We worked closely with the team to capture the super high resolution driving plates with a special 360 camera system called the Meta 3. These custom engineered camera arrays are able to record the environment around them up to 20K x 10K. We highly recommended this capture format for recording a very high resolution image with perfect frame sync between all of the camera's perfect for 360 degree driving plates.
Our team used Mistika VR to stitch all of the driving plates together. Stitching is a process where we convert the fisheye images from the camera and blend them together in a seamless format. This is a critical step in successful 360 driving plates, which removes any visible differences between cameras and allows for the production team complete freedom to film in any direction on the virtual production stage.
The next step in our process was to stabilize each shot using Syntheyes. While the camera system was mounted on a heavy duty gimbal, there were still micro-vibrations and drifting that needed to be corrected. By utilizing supervised tracking we could remove those problems and create a stable image.
Finally we completed our composting and final cleanup in Fusion, the powerful compositing tool found in DaVinci Resolve. This step allowed us to clean up any final issues and polish each shot to pixel perfect state to export to the virtual production team at Nant Studios.
