After the first film created with a full digital intermediate (DI) — O Brother, Where Art Thou? — debuted in 2000, the DI was an exclusive process, lavished only on the kind of Hollywood studio projects that demanded high-end finishing. As tools improved, and as filmmakers saw the kind of creative control that was possible, the DI spawned a new culture, changing cinema production as well as post. Creative decisions up and down the filmmaking pipeline began to be influenced by the technology and art of the DI, which has become the most flexible of final online tools. Along with digital cinematography, the DI is a watershed marking a transformation of old-line studio production that’s also moving well into indie film culture.
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