Sony to Update Virtual Production Tool Set
V2.0 of the solution will add support for several camera models to the Camera and Display Plugin and the Color Calibrator, among other enhancements.
Sony Electronics has announced it will update its Virtual Production Tool Set this winter.
The Virtual Production Tool Set is a pair of software applications, the Camera and Display Plugin and the Color Calibrator, that improve the virtual-production workflow for broadcast and cinema. Both applications are free to download, but some features will be available under a paid license.
The Camera and Display Plugin allows users to simulate a specific camera’s movement and settings on screen in a virtual space, prior to physical production with a LED wall. V2.0 of the plugin will expand the list of supported broadcast and cinema cameras to include Burano, FR7, HDC-3500, HDC-5500 and HDC-F5500, adding to the Venice series.
The plugin allows productions to plan shots as well as leverage the tool’s improved custom Moiré alert tool. V2.0 will also support Epic Games’ Unreal VCam, making it possible to intuitively control cameras in virtual space using an iPad. Additionally, Sony offers a paid license for Live Camera Sync, which can instantly read changes in the settings of Venice cameras and lenses on set and reflect them in the Unreal Engine Sony virtual-camera settings.
Color Calibrator is a Windows 10 application that creates correction LUTs to achieve high color reproduction in virtual-production stages and performs color correction (color calibration) of the installed LED walls. The LUTs calibrate the LED wall to the Sony camera color space to ensure that the colors visualized before filming match the colors captured while filming. V2.0 of the Color Calibrator will support color calibration via the newly added camera models and add a user-guide function that makes it easier to perform adjustments. The Color Calibration tool is free, but creating and exporting calibration LUTs is available through a paid license.
Sony is exhibiting v2.0 of the Virtual Production Tool Set in its booth at IBC 2024 (Hall 13) Sept. 13-16.
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