Bullet-time - studio

Fonctionnalités clés pour le bullet-time en studio avec Xangle Camera Server

1. Multi-camera control
   • Control all settings from a single interface: iso, f-stop, shutter speed, white balance
   • Auto focus cameras lenses all at once, and fine-tuning per camera
   • Optical & Digital zoom control (Android, Canon powershot)
   • Live view (Canon, Raspberry Pi cameras)
   • Set camera numbers manually from the interface, or simply by turning on the cameras in the right order
   • JPG and RAW support (with jpg extraction from RAW files) en savoir plus
2. Control all settings from a single interface: iso, f-stop, shutter speed, white balance
3. Auto focus cameras lenses all at once, and fine-tuning per camera
4. Optical & Digital zoom control (Android, Canon powershot)
5. Live view (Canon, Raspberry Pi cameras)
6. Set camera numbers manually from the interface, or simply by turning on the cameras in the right order
7. JPG and RAW support (with jpg extraction from RAW files) en savoir plus
8. Triggering

   • No trigger cables required: usb triggering with a precision < 1ms depending on camera model.

   • Interval triggering: fire all cameras one after the other at a specific timing (1ms to 200ms)

   • Jump-and-Freeze triggering: interval + freeze starting at specified camera number

   • Complex trigger sequences; fire cameras face to face, or any crazy idea you can have in mind! Build your trigger sequence from Excel and paste it inside Xangle

   • Multiple-shots triggering with buffering on the cameras (Canon) en savoir plus

9. No trigger cables required: usb triggering with a precision < 1ms depending on camera model.
10. Interval triggering: fire all cameras one after the other at a specific timing (1ms to 200ms)
11. Jump-and-Freeze triggering: interval + freeze starting at specified camera number
12. Complex trigger sequences; fire cameras face to face, or any crazy idea you can have in mind! Build your trigger sequence from Excel and paste it inside Xangle
13. Multiple-shots triggering with buffering on the cameras (Canon) en savoir plus
14. Connectivity

    • Connect your cameras by usb directly to your Windows computer (24 cameras or less)

    • Scale up to 250 cameras using Windows computers and usb-hubs (24 cameras per computer)

    • Scale up to 250 cameras using Raspberry Pi computers (4 cameras per Pi) - preferred solution en savoir plus

15. Connect your cameras by usb directly to your Windows computer (24 cameras or less)
16. Scale up to 250 cameras using Windows computers and usb-hubs (24 cameras per computer)
17. Scale up to 250 cameras using Raspberry Pi computers (4 cameras per Pi) - preferred solution en savoir plus
18. Fast transfer speed

    • Fully optimized for networked configuration

    • Download 176 raw 18mp images on a 1-gigabyte network in 40 seconds

    • Optimize based on your requirements by lowering jpg preview images, or by skipping jpg extraction of some of the raw files

    • Throttle file download on slower networks

    • Performance monitoring: optimize your system and find bottlenecks en savoir plus

19. Fully optimized for networked configuration
20. Download 176 raw 18mp images on a 1-gigabyte network in 40 seconds
21. Optimize based on your requirements by lowering jpg preview images, or by skipping jpg extraction of some of the raw files
22. Throttle file download on slower networks
23. Performance monitoring: optimize your system and find bottlenecks en savoir plus
24. Web based external monitors

    • Access most of the software modules through a web browser on any device connected to your local network (smartphone, tablet, computer, tv)

    • Navigate / lock external devices from the main admin interface en savoir plus

25. Access most of the software modules through a web browser on any device connected to your local network (smartphone, tablet, computer, tv)
26. Navigate / lock external devices from the main admin interface en savoir plus
27. Images review

    • Multiple individual frame review: open as many browser pages as needed with specific angles to review (http://ip-address:8091/frame/30 = camera 30 preview)

    • Library review gallery: navigate through all sets (left-right keys) and individual frames of a set (top-down keys) & rating + comments for each set en savoir plus

28. Multiple individual frame review: open as many browser pages as needed with specific angles to review (http://ip-address:8091/frame/30 = camera 30 preview)
29. Library review gallery: navigate through all sets (left-right keys) and individual frames of a set (top-down keys) & rating + comments for each set en savoir plus
30. Troubleshooting

    • Live notification on camera disconnection

    • List & status of all connected nodes (Windows computers, Raspberry Pi computers)

    • Raspberry Pi update, reboot from the main user interface

    • Disk space monitoring

    • Performance graph

    • Notification events en savoir plus

31. Live notification on camera disconnection
32. List & status of all connected nodes (Windows computers, Raspberry Pi computers)
33. Raspberry Pi update, reboot from the main user interface
34. Disk space monitoring
35. Performance graph
36. Notification events en savoir plus
37. Files / folders management

    • Files and folder naming with tags and presets

    • Two lists of presets (usually for your actor name, and FACS names)

    • Live automatic backup to your external hard-drives. Add multiple backups of specified files (raw, jpg, both) to one or multiple external locations en savoir plus

38. Files and folder naming with tags and presets
39. Two lists of presets (usually for your actor name, and FACS names)
40. Live automatic backup to your external hard-drives. Add multiple backups of specified files (raw, jpg, both) to one or multiple external locations en savoir plus
41. API support & Plugin system

    • Xangle Camera Server API allows multiple remote operations including sending camera trigger signal, change settings, retrieve camera list, etc.

    • Extend functionalities with your own plugins en savoir plus

42. Xangle Camera Server API allows multiple remote operations including sending camera trigger signal, change settings, retrieve camera list, etc.
43. Extend functionalities with your own plugins en savoir plus

Liste complète des fonctionnalités (colonne « Pro ») : /features

Spécifications / exigences

• Windows 10 computer

• Canon cameras, Android phones or PiCam v2 / HQ

• < 25 cameras: usb-hubs

• > 24 caméras : Raspberry Pis (4 caméras par Pi, aucune configuration requise), commutateurs réseau, routeur

  Schémas et liens vers l'équipement : /gear

Comment ça marche ?

1. Request a trial license or purchase a license
2. Download the software and install it on your computer
3. Launch the software
4. Connect your cameras by usb in the right order (numbering)
5. Run an auto-focus pass from the software
6. Calibrate the cameras
7. Trigger the cameras from the dashboard
8. Review your images from the Library

Instructions complètes : https://doc.xanglecs.com/

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