Authoring tools used in Hollywood

[sampalmer21]

Just out of curiosity, what encoding applications/tools do Hollywood companies use to master Blu-Ray movies? How about VC-1 encoded movies?

[Baldrick]

I would guess Sonic Scenarist for authoring.

[filmboss80]

Echoing Baldrick's post:

http://www.sonic.com/about/press/news/2006/01/technicolor_hddvd.aspx

Encoding is usually hardware based...

http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_detail.php?id=15924

[poisondeathray]

Many titles are software encoded using cinemacraft hd , blu-code , or cinevision.

If you look at cinemacraft's webpage , you will see a list of recent titles under "blu-ray encodes"
http://www.omni-cinemacraft.com/

AFAIK almost all use scenarist to author

[deadrats]

Many titles are software encoded using cinemacraft hd , blu-code , or cinevision.

If you look at cinemacraft's webpage , you will see a list of recent titles under "blu-ray encodes"
http://www.omni-cinemacraft.com/

AFAIK almost all use scenarist to author

check out this quote from sony's site:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/bluoffer

Blu-print™, the industry leader in Blu-ray Disc™ authoring created by Sony Pictures Entertainment, is now only $53,000 – that's a savings of $7,000. Blu-print allows you to create projects in both HDMV movie mode and BD-J mode with enhanced support for BD-Live content. Includes one year of support.

Blu-code™ encoder — save $10,000 on this powerful HD multi-codec encoder that creates H.264/AVC HD and MPEG-2 HD and SD video streams. Blu-code is now only $30,000 USD. You can add a Turn-key PC with 5TB of storage for only $15,000. Includes 90-day free support

i think it's very generous of them...