Sony Camera and Display Plugin

The “Camera and Display Plugin” is an Unreal Engine plugin for in-camera VFX shooting used in virtual production.

Many cinematographers worry about image quality when compared to green-screen shooting. Visualizing the on-set image in advance is hard and expensive. Reproducing that image during the shoot is even harder.

Our plugin lets you design the picture you need for virtual production with Sony cameras and system cameras*.

It consists of a “Virtual Camera Actor” for use in the previsualization process, and an “On-set Camera Component” and “Camera Control Panel” for use in the on-set (shooting) process.

Virtual Camera Actor

The Virtual Camera Actor reproduces the characteristics of Sony cameras, including the Look, by performing signal processing equivalent to that of actual Sony cameras. In the previsualization process, it is possible to create images in the same way as if a Sony camera were used. The camera settings also correspond to everything from imager modes to aperture, ND Filter setting and precise colour adjustments. Maintain a consistent colour pipeline, from original art direction to the LED volume and what you see and record on your VENICE camera. For VENICE cameras, you can easily reproduce the image creation in the previsualization process on the actual VENICE by transferring the Virtual VENICE settings to the actual VENICE using the Camera Control Panel in the on-set (shooting) process.

Moiré Alert

By combining technical information about sensor optical information of cameras and LED pitch information, our plugin can automatically predict when aliasing is most likely—and alert you at both Pre-Visualization and On-set shooting. Get the most accurate simulation with the Crystal LED series including the new VERONA. It can even detect moiré patterns that are not visible by the naked eye.

Note: Moiré Alert predicts areas where moiré may occur in advance, but it does not guarantee prevention of moiré under all conditions.

Camera Setting Transfer

Import and export settings from your Virtual VENICE with configuration files. Save parameter settings in our Camera and Display Plugin, then transfer them to your physical VENICE camera via the camera control panel UI. Easily reproduce pre- visualized content on your VENICE cameras. User 3D LUT used in Virtual VENICE can be easily applied to real VENICE.

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