You need PFClean 4.0! With its significant workflow enhancements, new hardware accelerated tools, video IO and full cross platform support.

Scheduled for release in May, version 4.0 includes over a 1000 new features and enhancements. Improved media management, re-mastering and IO, smart folders with the ability to carry out user defined automatic tasks, an enhanced timeline and improved Grain management take PFClean far beyond any other application in this market. Fast becoming the tool of choice for DI facilities and Film restoration companies alike PFClean 4.0 now meets the demands of both the film and video markets and its increasing prominence within the industry is further reflected by recent sales that include Technicolor, Adlabs, Ocher Studios, Hoverlord, Deluxe and ARRI.

“We have come to rely on PFClean quite heavily” Danny DeVincent, Director Digital Imaging, Cineric Inc., New York.

PFClean 4.0 Software

PFClean 4.0 software is now available as a software application for all platforms; Linux, Intel based Mac and Windows. Working with multiple resolution source material becomes much easier in 4.0 as new Project templates allow multiple resolution sources to be worked on within a project and then re-mastered in the timeline to a single or multiple output resolutions.

New tools in version 4.0 include a fully featured tracking system. With the new Tracking Manager 2D feature tracks can be shared and utilised by many tools within PFClean. Masks can be attached to Trackers as can paint strokes. Trackers can also be used to improve motion estimation and image stabilisation. Also included is a new De-fog tool which is designed to fix images damaged by X-Rays, pre or over exposure and other issues common to some regions.

Project and media management enhancements allow for wider infrastructure support with user defined Vault locations, making for much more flexible pipeline integration. Immensely beneficial to any facility having to deal with large volumes of work, PFClean 4.0 also introduces “Automations”. These are predefined scripted operations that can be combined and applied within PFClean to carry out common or complex tasks. When used in conjunction with new “Smart Folders”, users can set up a complex automated workflow without the need to use command line tools.

A completely reworked timeline provides multi-point editing features while improved Grain tools now include strength presets, added edge protection, de-grain presets and improved analysis of linear images. Many of the tools that have made PFClean so successful in the fields of DI and Restoration have been greatly improved in version 4.0, both in terms of speed and functionality.

PFClean Systems

In addition to the software-only version, two new turnkey systems are available running an extended range of fully hardware-accelerated tools providing a massive increase in processing speeds. The PFClean system has already been adopted in many demanding DI and Restoration pipelines. An entry-level system designed for resolutions up to 2K provides a cost effective platform to process both film and video for DI clean up and restoration. For those with greater demand, a larger system is available, working at 4K and above. Both systems can be extended using hardware accelerated processing nodes.

Announced last year, version 4.0 turnkey systems offer an optional video IO module allowing for the direct ingest and layoff of SD and HD video material without the need to tie up other systems, providing a powerful workhorse for video restoration facilities.