TUNNEL is one of only two facilities in North America with the Cinevator®five, a breakthrough digital film recorder that can fulfill all your film output needs. The Cinevator is proven technology that sets new standards for what film recording and printing is about: real time speed, unsurpassed image quality, exceptional product versatility and new workflows especially suited for small to medium sized productions.

Now you can forget about negative intermediate, interpositive, internegative and sound negatives - go straight to print film in one step! With the Cinevator® you can turn a digital master into 35mm positive print film including sound and subtitles - all in real time. This is perfect for limited releases, premium prints and festival screenings. If you want to record to negative intermediate and then use your normal process, there is no easier or faster way to do it than with the Tunnel and the Cinevator®.

In addition to all the advantages of Direct-to-Print, The Cinevator® also records negative and positive images directly onto the relevant Kodak, or Fujifilm negative intermediate, interpositive or positive p rint film. 

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The CINEVATOR Workflow

   FAST   The Cinevator® runs every job in real time, 24 fps.  20 minutesof content will take 20 minutes to record or print.

   VERSATILE    The Cinevator® handles a large variety of different image, sound and subtitle formats onto almost any film stock.

   HIGH QUALITY    The Cinevator® consistently produces first generation prints that are sharper and cleaner than traditional optical prints.

DIRECT TO PRINT

The Cinevator® Direct-to-Print represents a breakthrough in speed, image quality, performance and reliability.  Direct-to-Print is the process of striking release prints with sound and subtitles from a digital master directly onto positive print film. This process eliminates the traditional steps associated with intermediate negative recording, sound negative recording, optical printing and laser subtitling to bring out the final release print.

Direct-to-Print meets demands for faster turnaround times and transfer-to-film services at lower costs with enhanced quality.

INTERMEDIATE RECORDING

The Cinevator® offers supreme color fidelity, image uniformity, dynamic range and recording speed on intermediate film stock. It records in real time (24 fps) razor-sharp and crisp images without flare or noise and outperforms any other recording technology on the market.