The new solution offered by Plus8Video incorporates an enhanced version of Mindstar Productions’ Cinergy Motion Picture Production System On-Set Module. The Cinergy system integrates important metadata (timecode, director’s comments, location, lens/filters, actors and circled takes) into a program utilized by the Script Supervisor on set. This metadata is immediately accessible by the editor in postproduction, making the post production process easier, faster and ultimately less expensive.

"Interest in our Digital Dailies solution has been very high—especially since it’s successful introduction on the set of The Human Stain," said Brian Quandt, President of HEURIS. "I suspect that more and more productions will follow Lucas’ lead and shoot in HD. I am thrilled that HEURIS in conjunction with Cohen Communications and Plus8Video will be able to offer the same powerful Digital Dailies features to those who choose to shoot in HD as opposed to film."

Plus8Video will package the Cinergy MPPS software with production camera packages, available through their offices in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver. Plus8Video will also provide a Facilities HD Encoder Package that utilizes metadata from the set to batch digitize clips. This system can also support film-originated content by importing a Telecine-produced ALE file and encoding the Negative Telecine master to a MPEG2 file. The Facilities HD Encoder Package includes a Tandberg HD MPEG2 Encoder and a Mediasonic PC Capture station that creates files on DVD-RAM, Firewire or USB drives. These files are read by Enhanced iDVR systems which utilize the metadata captured on the set by Cinergy MPPS or by the Telecine-created ALE file to playback circled takes or modified playlists. Plus8Video, Cohen Communications and HEURIS will offer turnkey playback systems on location or at the studio for directors, DPs, editors and executives incorporating Plasma screens or video projection screens up to 12 feet wide.

"The responsiveness from Mindstar Productions to our requirements has been fantastic," said Steven Cohen, CEO of Cohen Communications. "Their software will allow video captured projects to screen circled takes and to access unique metadata from production using the Enhanced iDVR HD Servers. I am very happy with the collaboration with Mediasonic. They created a future proof capture station. I am confident that Plus8Video can provide the technical support for the entire system, on set, in the post facility or in the editing room."

Stasi Poulos, President of Mindstar Productions raves about the new system. "When we sent our first batch of data to the Digital Dailies system, it worked perfectly the first time," said Poulos. "We've been exporting to Avid for several years now, but we never get tired of seeing our data migrate easily into new systems. It's a testament to the designers and their attention to detail in both products."

Plus8Video offers the most comprehensive rental inventory of High Definition production equipment in the United States. Featuring Sony, Panasonic and Thomson cameras and AVID HD|DS editors, Plus8 is a complete HD source. In the last four years, the company has rented HD equipment for use in numerous TV series, documentaries and feature films including Star Wars Episode II and Minority Report. Plus8 Video maintains offices in Burbank, Vancouver and New York City.   For more information, please call

About HEURIS
Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, HEURIS has served as a leading manufacturer of video compression and processing tools and applications for over a decade. From the Internet, to DVD, to HDTV to Hollywood Movies--HEURIS has developed an impressive group of award-winning tools for video production and post production applications.

Perhaps best known for its award-winning MPEG Power Professional Line of software products, HEURIS has recently released two new products for the Hollywood Market: a Digital Dailies solution developed in conjunction with partner Cohen Communications and MPEG Power Professional—D-Cinema used to encode High Definition pictures for display in movie theaters.