Assimilate Inc

SCRATCH® is the industry’s premier dailies, conform and color grading solution designed to meet the unique requirements of file-based workflows in episodic and spot television production. Scores of digital productions have relied on SCRATCH for its data centric, streamlined workflows, and because it is the only DI tool that offers the quality, real-time performance and breadth of features needed to meet the unique challenges presented by uncompromising quality vs. tight deadlines vs. tight budgets.

SCRATCH in Television benefits:

Elegant integration with editorial systems
SCRATCH features native MFX and DNxHD support, as well as AAF import and ALE transfer. And because SCRATCH is Interplay and Unity/Isis aware, it fits perfectly into your Avid workflow. Meanwhile, support for FCP XML and ProRes read and write* make SCRATCH the ideal companion to Final Cut Pro or mixed editorial pipelines.

Fast, highly interactive conform
SCRATCH offers the ability to create a full DI look within television budgets and at television speeds. Its unique CONstruct™ view supports multiple, side-by-side views of any number of formats in any resolution throughout the entire DI process - even mix 2D and Stereo/3D. Try an unlimited number of versions without the need to render. Moreover, no other tool conforms faster, more flexibly or more accurately with Avid or Final Cut Systems. 

Broad control panel support
SCRATCH supports all the control panel options you need to define the workspace that best fits your style. From portable options like the Tangent Wave, to the fully featured Avid Artist Series, Tangent CP 200, and Tangent Element, SCRATCH delivers the range of choices you need in today’s ever-changing production and post-production environments. Nearly every grading function in SCRATCH is map-able to your panel, so you can fully exploit the benefits of its speed and interactivity.

Mac or PC: same price
Virtually all of the features of SCRATCH are available on either Mac OS® X or Windows 7 - at the same price*. You can choose the OS and hardware that best meet your requirements for portability, design or performance/scalability without the penalty of a different software price.

Designed for digital workflows
ASSIMILATE was the first DI partner to natively support RED, so it’s no surprise that SCRATCH is the most mature, reliable tool you can buy for digital workflows. Period.

SCRATCH features include:

Seamless integration with Avid and Final Cut Pro editorial systems

• AAF import and MFX integration
• Import and export ALE
• Shot log metadata import
• Metadata search
• Unity/Isis aware
• Avid Interplay aware
• FCP XML support
• Output to multiple file formats such as DNxHD, ProRes (Mac OS version only) Tiff, Open EXR, DPX, JPG, Quicktime, MFX and more

Advanced metadata and timecode support
Powerful metadata and timecode options significantly streamline production dailies workflows.

• Sync timecode from multiple cameras (including stereo) with a unique “Match Timecode” function. Stack cameras into a single slot, then automatically sync the timecode all of cameras to one of them.
• Generate dailies by automatically naming clips based on any metadata field, including camroll, scene and take.
• Create flash burns either at the top and tail of a clip, or throughout its duration.
• Capture scene and take metadata automatically from broadcast wave audio files.
• Automatically generate new timecode for DSLR cameras such as the Phantom, Cannon 5D/7D and GoPro that don’t support it. Easily increment the timecode with each slot and even skip by user-defined intervals.
• Populate Avid AAF files with extended metadata, avoiding the double pass to access that ALE files required. This effectively removes the need for separate ALEs.

High-speed conform and confidence checking
No other software offers the range of tools for quickly conforming and checking against a reference clip.

• Mix-and-match ARRI RAW files with RED.r3d or Phantom (or any other media format recognized by SCRATCH), even Canon DSLR's like Cannon or GoPro, within the same resolution-independent timeline
• Dual-View, Half-Mix and Side-by-Side comparison options
• Quick Keys for moving through a timeline
• Edit tools for shot manipulation
• CDL support
• Export with timecode and metadata
• Multilayer support

Fast, highly interactive color grading

• Real-time, non-destructive primary and secondary color grading
• Heads-up color grading interface and support for Avid Artist Color series, Tangent Wave and Tangent CP200 and Tangent Element Panels
• Source-side adjustments for mixed color space workflows
• Match and auto grading
• Curves
• 2D and Shape Tracking
• Keying based on Vector, Chroma or Luminance
• Controls for finessing keys
• Integrated Histogram, Waveform, Vectorscope and Color Curve views
• Group shots, copy/paste color grades and reference libraries
• Key frames and animation curves
• Import, save 1D and 3D

Real-time full resolution, native playback of all popular camera formats

• REDCODE RAW.r3d with support for dual RED Rocket cards
• Support for the latest RED color science
• Support for RED EPIC HDRx (including Magic Motion and Simple Blend)
• REDCINE and on-camera color settings can be read and manipulated within Lab and augmented using its powerful color tools
• ARRI RAW
• Phantom
• Panasonic P2/MXF and AVCHD
• SI2K
• Canon 5D
• GoPro
• Sony F65

For a complete list of supported formats click here

Powerful finishing tools

• Shot Versioning: SCRATCH CONstruct manages versions as part of the timeline, whether 2D or 3D, making it easy to compare multiple versions of the same shots
• Vector paint
• Subtitling support
• Apply third-party plug-ins to create a wide range of visual effects
• Direct Output: Real-time tools for frame-rate conversion, image-resolution scaling and frame-accuracy to monitors, projectors and tape decks using both DVI and SDI interfaces
• Multiple Deliverables: Create alternate versions in different resolutions, image formats and framing, all from a single source
• Queue and manage outputs for unattended batch processing

Stereo workflow support
Imagine the creativity of a full stereo workflow that provides consistent, intuitive feedback during the conform, color grading and finishing process. Stereo image pairs are automatically linked for versioning and real-time playback to a wide variety of stereoscopic delivery systems.

• Check and adjust stereo with dedicated link and convergence controls
• Bicubic controls for fixing 3D stereo images
• Position elements relative to the screen plane
• Immediately review decisions in stereo
• Panasonic 3D stereo camera support with automatic stream de-muxing

Flexibility and extensibility
Future-proof your workflow with an advanced and scriptable XML back-end that allows you to:

• Automate SCRATCH to maximize productivity
• Access your job anywhere via HTML
• Integrate SCRATCH via XML with other tools in your workflow such as After Effects
• Enhance SCRATCH with third-party tools via a robust plug-in architecture
• Built-in SQL database supports a full range of metadata