Digital Projection and Nightmare Before Christmas at DVinfo.net

Alan James · October 20th, 2006, 06:28 PM

So... The Nightmare Before Christmas. Projected digitally. I haven’t seen this movie yet but I want to go see it just to see how the new DLP projectors look. I don’t know whether I should be happy about the 3D aspect of it or not, cause basically it’s a gimmick to get people to come see the movie. On a side note I have heard that if Nightmare is successful Old George Lucas is gunna be re-re-re-releasing Star Wars in 3D projected digitally. Wow :-( I mean the last time I saw Star Wars in theater it was what? Last year? Anyways dose anyone know the specs on these projectors? Frame rates, resolution, lumens, anything at all?

Alan James · November 5th, 2006, 11:11 AM

How does 3d work? From what I have seen I know its 2 images shot side by side from 2 cameras put together into one image. Somehow your glasses put them back together and your mind makes it 3d, but how.

Kelly Goden · November 5th, 2006, 11:50 AM

Isnt this a different type since they are using a movie that was made traditionally--only one image source, not two cameras recording at the same time? I am guessing but they must be taking the flat image and isolating certain elements in computer to create the dual image streams. i.e. extrapolating what is behind the foreground objects in each frame by using other frames where the foreground object isnt in the path and paint-fill stamp tooling it it? Then maybe doing something with the foreground objects to isolate them or make them appear 3d(like wrapping photos around a wire mesh object)?

I had seen a demo for a program called Pixel Dust which could supposedly take any footage and remove unwanted elements(erase a bus from a panning shot of a street, a skiier from a snow slope). The demo looked amazing. But Real Viz or wheoever was selling it removed it from their site last time I checked.

Alan James · November 5th, 2006, 12:18 PM

Yeah they probably rotoscoped it. ILM was in charge of the work. But my question is for and stereograph image how do the glasses you wear isolate the individual right and left frames. I wanna try to make this myself, using two cameras but I don’t know how. I don’t even know what section to ask this in.

October 20th, 2006, 06:28 PM	#1
Alan James Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 261	Digital Projection and Nightmare Before Christmas So... The Nightmare Before Christmas. Projected digitally. I haven’t seen this movie yet but I want to go see it just to see how the new DLP projectors look. I don’t know whether I should be happy about the 3D aspect of it or not, cause basically it’s a gimmick to get people to come see the movie. On a side note I have heard that if Nightmare is successful Old George Lucas is gunna be re-re-re-releasing Star Wars in 3D projected digitally. Wow :-( I mean the last time I saw Star Wars in theater it was what? Last year? Anyways dose anyone know the specs on these projectors? Frame rates, resolution, lumens, anything at all?

November 5th, 2006, 11:11 AM	#2
Alan James Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 261	How does 3d work? From what I have seen I know its 2 images shot side by side from 2 cameras put together into one image. Somehow your glasses put them back together and your mind makes it 3d, but how.

November 5th, 2006, 11:50 AM	#3
Kelly Goden Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Surrey BC Posts: 259	Isnt this a different type since they are using a movie that was made traditionally--only one image source, not two cameras recording at the same time? I am guessing but they must be taking the flat image and isolating certain elements in computer to create the dual image streams. i.e. extrapolating what is behind the foreground objects in each frame by using other frames where the foreground object isnt in the path and paint-fill stamp tooling it it? Then maybe doing something with the foreground objects to isolate them or make them appear 3d(like wrapping photos around a wire mesh object)? I had seen a demo for a program called Pixel Dust which could supposedly take any footage and remove unwanted elements(erase a bus from a panning shot of a street, a skiier from a snow slope). The demo looked amazing. But Real Viz or wheoever was selling it removed it from their site last time I checked.

November 5th, 2006, 12:18 PM	#4
Alan James Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 261	Yeah they probably rotoscoped it. ILM was in charge of the work. But my question is for and stereograph image how do the glasses you wear isolate the individual right and left frames. I wanna try to make this myself, using two cameras but I don’t know how. I don’t even know what section to ask this in.