Mirada Pro: Stereoscopic 3D Support + 3 New Features
CineSoft Ltd. launches a new version of the most popular Cerebro plugin - Mirada player.
A new version of Mirada, named Mirada Pro offers four advanced features:
- Stereoscopic 3D support,
- Online reviewing sessions,
- Color grading,
- Reviews saved as standalone files in a user defined folder.
1. Stereoscopic 3D Support
Cerebro professional users get a unique tool for watching images and videos in stereoscopic 3D format and what is more noticeable - this tool allows to draw stereoscopic comments as well, i.e., they are parallax adjustable!
Mirada Pro supports 5 stereoscopic modes:
- OpenGL Quad Buffering Mode based on NVIDIA 3DVision Pro hardware technology.
This mode requires an NVIDIA Quadro series graphic controller as well as shutter eyeglasses and an emitter (NVIDIA 3DVision Kit).
- Anaglyph Mode. You’ll need special eyeglasses with red and cyan color filters.
Alongside with the described above modes Mirada Pro offers a special mode for preview theaters (review rooms) - Dual Screen Output. This mode allows to project two separate videostreams via paired projectors and filter the streams by polarized eyeglasses. A dual video output graphic controller is required to run this mode.
If a user’s graphic controller doesn’t support any of the above modes Mirada Pro offers two monoscopic modes - Source and One Side Only. The first one displays the picture “as is”, the second one displays a half of it, either “left eye” or “right eye” depending on user’s choice.
2. Online Reviewing Sessions
Mirada Pro offers a special tool named Online Reviewing Session. This tool allows several remoted users to establish an Internet connection, share the session link and watch simultaneously not only the content played back by Mirada Pro but each other’s actions as well (mouse cursor movements, timeline shifts, picture zoom and pan).
This mode is based on more progressive technologies than trendy screen sharing, and they makes it possible to share and review high quality images or videofiles on pretty slow Internet connections.
3. Color grading
Tools -> Color Grading menu adjusts Gamma and Exposure and switches on/off Linear to Logarithmic mode:
OpenGL library makes it possible for Mirada Pro to use Color Grading even with RAW formats (or other formats with more than 8 bits per color channel).
4. Reviews Saved as Standalone Files
This option lets a user save a review as a separate file to a defined folder if for some reason he (she) doesn’t want to publish it immediately in a Cerebro forum thread.
More information
- Mirada Versions Comparison Mirada и Mirada Pro
- Full documentation about Mirada Pro
How Do I Get Mirada Pro?
Starting with build 5794 by June 17, 2011 Mirada Pro is included in standard Cerebro installation packages for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Pro functions unlock after a special product key activation. Mirada Pro is available for all Cerebro pricing plans, including Free Demo.
A product key can be purchased by either of two possible ways:
1) Via Cerebro Web Interface (Main Menu -> Account -> Buy Mirada Pro);
2) Contacting CineSoft directly.
Product keys can be issued for 1, 3, 6, 12 months of validity or for an unlimited time.
Please note that Mirada Pro product keys are “node-locked”, i.e., bound to a particular workstation - this policy is opposite to Cerebro traditional “floating licenses”. We must take into account that unlike Cerebro, Mirada Pro is a highly specialized toolkit required by a comparatively small part of a whole facility. So, this licensing approach seems to be more economically effective in terms of company’s software assets and investments. Besides, Pro functions have rather specific hardware requirements and therefore it doesn’t make much sense in installing Mirada Pro on every PC in the house.
New CEREBRO: Some options and bugs fix
You may select the UI language Cerebro directly at login screen. You may choose avatar display option to show them (the menu Cerebro Astro - Settings - Display Settings):
- - on the left, center or right of the message header
- - or disable altogether.
There is a new export Review option appear in MiradaPro (menu Review / Export Track to MOV). You may save Review track with voice comments in separate QuicktTme MOV file. The feature available on Windows and MacOS platforms. (Windows: Unknown problem was detected when export file targeted to Desktop) Corrections to the server component: module Sirena was updated. File deletion error was fixed. Bug Fix in Cerebro: The First Steps Wizard assigns default file storage for a new project immediately. This will eliminate “Site list is empty” error message. Bug Fix in Mirada: Saving of long (more than 3 minutes) reviews was fixed. They are correctly stored and shipped in Cerebro now. More information here.
“Smeshariki” get a 3D-volume with NVIDIA
Sorry, this entry is only available in Русский.
New Cerebro version
User Avatars
User avatars can be added to a user profile here:
Main menu -> Cerebro Astro -> Profile…
Universe administrators can attach avatars to material resources on Resources tab in Administrator window.
Main menu -> Tools -> Administrator…
Now every message in a forum can be identified by its creator’s avatar.
You may change Avatar size in Main menu -> Cerebro Astro -> Preferences.
Getting Started Wizard
This wizard helps create and set up a new project structure.
The wizard consists of several steps to create Users, Groups, Projects and set up permissions & access rights
It’s not obligatory to make all those steps, the wizard can either be closed at any moment or skip several steps and switch to, for example, creation of a new project.
The wizard shows automatically at the 1st time Cerebro starts up. After having been closed it can be launched again manually either in the Main menu -> Tools -> Wizards
“idea! 2011″ - review
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Deputat new Mac version
Deputat new Mac version (click for enlarge)
Moving Cerebro site - cerebrohq.com
All that concerns Cerebro is now located at the new site http://cerebrohq.com This also applies to the forum http://cerebrohq.com/forum PS: The new site you can go to a Cerebro Web profile and change settings or to recall your password:)
Companies for CG outsourcing wanted!
We are glad to present website - rendermania.ru, representation of the Russian Company named Asymmetric VFX and the American Company named Transparent House, supported by CineSoft company in the sphere of computer graphics outsourcing. We are seeking for Partners from Asian regions to carry out business in the following spheres:- Modeling
- Texturing
- Animation
- Compositing
- Rotoscoping
- Architectural visualization
