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Re: Has the community here discussed the failures of the latest iteration of 3D? DomA Send a noteboard - 21/12/2011 04:41:17 AM
What's to add, he's right.

Another major problem is that 3D is a huge setback in picture quality (which with its darkness are the two main reasons why dir. of photography and VFX artists/postprod people are prominent among the detractors of 3D in the filed). The way the technique works, there are two copies of each frame (we call them the left-right "eyes";) in a single picture frame, the differences between the two pictures creates the pseudo 3d effect. Of course, the size of the full frame is exactly the same you get in traditional cinema, so 2048 pixels wide in traditional 35 mm (almost abandoned at this point) and 1920 in digital cinema, thus when you watch the 3D version, you actually watch the movie at half the horizontal definition it was shot and postproduced in: 960 pixels., another factor that increases strobbing. It's closer to the horizontal def of old standard definition TV, 720 pixels, than it is to full HD, at 1920 px or even 1280 px Hd TV. Except considering how huge the screens are compared to a TV, the picture quality is basically shit. People are lining up to go watch a movie of marginally better quality than if it had been shot in video and printed on film before HD, when they could see the movie at full resolution, twice the quality and much better contrats, in a 2D theater.

It doesn't look like it will die soon. As gimmicky and poor quality as it is, it's helping theaters to stay afloat at the moment, and studios are still investing (and asking their providers to do the same) to produce a greater percentage of 3D movies in the next years. The whole technique behind it is flawed, but there's no major change in the way 3D will be envisioned technically in sight for the near future.
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Has the community here discussed the failures of the latest iteration of 3D? - 21/12/2011 12:16:38 AM 1353 Views
I'm not sure if it's dead, but I wish it would die. I refuse to see any movies in "3D." *NM* - 21/12/2011 12:42:31 AM 307 Views
As do I. *NM* - 23/12/2011 02:15:52 AM 305 Views
Agreed. - 24/12/2011 11:22:25 PM 693 Views
Re: Has the community here discussed the failures of the latest iteration of 3D? - 21/12/2011 04:41:17 AM 670 Views
I hate it. It gives me headaches and makes my eyes water. And adds nothing to the films. - 21/12/2011 11:59:34 AM 840 Views
I agree with everything you've said. *NM* - 23/12/2011 02:13:57 AM 311 Views
3D test: What do you see here? - 29/12/2011 02:11:39 PM 829 Views
I like 3D just fine. Not in all movies, but in some it really adds an extra dimension (pun intended) - 21/12/2011 12:34:39 PM 600 Views
Same - 21/12/2011 04:18:51 PM 701 Views
I'm gonna go with no - 21/12/2011 06:40:04 PM 678 Views
I have only seen one movie in 3D. - 21/12/2011 07:29:02 PM 784 Views
If it is dead, let it stay dead. - 21/12/2011 09:03:38 PM 658 Views
Always been pretty disappointed with 3-D effects - 28/12/2011 04:30:56 AM 798 Views
Saw Tintin in 3D and didn't notice any "3D effects". Reinforces my opinion they're a waste of $. *NM* - 28/12/2011 05:09:32 PM 306 Views
Then there's either something wrong with you, or you walked into the wrong theater. - 29/12/2011 08:42:01 AM 836 Views
I know right? - 29/12/2011 12:25:59 PM 740 Views
3D test: what do you see here? - 29/12/2011 01:53:09 PM 755 Views
Of course it's not dead. - 29/12/2011 08:38:10 AM 717 Views
The road to holodecks is paved with bad 3D movies. *NM* - 03/01/2012 09:17:13 PM 281 Views
One perk to all the 3D movies... - 12/01/2012 05:03:11 AM 593 Views

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