Panasonic BT-3DL2550 PROfiles: Florida State Goes 3D - Page 2

Seminoles' head coach Jimbo Fisher is the lead cheerleader among the ten football coaches for 3D analysis. "Coach Fisher says the players' arm rotation and foot movement are seen so much better in 3D," Rodin said. "As the season progresses, we've been trying different positions and developing 3D shooting styles (capturing drills down low, for example) to improve the coaches' viewing experience." Beyond football, Rodin said that the Seminoles' men's and women's basketball and soccer coaches have expressed an interest in working with the 3DA1. with Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro to do convergence and alignment, and my experience was that I could put clips in the timeline and know that everything was mostly comfortable. And what convergence needed to be set predominantly had to do with our learning curve with the camcorder." Rodin said he has since invested in CineForm Neo3D to support a real-time 3D editing workflow. Seminole Productions is a longtime customer of Panasonic camcorders, and for the past several years has utilized P2 HD camcorders to shoot features for sports television shows that air on Fox Sports Net/Sun Sports, including Seminole Sports Magazine, a weekly university sports highlights show that reaches over two million households in Florida. Seminole Productions purchased the 3DA1 as soon as it became available and has used it to shoot highlights and coaching video at all football games. 3D analysis video is being integrated into an existing 2D infrastructure. ""I envision a full-scale changeover to 3D for coaches' evaluation, but the sports software still has to catch up with the acquisition hardware," Rodin noted. "Working with the 3DA1 has been, in a word, fantastic," he said. "The experience is far superior to the parallel rigs, the operation is virtually flawless and the picture is stunning. We all just can't stop watching the 3D video: it's like looking through a window at an actual game." "The rigs were very difficult and time-consuming," Rodin added. "I love the fact that you can zoom with the 3DA1, for instance. If you try zooming in a parallel rig without real synced lenses you have to key frame every second to get alignment correct." Equipment Overview: • AG-3DA1 Full HD 3D camcorder • BT-3DL2550 3D monitor