Has anyone shot with Red Epic for 360 degree (3D) photo project?

[Joseph Kh]

Has anyone tried to use Red Epic to photograph 360 degrees for 3D object interactive animation?

Interested in your workflow, set up and tips on best practice.

Thanks,
Joseph

 

[Danai Chutinaton]

You mean a 360° Spherical Panorama? Like this: http://www.bluepano.com/index.html

If so then yes I've done it before with my Scarlet at 5K (now upgraded to Epic MX).

 

[Joseph Kh]

Thanks Danai for the reply.

The project is for an interactive 3d object rotate with mouse drag.

http://youtu.be/1ZUdsXw_N14?t=15s

 

[Danai Chutinaton]

OK, cool...I also do this type of photography. Usually we use a still camera and capture individual frames such as 24 frames per 360 degree rotation. Then they get extensively retouched in Photoshop. We do automobile photography. Check out this one we did for Isuzu:

http://www.isuzuute.com.au/d-max/overview.aspx
(click on the "Explore 360° View" button)

There are many ways to accomplish this. We use a manual turn table. If your product is not too big you can use a motorized turn table. If you need very smooth rotations say 72 angles per rotation you can also use a video camera. There are software and hardware solutions that can make this easier.

Tell me more and I would be glad to share some thoughts.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Yeah, we did a ton of these for the Windows 8 launch. Ultimately it would have been way cheaper, faster and better to do as a 3D rendering. It's incredibly difficult to light for a full 360 degree rotation. And you will need to shoot on green if you don't want just a white background which means tons of spill control and cleaning up reflections. Also depending on what you're shooting you also have to paint out rigs etc. If you want a really high quality rotation (say every degree) then that's a ton of FX work.

If you mean how does shooting it on RED vs 5D go? It's pretty much the same. It's easier on RED in my opinion since you can just use a motorized lazy Susan and let the camera roll. No need to move it carefully one degree at a time.