New York City, New York – Jan 24, 2012 – KataData, the ultimate runtime and storage calculator for iOS has been updated to 1.1 today with a host of new formats and devices. ”KataData has now been used over 15,000 times in 95 countries” says Emery Wells, CEO and founder of Katabatic Digital. ”It’s become … STORY
New York City, New York – November 7th, 2011 – Like a well oiled machine, Katabatic Digital continually rolls out artfully produced high-end commercials, music videos, advertising campaigns. Recognized for its excellence in high-end post production for digital cinema, Katabatic has an established client base that keeps on growing. To … STORY
New York City, New York – October 31, 2011 – The new KataData storage and runtime calculator is an indispensable iPhone app for on-set, post production, and even non-technical positions. Emery Wells, founder of Katabatic Digital (NYC) – a grading, finishing, and VFX studio in New York City – knows … STORY
When digital agency power house R/GA called us to help with a ‘top secret’ video, we had no idea what we were in for. We soon found out that we would be pushing pixels on one of the most iconic scenes in the history of television, known the world … STORY
Something remarkable has happened to our industry over the past 4 years, an explosion of innovation! Compared to other technology markets, the digital video market was relatively stagnant. Major manufactures seemed to have a ‘good enough’ mentality and the barrier to entry was so high, they faced little to no competition. Cameras were … STORY
Multiple RED EPIC cameras are available for your shoot starting today at Katabatic Digital. In 2007, Katabatic was among the first in the world to own a RED ONE camera and over the past 4 years we’ve built an entire business around servicing and supporting the emerging world of digital … STORY
Since opening our doors in 2007, Katabatic.tv has now gone through it’s 3rd transformation. In today’s mobile world, iPhone’s and Android’s lay supreme so it was important that we jettisoned any dependance on Flash. We scrapped everything we built for our previous website and went back to the drawing board. The new … STORY
The award-winning singer/songwriter Rob Thomas has a well-loved string of hit singles and albums. His latest music video, Someday, was the #1 music video on Vh1’s Top 20 Countdown in early December 09. Director Alan Ferguson turned to Emery Wells at Katabatic Digital in New York City for the final color grading and finishing of the project, which was shot with the RED ONE 4K Digital Camera by DP Max Goldman. STORY
The web ads for the Google Chrome Browser are mechanical depictions of the human genius behind this highly sophisticated, yet simple-to-use browser. Each new feature of the browser has a story that’s told via an inventive contraption, reminiscent of a college chemistry or physics experiment. STORY
Target’s series of 2009 holiday ads for the web are clever takes on the more humorous and very human aspects of gift giving. Emery Wells at Katabatic Digital NYC enhances their cleverness with expert 4K post production for five spots recently shot with the RED ONE 4K digital camera. STORY
RED™ has excited the industry with it’s massive resolution, 35mm depth of field, and low barrier to entry price point. But some people are still thinking, ‘what’s the point?’ Especially when it comes to new media production like web and mobile devices. Let’s explore the why’s and why nots. Click more to read the full story. STORY
La Soga Premiered at the Toronto film festival to a packed audience this past Saturday, the 12th of September. Starring Manny Perez and directed by Josh Crook, La Soga an edgy action-drama, combining the gritty reality of movies like City of God and Amores Perros. STORY
POST magazine covered Katabatic Digitals unique all digital pipeline for high end digital formats such as RED and Phantom in their June issue. STORY
New York City, New York – May 18, 2009 – Katabatic Digital announced today the opening of its new, state-of-the-art, post-production facility in the historic fashion district of New York City. One year ago, founder Emery Wells opened the doors of Katabatic’s original one-room studio, carrying out some of the first color grading for high-resolution 4K imagery in an all 4K digital workflow. STORY
Our congratulations go out to Zoe Kazan, best actress in a leading narrative at the Tribeca Film Festival. Katabatic Digital provided 4K color grading and finishing on this understated and naturalistic feature, director by Bradley Rust Gray and beatifully shot by Director of Photogrpahy Eric Lin. STORY
We’ve finally got around to launching our new website, or should I say, a website. Since opening our doors a little over a year ago, our presence has largely been spread via word of mouth. Our website was little more than our contact information. Over the past several months we have been methodically planning and designing our brand and we are thrilled to finally debut it to the world. STORY
Assimilate Inc, makers of the SCRATCH™ digital intermediate suite, recently interviewed Katabatic to gain insight on our ultra high definition work being done in the advertising market. STORY
The Katabatic Digital “K” logo has been selected out of 33,000 logos to be published in the fifth volume of The Compilation of Identity Design. Whoa, cool! The logo pays homage to the golden era of 3D film with an anaglyph representation of the additive RGB color model. STORY
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