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Introduction
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The IMAX Experience is as unique and powerful as the technology behind it.
Images of immense size and striking clarity. Sound so clear and deep you can feel
it. Giant screens that immerse you in new worlds. And specially designed theatres
that transport you there. Only IMAX state-of-the-art technology creates The IMAX
Experience.
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Large Format Film
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IMAX uses 15-perforation, 70mm film to create images of incredible sharpness. The
15/70 frame is 10 times larger than the 35mm used in regular theatres. This makes
it the largest commercial film ever invented. Would you believe, IMAX large format
film is so strong it could be used to tow your car?
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IMAX Cameras
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IMAX cameras are an integral part of The IMAX Experience. They’ve been to some of
the most extraordinary places in the universe. The IMAX camera is specifically designed
to shoot 15 perforation, 70 mm film (15/70) - the world's largest film format. Weighing
between 42 and 100 pounds, these cameras are extremely versatile and can be used
in virtually any environment – from outer space to the ocean floor, the top of Mt.
Everest and all around the globe.
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IMAX Screens
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Forty-five hundred times larger than an average TV screen, IMAX and IMAX 3D giant
flat screens soar up to eight stories high and have a slight curvature that extends
beyond the field of geometric recognition. Because these screens fill your peripheral
vision, you feel like you’re right in the action. IMAX 3D screens are painted silver
to maximize the amount of light reflected back to the audience.
Semi-circular IMAX Dome screens produce huge images that soar and swoop above, beside
and behind you to fully surround you in The IMAX Experience.
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IMAX Projectors
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IMAX, IMAX 3D and IMAX Dome projectors are the most advanced, precise and powerful
projectors ever built. The proprietary IMAX Rolling Loop technology ensures far
superior picture and focus steadiness to deliver the largest, sharpest and brightest
images imaginable. Light from the 15,000-watt lamp of some IMAX projectors is so
bright that, if one were operated on the moon, people on Earth could see it with
the naked eye.
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IMAX Sound
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The six-channel, multi-way digital IMAX speaker system with sub-bass utilizes 44
speakers grouped into six clusters behind the screen and at the rear of the theatre
to deliver uncompressed sound that is simply unsurpassed in depth and clarity. 16
amplifiers generate more than 12,000 watts of power, not volume, to provide the
audience with life-like sound. IMAX’s proprietary loudspeaker system delivers exacting
volume and quality at every seat throughout the theatre. From a small drop of rain
to an enormous clap of thunder, you'll hear every shade and subtlety, regardless
of where you are sitting.
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IMAX DMR
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Now the extraordinary visual clarity and sound quality of IMAX presentations transform
35mm live action films through digital re-mastering using IMAX's new patented proprietary
software IMAX DMR.
PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE CREATES AN EXTRAORDINARY NEW FILM EXPERIENCE
IMAX digital re-mastering starts by converting a 35mm frame into digital form at
very high resolution, capturing all the detail from the original. Our proprietary
software mathematically analyses and extracts the important image elements in each
frame from the original grainy structure to create a pristine form of the original
photography. This is the most complex step in IMAX digital re-mastering.
HOW DO YOU MAKE 35MM MEET THE IMAX STANDARD?
The image on a 35mm film frame is comprised of a fine grain structure like that
of all photographic images. This grain when projected on to the IMAX screen looks
like a TV channel with bad reception. IMAX DMR removes this grain while preserving
the quality of the underlying image making what you see on the screen crystal clear.
DIGITALY RE-MASTERED, REFINED, AND RESIZED!
To create the brightness and clarity that audiences have come to expect from The
IMAX Experience®, IMAX uses a proprietary computer program to make the images sharper
than they were originally, while colors are adjusted for the unique technically
superior characteristics of the IMAX screen. The completed re-mastered film is then
transferred onto the world's largest film format, IMAX 15-perforations 70mm.
IMAX SOUND – CRYSTAL CLEAR AND FREE FROM DISTORTION
IMAX has always delivered incredible six channel multi-speaker sound that helps
puts audiences in the picture. IMAX recreates this immersive experience for IMAX
DMR. IMAX DMR recreates each film's original soundtrack, adding another sonic dimension
to upgrade the original movie soundtrack to IMAX standards.
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