Warner goes digital to bring new life to films

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Hollywood's shift away from celluloid continued on Tuesday as Warner Brothers Entertainment revealed its film editing and archives have gone digital.

Warner said it worked with US computer giant Hewlett-Packard to build a sophisticated digital editing "infrastructure" used to craft recently-released "Oceans 13" and rejuvenate classics such as "The Wizard of Oz."

"It is part of our studio mandate to create a digital end-to-end system," a Warner spokesman told AFP. "Every studio will go there if they are not there already."

Warner says its editors use HP Media Storage to access digitized raw film via their computers to manipulate sound tracks, special effects or other aspects in a way that cuts costs while providing quality on par with...