The three major components of the system (scanner, workstation software, and recorder) have all received separate AMPAS Scientific and Technical Awards.

From February 1990, the Cineon workstation software was written by a team based at Kodak in Melbourne, Australia led by Lindsay Arnold.

[12] [13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The initial developers of the system received a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in February 2005.

[21] Kennel helped launch Kodak's Cinesite Digital Film Center in September 1992, which became the premier test site for Cineon.

The restoration project was done entirely at 4K resolution and 10-bit color depth using the Cineon software to digitally remove dirt and scratches.

After the end of Cineon, Glenn Kennel worked with Philips to extend the Spirit DataCine to Cineon-compatible digital file output, first applying it to the 1998 movie Pleasantville.