Mo-Sys VFX tool - 3D Virtual Inserter
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+ Four years of development and research finally reached a fantastic peak at IBC for the VFX tool, 3D Virtual Inserter. This product for VFX films, which VFX crews, actors, DOP's, directors and producers alike, love was awarded the editors “Best of IBC Award 2009”. So, what is so special about 3D Virtual Inserter? It's a unique pre-visualisation and camera motion capture system, which matches the real world with the virtual world and records them together with time-code. It allows film-makers to take full creative control of their visual effect productions in real-time during shoots and speeds up the filming process. Tony Willis is a DOP, VFX supervisor and Producer with the immensley successful and creative Mediapro Magic, describes why they are investing in 3D Virtual Inserter, “Being a DOP as well as a VFX Supervisor and Producer, I was looking to not only keep control on the live action set, not putting limits everywhere, but also to speed up the process with a small team. The Producer in me has to think cost and schedule. Then we found out about 3D Virtual Inserter and I flew to London to test it out . The cost saving in tracking and roto would be huge, in our estimates, for the movie we were looking at would be in the region of $1.3 million. The control we would have on set was immense, and the Director and DOP would get to see the composed shot saving major time in the post process pipeline. It was just like shooting live action and live CG combined “.
One of the major studios in Hollywood, who are in the process of creating a brand new green screen studio in their back-lot, have also seen the benefits of 3D Inserter. As Michael Geissler, CEO of Mo-Sys explained, “They are in the process of building their new green screen studio, with 3D Inserter a central product, enabling them to speed up the whole process of VFX filming. They have seen a huge growth in visual effect productions thanks to films being created from successful computer games. This multi million dollar project puts 3D Virtual Inserter at the centre of this exciting development.” We are constantly being told that 3D Virtual Inserter is the future of VFX filming, but don't just take our word for it, as Tony Willis concludes, “The future will be digital data and 3D Virtual Inserter is the link between CGI and the new digital live action set. It will move us forward in how we make and see the digital movie of the future and the process we use.” As Geissler concluded, “It was great to receive the Best Product at IBC 2009 category award, as it recognises the effort the team have put in, but also it shows that Mo-Sys is at the forefront of the VFX film evolution. 3D Virtual Inserter is the right product for the right time. We've been quite guarded about our development of it, due to its new and unique qualities, but it seems we are now creating an ever growing client base, making it a must-have system for many big green/blue screen film shoots”.
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