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www.postmagazine.com 26 POST SEPT/OCT 2025 PRODUCTS FILMLIGHT SHOWCASES IMPROVEMENTS TO NARA LONDON — At the IBC show in Amsterdam this September, FilmLight (www. filmlight.ltd.uk) showed a suite of new features for its Nara integrated media tool. Nara is designed to streamline media pipelines while enhancing collab- oration for creative teams. In a single solution, Nara takes complicated and time-consuming tasks, such as review, approval and compliance processes, and helps execute them with speed and ease. Nara can natively decode and play back media without having to transcode to proxy files. It also offers color-ac- curate streaming, a comprehensive back-end index and deep codec support. Studios that employ Nara can reduce the cost for multiple tools and SaaS. Users can easily and securely browse all the storage across their facility, play anything (support for 160-plus formats, including all camera raw files) with full color accuracy, collaborate and review with team members. Its expanded tool- set includes a secure client review feature, which allows users to stream media directly to clients with complete security and guaranteed accuracy. Enterprise- grade encryption and access controls protect sensitive content. Nara's color re- production and frame-accurate playback show clients exactly what is intended. Clients can also leave timecoded notes and comments directly on the media, helping to streamline feedback and communication during the review process. Additional new features for Nara 2 include realtime transcoding, improved project management, advanced analytics, tighter integration with the Baselight color grading system, and new support for third-party tools. In related news, Baselight 7.0 receives improvements to keyframing, disk caching and machine learning-related advances in look development. XENCELABS' NEW PEN DISPLAY PRIORITIZES COLOR MANAGEMENT VANCOUVER, WA — Xencelabs (www.xencelabs.com), the creator of digital drawing tools, has released the Pen Display 24+ featuring Calman Ready color calibration technology. This pen display delivers high color accuracy and hardware-level calibration to enhance workflow efficiency in professional creative industries. The Pen Display 24+ prioritizes color management for creative professionals. Developed in collaboration with Portrait Displays, the built-in Calman Ready solution enables hardware-level calibration directly on the display. By storing calibration data (LUTs, etc.) on-device, artists see consistent, Hollywood-grade color fidelity across devices and workflows. The color calibration process is streamlined with automatic features. Users connect a Portrait Display C6 HDR5000 or compatible colorimeter to Calman Professional software, which can bypass complex OS-level adjustments and software interferences, ensuring true-to-life colors meeting standards such as Adobe RGB, DCI-P3, Rec. 709, Rec. 2020 and sRGB. The Pen Display 24+ also supports Pantone-validated palettes and SkinTone-certified realism. From an artist perspective, the Pen Display 24 series offers a pen-on-paper feel thanks to a Super AG Etching glass surface, which mimics paper texture while eliminating glare and reflections, even under bright studio lights. The finely tuned pressure curve (8,192 levels, 3g initial activation) captures nuances from delicate strokes to bold lines. Two included pens — the three-button pen + eraser V.2, and thin pen + eraser V.2 — offer customizable shortcuts, while felt and standard nibs provide tactile versatility. The 23.8-inch 4K display (3840×2160) renders over 1.07 billion colors with 99 percent Adobe RGB, 93 percent DCI-P3, and 99 percent sRGB coverage. A Quick Keys Remote has an OLED screen and offers up to 44 application-spe- cific shortcuts. The Virtual Tablet Mode allows users to control multiple moni- tors/displays as one seamless canvas using just the pen. The Pen Display 24+ is silent and fan-less, yet manages to stay cool thanks to its high-conductivity metal backplate. A tilt stand is included and supports one-handed adjustments, while the optional multi-axis stand enables rotation and positioning on the edge of the desk with off-the-desk mode. The Xencelabs Pen Display 24+ is available now for $1,899.