Archive for January, 2010

What Do You Call Yours?

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

We’ve heard a plethora of different names for tape formats over the years, and we wondered what you called yours?

Are they the very formal Digital Betacam, or the more friendly DigiBeta? Or maybe you err somewhere in the middle, and adopt the moniker Digi Betacam. We find that most people are on first name terms, favouring to simply go with Digi.

What about Betacam SP? Do you use the TLA BSP, or the more succinct Beta? The same can be said for HDCam, though we find that what people mean by HD can vary a lot. HD can mean HDCam SR, or it can mean HDV to different people. That’s the one time we begin to insist on some continuity.

Whatever you call your tapes, we’re pretty sure it’s not Trevor.

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Add Another Dimension

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

If you want to give your old 2d footage a new lease of life, why not think about adding a third dimension? Well, thanks to In Three’s Dimensionalization software, you can.

Their process takes a flat image and turns it into a 3d stereoscopic one, without the need to go away and reshoot. Thus, you can add that extra depth to old shots and reinvigorate your film.

George Lucas and James Cameron were both blown away by the results, each claiming it was some of the best stereoscopic work they have ever seen; even better than 3d footage shot on a dual camera system. This is because the Dimensionalization process doesn’t encounter the same problems as a live shoot, including lens distortion, depth disceprancies and lighting problems.

Read more here.

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