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LIVE
NT
Live On-Air Virtual Set using ELSET LIVE-NT Software, PC with Windows NT, plus Real AD Pro 1000 Series Graphics Engine.
Like most video producers, you believe that someday many video productions will have some content created using AD virtual sets and characters. If you saw the original virtual set systems, you might still believe that your production budget isnt big enough for a virtual set.
With the advent of ELSET POST-NT and ELSET LIVE-NT you can begin learning and applying the skills that bring virtual set program production to life right now and for an incremental investment much lower that you thought possible!
Any basic chroma key studio can be easily converted to virtual productions. Basic set backgrounds are created using 3D Studio Max from Kinetix. With over 25,000 copies of 3D Studio Max sold, chances are you already know someone who can build your first set for you-maybe theyre even on your staff already! Next the "set" is loaded on a PC configured with high end graphics and video cards specified by Accom. The PC is also connected to a special camera head which tells the PC where the camera is pointing as well as providing the zoom and focus information. A number of heads are available on the market and advances in this area are occurring at an accelerating rate. To generate broadcast quality virtual sets, live on-air, you now add a graphics engine from REAL ED, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Accom and REAL 3D have worked closely to ensure that ELSET LIVE-NT and the graphics engine work seamlessly together. The REAL 3D PRO-1000 Professional Series is a family of low cost graphics engines designed to provide reliable real time performance (at full 60Hz rates required for broadcast video standards). it generates the highest realism possible for this class of device, due to its superior real time polygonal generation capability, high capacity texture memory and true anti-aliasing.
Now your computer generated sets can be produced in real time for a fraction of the cost typically associated with virtual sets. ELSET LIVE-NT enables you to shoot your production while seeing a preview of the live scenes using a PC operating under Windows NT. During production, ELSET LIVE-NT provides camera viewpoint data which drives the virtual set coming from the PRO-1000 Professional Series graphics engine. ELSET LIVE-NT provides constant real-time operation at 60 fields per second for true broadcast video quality.
ELSET LIVE NT will grow. Thats because of Accoms open system approach which takes advantage of the continuing advancements by other suppliers of 3D modeling and texturing tools as well as in computer and imaging technology. Start with an entry level system today to build your virtual sets and production skills. Then as technology and your imagination grow, upgrade your system within the ELSET framework of product offerings. Since we are a true open environment, your system will be upgradeable.
Accom has a full line of ELSET virtual set systems that can be operated on Silicon Graphics computers as well as PCs running Windows NT giving the option of live, near-live or off-line program production. With the industrys widest range of virtual set systems, ELSET has a solution for virtually every professional video producer.
For more information, see also:
POST
for SGI O2, Impact, or
Octane
POST-NT for WindowsNT PC running Studio 3DMax
Accom is a registered trademark of Accom, Inc. ELSET is a trademark of Accom, Inc. All other product and company names are the property of their respective owners.
rev. 5/2/97
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