3FLEX

Depth enabled workflow for flexible 2D and multiview video production

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

The 3FLEX project aims to define and develop a new advanced workflow for flexible 2D, stereo and multiview video production capable to deal with and take advantage of the imagedepth content approach and to develop the building blocks to implement it. This workflow enhances current 2D and 3D production workflows, and regarding the 2D to 3D conversion processes promises cost savings and improvements in terms of production efficiency and workflow automation. The implementation of the new 3FLEX workflow requires the development of tools and pieces that cover most of the process: adaptation to the supplementary data in the image ingest and the pre-processing architectures, development of new imagedepth channel retouch and processing tools and adaptation of existing post-production tools in order to take advantage of the existing depth channel. These 3FLEX tools necessary to complete the new workflow will be delivered as plugins and upgrades, adding value and functionalities to established post-production platforms. The 3FLEX outcomes will be tested in an experimental production and showcased by academic and industrial partners in research and commercial forums. To this end, 3FLEX will not only offer new post-production tools, it will also take care that they are embedded seamlessly as plug-ins into the existing infrastructure of professional 2D and 3D production workflows. The three companies in the 3FLEX consortium address different phases and processes in the postproduction industry, yet they envision a shared workflow and could take advantage of related image processing technologies in their tools. For this reason they felt impelled to work together as a consortium to propel the postproduction technologies beyond the state of the art and integrating the resulting products into their own workflows and catalogues. This way, the SME participants in the 3FLEX project will improve their competitiveness in global markets in the near future.

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An EU-based consortium is developing a new depth-enabled workflow and the corresponding tools for improving the efficiency and flexibility of 2D and 3D postproduction. Within the first period the project has focused on the analysis of the functional and technical requirements, the collection of test material, the development of prototype plugins, and the planning of dissemination and exploitation activities.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The EU-funded project '3FLEX: Depth-enabled workflow for 2D and multiview video production' (http://3flex-project.eu (3FLEX)) aims to define and develop an advanced workflow and the required tools to deal with and take advantage of the video+depth information in 2D and 3D postproduction. The use of depth information within postproduction workflows does not only promise efficiency improvements and cost savings but also increased flexibility and creative possibilities.

The required tools to support the new workflow will be delivered as plugins and upgrades, adding value and functionalities to established post-production platforms. The workflow and tools will be tested in an experimental production and showcased by academic and industrial partners in research and commercial forums. The project is being carried out by a compact and efficient consortium composed of leading academic and industrial partners in the field of computer vision and postproduction. The project started in November 2014 and will run for two years until October 2015.

Following the project plan, within the first period the work was focused on the in-depth analysis of existing 2D and 3D postproduction workflows and tools. Based on that, the envisioned workflow has been refined and the requirements and initial specification of the individual tools has been derived.

To support the development and the evaluation of the individual modules and the overall workflow a representative 3D video dataset has been created by collecting existing stereoscopic, trifocal and multi-view content from project partners and other projects. The work continued with the development of depth-based preprocessing and postproduction tools and has led to a set of prototype plugins for the targeted postproduction platforms Mocha and Mamba/Mistika.

The project partners have started a discussion about suitable dissemination and exploitation strategies and an initial set of activities has been planned. 3FLEX is propelling postproduction technologies beyond the state of the art and improving EU competitiveness in global markets.