Cel-Soft
To Introduce Cel-Scope3D Stereocopic Analyser with 3D Recording Option at IBC
2010
September 4, 2010
Source: Cel-Soft The
CEL name returns to IBC this year as Cel-Soft Ltd, a recently-formed company specialising
in broadcast-quality control and measurement technology.
Cel-Soft is
the brainchild of Robin Palmer who founded CEL-Broadcast in the early 1980s and
whose design talents have been behind many innovative and successful broadcast
products. Exhibiting on stand 9.IP533, Cel-Soft
will introduce the Cel-Scope3D stereoscopic analyser, a software solution to the
challenges of 3D quality control and depth budget management. 
"Increasing
interest in stereoscopic 3D production has created an urgent need for a tool precisely
tailored to checking depth budget and all possible disparities between the left
and right images," Robin Palmer comments.
"Pairing two television
cameras to operate in 3D is easy but even slight differences in terms of physical
alignment, optical and electronic performance, can seriously degrade the resultant
3D illusion. Poorly configured 3D causes eye strain and headaches or, for some
viewers, destroys the 3D effect entirely. This applies to high-end rigs just as
much as to semi-pro and industrial equipment. Cel-Soft has harnessed the multi-core
processors and graphics cards to allow the Cel-Scope3D software package to out-perform
other existing hardware solution but at much lower cost, providing real-time measurement
of 3D stereo disparities in HD." Compatible with all
current versions of Microsoft Windows, Cel-Soft's Cel-Scope3D allows stereoscopic
camera alignment to be performed quickly and confidently so that the 3D is accurate
from the moment of capture. Running on a suitably powerful PC platform, Cel-Scope3D
can display left and right channels simultaneously plus actual depth dynamics.
Its display window can each be set to show the usual waveform, vectorscope and
histogram graphics as well as differences in video parameters between each channel.
Geometry issues can be easily identified using built-in real-time image manipulation.
Quality-control tests can be performed on live stereoscopic video sources
in any SD, HD or 2K format from industry standard capture cards or Firewire inputs,
or alternatively from file playback. Cel-Scope3D is designed
for use both on set with live inputs and in post-production, reviewing and playing
back 3D media files. Captured footage or edits in a wide range of file formats
can be viewed and assessed in real time.
Disparities are analysed and
displayed as clear and intelligible graphics on 2D or 3D monitors. Anaglyph display,
touch-screen control and auto-alarm are all supported. Displays can be scaled
and arranged as six or eight windows on one or two PC monitors and also on a 3D
monitor. The most important setting the stereographer or
operator has to do is to assign the target depth budget for the production in
percentage of screen width or in pixels. The live 3D analysis displays then include
depth analysis with depth budget markers, vertical disparity, depth histogram
and vertical disparities histogram. These can be colour-coded to correspond to
the false colour used on the depth map, for easy problem-area recognition. Left/right
focus-difference and colour-balance-difference displays allow camera matching
to be checked easily.
Each display mode is configured via a simple menu.
Up to 20 configurations can be stored on preset buttons for fast recall. Embedded
audio, stereo or multi-channel surround-sound can also be extracted, displayed,
monitored and checked alongside the video. Logging and GPI options enable Cel-Scope3D
to monitor content at any part of the 3D distribution chain. An
optional 3D recording facility allows dual stream 3D be captured direct to hard
disk in a number of alternative formats. Cel-Soft
is marketing the Cel-Scope3D as a stand-alone product through independent distributors
and also as a software component. Cel-Soft is licensing a number of other companies
for projects and products that will be making use of the Cel-Scope3D in an embedded
role. By the end of the year, Cel-Scope3D will also be available as a plug-in
for one or more popular editing and grading systems.
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