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NewTek CaptureCast Podcast

NewTek CaptureCast Podcast

In this podcast, listen into the in depth discussion around the new technology from NewTek CaptureCast. Featuring Nicholas Smith, VP of Technology and Rick Puleo, Sales Application Engineer at Exertis Broadcast with special guest, Chris Burgos, Sales Specialist at NewTek.

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What is a micro broadcast?

IP based lecture capture and micro broadcasting services that connect any room across campus to anywhere in the world – all with the power of NDI®. CaptureCast captures every moment from every perspective and gives remote learners the chance to interact with content as if they were in the room whether live or on-demand.

NewTek CaptureCast comand centre

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Don’t hesitate to call us at Exertis Broadcast. We’re here to help.   415-256-2800

NewTek CaptureCast Applications

NewTek CaptureCast Applications

NewTek™ CaptureCast™ is a multi-input recording technology that connects educators and learners like never before.

CaptureCast captures every moment from every perspective and gives remote learners the chance to interact with content as if they were in the room whether live or on-demand.

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Packed with ground-breaking technology, CaptureCast is a multi-input, multi-room recording and live streaming solution that has been designed to bring the awesome communication power of video to remote, hybrid and on demand scenarios across a multitude of education, training, corporate and government experiences.
NewTek CaptureCast applications

Who Does CaptureCast Serve?

Education:  Higher Education, K-12, Continuing Professional Education, Lecture Capture, Remote Learning Solutions

Special Training: Medical Simulation, Courtroom & Trial Prep, Police & Combat Training, Multi-device & Camera Setups, Video Documentation

Enterprise: Fortune 1000, Corporate Training & HR Needs, Teams & Zoom Meeting Capture, Remote Worker Capture, Meeting & Hybrid Workspaces

New IP Rooms: Classrooms, Training Centers, Meeting & Conference Spaces, Huddle Rooms, Hybrid Offices, Remote & Mobile Workspaces

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Don’t hesitate to call us at Exertis Broadcast. We’re here to help.   415-256-2800

NEW! Lumens VC-R30 Review

NEW! Lumens VC-R30 Review

VC-R30 PTZ camera is On the Bench

Occasionally, manufacturers will pivot from a standard design language they have been using for a series of products. This usually shows a big change in functions or new components and features. When Lumens showed us their new VC-R30, we got really excited since we could immediately see a big demarcation point in the historical timeline of Lumens PTZ cameras – as this camera truly represents a big change for the Lumens camera lineup. In this video, we are putting the VC-R30 On the Bench to see what nuggets of goodness Lumens packed inside it.

Right out of the box you can see the material and design of the new chassis has completely changed. It has an almost Star Trek like design with the tilt of the PTZ yoke giving it a silhouette that will clearly allow it to stand apart from the more traditional designs of other PTZ cameras….

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VC-R30 | Full HD IP PTZ
A 1080p 60fps PTZ camera with 12x zoom, HDMI, 3G-SDI, USB & IP streaming.

  • 1080p 60fps
  • Superb value for money
  • 12x zoom / 72.5° horizontal field of view
  • Simultaneous HDMI, 3G-SDI, USB & IP streaming output
  • Outstanding color reproduction
  • 5 Year Warranty
lumens vc-r30 features

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Don’t hesitate to call us at Exertis Broadcast. We’re here to help.   415-256-2800

XR Session 4: Lensing & Distance

XR Session 4: Lensing & Distance

In this session, Jordan Friday, senior content manager at Exertis Broadcast, is at the Unilumin Visual Experience Center in Orlando, Florida to share lensing options in XR stage production. The basic filming process can be difficult because it is different for every single XR stage.

One challenge with filming LED as a background is the moiré effect. There are 2 lensing options to avoid the moiré challenge and successfully film with pixels in your background (pixels on pixels) – without having to do pixel replacement with LiDAR for full immersion/Volumetric XR as mentioned in previous sessions.

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DISTANCE IN XR

When filming a pixelated background, such as LED, you will see the rectangular pixels begin to turn into trapezoids as you move the camera angle away from straight on. The most common way to make the shoot look like it’s immersive, and to help get rid of the weird squiggly patterns that start to come up on your XR wall the closer you get to it, is by filming as flat (straight on) as you possibly can. Once you start to get off axis, the moiré effect starts to get worse.

If you want to be able to turn the camera and go up or down, then you need a different solution, so that you can go off axis without the moiré issue. One solution is to blur the background with a bokeh effect by moving your talent closer to the camera.

If your wall is large enough, you could resolve the issue by getting both the talent and the camera as far away from the wall as possible. Your camera won’t be able to see the individual pixels so the moiré is gone.

LENSING IN XR

In a multi-cam situation, there are a few lens recommendations for both close in and farther out filming to avoid the problematic moiré patterns.

For close in shots, you can use a 35mm lens, or even a larger 50mm lens, for that bokeh effect on the background.

If you want that farther out look, you could use a 16mm lens, or a wide-angle lens, to keep everything (the talent and background) in focus without moiré because you’re so far away from the LED background wall.

Now, you have our recommendations to kill the moiré effect on both the far away shot and the closer shots.

Learn more about XR solutions at ThePowerOfXR.com

Don’t hesitate to call us at Exertis Broadcast. We’re here to help.   415-256-2800

XR Session 3: NewTek TriCaster Driving XR

XR Session 3: NewTek TriCaster Driving XR

In this session, Nicholas Smith, VP of Technology at Exertis Broadcast, is at the Unilumin facility in Orlando, FL running tests on their XR walls, and discussing the two main categories of XR stage content types – volumetric and backgrounds.

NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite

TriCaster TC2 Elite from NewTek, is the easiest and probably the most common configuration we think people are going to use.

Volumetric XR is when the participant is completely immersed in LED and we’re doing pixel replacement to emulate that person being in a whole different universe, for example, all while they are actually inside a completely virtual space. This is sometimes referred to as “the Cyclorama” or “Cave” style XR stage.

Background or “Window” XR stage is the more film style type of XR where there is a single background LED wall behind the person, and relevant, interesting content is being driven to that LED backdrop – replacing the green screen.

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For the simple background instance, we need to consider where we have this backdrop, what type of content we want to drive, how we want to drive it, and what all does that require to achieve.

To produce a real world XR stage, we need to have the camera, the content, and the screen all in sync or genlocked together.

If we’re driving content such as video or virtual sets, we can use a software like Chryon, Disguise, or VizRT to do that for a simple background.

The TriCaster TC2 Elite from NewTek, is the easiest and probably the most common configuration we think people are going to use. With the TriCaster, you’re driving your Virtual Sets onto the LED wall, or you’re creating content through the TriCaster – so you get a playback device simultaneously. We can bring the camera in on another ME and record the final composite. Then, add additional graphics to it – making a very nice compact footprint for creating an XR stage to perform elegant green screen replacements.

So again, we need to have our wall, our TriCaster, and our camera all synchronized over genlock – allowing for a seamless XR production experience.

Learn more about XR solutions at ThePowerOfXR.com

Don’t hesitate to call us at Exertis Broadcast. We’re here to help.   415-256-2800