Top colourist Peter Ritchie joins Toybox

Internationallyrenowned colourist Pete Ritchie has joined the fast growing Aucklandpost house Toybox. Ritchie, who joins Andrew Brown (Lotto, Bell Tea,Glassons) and Stevie Hight (The Cult, Smashproof), brings to the Toyboxcolour team a wealth of experience after many years in top positions atvarious post houses in Australasia.

“This is a very exciting time for Toybox. We’ve not only lured oneof the world’s top colourists to Toybox but we’ve also added Da VinciResolve to our colour arsenal,” says senior producer James Hudson.”Resolve is the latest non linear colour grader from market leaders DaVinci and I think clients will be pretty impressed by its performance.High speed Bright San storage has also been added to run alongsideLasergraphics 2k Film Scanner, creating a world class colour chain thatwill offer Pete’s clients all the bells and whistles.”

“Datagrading 2K log images in a commercial workflow is a colourists idealsituation,” enthuses Ritchie. “Working this way gives the colourist themaximum dynamic range to further enhance the images.”

TheResolve R-360, is the first of type in the world and the newestnon-linear data grading system in the Da Vinci family. Featuring a newgraphics and processing architecture, the toys in the Resolve arenothing short of amazing with unlimited “windows”, trackers that wouldimpress most compositors, and image blur / mist effects providing theworld’s most powerful toy for colour grading in a commercial workflow.

Clientswill quickly see the benefits of working in this non-linear environmenton Film or Red or any of the other quickly changing formats. QuantelPablo, which has recently had additional 4K multi media engine cardsadded to double the processing power, will remain in place givingToybox two leading non-linear colour grading suites.

Freelancecolourist Clare Burlinson, who’s recent credits include “Tui Truck”,”Woodstock”, and John Woo’s “Red Cliff” is also available on eitherPablo or Resolve bringing her huge experience on both Feature Films andTVC’s to Toybox.

“With the growth in long formwork we’ve experienced with programs like “The Cult”, demand for colourwork has also grown and it makes sense to add another suite. Resolve isthe best commercial workflow choice” adds Hudson.

Pete Ritchie along with Da Vinci Resolve look set to take Toybox Colour Grading to another level again. www.toybox.co.nz