and scratches.
Sonic CineVision is an encoding system built to tackle the complex encoding
challenges of the next-generation Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD optical disc formats.
The tool has been optimized for pros requiring comprehensive support for a wide
range of input types, including QuickTime, AVI, and DPX image sequences, and
all three of the next-generation HD video codecs: H.264 (AVC), VC-1, and
MPEG-2.