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 FrameForge
3D Studio 2 enables you to create a virtual 3D set in your
computer with the freedom to place any number of virtual cameras in any POV.
Each camera features full Pan/Tilt, Dolly, Zoom, Roll and Crane
control with the options for focal length, Angle of View, f/Stop, Depth of Field and camera height to portray
the actual range of your equipment. Its 'behind the scenes' power and familiar controls empower you to experiment and discover the very best shots to capture each story moment.
FrameForge is not about your mastery of the pencil but more how you can explore and see what your actual equipment will see. Find your artistry here and it's in the can!
FrameForge 3D Studio comes with over 800 posable actors and objects from a simple drag'n'drop library. Searchable by name and organized in over 100 different categories including thirty-two fully
posable actors in four ethnicities (all of whom can be aged from 20
to 60 years old), and everything you need to build exteriors,
homes, offices, whatever.
Save time, money and nerves by exploring each shot before you
start shooting. Previsualize your project with
FrameForge 3D Studio 2 and your printed or exported storyboards will not only be
optically-accurate, but they'll give your cast and crew a true representation of your directoral intentions,
including the technical information required to create that shot on
location.
Join the previz revolution and ranks of professional filmmakers who have discovered the Power of PreViz.
FrameForge 3D Studio: the closest thing to shooting live!
Click here for our video on optically-accurate 3D previsualization
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The Shots You Need
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Need to start a crane shot from twenty feet up, then crane
down around a school bus dropping off kids, and end with a
push in tight on a doorway? With FrameForge 3D Studio, you can
literally shoot all that just as if you were on location. You
can even add in location/equipment limitations too. If you
know that the room you'll be shooting in has an 8' ceiling, or
you only have access to a 35-200mm zoom lens, you can enter
those limitations for that set and FrameForge 3D Studio won't
let you plan anything you can't actually do.
Present Your Vision
With FrameForge 3D Studio, the storyboard output is only a
fraction of the value of the program. Of course, you can print
your storyboards in grayscale or full color in any of four
rendering styles (normal, normal with outlines, cartoon and
sketch). But you can also view your shots as a slide show
within the shot manager where you can tailor the duration of
each shot down to a fraction of a second. You can export
this slide show as a Macromedia® Flash or QuickTime® video viewable in
any web browser or CD. Or perhaps
you'll want to post the storyboard on the web or an intranet
for your production staff as a collection of automatically
generated HTML pages with full shot and textual information.
Or finally, you can even export just the graphics to bring
into Final Cut® Pro, Keynote™ or PowerPoint® for presentation.
Working in 3D has never been easier!
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Precise placement of props, actors, and cameras can all be
done in an overhead Blueprint View, or switch instantly to any
camera's view and move any object or actor around as easily as
if you were moving a piece along a chessboard. Additional
functions such as tilt, elevate and spin are accessed via
easy-to-use multi-throttle controls.
Online Script Supervision
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FrameForge 3D Studio imports your formatted script from all
major script formatting software and word processors.
Once imported, FrameForge 3D Studio can automatically generate
blank sets for every unique location, and you can associate
your stored shots with text in the script on a line-by-line
basis, allowing you to visually see your shot coverage like
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Drag'n'Drop
Set Building
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Quickly and easily create sets that give real world
information with stretchable snap-together walls. Add movable,
hinged single and double doors that open to any angle, and
movable, completely sizable windows. You can give the walls a
specific length and height, or build it freehand then read
back their measurements for live set construction. And when
you're shooting, you can make individual walls invisible for a
specific camera in order to get a shot you couldn't otherwise
without compromising the integrity of your set (this simulates
pulling out a flat on a soundstage). Built sets can be reused
in other projects, and shared among other FrameForge 3D Studio
users.
More Than Interiors
With a number of supplied location "floors"
(streets, grass, city intersections and so on),
numerous prop & picture cars, buildings, trees and even
topology objects, you can create the exteriors you need in
very short order. Or perhaps you'll want to drop in one of the
supplied panoramas for a 360 degree backdrop… or even go
shoot a 360 panorama of your real location and bring THAT in
as your set's backdrop.
Ultimate Shot Management
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The Shot Manager allows you to view, rearrange, delete and
edit any of your stored shots. Decide you want to tighten up a
close-up, or give someone more headroom? Just double-click
that shot and you'll be taken back to that set, exactly as it
was when you first snapped it-including all actors, props and
camera positioning. Make any changes you want and snap it
again to replace the old version. You can add movement arrows
and camera framing boxes-which designate zoom or pans within a
shot-to your shot, then stretch, scale, flip, and tilt these
arrows/boxes to create just the look you want.
Unprecedented Shot Information
Because you are previsualizing your project in a virtual
set using cameras that are set to the exact video/HD/film
frame size and aspect ratio you'll be shooting with , each
shot is stored along with the camera's exact height, focal
length and angle of view at the time the shot was snapped. In
addition to the view and settings of a particular camera, the
program also stores a bird's-eye blueprint view of the set,
which gives you set layout, proportions, and camera position
for that shot. All this information - including the blueprint
view can be exported or printed out along with your
storyboards, making your storyboards an even more dynamic tool
in planning out set design, equipment needs, and best order of
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Simple, Intuitive Interface
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FrameForge 3D Studio's two major control areas will make
you feel right at home. The Control Room is where you build
your sets, place your cameras, and record shots for your
storyboard. Then go to the Shot Manager to view and rearrange
your stored shots, add movement arrows, shot framing boxes and
additional descriptive text, and then even play sequences as
slide shows with full control over individual shot duration.
Real World Object Interactions
Pre-established relationships between objects make it even
easier. Drag an actor into a chair or onto a motorcycle and
he'll automatically sit appropriately. Or drag a gun over to
his ex-girlfriend and she’ll grab it in her hand. Don’t
like that exact pose? No problem; adjust any of the actor’s
joints as desired, either with pre-posed full and partial
poses (only affects some joints, such as an arm or head), or
choose direct joint control with resolution down to individual
fingertips to communicate your emotional and visual intent
like never before. If you build a new pose/relationship we
haven’t thought of, you can save it, reuse it, share it with
other FrameForge 3D Studio users, and even optionally
designate it to be automatically applied when those specific
objects collide in the future.
Casting Calls Made Easy
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FrameForge 3D Studio 2 supplies thirty-two adult
actors in four ethnicities, each of whom can be aged from 20
to 60 years old and dressed up or down from fully nude (except
academic version of FrameForge) to a full suit or evening
gown. Want more control? Adjust facial modifiers
to give them a more roman nose, gaunter cheeks or other facial
shape modifiers and choose among different hair styles to get
just the look you want to make them unique. Save them as a new
Character and you can simply drag'n'drop that new character
into any scene. And while our actors come with many preset
poses, you always have complete pose control of head, body,
limb, and hand positioning to communicate your emotional and
visual intent. Build and store a whole library of poses you
create and share with other users.
World Ready™ Objects
FrameForge 3D Studio comes with over 800 posable,
natural World Ready™ objects common to the home,
office and outside world. Everything from school buses,
bicycles, computers, guns and knives all the way down to the
kitchen sink. They work like their real world counterparts
too: Executive Chairs swivel & tilt, tensor lamps lift and
bend, desk drawers open and trees even lose their leaves. And
as you would expect, most of them can have patterns and colors
changed so you can have that neon pink couch in front of the
poster of Elvis... or a red convertible instead of a yellow
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