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DO
dosxuk

They also did the N6/TC7 2008 News channel backdrops as well.

Did they? I think they did a better job at those if they did

The News Channel backgrounds were pre-rendered videos playing on a physical set of screens.

ITV News and now Sky News has a 3D scene which needs to render fast enough to have real time motion tracking. So can not be as realistic, detailed, or elaborate, when rendering in real time with a green screen


Multiple cameras would be a bigger issue with the N6 style screens. While you could render them in real time to generate parallax, syncing those graphics to the currently selected camera would be a challenge. Vine's graphics at the Scottish referendum was an example of having the 3d world rendered to a physical screen which worked quite nicely, but they were limited to a single (jib) camera.

Of course (as I'm sure you're aware) with green screen you can have as many cameras as you like, because each view well be being rendered all the time and you're cutting between those processed images.
FU
fusionlad Founding member
Ticker stuttering at the moment.
EE
EastEngland
I was watching via the Youtube stream and it was fine for me.
FU
fusionlad Founding member
I was watching via the Youtube stream and it was fine for me.

Seems ok now.
FU
fusionlad Founding member
I was watching via the Youtube stream and it was fine for me.

Either a different feed or you missed it then.
ST
Stuart
FYI, the new studio is labeled as Studio 6.

http://www.newscaststudio.com/setstudio/sky-news-studio-6/

I also didn't realise that the 'Glass Box' is Studio 21. Just how many studios are there at Sky Central?
NJ
news junkie
FYI, the new studio is labeled as Studio 6.

http://www.newscaststudio.com/setstudio/sky-news-studio-6/

I also didn't realise that the 'Glass Box' is Studio 21. Just how many studios are there at Sky Central?


I'm not sure. I do remember Sarah-Jane & Jonathan saying that it was known as studio 21, although they have no idea where the other 20 are on an Instagram video.

Turns out, it wasn't an Instagram - was a facebook live https://www.facebook.com/skynews/videos/1494416140572978/
Last edited by news junkie on 18 January 2018 6:11pm
ST
Stuart
I'm not sure. I do remember Sarah-Jane & Jonathan saying that it was known as studio 21, although they have no idea where the other 20 are on an Instagram video.

Nice video. Thanks for that, I hadn't seen it before. Very Happy
GI
Gibsy
Does anyone else have a small green dot to the left of the Sky News DOG....exactly the same as the red button but green?
TF
TellyFan
Gibsy posted:
Does anyone else have a small green dot to the left of the Sky News DOG....exactly the same as the red button but green?


I’m seeing the green dot too. Could it be to make sure you’re watching it legally? I don’t know.
SK
skyviewer
Gibsy posted:
Does anyone else have a small green dot to the left of the Sky News DOG....exactly the same as the red button but green?

Affirmative, on the intl feed as well.
EE
EastEngland
It's been like it on the Youtube Stream as well as on the channel on Sky Q - the green button does nothing.

I suspect they might be troubleshooting something as been a few glitches.

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