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Palace Digital Studios: An Overview

  Palace Digital Studios (PDS) offers Hi-Definition and Standard Definition audio and video production and post-production services, computer graphics design and animation and multimedia production services to the broadcasting/cable, advertising, and organizational communications industries. PDS recently completed extensive renovations to convert its theater into a working soundstage. Over the last twenty years, Palace Digital Studios has earned its well deserved reputation as a leading purveyor of high end production and post production services.

The post-production business is equipment intensive. Palace Digital Studios continues to be the first to offer new technologies in this regional market. Its current equipment investments include (5) HD and SD linear and non-linear editing suites, (2) audio rooms, AfterEffects 2D, Maya and Softimage 3D computer design and animation, new media production suite featuring CD and DVD authoring and duplication, as well as facilities for NTSC video duplication in multiple formats and standards conversions. Palace Digital Studios provides high density library storage of client's proprietary masters, and trafficking and shipping services to customers all over the globe.


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Editorial Services: Our Staff

  Our staff of extremely dedicated and talented editors have over 25 years experience cutting both long and short form programming. From basic show formatting using cuts and dissolves to projects requiring complex audio editing and special effects creation and graphics compositing, our editors' technical proficiency and creative skills allow the producer to consistently deliver the highest quality product on time and on budget. Our technical staff's careful attention to routine maintenance and highly developed troubleshooting skills, ensure practically zero equipment downtime.

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Final Cut Pro HD and SD Editorial

  We offer two Final Cut Pro suites running on an XSan server supported by a wide variety of third party software and hardware peripherals. The suites are configured for ultimate flexibility, supporting HDV, DVCPro HD and Sony HD Cam, and offering complete HD and SD monitoring. Our FCP suites provide the producer a smart workflow process for SD offline to HD online including color correction, digital effects and HD output for broadcast delivery.

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Avid Editorial

  Our three Avid Symphony suites running on a Unity server provide generous record and storage capabilities to meet any programming and creative challenge. Our Avid suites provide the producer ultimate decision making flexibility in the most cost effective environment. The suites are available for long term series production as well as for by the hour daily booking.

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Graphic Design, Animation & EFX

  The Palace Design Group provides a wide range of broadcast design and animation services including station ID packages, show opens, promos, billboards and interstitial graphics. Utilizing Maya and Softimage 3D computer animation, AfterEffects 2D computer animation, and Digital Compositing, our Designer/Animators provide design driven solutions from initial storyboard conception to final edited master. Under the leadership of award-winning Executive Producers/Creative Directors with the flexibility of in-house project management, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and a staff of talented designer/animators, the Palace Design Group offers a complete spectrum of styles and approaches to meet the many challenges of creating moving graphics.

(See Our Work for Design/Animation Samples)

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Audio Post

Voice Over Record, Edit & Mix

  Our Industrial Acoustics voice over record booth features the finest Neumann record mike and can comfortably accommodate up to two talent simultaneously. We provide world-class audio post services, including VO talent casting, utilizing the best of Fairlight, Neve and ProTools systems and technologies. Our staff of award-winning Mix/Engineers have over 25 years experience mixing corporate television and local, regional and national radio and TV spots, promos, shows and specials.

Sound Design and Scoring

  Under the Palace roof we offer a 5,000 CD music and effects library (thousands of cuts of music at the producer's fingertips) readily provided by our talented and experienced Sound Design staff. In addition to our Sound Design services, we offer award-winning original music composition and scoring.

Ancillary Services

  Fiber in and out of our South Norwalk location provides the producer with utmost flexibility at competitive pricing. In addition to our transmission services, we provide an extensive array of support services in-house to meet the most demanding project needs. Whether it be complicated duplication orders, multiple media fulfillment for Web sites or CD Roms, or simply a place to meet with complete conference, high speed access for email, and office facilities, the Palace is ready to serve in any way that we can so that our customers can succeed.

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Video & Film

  Palace Digital Studios has the experience and production resources in house to take your video project from creative development through final post production. We consistently deliver award-winning programs on time and on budget. In a process where every touch counts, the Palace team will script and cast the project, direct it on location or in studio, and provide editorial, graphics, music and sound effects, with client collaboration every step of the way.

  • Television Programming
  • Documentaries
  • Children’s Entertainment
  • Sales & Promotional Videos

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MultiMedia

  For busy creatives in today's global environment, Palace Digital Studios offers the following multimedia services:

  • DVD/CD Authoring
  • DVD/CD Duplication
    (Competitive Pricing for Small Quantities)
  • DVD/CD Foreign Language Translations & Recording
  • DVD/CD Custom Labeling, Packaging & Distribution
  • Video Compression (All File Formats)
  • Flash Animation
  • PowerPoint, Photoshop, Illustrator Design
  • Website Design

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Duplication

  We facilitate both small and large quantities of video, CD, and DVD duplication in almost every format available. In addition to multi-format straight duplication, we offer bump-ups, digital clones and timecode burn-ins. Labeling, packaging, fulfillment, and trafficking round out our complement of duplication services.

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Standards Conversion

  Under the Palace roof, we offer PAL DBeta, PAL BetaSP and PAL VHS standards conversions. Our standards converter features digital image enhancement, frame-based recursive adaptive noise reduction, 4-field/4-line interpolation, infinite window time base correction with full proc-amp controls.

  Quick turnaround, stringent quality control processes and competitive pricing ensures clients satisfaction on every NTSC duplication and standards conversion project.

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Production: Studio and Remote

Studio

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Broadcast sound stage with hard cyc and motorized lighting grid
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  Our soundstage is equipped with hard cyc, motorized lighting grid, full complement of lighting instruments, grip gear and expendables. Producers can bring in their own equipment or Palace Digital Studios will be happy to provide crew and gear for any production..large or small. Our extremely flexible shooting space is an ideal venue for a network television show or corporate event.

On Location

  Palace Digital Studios provides total production packages for HD & SD video shoots. We have over 25 years experience producing and directing film and television productions throughout the continental US, Canada, Europe and Asia. From a simple talking head shoot to high end commercial filmmaking, we provide the Producer a total production solution.

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Take The Tour:

Editorial Services: Our Staff

Final Cut Pro HD and SD Editorial

Avid Editorial

Graphic Design, Animation & EFX

Audio Post

Video & Film

MultiMedia

Duplication

Standards Conversion

Production: Studio and Remote

 


Centers of Excellence
Palace Production Center | Palace Digital Studios | Palace Creative Services Group
Docere Palace Studios | Rabbit Ears Entertainment | cinemuse


Contact: wendy@palacedigital.com
29 North Main Street, South Norwalk, CT 06854
(203) 853-1740


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