Digital Vision is to introduce a sub-£30k colour grading system that it hopes will be a major competitor for Assimilate’s Scratch.

The mid-range Nucoda Fuse will include some, but not all, of the toolset of the high-end Nucoda FilmMaster system and work with a cut-down version of its grading panel.

It will run on Windows 7 and is available as a software-only product, although certain hardware elements are required for professional colour grading.

Including software, hardware, relevant storage and a grading panel, Fuse will retail for around £40k.

Product manager Bruno Munger said: “Fuse is ideal for small facilities who don’t want to open a huge grading suite but still want to do professional work up to and including dailies or a full DI job.”

Fuse, which is currently in beta, will be available from 27 July.

At the same time Digital Vision has re-badged its range of grading systems.

There are now four grading products: Nucoda Compose (an ingest, conform and edit technology), Nucoda Fuse, Nucoda HD and Nucoda FilmMaster.

Prices have also been dropped with the FilmMaster costing from $90K.

Digital Vision vice president of marketing Martin Bennett said: “Whilst we have been highly regarded for our premium solutions this new product range allows customers at all levels to benefit from our technology.”

A new software release is also planned for 27 July that will include a new colour isolation module called I-Keyer, an interactive background renderer called Turbine and various stereoscopic 3D tools and viewing modes.

Support for Arri’s Alexa camera is also included.

Digital Vision’s Phoenix restoration system is also subject to new versions. The line-up is now:

  • Phoenix Finish – an end-to-end restoration, re-mastering and delivery system.
  • Phoenix Refine – a mid-range product that will provide a complete toolset for image restoration and enhancement
  • Phoenix Touch – an entry-level technology that will provide automated and manual image clean up and retouch. 

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