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Naturally, you may wish to see how our technologies work on real video sequences. We thus offer you demo videos showing results from our main plugins and technologies.

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Contents

2D to 3D Suite

• Tutorials:
• 2D to 3D Suite – an overview of the toolset for semiautomatic 2D to Stereo 3D conversion.
• Tutorial on Stereo Conversion Workflow – an overview of the simple stereo conversion workflow.
• Tutorial on Depth Propagation Usage – covers the essentials of using Depth Propagation.
• Tutorial on Depth Propagation with Masks – applicability of Depth Propagation extends beyond creating depth maps for background regions.
• Tutorial on Background Reconstruction – covers the basics of using Background Reconstruction for creating clean plates.
• Tutorial on Stereo Generator – getting started with Stereo Generator.
• Advanced tutorial on Stereo Generator – advanced settings for stereo generation.
• Stereo 3D conversion for TV. Workflow overview – using 2D to 3D Suite in After Effects.
• Stereo 3D conversion for TV. Step-by-step tutorial – using 2D to 3D Suite in After Effects.
• Getting Started with Stereo Generator for After Effects – covers all basic and the most important advanced options of Stereo Generator.
• Tutorial on Depth Propagation for Foreground Objects (Outdated) – applicability of Depth Propagation extends beyond creating depth maps for background regions.
• Selected tools and techniques:
• Stereo Generator for VR360 – presents VR360 3D mode of Stereo Generator.
• Automatic High Quality Inpainting for Occlusion Areas – automatic background warping to avoid background reconstruction during stereo generation from 2D+Z.
• Depth from Motion – an easy way to estimate depth from scenes with camera motion.
• Depth Propagation – an unique technology that gives you an ability to propagate just a few depth maps through the entire video sequence.
• Depth Propagation (stereo) – a stereo demo of Depth Propagation.
• Depth Effects – provides you with an ability to create depth map for landscape scenes very quickly.
• Depth map processing technologies for 2D to stereo video conversion.

Stereo Processing Suite Pro and Lite

• Stereo Processing Suite LITE Overview – introduction of Stereo Processing Suite Lite.

Video

2D to 3D Suite Overview

Using 2D to 3D Suite, a small team of 10 people can convert a full-length movie within one to two months depending on the movie’s type and quality requirements.

 

See also:

• 2D to 3D Suite – a complete description of the product.
• Depth Effects technology allows to obtain detailed depth for static scenes and background areas.
• Depth from Motion plugin for Adobe After Efects – a good solution for obtaining key frames from scenes with camera motion.
• Depth from Focus technology works well for scenes where foreground objects are blurred and where manual rotoscoping is an undesirably complex and expensive option.
• Depth Propagation technology – propagates the frame’s depth information through the whole video sequence.
• Stereo Generator – the tool for high quality stereo generation from 2D+Depth video.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Overview of a Simple Stereo Conversion Workflow

In the simplest case a workflow based on 2D to 3D Suite includes depth key frame creation, depth propagation from key frames, depth correction, and stereo generation from 2D+Depth.

 

See also:

• 2D to 3D Suite – a complete description of the product.
• 2D to S3D conversion process – general paradigm of the process.
• Stereo Generator Suite – the tool for high quality stereo generation from 2D+Depth video.
• Stereo Processing Suite – an effective tool for stereo video postprocessing.
• Depth Propagation technology – propagates the frame’s depth information through the whole video sequence.
• Depth Effects technology allows to obtain detailed depth for static scenes and background areas.
• Depth from Motion plugin for Adobe After Efects – a good solution for obtaining key frames from scenes with camera motion.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Depth Propagation Usage

This tutorial covers the essentials of using Depth Propagation: tuning the most important options, selective usage of roto masks, source preparation. The implementation for The Foundry NUKE is used. The corresponding version for After Effects has the same functionality.

 

See also:

• Depth Propagation technology – a general description.
• Depth Propagation plugin for The Foundry Nuke.
• Depth Propagation plugin for Adobe After Effects.
• Depth Propagation from a key frame created with Depth Effects.
• Depth Effects technology allows to automatically or semiautomatically obtain depth maps to use as depth key frames.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Depth Propagation with Masks

Applicability of Depth Propagation extends beyond creating depth maps for background regions, if a bit of masking and compositing is used.

 

See also:

• Depth Propagation technology – a general description.
• Depth Propagation plugin for The Foundry Nuke.
• Depth Propagation plugin for Adobe After Effects.
• Depth Propagation from a key frame created with Depth Effects.
• Depth Effects technology allows to automatically or semiautomatically obtain depth maps to use as depth key frames.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Background Reconstruction Tool

This tutorial covers the basics of using Background Reconstruction for creating clean plates by using information from neighbor frames.

