TORONTO – Cast Software has recently released WYSIWYG R29, the new version of CAST Software’s industry standard pre-visualization suite. Among the new features are the Six Degrees of Freedom Camera and Shaded View Selection. The Six Degrees feature means users may position the camera in any way they choose, mirroring the complete freedom of movement that they would have with a physical camera in a live situation. Shaded View Selection speeds up the process of selecting fixtures and changing characteristics while in design mode.
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TORONTO – Cast Software has released WYSIWYG R29, the new version of CAST Software’s industry standard pre-visualization suite.
R29 was released to members only earlier this month and quickly received widespread commendation for the new features that expand the software’s potential. Particular attention has paid to the breakthrough Six Degrees of Freedom Camera and Shaded View Selection – functionality acknowledged as having the power to help WYSIWYG professionals ‘raise their game.’
The addition of another three degrees of freedom to the WYSIWYG cameras means the orientation of the camera is no longer restricted to a slightly robotic three dimensions. Users are now able to position the camera in any way they choose, mirroring the complete freedom of movement that they would have with a physical camera in a live situation. WYSIWYG’s aim has always been that what you see on screen is exactly what you get at the event on the day, and the 6D camera takes this further by allowing the user to see it from any angle.
“One can now get a much more ‘lifelike’ experiencing when playing back animations in WYSIWYG,” explains video designer and lighting visualizations specialist, Miguel Ribeiro. “This takes the professional quality of animations to a whole new level and makes for presentations of the highest caliber, helping us win more pitches. Let’s take the example of a televised rock ‘n’ roll event: in the venue, as the event is being filmed, the cameras are hardly operated in a manner that keeps them perpendicular with the stage – they are rolled and pitched frequently to add dynamics to the shoot. Now if you can represent this in your animation and show precisely what the film will look like when it hits the TV, then you’re much more likely to secure the business.”
CAST has also added Shaded View Selection to ease and quicken make the process of selecting fixtures and changing characteristics while in design mode.
Nick Calthrop of Calthrop Design explains, “The introduction of the Shaded View Selection is going to speed up every Wyg user’s Design Mode work flow rate by at least 10 to 20 per cent. Being able to select individual or multiple fixtures in shaded view has eliminated the need to work in either quad view – with a small shaded view window showing how the fixtures are reacting – or flipping between the main wireframe views and the shaded view window to select fixtures as required.
“In the short time that I have been using Shaded View Selection, it has changed the way that I work in Wyg. I am spending less time switching between screens and more time getting the looks that I want within the shaded view. This has made me significantly more productive with the limited time I have available.”
WYSIWYG R29 is available from the Members Only section of the CAST Software website.
