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Stephen Birdsong · January 17th, 2005, 03:31 PM

What if each pixel on a chip had a laser that recorded depth information? Forget keying, with that kind of information, you could key out distances instead of colors, or create a 3d model of the shot. If only.

In the year 2000.

Stephen

Rob Lohman · January 18th, 2005, 10:25 AM

Interesting idea! Not sure how doable this is though... <g>

Stephen Birdsong · January 19th, 2005, 10:27 AM

Actually, I found out, its a technology already in use. Its called Ladar. Its not exactly what I came up with, but close. It uses lasers to get depth and color/lumanence information. Pretty interesting stuff. do a google search for ladar/lidar.

stephen

Aaron Shaw · January 19th, 2005, 11:27 AM

My father works extensively with LIDAR. It's some pretty interesting stuff but it would be insane to try to use it in video form! I'm sure it could be done but you would need a pretty powerful laser - something you wouldn't want to point at an actor for instance!

January 17th, 2005, 03:31 PM	#1
Stephen Birdsong Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 125	CCD's of the future What if each pixel on a chip had a laser that recorded depth information? Forget keying, with that kind of information, you could key out distances instead of colors, or create a 3d model of the shot. If only. In the year 2000. Stephen

January 18th, 2005, 10:25 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Interesting idea! Not sure how doable this is though... <g> __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

January 19th, 2005, 10:27 AM	#3
Stephen Birdsong Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 125	Actually, I found out, its a technology already in use. Its called Ladar. Its not exactly what I came up with, but close. It uses lasers to get depth and color/lumanence information. Pretty interesting stuff. do a google search for ladar/lidar. stephen

January 19th, 2005, 11:27 AM	#4
Aaron Shaw Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 587	My father works extensively with LIDAR. It's some pretty interesting stuff but it would be insane to try to use it in video form! I'm sure it could be done but you would need a pretty powerful laser - something you wouldn't want to point at an actor for instance!