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14-15 May 2025
Olympia Grand Hall
London

MPTS
07 Feb 2023

Racoon installs Baselight Two following Enge Gray hire

Max Miller
The Baselight Two grading system is paired with a Blackboard control panel

Racoon has installed a Baselight Two grading system and Blackboard control panel at its Margaret Street office. 

This move comes after the post house hired highly experienced senior colourist Enge Gray last month, who selected this kit for the installation. Racoon expanded into the Margaret Street office last year, which is its second building and opened a year after the company was founded.

The Baselight system is now in use, and Racoon will hope to build on recent work such as Clarkson’s Farm, The Grand Tour and The King’s Christmas Broadcast.

David Klafkowski, founder and CEO at Racoon, said of Gray’s appointment and the new kit: “We have tracked Enge’s career with interest for a number of years – his breadth of experience across multiple genres is fantastic.

“The quality of his work speaks for itself, and we love his passion. As importantly, his ethos mirrors our own, particularly in supporting next generation talent and giving opportunities to those who may not always easily find them.

“Baselight fits right in with our current workflow at Racoon as we are able to utilise the AAF for renderless workflows to and from Avid. Our capability for remote viewing and signoff is being incorporated into our Tanooki platform, which will enable our clients to view grades at leisure or in real-time viewing sessions with Enge if needed. With a mix of FilmLight and our networked storage, we are already working on large format resolutions for UHD/HDR and multi-delivery to our clients.”

Gray added: “Grading systems were talked about and Baselight was definitely at the top of my shopping list. In fact, it was the only system on my list. Having worked with it for a number of years, I know how precisely - and quickly - I can get the results I and my clients like and need.

“I’ve used Baselight every working day for a decade now. At a former post house, I was using three different systems, sometimes in one day, and Baselight always felt like home. As well as speed and precision, since the introduction of features like Base Grade and the HDR fine tuning tools, it just makes sense – for me and for the images I’m helping to develop and craft.”

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