Create a real-time, reactive background that perfectly syncs with the camera for a seamless and fully immersive filming experience.
This video is shared courtesy of our industry partner Epic Games.
Brompton Technology’s Tessera SX40 LED processors were used for this spectacular demo.
The true-to-life colours and image bit depth of HDR transform an LED screen into a realistic 3D background on camera, without compromise.
Create huge sets and worlds limited by imagination, not budget. LED screens offer consistent lighting, engaging environments on set, and streamline the lengthy post-production process.
Low-latency, genlocked LED processing in combination with new camera tracking technology create a seamless virtual set that synchronises perfectly with the action.
Nightflyers, Photo: Jonathan Hession / USA Network, Virtual Production: High Res
Virtual production is revolutionising filmmaking. LED screens with quality LED processing are being used as impressive replacements for traditional green screens, enabling filmmakers to capture both live action and CGI in-camera together.
Lengthy and expensive location shoots can now be streamlined into one trip – capture the ideal light once then bring it back to the studio and recreate it as many times as needed in a controlled environment.
VFX teams can create intricate, fantastical worlds that actors can see and react to in real time. Directors of sci-fi and fantasy see their worlds through the lens immediately, and can work collaboratively to change them in real-time, rather than after filming wraps.
The Brompton team has already been part of several pioneering film and TV projects using virtual production and LED walls as green screen replacements, as well as having years of experience delivering great results on camera.
We work closely with companies who are at the forefront of this exciting new technology to deliver immersive, believable worlds that take film beyond LED panels.
These two videos are shared courtesy of our industry partner Rebellion Film Studios
Our SX40 LED Processors were used in the making of this medieval short film
Brompton products are designed from the outset to make LED panels look as good on camera as they do in person, providing LED processing features that are ideal for creating lifelike 3D sets on a flat LED screen.
HDR: Precise reproduction of the colours in your content
Genlock: Perfect frame and PWM synchronisation with advanced options for phase offset adjustment
Great at any frame rate: PWM settings are automatically adjusted to be optimal for the frame rate actually being used, not just for 60Hz
Nils Pauwels at Virtual Production Demo, Photo: Nathan Reinds, Production Partner: Faber
Virtual Production Demo, Photo: Nathan Reinds, Production Partner: Faber
High Bit Depth: Receive up to 12 bits per colour via HDMI, with internal processing and transmission to panels that maintains this level of precision
PureTone: Eliminate unsightly colour casts in your greyscale for balanced, neutral output
Ultra Low Latency: Lowest possible LED system latency
Frame Rate Multiplication: output each input frame multiple times to create a higher output framerate on the LED screen, ensure the camera sees a complete image every time its shutter opens.
Frame Remapping: Interleave different areas of the video raster or solid colours in the output so, for example, a black frame could be inserted between every frame of actual content.
The award-winning Tessera SX40 LED Processor is the perfect solution for green screen replacement options, and is already the processor of choice for several TV and film projects using virtual scenery.
Nightflyers, Photo: Jonathan Hession / USA Network, Virtual Production: High Res
The Pros and Cons of LED Screens as Green Screen Replacement
Tips for Great LED Performance on Camera
Australia’s First Virtual Production Commercial
Getting Started with LED on Camera by CTO Chris Deighton
Brompton Supports Epic Games’ New Demo Volume.
GUM Studios with Brompton Processing
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The Virtual Production Field Guide by Epic Games
Exploring the Future of Virtual Production by Epic Games
Using Frame Remapping increases the system’s output frame rate offering significant benefits in a range of different applications.
HFR+ gives you the power to play video content on an LED screen at up to 250 fps (frames per second)
High Dynamic Range offers greater brightness and colour ranges with a higher bit depth, appearing perceptibly sharper and more detailed for vivid, lifelike images.
Limitations in the driver chips, LEDs and panel electrical design can be overcome to ensure neutral colour balance across the entire greyscale.
Provides real-time compensation for thermal artefacts such as pink/cyan pin-cushioning, and gradients due to swapped modules.
Improves the appearance of panels operating at less than their maximum brightness by reducing banding and increasing detail in dark areas.
On-Screen Colour Adjustment (OSCA) enables a special user interface to appear on the LED screen itself, allowing for quick, easy module and seam selection.
Offers powerful and intuitive colour correction with two operating modes – 14 Way Colour Corrector and Colour Replace. Easily and independently adjust primary, secondary and tertiary colours.
Tessera Management Software gives you full control over your Tessera System, with an array of powerful, easy-to-use features for an impeccable show every time.
The Tessera system is genlocked from the video input all the way down to the LED refresh cycle, giving perfectly smooth video with no dropped or doubled frames.
Delivers ultimate peace of mind for users by introducing an auto-failover mechanism that allows a back-up processor to take over in just a few seconds.
