Post Production 3D

tygrus2000 wrote on 12/2/2005, 9:40 PM
I saw an article on TV saying that many classics are being rendered and released in 3D, namely Star Wars in 2007. Supposedly there is some process that can make the effect on old film even though it was not originally shot that way.

Anyone know what that product or process is and could we apply it to our work. I'd love to punch up my slide shows and market them as 3D.

tygrus

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Logan5 wrote on 12/2/2005, 10:33 PM
I shot a few 3D show pilots & a few 3D promos back in the day. We also had device that would take a 2D video and give it a 3D look. I assume that’s what you are looking for. Also we had a video card that would take 3D computer games and make them 3D. (I think someone now sales that)
Also had a small box that would merge two cameras signals to create a 3D shot.
We had two types of 3D– “in window” (depth looking into a 3D space) & “out of window” (objects seem to come out of the screen).
Anyway, there are 3(maybe more) methods of viewing 3D – polarized glasses – shuddered glasses- Red/Blue glasses.
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p@mast3rs wrote on 12/2/2005, 10:37 PM
After Effects can take 2D and make it look like 3D. I believe Boris Red can also.
B.Verlik wrote on 12/2/2005, 11:42 PM
What ever happened to the OLED's? I thought for sure, by now we'd have a nice set of monitors for each eye. So we could get true 3-D, visually that is. Just like the original "Stereoscopic" photos
JJKizak wrote on 12/3/2005, 5:35 AM
Canon was marketing a 3D lens a few years ago for about $8k for the XL1-s.

JJK
fldave wrote on 12/3/2005, 6:35 AM
I think you are referring to George Lucas, Peter Jackson and James Cameron's new patent pending process called D-Cinema, 3D. I believe it is applied to the finished footage. It would be cool to have a Vegas plug-in for it.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/08/content_2802303.htm



Coursedesign wrote on 12/3/2005, 12:42 PM
After Effects can take 2D and make it look like 3D. I believe Boris Red can also.

AE, RED (and Vegas) can take a flat plane, project video on it, and then move the plane around in 3D space. This is professionally referred to as 2.5D.

AE (and perhaps RED?) also has a 3D camera capability that can project video onto odd-shaped objects and twist these around.

None of these can give a 3D feel to the original footage though.