3D stereo

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There are some great debates that rage in technical post circles – a good one is shooting stereo parallel or convergent. We have been researching 3D for some time at fxphd, and more recently for an up coming “Art of Digital 3D’ story. As I have often said “my father once said to me (and he really did) Son, you can read the entire works of Sigmund Freud – but sooner or later you have to take a girl on a date !”

So we decided to shoot some stereo 3D. And we’ll post the results in fxphd (our research findings on fxguide). The debate on the possible success or not of 3D at the ticket office is really interesting: no sooner had people pointed to the breakout success of Hanna Montana in 3D – then U2-3D flopped. But either way there are some really interesting technical issues – and we love complex technical issues.

We have also been really lucky to have Jeff Olm join us in the Sydney office to start work on what will be some great Scratch training for fxphd. Jeff joins the team for next term and we will be covering not only 3D workflow and RED workflow but also creative color grading in general. The new Scratch course will be out in about a month – but look for the Art of Digital 3D next week on fxguide. The “Art of” series are some of our most popular stories historically – they also take the longest to write.