Who We Are

Simply, Finish is a full service post-production facility located in Boston MA, squashed right in between the South End and the Back Bay. Finish has been here for a long time but you wouldn’t know it by our attitude. We will take a fresh look at your project and strive to bring energy, creativity and expertise.

Capabilities

One AVID and two Final Cut offline suites for creative editorial.

Smoke nonlinear online suite for compositing and VFX.

Pablo eQ nonlinear suite for VFX, online and DI color correction complete with 4k projector, 5.1 surround sound and 13' projection screen.

After Effects, Cinema 4D, and Photoshop for 3D and 2D Motion Graphics design and execution.

Film scanning, transfer, and color correction:
Conventional Real-time16, S16 and 35mm positive and negative transfers via Cintel Ursa Diamond Telecine machine, NTSC or PAL. (8mm/S8 gate by prior arrangement).

Fully digital high resolution film scanning via our new ArriScan 6k scanner, direct to Sledgehammer hard disk array. The Arriscan offers SD, HD, and 2K(as well as 4K and 6K) resolutions at10 or 12 bits, at a fast 6 frames/second for 2K. 16mm/S16 gate available by prior arrangement.

HD/SD color correction via daVinci 2K+ color grading system, operating in Linear Tape-tape or Telecine modes, as well as fully non-linear (random access) mode utilizing the Maximum Throughput Sledgehammer3 Server/DDR. No more shuttling film or time-consuming reel changes.

On-site film cleaning as necessary by Lipsner-Smith Excel1100 machine.