Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Three camera angles which make up the final “Lat Long” processed image.

Array Stitching

For the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), the Wooly Pixel team was tasked with processing high resolution multi-camera arrays and to deliver final-quality “stitches” both for final picture and for handoff to other vendors for CGI.

The team was able to quickly turn around a large number of ‘Lat-Long’ images (example below) and sample FOV conversions to enable directorial previewing of the full field of view in each set of arrays.

The ‘Lat-Long’ image is the intermediary step in delivering final quality array shots.

Lat-Long creation

The Wooly Pixel team processed all camera arrays into a “Lat-Long” format image, which could be later projected onto a sphere and rendered with any FOV to mimic a wide format camera.

Final Output

Using multiple high resolution cameras allows for flexibility especially suited for aerial work. With minor additional cleanup necessary along borders, this workflow enabled a wide range of creative options for reframing, punch-ins, and even animating camera rotations to track CGI elements or hit story beats.