 

See also:

• Background Reconstruction – various methods for different types of video.
• 2D to S3D conversion process – general paradigm.
• Depth map dilation – helps to eliminate halos and stripes of wrong color around foreground objects on the resulting stereo video.
• Stereo Generator – the tool for high quality stereo generation from 2D+Depth video.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Getting Started with Stereo Generator

An introductory tutorial on Stereo Generator basic usage in NUKE environment. The most important parameters for on-the-fly depth correction are explained. These options allow for significant reduction of typical conversion artifacts, especially the ghosting effect because of the different look of the same edge in the left and right eye.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Advanced Stereo Generation

In this advanced tutorial on Stereo Generator such topics as edge smoothing in stereo and use of clean plates are covered. Edge smoothing is “the last resort” that should be tried in Stereo Generator to cope with ghosting edges automatically. Multi layered clean plates can be efficiently used with Stereo Generator thanks to alpha channel processing and automatic occlusion mask generation. For the sake of this tutorial clean plates and depth maps for occlusion areas were automatically generated using YUVsoft’s Background Reconstruction tool.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Stereo 3D conversion for TV. Workflow overview

This overview video presents a simple, yet efficient workflow for 3DTV-quality stereo conversion using 2D to 3D Suite in After Effects. Results for a sample video are shown as well. See also the following step-by-step tutorial on how to implement this workflow from scratch.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Stereo 3D conversion for TV. Step-by-step tutorial

This tutorial shows how to use Depth Propagation and Stereo Generator tools in After Effects to efficiently perform stereo conversion with TV quality. Advanced application of the techniques presented here can also aid in high-quality 3D conversion for cinema.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Getting Started with Stereo Generator for After Effects

This tutorial explains basics of using Stereo Generator tool in After Effects for rendering stereo images from 2D+depth. The most important quality enhancement options are explained as well.

 

Stereo Generator VR360

This video presents VR 360 3D mode of Stereo Generator.

 

Automatic High Quality Inpainting for Occlusion Areas

The video presents a technique of an automatic background modification to fill in occlusion areas, thus avoiding background reconstruction during 3D conversion of selected shots.

 

Depth from Motion

Automatic estimation of draft depth maps for scenes with camera motion. It is one of possible initial steps in an automated 2D-to-stereo 3D conversion process.

 

See also:

• Depth from Motion plugin for Adobe After Effects.
• Depth Effects technology allows to obtain detailed depth for static scenes and background areas.
• Depth from Focus technology works well for scenes where foreground objects are blurred and where manual rotoscoping is an undesirably complex and expensive option.
• Depth Refinement technology – corrects edge mismatches between source frames and depth map.

 

Depth Propagation

Automatic propagation of a given depth map from one or two frames to the entire scene or the selected scene fragment. Provides fast generation of depth maps for the scene background for 2D-to-stereo 3D conversion using depth maps.

 

See also:

• Depth Propagation technology – a general description.
• Depth Propagation plugin for The Foundry Nuke.
• Depth Propagation plugin for Adobe After Effects.
• Depth Propagation from a key frame created with Depth Effects.
• Depth Effects technology allows to automatically or semiautomatically obtain depth maps to use as depth key frames.

 

Depth Propagation (stereo)

This is a stereo video.
Automatic propagation of a given depth map from one or two frames to the entire scene or the selected scene fragment. Provides fast generation of depth maps for the scene background for 2D-to-stereo 3D conversion using depth maps.

 

See also:

• Depth Propagation technology – a general description.
• Depth Propagation plugin for The Foundry Nuke.
• Depth Propagation plugin for Adobe After Effects.
• Depth Propagation from a key frame created with Depth Effects.
• Depth Effects technology allows to automatically or semiautomatically obtain depth maps to use as depth key frames.

 

2D to 3D Suite Tutorial: Depth Propagation usage for foreground objects

This tutorial is outdated for newer versions of Depth Propagation with the explicit mask feature.

 

Depth Effects

Fast creation of depth maps for landscape and urban shots for automated 2D to stereo 3D conversion.

 

See also:

• Depth Effects technology – a general description.
• Depth Effects usage for scenes with foliage.
• Depth Effects plugin for Adobe After Effects.
• Depth Effects plugin for The Foundry Nuke.
• Depth Propagation from a key frame created with Depth Effects.
• Depth Propagation technology – propagates the frame’s depth information through the whole video sequence.

 

Depth Map Processing Technologies

Methods for semiautomatic 2D to stereoscopic 3D conversion.

 

See also:

• Depth from Motion plugin for Adobe After Efects – a good solution for obtaining key frames from scenes with camera motion.
• Depth Effects technology allows to obtain detailed depth for static scenes and background areas.
• Depth Propagation technology – propagates the frame’s depth information through the whole video sequence.
• Depth from Focus technology works well for scenes where foreground objects are blurred and where manual rotoscoping is an undesirably complex and expensive option.
• Stereo Generator – the tool for high quality stereo generation from 2D+Depth video.

 

Stereo Processing Suite Lite Overview

This video presents Stereo Processing Suite Lite – a set of stereo correction and disparity map estimation plugins for After Effects. See how correction of color mismatch, fixing of vertical parallax and other geometry problems can be done automatically with the tools, as well as parallax change and disparity map estimation.