OmniTek 3D Toolset Adopted by Films@59

OmniTek 3D Toolset Adopted by Films@59

LONDON, August 24, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

Bristol-based post production house Films@59, recently shortlisted for
Best Production House at the Broadcast Awards 2011 and a long-term user of
OmniTek video test and measurement equipment, have recently enhanced their
facilities with the purchase of a 3D-capable OmniTek OTR 1001.

Films@59 provide a complete package of post production services for HD
and SD video across a range of genres including documentaries, animation,
drama and natural history. They have four dedicated digital grading suites
and eight high-end finishing suites.

The company have for several years been using OmniTek TQ and XR systems
in their finishing suites to satisfy their requirement for high-end
measuring tools. They found that the OmniTek systems fitted perfectly into
both their suite set-ups and their workflows and, over the years, have added
additional facilities such as dual-link support, advanced audio and logging
in support of their Digital Intermediate (DI) and high-end grading work.

They have recently been involved in a high-end Stereo 3D (S3D) wildlife
documentary project, in support of which they purchased an OmniTek OTR 1001
with the additional 3D Toolset. Ian Burling, Head of Technical Services at
Films@59, commented:

"When looking for a test and measurement solution to complement the high
end S3D finishing tools, the OTR 1001 with its S3D analysis toolset was the
only option providing all the features needed to complete a stereoscopic
project successfully, whilst ensuring we had the stability and the excellent
support we have come to know from several years living with the TQ & XR
products and OmniTek as a company."

The OTR 1001 is a 1RU version of OmniTek's successful OTM 1000 and OTR
1003 combined waveform analyzer and test signal generator systems that was
launched in May 2011. The 3D toolset for these systems was added as the
VIEW_3D software option in July, alongside v2.2 of the OTM/OTR software
application at the heart of their operation.

The VIEW_3D software option doesn't just offer the disparity /depth maps
and histograms of other S3D video analysis tools but also a range of
displays that give the user a true picture of how the S3D video will be
perceived by the viewer. In particular, the VIEW_3D option includes a Depth
Plan that gives in real-time a 'helicopter view' of each 3D image scene with
the various components of the scene positioned as seen by a viewer of the
film. It also offers the complementary Elevation display (i.e. the scene as
seen from one side).

OmniTek's 3D depth displays are generated by combining horizontal
disparities automatically extracted from the S3D video with information
provided by the user about the screen size on which the video is to be
projected and the distance the viewer is expected to be sitting in front of
the screen. You can also easily run 'what if'-type investigations of how the
perceived depths will vary for users watching on different screen sizes,
simply by entering the different screen sizes and viewer distances.

The VIEW_3D option also provides a range of facilities for checking that
the luma and chroma levels in the left- and right-eye images match. In
particular, it adds to the Picture display a Checkerboard image made up of
alternate sections from the two images and the option to alternate the
picture displayed between the right- and left-eye images. It also adds '3D
modes' to the Waveform, Vectorscope and (Pixel) Histogram displays that show
the traces obtained from the right-eye image (shown in cyan) against those
obtained from the left-eye image (shown in red).

Also shown on OmniTek's various 3D displays are details such as the XYZ
coordinates in the viewer's world of the point in the display picked out by
a crosshair cursor - and an important feature of the OmniTek system is that
the displays are linked such that the crosshair cursor is in the equivalent
position on each display. As a result, the information you see as you move
from display to display is all about the same point in the image.

A full description of the facilities that are offered is given in
Section I of the OTM and OTR user guides (v2.2 or later), while examples of
the displays that are offered are shown at the end of this release.

About OmniTek:

OmniTek is an innovative test and measurement company formed in 2001,
specialising in the development of video analysis equipment for SD, HD, 3G
and digital cinema applications. In 2008 OmniTek was awarded a Queen's Award
for Enterprise, for innovation on its XR system.

Additional information is available from http://www.omnitek.tv

Source: OmniTek

Steve Carpenter, OmniTek, +44-(0)1256-345900, steve.carpenter@omnitek.tv

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