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CTOnews.com April 26, Sony (China) recently released a new virtual production tool set ("Virtual Production Tool Set"), including camera and display virtual production plug-in ("Camera and Display Plugin") and virtual production color calibration tool ("Color Calibrator") to help filmmakers improve pre-production efficiency and on-site workflow. The new toolkit works with Sony CineAltaV movie cameras, Crystal LED black crystal LED screens and other HDR-enabled LED displays to improve effectiveness and help solve common challenges in virtual production, such as color matching and moire patterns, and enhance visual rendering within the camera.

Based on the feedback from the creative community, Sony launched the virtual production tool set after rigorous testing in cooperation with Epic Games to optimize the film and television production process and improve creative efficiency.

Camera and display virtual production plug-in is a plug-in for illusory engine, which can help production team discover and solve common problems in virtual production workflow. For example, because different cameras and LED displays have different color characteristics, it is common that the art department responsible for virtual production is unable to predict the actual color performance of a particular camera.

Camera and display virtual production plug-in user interface Sony camera and display virtual production plug-in can well solve a variety of common problems, including this kind of. When installed in an unreal engine, the virtual CineAltaV in the plug-in allows the producer to reproduce the settings of the CineAltaV, CineAltaV 2 and black crystal LED screens. This allows the virtual art department to use CineAltaV's color process to create assets in the pre-production phase before the expensive crew enters the scene. The virtual CineAltaV function in the camera and display virtual production plug-in can also simulate the camera's exposure index and ND filter, recreate the shallow depth of field effect, and help the production team determine the lens selection in the pre-production process. The plug-in can also display the corresponding moire alarm based on the dot spacing and other characteristics of the LED display, helping the production team to adjust the camera position and camera movement during pre-production, so as to save setting time on the shooting site.

Camera and display virtual production plug-in user interface in addition, the user can export the settings of the virtual CineAltaV and display virtual production plug-in from the plug-in to CineAltaV and CineAltaV 2 used in the field. During filming, the plug-in can continue to provide moire alarms to identify problems that may not be detectable in on-site monitoring but may become apparent in post-production.

Sony Virtual Color Calibration tool is an application based on Windows 10 environment. It ensures that the appropriate color restoration is obtained when shooting the LED display with CineAltaV. This calibration tool greatly reduces the work of testing, reshooting or complex LUT during shooting or production. On the contrary, it is more intuitive to calibrate the effect of the LED display through the interface, including the LED screen that supports HDR, to improve the on-site workflow, thus achieving the desired color effect in CineAltaV.

The virtual production color calibration tool studio application schematic test pattern will be displayed on the LED display and automatically analyzed by CineAltaV and color calibration tool plug-ins to generate a 3D LUT. Sony virtual production color calibration tools can be used in LED controllers, color management tools or illusory engines, and the calibration process is simple and repeatable.

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