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The award-winning Stereo3D CAT™ 3D calibration and analysis system has been expanded to include a turnkey rack-mountable hardware/software solution.

Dashwood Cinema Solutions, developer of stereoscopic software for the Mac, is pleased to announce the turnkey rack-mountable hardware version of Stereo3D CAT™ stereoscopic calibration and analysis software. Installation and setup of Stereo3D CAT is now easier than ever with the Stereo3D CAT 1U rack.

“The Stereo3D CAT software has been well-received by the stereoscopic production industry,” said Tim Dashwood, founder of Dashwood Cinema Solutions, “and now we’ve made it even easier to configure Stereo3D CAT in a production environment. The new turnkey solution will allow for the bundled hardware/software combo to be installed in any 1U rack-mount on typical DIT or convergence carts. Just plug 3D HD-SDI sources, monitor and mouse into it and it is ready for production.”

Stereo3D CAT rack-mount bundle will be offered with either a Personal or Full license of software. The Personal license includes the same parallax line guides, left/right solo, anaglyph, split displays, QuickTime playback, Stereo3D Visualizer, Depth analysis, side-by-side, line-by-line, checkerboard, superimpose, difference, Parallax Inspector, Alignment Tracker, 3D waveform/vectorscope, variable interaxials and online technical support. Live geometry correction, metadata logging, IMAX screen sizes, external output and phone tech support are features only included with a Full license of Stereo3D CAT. Software-only licenses start at $1249.00 USD. Hardware/software rack-mount bundles start at $4499.00 USD.

About Stereo3D CAT™

Designed by stereographers for stereographers, the award-winning Stereo3D CAT system is an indispensable calibration, monitoring, and analysis tool for Mac OS X. Its features include the patent pending Alignment Tracker, Stereo3D Visualizer™, Parallax Inspector™, Parallax Line Guides, Depth Analysis, 3D Monitoring Modes, Stereoscopic Waveform/Vectorscope, Geometry Correction and Logging Meta Data Support. Stereo3D CAT supports input from any QuickTime compatible capture devices and Blackmagic Design’s Decklink Extreme 3D or UltraStudio 3D.

Stereo3D CAT™ availability

Stereo3D CAT™ software is available now at www.dashwood3d.com/stereo3dcat.php. The free version and a 15-launch full-featured trial are available for immediate download.

The rack-mount bundles will be available for purchase in Fall 2012. Please contact sales@dashwood3d.com for first-in-queue pre-order information.