Binocle 3D

007. Binocle DisparityKiller

fabrice — 2010-05-17T12:59:16Z

1.General presentation

DisparityKiller is a post-production software designed for the correction of stereoscopic images, which allows to correct automatically all geometrical disparities inherent to a 3D shooting.

Applying corrections to rushes allows to watch the movie in its early stages in stereoscopic edition without cerebral tiredness or eye-strain. Thus, it prevents from disinclinations due to tiredness and clarifies eye-strain causes resulting from sequences choice or edit point.
DisparityKiller turns out to be essential to validate all post-production operations until the final version, to deliver a movie free from disparities to the viewers.

The correction function of DisparityKiller v1.0 corrects the following issues:

camera slewing
camera translation
lens magnification
keystone effect due to converging cameras.

Input images (left) and images corrected by DisparityKiller (right)

It is essential to eliminate these problems from the stereoscopic pairs to ensure the visual comfort of the viewer.

The correction function of DisparityKiller v1.0 is calculated on one or several images of a shot and applied throughout the shot.

Please note that you will have to ensure the synchronisation of your sequence to obtain a good correction.
Besides, DisparityKiller is not designed to handle variable geometrical disparities in a shot (due to a change of convergence or focus during the sequence for exemple).

2.Demo video

IMG/flv/DispKillerPresentation.flv

3.Technical specifications

3.1.File formats

DisparityKiller can correct and produce images in the following formats : bmp, dpx, fit, gif, jpg, pbm, pcx, pgm, png, ppm, psd, tga, tiff, xcf.bz2.
It can also take images in input in dcm and xcf.gz formats.

3.2.Required configuration

Windows :

1,8 GHz processor or faster
512 Mb of memory (1 Go recommended)
200 Mb of available disk space for installation
1 USB port for the dongle or network access for a floating license access
optionally :
- Gigabyte network for distant access
- high-speed internet access, for online services access

Mac OS:

A Mac with a 500MHz or faster Intel Core processor
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
1GB of memory ( 4GB recommended)
200Mb of available disk space for installation
1 USB port for the dongle or network access for a floating license access
optionally :
- Gigabyte network for distant access
- high-speed internet access, for online services access

3.3.Performance evaluation

On MacOs, with a 3.06Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4Gb of memory :

Tests on dpx images, resolution 1920x1080 (about 8Mo/image) :
- Correction computation with 2 "computeFrames" : 4s
- Correction computation with 5 "computeFrames" : 9s
- Correction computation with 15 "computeFrames" : 27s
- Rendering : 36 pairs corrected per minute.

On windows, with a 2.8Ghz Intel® processor and 3Gb of memory :

Tests on dpx images, resolution 1920x1080 (about 8Mo/image) :
- Correction computation with 2 "computeFrames" : 7s
- Correction computation with 5 "computeFrames" : 20s
- Correction computation with 15 "computeFrames" : 50s
- Rendering : 12 to 13 pairs corrected per minute.

Buy the Disparity Killer

005. Binocle on boards

Loran — 2010-04-19T10:33:09Z

Different configurations for the direct

On boards

Outside Broadcast - Tagger Binocle - Yves Pupulin
Sergi Pujades - Christian Pardessus
Maxime Beucher
Maxime Beucher - Yves Pupulin
Course cycliste - Euromédia - Luc Geoffroy - Tagger Binocle
Céline Tricart
Christian Pardessus

004. Binocle shooting

Loran — 2010-04-19T10:26:29Z

Materials shooting shooting situation

Caméras

Panavision

Genesis / Primo / Brigger III
Genesis / Primo / Brigger III
Genesis / Primo / Brigger III - Configuration "grue" (La caméra verticale est au-dessus afin de permettre une forte contre-plongée)

Sony

F35 / Brigger III
F35 / Brigger III
Sony 1500 / Brigger III
Sony 1500 / Brigger III
Sony 1500 / Brigger III
EX3 / Brigger II

Grass Valley

LDK 8000 / Brigger III

Panasonic

Panasonic 3700 / Brigger III
Panasonic 3700 / Brigger III
Panasonic 3700 / Brigger III

Red-One

Red-One / Brigger III

Caméras spéciales

Mini-caméra sur mini-Rig - Développement spécial Binocle pour course cycliste - Transmission HF Euromédia

Machineries

Steadycam

Sony 1500 / Brigger II
Steadycam / Brigger II / Thomas Villepoux
Steadycam / Brigger II / Sony 1500

Cranes

Beyond Limits - Grue / Brigger III

Image & Santé / grue / Brigger III / LDK 8000 / Angenieux 19 X 7.3

Football Parc des Princes - Technocrane / Brigger III

Les Krostons - Scorpio / Brigger III / Genesis / Primo

006. Binocle at NAB 2010

Loran — 2010-04-16T16:29:27Z

A statement from NAB : NAB/HD3D stereoscopic corrector. PARIS. At NAB, which is held these days in Las Vegas, the French company Binocle and INRIA introduce the first real-time high-definition corrector. - 005. Our products / A lire aussi

0009. Binocle at NAB 2010

Loran — 2010-04-16T16:26:41Z

NAB/HD3D stereoscopic corrector. PARIS. At NAB, which is held these days in Las Vegas, the French company Binocle and INRIA introduce the first real-time high-definition corrector. - 01. Binocle Disparity Killer / A lire aussi

001. Binocle Disparity Killer

Loran — 2010-04-16T15:01:50Z

« Binocle Disparity Killer »
post-production correction software

IMG/flv/DispKillerPresentation.flv

Binocle Disparity Killer features

Binocle Disparity Killer PI products

Binocle Disparity Killer: uncorrected (left) and corrected (right) images
For cinema post-production needs, there are two plug-ins:

« Disparity Killer PIC »

« Disparity Killer PIR »

002. Binocle Disparity Tagger

Loran — 2010-04-06T18:45:46Z

Binocle's stereo real-time visualization software

« Binocle Disparity Tagger »
real-time visualization software

Binocle Disparity Tagger features

The Binocle Disparity Tagger is compatible with the market tools

It has 2 inputs (HDSDI and/or HDMI).

Outputs vary depending on the visualization mode:

Finally, the software enables low-frequency, real-time visualization of geometric disparity corrections (vertical, trapezoid, etc.) or of lens-related magnification.

Binocle Disparity Tagger product

Disparity Tagger: displays areas of acceptable (green) and unacceptable (red) disparities depending on the size of the viewing screen or the user's choice
Mickael Chatelain : Magician

It displays the following:

001. Binocle's rigs

Loran — 2010-04-06T18:45:35Z

Binocle's rigs: "Brigger I", "Brigger II" and "Brigger III"

Brigger I, II and III features

Ten years after the first fully motion-controlled rig was developed by Binocle / Thomson / Angénieux, Binocle has improved its techniques to provide a full range of equipment to satisfy all shooting requirements.
Brigger II equipped with two Silicon Imaging SI2K cameras and two Angénieux Motion Control zoom lenses

Brigger I, II and III products

Binocle's patented rigs.

Brigger I's special configuration for zenithal installation.

Brigger II's linear configuration.

Brigger I, II and III also include:

Prices vary depending on the options selected, on top of cameras and optics. Binocle takes care of camera/optic matching and the fitting of motorized mounts for special optics.