Video: How IMAX Wizards Convert Harry Potter to 3-D
- By Lewis Wallace
Get a glimpse at the proprietary 2-D-to-3-D conversion software used to transform the opening sequence of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in this video, supplied exclusively to Wired.com by IMAX.
The clip shows the process of creating Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: An IMAX 3D Experience, the special version of the boy wizard movie that features approximately 12 minutes of 3-D footage.
“The first step is masking out objects in the scene so that we can turn those objects 3-D,” says IMAX’s Eric Robinson as he shows off the software. “The next step is, re-create the scene in 3-D so that we can generate depth information from that. Our proprietary render system generates a new image, which is offset from the original.”
The promo video also shows supposed fans gushing about how the IMAX version is a “completely different experience” from the 2-D version shown in regular theaters, which we’ll have to take on faith.
Half-Blood Prince, a bona fide blockbuster that has raked in more than $755 million worldwide since its July 15 release, is the sixth film based on British author J. K. Rowling’s unbelievably successful Harry Potter novels. It has been critically acclaimed as one of the best of the lot.
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