Film Recording
 At the end of the digital imaging process, the image data files must be transferred back to film for final release and projection using a special digital-to-analog conversion camera. While a variety of techniques and cameras exist to accomplish this task, iO Film uses the industry standard Arrilaser by Arriflex Corporation.
The Arrilaser camera can create a new negative that possesses the full range of densities and color information that were captured in the initial scanning. The Arrilaser streams the image information for each film frame into the camera, which converts the RGB data into RGB laser light. The RGB laser beams are then combined to create a coherent beam of light that paints the finished images onto a new piece of film stock, one frame at a time, creating a new negative. This process can be used to produce a much higher quality final negative than can be achieved using traditional optical methods due to generation loss that occurs in the analog process. Unlike most CRT-base film recorders, the Arrilaser is able to expose a fine-grained intermediate, laboratory film stock, which greatly minimizes the introduction of an additional grain signature.
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