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The digital lab you deserve.

We get it. This film is your baby but you don’t have a studio budget. That is why we created Magic Lab. We provide studio-caliber lab services at a fraction of the cost.

Dailies

Set your editor up for success with dailies that are already perfectly synced, named, and rich with metadata from set. We even include prepped AVID bins, file transfers, and Web review. 

Ask about how we do dailies remotely. 

LTO Archiving

Using LTO for long term storage instead of hard drives will help preserve your project’s integrity for up to 30 years. 

VFX Pulls

Shadow Magic uses advanced automation tools to ensure lightning-fast and accurate turnaround.

DCP Creation

Shadow Magic creates DCPs that are fully DCI compliant and guaranteed to be compatible with all major film festivals.

DI Conform

Deliver your colorist a fully conformed and media-consolidated DaVinci project ready to work. 

Offline Editing

Shadow Magic can assist editorial with specific technical processes like turnovers. If Shadow Magic provided dailies, we already have the material and can jump in at a moment's notice.

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Dailies

Editorial

Save hours of prep-time. Your editor will not only receive editorial proxy files, but also a bin with the day's footage already synced, and named with Scene/Take. In addition, metadata from the camera, notes from the sound recorder, and (if you are using it)  notes from Qtake and MovieSlate will be present on the clips in the editor's NLE.

Web Review

Keep your team in the loop. Bring your own hosting platform or Shadow Magic can host for you. We will upload web dailies synced and named with Scene/Take that can be played back on any device.

Camera Reports

We remember everything. We provide a dynamically searchable, central portal to store any and all metadata associated with your OCF files. Is VFX asking what lens was used for some shot from a year ago. No problem. Doing a pickup shoot and your DP wants to double check the camera settings? No Problem.

Workflow

Dailies sets the stage for the rest of the workflow. For this reason we always include workflow consulting and supervision with our dailies service.