Releases of The Hobbit and The Great Gatsby will be the major flicks using the new 3D equipment in motion pictures The third dimension in movies has made way on regular basis in the last half a decade. 3D visual screening is not a new concept in motion pictures; the technology has its fingerprint presence […]
Steve Schklair, CEO of 3ality, said that 3D films can use about 4 percent of the screen’s width for its depth, with 2 percent providing a decent effect. Most live-action films now shoot at a depth of about a half percent, which barely registers with viewers. Following that is the corporate greed that forces cinema […]
3ality is not an innovation but the evolution of the current technology, integrating the two cameras together to produce a coherent motion picture in a normal 2D budget. The major benefit of the new equipment is that it can shoot the movie in 3D on the schedule of a 2D movie. Schklair recalled that the […]
The latest in a line of broadcast and media resolutions, 4K is due to replace 1080i/p (1,920×1,080 pixels) as the highest-resolution signal available for movies and, perhaps, television. Though there are several different standards, “4K” in general refers to a resolution of roughly 4,000 pixels wide and about 2,000 pixels high. That makes it the […]
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The industry needed a standard that works on the proposition that you’ll be sitting one-and-a-half times the screen height from the screen, and this required a higher resolution than 1080p. Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) was formed in 2002 with the goal of setting a digital standard. Based on these efforts, two new resolutions came about: […]
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James Cameron’s movie, Avatar (2011), about “the giant blue dudes” helped drive high-resolution 4K Sony projectors into theaters around the world, and made a lot of money in the process. Movie studios keen to maintain that momentum have released a slew of 3D films–mostly converted from 2D–and continued the expansion of 3D cinemas. However, this […]
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In the absence of 4K content, players and displays will need to upscale 1080p or even standard-definition content. To this end, Sony announced a new Blu-ray player at CES 2012, the BDP 5790, which will upscale to 4K. Looking to the future, Sony is reportedly keen to have the forthcoming “Spider-Man” reboot become one of […]
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