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British developer 5D ceased trading in October 2002, prompting interest in its film-production technology. Its Colossus digital grading and finishing system had been developed with Colorfront for work on The Lord of the Rings; Colorfront continued development and began building its own sales network.
Discreet acquired the Cyborg and Commander products. Discreet later became part of Autodesk.
Cyborg combined image-processing, compositing and effects tools in a single interface. Commander handled real-time playback of uncompressed digital-film sequences and could display material with different resolutions, colour depths and frame rates.
