IRIDAS, makers of the SpeedGrade non-destructive
color grading applications, today announced support across the IRIDAS
product line for the complete Tangent CP200 control panel series favored by
colorists and postproduction artists around the world. Filmmakers can now
use the Tangent CP200 BK trackball panels with SpeedGrade OnSet, and the
full line of Tangent's 200 modular panels with SpeedGrade HD and SpeedGrade
DI.
The Tangent CP200 series offers users an ergonomic, attractive, solidly
constructed solution for controlling color-grading software. The panels
feature precision machined aluminum faceplates, high contrast ratio
displays, and robust high-resolution optical rotary encoders. The modular
approach allows artists to select the panels which best suit their
individual requirements.

The SpeedGrade applications provide a complete color pipeline from
preproduction through finishing by allowing filmmakers to create and share
editable looks as tiny metadata files. The integration with the Tangent
CP200 offers full mapping for the panel inputs including the BK trackball
panel and the TS transport control panel. Artists can customize the mapping
assignments as required, for example to adjust for left or right-handed
users.

"We have followed the development of SpeedGrade with a growing interest."
said Chris Rose, Technical Director at Tangent Devices. "We keep hearing
good things about the applications and we're very pleased that support for
the CP200 panels has now been added."

"Color grading is a tactile experience and so the look and feel of the
hardware really matter," said Lin Kayser, IRIDAS CEO. "We're delighted to be
able to offer our users the option of working with the Tangent control
panels. Colorists need quality and we feel that Tangent controls together
with the SpeedGrade applications offer exactly that: quality."

Visitors to IBC 2007 can see the Tangent panels at work with SpeedGrade DI
at Ciprico (booth 7.907) and with SpeedGrade OnSet at Cine-tal (booth
7.940c). For more information contact IRIDAS at +49 89 330 35 142, IRIDAS
USA at (818) 951-8927, or visit www.speedgrade.com.