PHOENIXVILLE, PA, June 14, 2021 – Andersson Technologies LLC has released SynthEyes 2106, the latest version of its 3-D tracking and match-moving application for Windows, macOS, and Linux. With customers in around 100 countries world-wide, it was time for improved globalization features, and some timely updates in Microsoft’s Windows facilitated that.
Highlights of the new 2106 version include:
- Translation options for 25 languages, especially the many informative tooltips and optionally including translated menus, script names, and even user interface controls.
- New “AprilTags” support, which allows automatically determining the identity, position, and orientation of special QR-code-like patterns. They can be used for aligning multiple scenes consistently, and for some simple easy moving-object tracking. (AprilTags is open-source software developed at the University of Michigan.)
- Unicode/UTF8 support for filenames, tracker names, notes, etc.
- Major rework of prealigning/postaligning coordinates in the solver, to avoid mistakes in borderline and unlucky cases, handle more subtle alignment schemes, improve accuracy, and generally be faster.
- Better world-size selection and updating in the solver, for more consistently appropriate values and to eliminate “walking” world-size values.
- Improved handling of links from one camera/object to another, so that some more solving scenarios can be easily handled, for example two cameras in Auto mode sharing some links; both can be solved simultaneously from scratch.
- New “Coalesce closest in 3-D” tool, intended for 360VR but useful on non-360VR shots also.
- “Convert Boxes to Planes” script, ie for exporting to apps such as After Effects that only use planes.
- Improved blue/green screen auto-detection algorithm to ignore large red areas, ie to avoid skin tones of actors in close-ups.
- Four new tutorials on globalization and AprilTags.
- You can read the full list of additional improvements and bug fixes.
The free demonstration version of SynthEyes on Windows, macOS (including the native M1 version), or Linux can be downloaded starting at https://www.ssontech.com/regis.html
Pricing and Availability
The new version is available immediately. For in-support SynthEyes customers, the new version comes at no extra cost. Upgrade or renewal pricing for earlier SynthEyes customers varies depending on the details. Customers should use the online store to determine specific upgrade pricing for all versions.
New licenses of SynthEyes Pro cost 499 USD. The cross-platform Pro license runs 599 USD. Floating Pro licenses are 699 USD each; there is a one-time per-site license manager/setup charge of 250 USD for floating licenses. For students and hobbyists, an entry-level Intro version (https://www.ssontech.com/introlim.html) is 299 USD. Purchasing is online at the company website.
A one-year site license for qualifying educational institutions is 495 USD (https://www.ssontech.com/educate.html). Contact the company with particulars for information on volume licenses for student computers.
About Andersson Technologies LLC
Andersson Technologies LLC is a boutique software firm located outside Philadelphia near King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and is headed by computer vision and robotics expert Dr. Russell Andersson. SynthEyes has been solving the toughest problems for visual effects professionals for over 15 years, with customers in about 100 countries.
For more information, visit Andersson Technologies LLC at www.ssontech.com.
