For many years, the whole world is actively using Motion Capture technology for character animation in games, cartoons, TV and film projects. Last year the company Digital Cinema Ukraine firstly in Ukraine established a unique Motion Capture system with cameras Vicon Bonita, which is already being used for a variety of animation projects. For comfortable work with the service allotted a separate pavilion in FILM.UA group. But technology does not stand still, and the needs of Ukrainian cinema market are growing by the day. Company Digital Cinema Ukraine sees its task to bring to the market the newest and most effective technological solutions for the industry. This year, the new MoCap system was installed for even more accurate and high-quality motion capture actors and further character animation. The new system is equipped with a camera Vicon T160. This is the latest Vicon's development, which can be called without exaggeration revolutionary. 16 megapixel camera with the ability to shoot up to 2,000 frames per second. Cameras capture image with a resolution of 4704 X 3456 pixels, which is the most accurate method to capture and transmit all the data. This means that now even the most inconspicuous micromovement will be sealed and subsequently transferred to the animated hero.
If we talk about the features of the camera Vicon T160, you should focus on unique built-in cameras infrared sensor Avalon-16. It was created specifically for this model of the camera and has a high sensitivity in the infrared region of the spectrum, allowing or eliminate, or significantly reduce the impact of external sources of stray light in the visible range. T160 camera can be used even in adverse lighting conditions, including outdoor areas.
Avalon is the only sensor in the world matrix for motion capture, which provides 16 megapixels resolution at a frequency of 120 frames per second. Thanks to its unique capabilities, T160 enables the capture of tiny markers mm sizes in larger venues.
In addition T160 camera uses to capture and analyze a monochrome image in shades of gray with depth 10 bit transfer. This means that the sub-pixel resolution of the camera T160, calculated based on the brightness of each pixel reaches 1.200.000x880.000 pixels. This makes the camera T160 unparalleled accuracy and tracking of other MoCap-cameras
The company is also actively developing not only the service of Motion Capture, but related technologies as well. Digital Cinema Ukraine professional developed a special facial rig, which helps to maximize and accurately capture facial expressions of the actor. With the new design, emotions and facial expressions cartoon characters will be even brighter, more expressive and richer. There is no doubt that with the installation of a new system of Motion Capture Digital Cinema Ukraine has significantly expanded possibillities of Ukrainian film market. System with cameras Vicon Bonita and Vicon T160 will be available for work in parallel. MoCap system with cameras Bonita can be used by companies that develop games, small animation projects. The new system with cameras T160 can be used effectively for film projects and the production of feature-length animation. The unique facial rig is available in cooperation with any of the systems.
