imcube 3D QC Player
As 2D-to-3D conversion is a creative process, imcube developed the imcu- be 3D QC Player for QC sessions with the Stereographer, S3D Supervisor or client.
Overview
The player is able to display raw stereo footage in realtime. Furthermore, it gives the Stereographer or S3D Supervisor the possibility to give feed- back to the conversion artists by marking required changes in the stereo layout or giving additional notes. This feedback can be exported as pdf and forwarded to the conversion artists.
Finally, the Stereographer or S3D Supervisor can adjust depth placement directly in the QC session, i.e. he can change the convergence settings and depth budget over time and he can even perform a non-linear re-mapping of the whole 3D scene (e.g. compress the background and stretch the fo- reground if needed to reduce miniaturization of background objects, etc.) using a curve editor.
The modified depth settings are stored in a project file and can be impor- ted either directly into imcube 3D Cinema or into the render-management software for the final rendering.
Graphical User Interface
The main window contains the majority of the user interface’s components including menu bar, tool bar, file manager, edit view, frame annotations, time line, depth rendering widget, message log, and status bar.
The shot file creator provides a means to quickly create multiple shot files. Note that this feature requires a consistent folder structure where all shot folders are at the same directory depth.
Depth Grading
The software can be also used to adjust the zero parallax plane and the depth budget. The changes can be previewed in various stereoscopic formats and the integrated 3D scene view.
Furthermore, the depth distribution can be adjusted through a non-linear depth mapping function.
