London — Digital animation and visual effects studio, Animal Logic, has installed two Baselight grading systems in its Sydney head office. The company – whose credits range from The Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge to Captain America: Civil War and the series of LEGO movies – also has operations in Los Angeles and Vancouver.

Animal Logic has replaced their existing DI suites with a Baselight two grading system as well as a Baselight ONE, each with Blackboard control panels. There is also a Baselight assist station for file preparation and rendering of final deliverables, and all systems are linked to a 160TB flux Store, FilmLight’s high-speed media server with full multi-GPU rendering options.

“Baselight has always been in Animal Logic’s peripheral vision. There is an increasing sense that it has become the new industry standard with a very reliable toolset that most colourists can just jump on and use,” said Alex Timbs, Head of IT at Animal Logic. “This proven toolset, combined with the FLUX Store, provided a turnkey solution entirely configured by FilmLight so we could just slide into production with ease.

Timbs concluded, “One of the real differentiators for us is the people that support FilmLight – the level of professionalism, and understanding of the science of making movies and colour, is at a level which very few could match. There’s a level of trust in FilmLight’s brand, and in the products and the people.”