Re: [Avid-L2] Tease 3D Lower 3rd / "Snipe"?

I'll have a go at this since I'm smack in the middle of a 3D feature...

As usual with 3D, there are about a hundred mines in that minefield. First we have to assume that the bug needs to live on top of, or as the most forward of the depth elements. That is, there can't be anything "in front of" the bug. So that means the the bug either needs to be converged as in front of the window or the program needs to be converged to live completely at and behind the window. Because imagine the mindf-ck of your bug being (somehow) applied to the screen and being overtaken by an object that becomes more plus than the bug. Your eyes will scream in revolt.

Ultimately, I don't know how broadcasters are doing this, so my post is actually a tad useless. But I do know that the prospect of adding a bug after the master has been delivered is fraught with danger as long as there has not been any depth standards applied to the program in consideration of the bug.

David

On Jan 10, 2011, at 8:39 PM, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:

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> Cross Post to Avid-L2 and ACI-L
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> <super hero music bed>
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> Your help is needed ASAP
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> Anyone have any insight (or contacts who know) how to broadcast (NTSC) a
> "Next on..." / "Coming Up" / "bug in the corner" type of animated graphic element
> (a.k.a. a "snipe") that is in 3D (which is *not* burned into the broadcast master)?
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> I'm gathering that the challenge is that the content (the background) is also in 3D.
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> My instincts are that:
> 1- if they are wanting the "snipe" to be transparent, then there would be problems as the BG and FG 3D elements would mess with each other.
> 2- the _solution_ may be to simply have the "snipe" with a solid / opaque background shape and the 3D graphics over that.
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> Not being familiar with 3D television delivery myself, I'm wondering why this is difficult.
> Can anyone shed some light on this?
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> Anyone know a broadcaster that's doing 3D programs and serving up 3D "snipes" that are not burned into the broadcast master?
> Bonus points for sharing a contact at a broadcaster or at Avid that knows the secret sauce . . . :)
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> </super hero music bed stings out>
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> Thanks geniuses for any help you might be able to lend on this.
>
> Cheers!
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> Benjamin
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David Dodson
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