48 fps 3D Raw RED Epic with Assimilate Scratch
ASSIMILATE (Santa Clara, CA,USA) announced that SCRATCH achieved never before seen performance levels in the playback of RED EPIC stereoscopic 3D content. You may now get dailies playback and review of RAW Stereo EPIC streams, direct from the camera at a full 48 frames per second.
Meanwhile, SCRATCH 6.1 finishing systems can achieve the same 48 FPS playback rate of EPIC stereo content even after sophisticated color grades and VFX have been applied. At last, that time-consuming step of transcoding is no more necessary.
Scene from "Underworld: Awakening" (3D); RED Epic camera; VFX in SCRATCH at Luma Pictures
New CineForm Studio 'Best Value for Money' 3D postproduction
This week, GoPro (Half Moon Bay, CA, USA) launched the entire CineForm Studio line for 2D and 3D post production. Since the acquisition of CineForm by GoPro, the original CineForm development team, led by David Newman, has been working closely with the GoPro to develop these new products. The end result is a really powerful, nicely streamlined set of tools for consumers, enthusiasts, professional cinematographers, and post professionals.
Two high-end versions are added to the initial CineForm Studio. Their names: GoPro CineForm Studio Premium and GoPro CineForm Studio Professional. The company released last month a new version CineForm Studio, now the entry version in the line.
Legend3D work on Hugo
Legend3D recently announced its role as the primary conversion vendor on Hugo, Martin Scorsese's first 3D film that opened on Nov. 23, 2011.
Hugo was shot using 3D camera rigs but Legend3D was tasked with restoring, colorizing and converting to 3D an assortment of vintage 2D material across three key sequences in the film. This included classic cinema from the early 1900s, such as Georges Melies' A Trip to the Moon and The Merry Frolics of Satan, as well as new footage of Ben Kingsley in his role as Melies. To accomplish this, Legend3D first restored the source material in 2D while still retaining the vintage "look." This material was then converted to 3D to match the overall depth of Scorsese's native photography.
LE-3D Stereoscopic Color Legaliser
Eyeheight (Watford, UK) has chosen BVE 2012 as the UK launch venue for the world’s first dual-channel stereoscopic 3D video legaliser.
The LE-3D allows legalisation parameters for left and right video channels to be adjusted from a single operating panel to ensure precise compliance with internation color and brightness standards.
Adobe Premiere 3D
Thanks to the GoPro-Neo3D plug-in, Premiere offers a variety of 3D looks and outputs such as side by side, top/bottom, and anaglyph. Having the Neo3D plug-in also allows you to control the convergence, vertical alignment, rotation disparities, and zoom differences between eyes for setting up a 3D scene.
