Services
Audio Post
At Pillar 2 Post we pride ourselves in the quality of the audio work that we produce. When finishing audio for broadcast television, the producer is forced into a tight box of technical requirements. We have the tools and the talent to insure that a program leaving our shop will sound as good or better than it did when it arrives. Importantly, it will also meet the technical requirements of the broadcast venue.
Pillar 2 Post features ProTools HD for audio sweetening. We add an extra sparkle to program audio, when necessary, using a variety of plug-ins including Sound Soap and Minnetonka Surcode Dolby surround encoding.
Dolby E 5.1+2 encoding and decoding is accomplished using the Dolby DP571 and DP572 encoder and decoder.
The top of the line Aphex 2020 Mk3 limiter is use to bring the dial norm of a final program mix into spec. without adverse effect on the audio dynamics.
Editing
Pillar 2 Post specializes in final preparation of programs for broadcast, particularly those destined for Public Television. Our edit suites are geared toward making extraordinary programs brilliant and technically perfect. Our staff of editors and technicians receives training every week to keep up with the latest technical specifications and equipment needed to meet those specs.
Pillar 2 Post is equipped with two linear digital edit suites featuring Ross Synergy switchers, Videotek color correction and VTMs, Editware controllers and GP consoles.
We have three Avid Adrenaline / Media Composer HD non-linear edit suites and one Final Cut Studio suite with Kona HD. All suites are equipped with Videotek HD VTMs and Sony Multiformat HD monitors.
Technical Evaluation
Pillar 2 Post was established by one of the best technical Gurus of all time, my father, Don Powell. We are fortunate to have that base to build upon. All of the P2P technicians go through rigorous training to view programs from an objective technical perspective. We focus on evaluation for Public Television venues such as PBS and APT. The PBS specs. have historically been some of the toughest to meet.
P2P has the right tools and talent to detect technical impairments as well as make suggestions to better the look of a finished program. Each room is equipped with Videotek QC stations and Dolby LM-100 dial norm meters. We use the same equipment that PBS uses and calibrate our equipment for the same results. We have created custom checklists that the evaluator uses for each program. This insures that none of the hundreds of criteria will be missed.
Digital Asset and Creation Management
Pillar 2 Post has been an innovator in the area of digital file creation and asset management. We use a combination of Avid Media Composer, digital rapids Stream HD software with hardware based scaling and deinterlacing and Adobe Flash encoder to create virtually any digital file type at the highest quality possible. Files are delivered over our high speed fiber optic connection using iTunes Transporter, Rocketstream and Signiant as well as standard FTP. Our skilled compressionists analyze every program and perform the necessary scaling, deinterlacing and inverse telecine for optimum file creation. We regularly deliver files meeting the specifications for iTunes, Amazon, Joost, Babelgum.