Video Breakthroughs

Quality of image and the need to wear glasses have, along with cost, been the biggest gating factors leading to poor 3D take-up to date, but Dolby Laboratories and Royal Philips Electronics believe they have a solution.

The two technology leaders have launched Dolby 3D, a 3D HD format and suite of technologies designed to deliver full HD 3D content to 3D-enabled devices, including glasses-free displays. The joint project has been undertaken to develop a complete system designed to work throughout the chain to deliver clear glasses-free 3D content that operates over existing distribution systems, improving 3D viewing experience on displays of all sizes, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, and televisions.

Due to its advanced codec, multiformat file support and unparalleled speed, the Grass Valley EDIUS high-definition (HD), nonlinear video editing software is quickly becoming one of the dominant solutions among editors working in the digital news and professional video production industries. At NAB 2012 Grass Valley will demonstrate the latest version (EDIUS v.6.5), with a comprehensive 3D editing workflow and native support for raw footage captured with digital cinematography cameras from RED Digital.

The new EDIUS software boasts a comprehensive 3D workflow, complete with 3D stereoscopic editing tools and new 3D support across its editing peripherals. The full family of 3D-compatible Grass Valley editing peripherals-such as the STORM 3G 3D and STORM 3G Elite 3D accelerator cards (with stereoscopic 3D I/O through a single 3G SDI source and/or dual 3G SDI signals)-are now all supported from the EDIUS timeline. EDIUS software and hardware supports all of the most common stereoscopic modes-including the Side-by-Side, Top & Bottom and Line-by-Line display methods.