Galaxy Studios, Where Barco technology serves creativity to become true art

“The Barco projector is a huge asset for our customers. The fact that we are using the industry standard in digital post-production to work on their movies or video-clips inspires them with confidence.” “Wilfried Van Baelen Managing Director, Galaxy Studios

In 1980, teenagers Wilfried and Guy Van Baelen converted their dad’s old chicken shack into a , which they christened Galaxy Studios. It was the start ” of a success story. Thanks to their ardent passion for music, a constant quest for innovation, perfectionism and perseverance, Galaxy Studios is now one of the world’s most up-to-date and technically advanced post-production and sound-mixing facilities for music recording, and TV soundtracks - the home to local as well as big-name, international artists.

When Galaxy expanded its product offering with an image post-production unit in 2007, the Van Baelen brothers were determined to give it the same world-class status as their audio studios. Swapping their LCoS-based projector for Barco’s DP90P digital cinema projector was a must to achieve that aim. post-production and film mastering tempting,” said Van Baelen. “As soon as facility, which is fairly unique in Europe.” we started working with Barco’s DP90P Audio Studio Galaxy’s great reputation projector, we noticed the difference.” drew image post-production talent from Barco’s projector is well-known for all over the world to the new Galaxy providing the ‘deepest black color’, which Image. Thanks to their expertise, the Galaxy’s graders greatly appreciate. They top-notch technology used and, not also praise the increased detail in low- unimportantly, the one-stop-shop of light images thanks to a high contrast sound and image, Galaxy Image soon ratio and the guaranteed brightness attracted well-reputed producers and uniformity. Last but not least, the device directors. is very reliable and robust.

Meeting the toughest requirements Works of art Van Baelen: “Galaxy Studios is one of “The Barco projector is a huge asset the few in Europe that supplies directors for our customers. The fact that we with their full post of image and sound are using the industry standard in in the same place and at the same digital post-production to work on their time. We even have in-house cameras movies or video-clips inspires them for everyone to use, our own Galaxy with confidence,” Van Baelen concluded. Symphonic Orchestra, etc. With the world Right now, the brothers are setting-up a and technologies getting increasingly brand-new facility for Galaxy Image in complex, directors embrace the idea of a one-stop-shop.” Directors, however, also demand that the most advanced tools are ‘Excellence in both sound and image’: it used, in every step of the post-production process. The solution that Galaxy Image could be the baseline of Galaxy Studios. used in the beginning, did not fully meet The combination of three pristine studios, their requirements. acoustically excellent recording areas Industry standard including a recording hall, a state-of- As Galaxy had insisted on setting up an entire 4K workflow for image processing, the-art mastering suite and several they had installed a 4K LCoS-based digital the Belgian capital of Brussels, where quality editing suites make the Belgium- cinema projector. “The projector was they will showcase their very new at the time and dedicated for activities. Committed to converting it based Galaxy Studios a vibrant center of post-production, so the supplier invited into a reference beacon for color grading, recording and mixing arts. Quite recently, us and three other post-production they will be equipping the center with houses to trial it,” explained Van Baelen. only top-quality grading machinery. The Galaxy expanded its product offering “Unfortunately, both our graders and odds are that a digital Barco projector will with a one-stop-solution for image our customers were not really satisfied play a key role in the Brussels’ Galaxy with the result and we were struggling Image studios, thus helping the color post-production and a digital media with quite some technical problems.” graders turn their customers’ movies and Van Baelen’s team and his customers clips into real works of art. business line. In less than two years, insisted that Galaxy should work with the Galaxy became a major player in these industry standard for post-production: a Barco digital cinema projector with DLP In two years time the image department fields as well. The secret of its success? technology. of Galaxy Studios has gained a solid Experienced, talented and passionate reputation in post production for film Exceptional quality standards and video. Therefore Galaxy Studios people, combined with the very best Based on 2K DLP Cinema® technology opened a brand new coloring and technology – including Barco. from Texas Instruments, the DP90P grading studio in the heart of Brussels projector is a dedicated post-production on 5 November 2009. Based on this successfull experience, Galaxy decided projector that produces an enhanced again to purchase a DP90P, this time “Our vision for Galaxy Image was color gamut, thus significantly exceeding in combination with the RHDM-2301, quite ambitious,” Wilfried Van Baelen, the current DCI recommended color Barco’s reference monitor for film and managing director, admitted. “Already space. It comes with a motorized lens post-production. Following the growing one of the most advanced music studios holder and CLO software that ensures importance of 3D in the cinema, Galaxy on the planet, we wanted to become a constant light output of the projector over has also equipped the room with 3D trendsetter in image post-production as time. “We had already considered Barco Image Grading on new Baselight 8 and well. To achieve that lofty aim, we offer at the set-up of Galaxy Image, but the 3D Sound 10.1. a cutting-edge 4k digital, intermediate competitor’s new offering had been too

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