Sony 3D authoring tools are coming

Sony wants to sell 3D TV sets, but to do that, they need a lot of 3D content to get those suckers customers to upgrade. Sony Creative Software has just announced two authoring application that will be available in June:

Blu-print 6
The Blu-print 6 upgrade will author 3D titles in accordance with the 3D Blu-ray format standard Profile 5, import new MVC encoded streams, and work with Z Depth for 3D subtitle authoring.

Z Depth 3D for Vegas
Z Depth allows you to edit and record the offset metadata file for placement of subtitles and interactive graphic menus in the 3D space of a Blu-ray movie. The BD spec offset metadata files created by the application can be used in any 3D Blu-ray Disc authoring application that follows BDA specifications Profile 5.

Availability
Blu-print 6 and Z Depth will be available in June 2010 through Sony Creative Software Professional Services.

LINKS

• Sony: Z Depth 3D
• Sony: Blu-print 6
• Sony Creative Software Professional Services: Homepage