imcube 3D Daily
imcube 3D Daily is a semi-automatic 2D-to-3D conversion software for the production of 3D pre-visualizations, 3D dailies and 3D videos for 3DTV and mobile applications. In contrast to imcube 3D Cinema which supports the creation of high quality layered depth maps with individual objects, its focus is on the rapid creation of a dense depth map by propagating sparse depth scribbles provided by the user over space and time.
This allows users to rapidly convert tons of videos in short time while ha- ving full control on the 3D quality and 3D effect.
Workflow
The user scribbles depth values into objects or areas of a selected key- frame and the software estimates a dense depth map by propagating the depth values between all pixels within this frame and over time using sophisticated and proprietary computer vision algorithms.
A single keyframe can be sufficient for the conversion of the entire sequence. However, the user can improve the results by modifying the depth scribbles, adding new depth scribbles or selecting additional keyframes.
While the user is scribbling depth values into the image, he gets immediate visual feedback either in the form of depth maps, stereo left and right views or as a 3D model of the scene.
Viewing Widget
The Edit View widget is the central widget for showing the footage, creating the coarse depth structure and displaying the results of the depth map generation. It offers 4 different views:
The first view shows the source footage and can be overlaid with the object or depth scribbles as shown in the second view. The third view shows the dense depth map which has been generated based on the sparse depth scribbles.
Finally, the fourth view shows the resulting disparity map after applying the depth rendering settings to the depth map.
Render Widget
The Rendering widget is used for for depth grading and fine-tuning of the 3D effect. The depth budget (far shift, near shift) which controls the range of the resulting disparity values is specified relative to the image width. Applying this disparity range to the depth map leads to a disparity map which is shown in the Edit View widget.
The depth mapping function can be easily adjusted with a curve editor.
