Mastering DCP, Blu-ray, DVD, H264

For each type of deliverable, Charbon has its own mastering procedures, developed over the course of the films and their specific challenges.
Real-time human verification is systematic, providing peace of mind and security.
The Quality Control (QC) report, signed by the operator, is given to the customer.

The DCP, enduring and world-wide norm for digital cinema, has replaced 35 mm prints in cinemas.
Charbon gets the best out of it in terms of quality, reliability, flexibility, and protection. All about DCP mastering
We systematically check DCPs on DCI-approved servers and projectors.

Blu-ray represents a revolution in the history of cinema: for the first time the quality of a medium destined for the general public is close to that of the master.
Charbon's Blu-Ray mastering, gives a quality equivalent to HDCAM, fairly close to DCP: this was the observation made twice in front of a packed house at the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique, on 31 January and 6 March 2012, and again at the Kask in Ghent on 19 February 2014 (Projection Screening Formats).
Find the Blu-ray entry in the projection media guide.

Advanced techniques of compression, downscaling and debanding make it is possible to get the best out of the most venerable and widespread digital distribution media
The procedures have been improved as difficulties have been encountered, and the difference with ordinary mastering is visible, particularly in difficult scenes.
Find the DVD entry in the projection media guide.

For online viewing, Charbon offers an uncluttered, high-performance, secure, multilingual, multi-definition web space with very high connectivity. Hosting of ordered H264 masters is offered, with no limits.
H264 is also a projection medium, competing with Blu-ray for screenings in small cinemas. The encoding adapts to the different specifications of festivals, maximising quality and reliability while respecting weight limits.
At Kask in Ghent on 19 February 2014, we demonstrated the potential of H264 in public, projecting the same images in DCP and then in H264 (read on a simple consumer player).
Find the H264 entry in the projection media guide.

DI consists in digitising film to work on the image (scan or telecine), then return to a silver-based emulsion film (shoot).
Charbon chooses a kinescoping method, colour grades, renders the film in maximum quality and supervises the work of the lab.
All our film feedback has been good from copy 0 or 1. Today we work mainly with Filmik. What a paradox it is to see the industry falling into disuse, when it has never been so beautiful and reliable!

The film is available in different versions adapted to its audience, in DCP, Blu-ray or DVD
Dubbed or subtitled versions, with the distributor's logo, location of titles…