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POST
NT
Advanced Virtual Set Production with the highest degree of realism from ELSET software running on a PC with Windows NT.
Like most video producers, you believe that someday many video productions will have some content created using 3D virtual sets and characters. If you saw the original virtual set systems, you might still believe that your production budget isnt big enough for a virtual set. With the advent of ELSET POST-NT and ELSET LIVE-NT, you can begin learning the skills that bring virtual set program production to life right now and for an incremental investment much lower that you thought possible!
Any basic chroma key studio can be easily converted to virtual productions. Basic set backgrounds are created using ED Studio Max from Kinetix. With over 25,000 copies of AD Studio Max sold, chances are you already know someone who can build your first set for you-maybe theyre even on staff already! Next the "set" is loaded on a PC configured with high end graphics and video cards specified by Accom. The PC is also connected to a special camera head which tells the PC where the camera is pointing as well as providing the zoom and focus information. A number of heads are available on the market and advances in this area are occurring at an accelerating rate
ELSET POST-NT FOR NT BASED COMPUTERS
ELSET POST-NT enables you to shoot your video productions while seeing a preview of the live scenes using a PC operating under Windows NT. ELSET POST-NT utilizes 3D Studio MAX to create the set and to view scenes during production.
Camera moves are recorded on the PC during shooting. After the production is complete, virtual backgrounds are rendered using low-cost PCs. Rendering may be accelerated by using multiple, low-cost PCs in a render farm. By rendering the virtual scenes off-line, even complex scenes may be produced that are not possible in real-time virtual set productions. Backgrounds are recorded to Accoms WSD Xtreme, while foregrounds are recorded on a standard VTR. Using the WSD/Xtreme, virtual set program assembly can be easily automated with the WSDs VTR control for playback through the chroma keyed Alternatively, supervised post production can be completed using a conventional edit suite.
FEATURES
FUTURE PROOFING YOUR INVESTMENT
ELSET POST-NT will grow. Thats because of Accoms open system approach which takes advantage of the continuing advancements by other suppliers in 3D modeling and animation, as well as camera tracking systems and imaging technology.
SCALEABLE VIRTUAL SET SOLUTIONS
Accom has a full line of ELSET virtual set systems that can be operated on Silicon Graphics computers as well as PCs running Windows NT giving the option of live, near-live or off-line program production. With the industrys widest range of virtual set systems, ELSET has a solution for virtually every professional video producer.
For more information, see also:
LIVE-NT
for WindowsNT PC with the Real3D
Graphics Engine
Accom is a registered trademark of Accom, Inc. ELSET is a trademark of Accom, Inc. All other product and company names are the property of their respective owners.
rev. 5/2/97
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