Osaka primarily based video manufacturing firm vpac Inc. constructed its new VR, XR, streaming and chroma key studios round a full Blackmagic Design workflow, “as a result of it’s the most value efficient”, says the corporate.
An Osaka primarily based video manufacturing firm that focuses on commercials and different promoting movies, and likewise produces TV applications and stay streaming contents, vpac has run a capturing/streaming studio named “STUDIO KUMO” in Osaka since 2021, which can be accessible for leases.
“We used to lease a studio from different firms once we wanted it,” mentioned Nobumitsu Ohara, the corporate’s president. “We typically struggled to seek out one, so we needed to have a studio that we might use freely for our personal shoots. We deliberate to create the studio supporting chroma key and XR capturing, and by using digital units created through Unreal Engine, we might meet the wants of our shoppers, even these with restricted budgets.”
STUDIO KUMO is a transparent instance of the preferences the corporate has in the case of gear. The studio makes use of a Blackmagic Design workflow and has many Blackmagic Design merchandise put in, together with three Blackmagic Studio Digicam 4K Professional G2s, Ultimatte 12 4K, ATEM Mini Excessive ISO and ATEM 1 M/E Superior Panel 10, Blackmagic Studio Fiber Converter, HyperDeck Studio 4K Professional and HyperDeck Shuttle HD recorders, Blackmagic MultiDock 10G disk dock, DeckLink 8K Professional seize and playback playing cards, SmartView 4K screens and DaVinci Resolve Studio enhancing, grading, visible results (VFX) and audio put up manufacturing software program used with DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard. Cellular manufacturing additionally consists of SmartView 4Ks, HyperDeck Studio and ATEM Mini Excessive ISO for distant streaming prospects.
Actual time keying with the contact of a button
“Even earlier than we constructed the studio, we have been already utilizing Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Digicam 4K, Pocket Cinema Digicam 6K, DaVinci Resolve and the ATEM Mini switcher for video manufacturing. Once we constructed this digital studio, we inevitably selected to give attention to Blackmagic Design gear as a result of it’s the most value efficient. One other benefit of utilizing Blackmagic Design merchandise is the power to hyperlink between merchandise. The digicam and the switcher might be linked with a single 10G Ethernet cable, and I can management the digicam from the switcher,” mentioned Ohara.
Whereas the studio is compact, it has additionally been constructed to deal with bigger tasks needing XR capabilities. Productions within the studio are shot utilizing a giant inexperienced display, with footage composited in actual time utilizing Ultimatte 12 4K with backgrounds created utilizing Unreal Engine. DeckLink 8K Professional is used for sending background movies from a pc with Unreal Engine, in addition to capturing video inputs from the Ultimatte 12 4K.
Ohara mentioned: “It has been a huge assist to have the ability to do actual time keying with the contact of a button. Even with lighting adjustments, the keying result’s stunning, and all I want is only a few tweaks.”
“The CG high quality in sport engines has improved dramatically over the previous few years, and it’s now doable to generate photorealistic photos even in actual time. These sport engines come commonplace with plugins for Blackmagic merchandise. With the robust affinity with these sport engines, Blackmagic merchandise are very helpful to digital studios. I’ve additionally lately determined to introduce URSA Mini Professional 12K OLPF. With the digicam and Unreal Engine, I can supply prime quality XR manufacturing to my shoppers,” concluded Ohara.
