equirectangular 12k driving video plates?
Hi, we have been using Millumin for LED wall work for many years now, including driving plates.
When will a workflow be available to use equirectangular 12k driving video plates as supplied by companies like plate-pros and sim-plates?
Currently the only solution is to slice them up and attempt distortions to make clean views.
Pixera and LiveFX both handle them natively, allowing you to rotate the view 360-degrees in real time.
We love using Millumin, but this has become a real limiting factor…
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Hello @BenVideo,
From what I understand you want to have an effect for footage such as this one, creating a 3D representation so you could rotate on the right or the left (like in this video). I believe you are using such footages to film a movie with a scene inside a car.
Am I right ?
Best. Philippe
Hi Phillppe,
Yes, this is for shooting scenes inside a car, generally called "LED Car Process".
This video is a better example of the 360-degree plates from our friend Alex Pierce:
As much as we love LiveFX, Millumin has some advantages for handling multiple canvases. I'm also a longtime Millumin user, so would love to be able for it to be more competitive with other media servers like LiveFX.
For car-process, we generally have (3) large rolling flat LED walls and (1) suspended ceiling section.
Traditional driving plates are shot from fixed angles (front, side, back, quarters etc.), but often film makers wish for the camera to be positioned more organically and not at specific hard angles.
Even just a tool that wold let us rotate a. 360 plate and then render out a specific view that could then be imported into Millumin would be a good start...
Thanks for your help....
Hello @BenVideo,
Ok thank you for the infos.
To be honnest, this is a very specific feature. However, in next beta version coming in the next months, we might add a "360° equirectanglar" effect to view such contents. This would work like such movies on Vimeo (being able to choose to the point of view).
Best. Philippe
This is going to be a huge asset to our workflows! Thank you for such a brilliant (and quick) added feature!
We're all absolutely thrilled!!!
Hi @Millumin Philippe,
I'm very excited to see Millumin support 360 Equirectangular footage.
I was first introduced to your software on Baywatch just as your 360 capabilies shipped. The timing couldn't have been better.
I have been on a crusade to see 360 degree spherical video become the standard for 2d virtual production workflows. This only works if the playback tools give operators the capabilities to handle 360 as robustly as flat video with all of the benefits that come with a seamless sphere of content.
I would love to collaborate on Millumin's 360 toolset and would be happy to provide you with sample test footage as well as helping to develope training materials around this popular use case.
All the best!
David C. Smith
Founder, Plate Pros
Hello @PlatePros,
Thank you for your message.
Indeed, the latest beta version support such footages. If you find that something is missing in our implementation, feel free to tell us (or reach us via our email : contact / millumin).
Best. Philippe