Portugal’s stereo 3D pioneer, CVisual relies on Mistika

Portugal’s stereo 3D pioneer, CVisual relies on Mistika
to post produce its 2D and stereo 3D projects

“Mistika literally performed miracles at CVisual! Mistika was amazing, as it worked for 24-hours non-stop, over two months solidly, handling RED RAW data in 2K and 4K resolutions as well as large files…and it accomplished everything you can imagine in record time.”
– Antonio Teixeira, Technical Director, CVisual

Maia, Portugal, 17 March 2011:

Portugal’s stereoscopic 3D pioneer, CVisual, which is a digital animation and VFX post production company, stands out from its competitors, by embracing stereo 3D and providing clients with highly advanced technology and solutions using SGO’s Mistika. As system of choice at CVisual, Mistika’s 2D and stereo 3D capabilities form the foundation of the facility, producing first-rate quality work. CVisual acquired a Mistika system a year ago, which was used to post produce their latest project titled TERATRON – As Cobaias 3D (which means TERATRON – The Guinea Pigs) at CVisual, a 45-minute stereo 3D concert for digital cinema, which was filmed in 4K with the RED Camera.

TERATRON is a band that was previously formed by two leading Portuguese musicians Pedro Quaresma on guitar and João Nobre on bass. As-Cobaias 3D is TERATRON’s final work of art, in which Quaresma and Nobre invite three other musicians on board to tell the story of Professor M, a scientist who is investigating a series of peculiar robberies. Adolfo Luxuria Canibal, New Max, actor Miguel Guilherme and the illustrator, João Maio Pinto are the additional artists involved. The project pieces music, comedy and cinema together beautifully. TERATRON – As Cobaias 3D is showing across eight main theatres in Portugal.

The trickiest aspect of the project involved the six music artists’ very demanding schedules, which had to be juggled, with great skill accordingly, in order to shoot the piece in a single day. Despite the numerous challenges faced throughout production from the outset, including the stereo 3D shoot, a small studio set, playback sound issues, tight capture time-frames and camera hardware difficulties, CVisual completed the successful post production, and victoriously delivered outstanding stereo 3D finishing results, owing to Mistika’s superior problem-solving abilities, openness, remarkable speed, stunning colour grading and powerful toolsets. Mistika is a flexible high-end post system capable of SD, HD, 2K, 4K, and stereoscopic 3D with real-time ARRI, RED camera and other native data work-flows. It seamlessly integrates timeline-based editing, conforming, infinite-layer compositing, colour grading and image restoration all in one complete system with various tool-sets working together in the time-line. The team at CVisual also relied on Mistika for a wide ranging list of tasks which included the reconstruction of 3D images, image restoration, chroma corrections and camera alignment and stabilisation issues, which originated with camera rig hardware. Mistika was also used to correct errors in shootings; stereo 3D compositing with CGI interaction, 2D motions graphics and playback issues.

Antonio Teixeira, Technical Director at CVisual explains: “Mistika literally performed miracles at CVisual. Mistika was amazing, as it worked for 24-hours non-stop, over two months solidly, handling RED RAW data in 2K and 4K resolutions as well as large files for graphics and backgrounds effects, and it accomplished everything you can imagine in record time. Ever since we had Mistika installed, from that moment onwards, it has become a valuable tool for most of the projects in which CVisual is involved in. ” Antonio added: “I am sincerely grateful for all the support from the SGO team who helped us finish this project smoothly.”

CVisual is currently preparing for post production work on a ninety-episode 3D animation TV series, including a stereoscopic 3D version, now made possible to create with Mistika, as the fundamental system of the project.