Chimney Group Continues Global Expansion with DaVinci Resolve Studio

Blackmagic Design has
today announced that Chimney Group, one of Europe’s largest post production
facilities, has continued to invest in DaVinci Resolve Studio as part of its
rapid expansion into regions including the US, South East Asia,
and Australia.

Founded by producer
Henric Larsson in 1995, Chimney rapidly formed a reputation for offering
pioneering post production services in Stockholm. Today, it boasts
a global footprint that spans more than 400 employees across 14 offices in
nine different countries, including cities such as Los Angeles (LA), Singapore,
Berlin and Sydney.

The Chimney Group has
now standardized its entire finishing workflow around the non-linear editor and
color correction platform. “We have used a variety of finishing tools
in the past, but nothing comes close to Resolve’s speed and efficiency. It’s
a killer solution for us,” says Chimney Group’s Henric Larsson.

Adding: “We see
ourselves as a creative factory, and with ever decreasing timelines
required to get a project to market, using it ensures a more
efficient workflow from onset DIT through to conform, color, and delivery.
Not only can we support ACEs color management, IMF delivery, and HDR
mastering from one box, but the NLE toolset opens up some interesting options
in the future.”

Easy access to top
talent for new studio openings, such as Chimney’s latest 6,000 square foot
office in New York, was another reason for the shift. With eight suites for
editing and grading alongside a visual effects pen, the new studio is the
perfect modern platform for servicing a client roster that boasts
Unilever, ESPN and Microsoft.

“With multi-platform
support, it has become an industry standard for finishing, which means we find
it much easier acquiring the right creative and technical talent,” Henric
continues. “Also, we can use Resolve’s remote grading capabilities to access
existing talent within our international footprint and deploy those
capabilities wherever our clients need it.”

The Chimney Group are
strong proponents of what Blackmagic Design is doing to make creative tools
such as DaVinci Resolve more accessible. “Being freely available means more and
more creatives are cutting their teeth on DaVinci Resolve who might not have
done so otherwise,” concludes Henrik. “The more accessible the paintbrush is,
the more talent our clients and we will have access to in the future.
Everybody wins.”

About
Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design
creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film
cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live
production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film
scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast
industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched
a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the
company’s Emmy award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated
the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground
breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D
and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers,
Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia.
For more information, please go towww.blackmagicdesign.com.