Brompton Technology has revealed RecodeXR has deployed its solutions at its new facility.
Aiming to scale their resources across multiple stages, the virtual production company has recently relocated to Manchester’s Space Studios. The purpose-built facility features a 10m x 4m curved LED wall with Absen 2.5mm LED panels, driven by two 4K Tessera SX40 LED processors and three Tessera XD 10G data distribution units. The facility also incorporates Scan computers equipped with NVIDIA RTX 6000 ADA graphics cards, the fastest AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO processors, and 256GB of RAM, providing them with “enormous rendering power,” said co-founder and virtual production director at RecodeXR, Paul McHugh.
The team utilises a range of camera equipment from 3D camera rigs to GoPros and the Insta360. A RED V-Raptor X has just been acquired. “It was bought specifically to work with the Brompton LED processors to enable us to utilise Frame Remapping. At 8K res and with a huge dynamic range (17 stops), it is a really exciting addition,” McHugh commented.
Calibration for the screens is provided by Brompton’s Hydra advanced measurement system, with Brompton HDR enabling greater brightness and colour ranges with a higher bit depth, said the company. “Brompton LED processing gives us such fine control over the image,” said McHugh. “It’s powerful and intuitive and offers colour correction with 14-way Colour Corrector, Colour Replace and Colour Curves, which enables us to make precise adjustments and corrections to the colours anytime we need it.”
Producing VFX-based content for users including ITV, Sky, Netflix and Manchester City FC among others, the company has more than two decades of experience in the industry. McHugh said, “Our ethos is delivering a premium service that can be done more easily and cost-effectively. We look at every project with a critical eye and ask ‘Does it look good?’ and ‘Is there a way it can be done more effectively for our client?’ We are always looking for ways to improve. The current LED screen setup is perfect for the types of jobs our clients need, so we don’t require hundreds of square metres of LED panels. However, we have the capacity to scale up by using the Sound Stage room for larger configurations as and when our clients or projects demand it.”
Patrick Goodden, technical sales manager (UK and Ireland) at Brompton Technology, added, “We’re delighted to see RecodeXR employing Brompton LED processing at their new facility at Space Studios in Manchester. Thanks to their team’s exceptional expertise and high-quality equipment, they can really lift the lid on the creative potential for their clients’ projects and deliver them at the highest possible quality.”
