CELCO was founded in 1950 by John M. Constantine Sr. as an engineering laboratory dedicated to high resolution display technology. CELCO’s innovations in the field of electron beam control soon made the company a leading producer of magnetic deflection coils and yokes used in high resolution display systems. Its display components have been used for an abundance of military and civilian applications in everything from fighter jets, flight simulators, medical imaging systems, electron beam welders, to the space shuttle. CELCO also became known for its line of high performance deflection amplifiers. The technologies evolved into the production of complete digital imaging systems starting in the 1970s with large format satellite imaging systems to the first motion picture digital film recorder used for Disney’s TRON in the early 1980s.
Clients have included Disney Feature Animation, PIXAR, Industrial Light & Magic, Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Tippett Studio, CFI/Technicolor, Double Negative, MillFilm, Éclair Labs, AAV Digital Pictures, Klasky Csupo, and Fotokem, just to name a few.
Applications
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- Digital Intermediates
- HD Acquired Productions
- Digital Trailers
- Tape-to-Film Transfer
- Archive to Film
- Digital Film Restoration
- Long Form 65mm Productions
- XCRT Advanced Imaging Technology
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Advanced Imaging Technology is CELCO’s breakthrough technology in light intensity advanced CRT science with CELCO magnetic deflection and electron beam focusing optics. This coupled with CELCO’s engineered precision band interference color purity filter system and ultra precision light beam focusing optics provide significantly sharper images then laser based systems at speeds that far exceed the limited capability of laser based systems.
This technology allows for the ultimate in reliability, image quality, stability, flexibility, and ease of use. No other film recorder can offer such capabilities with such superior image quality.
Never before has a film recorder been capable of achieving images of the highest quality at an incredible speed of one second per frame, making CELCO’s new FURY the fastest film recorder on earth. This changes the rules for imaging facilities allowing massive digital film productivity. The FURY dramatically reduces the cost per frame, enabling a new era where all films will have a digital master negative.