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Creating realistic webcam output with Unity

Discussion in 'Virtual Production' started by NikEy, Jun 4, 2022.

  1. NikEy

    NikEy

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    Hi,

    I'm trying to achieve a render that results in the SAME quality as the following (web cam) output:

    upload_2022-6-3_21-9-33.png

    Basically it looks like crap, the edges are not sharp, the text is barely readable, and there is significant noise in the image.

    If I try to recreate that in Unity everything looks "too crisp", e.g.:
    upload_2022-6-3_21-8-25.png

    So what can I do to make Unity create a similar visual output as the real webcam? (other than scaling the resolution down and up)
     
    NikEy, Jun 4, 2022
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  2. marc_tanenbaum

    marc_tanenbaum

    Unity Technologies

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    Not really my forte, but for this effect I'd suggest looking at the Volume > Post Processing effects as a starting point...particularly Film Grain, Chromatic Aberration, and Tonemapping and/or Split Toning.

    Here's a quick example I did with one of my own projects to try and mimic what you're after (I'm no artist...I'm sure you can improve on the general idea!).

    The original (assets are from Ben Radcliffe's Realtime Rascals)

    Screen Shot 2022-06-04 at 10.06.32 AM.png

    Same frame with PostProcessing effects.

    Screen Shot 2022-06-04 at 10.06.23 AM.png

    Here are the settings I used to get this look. (Um...note that I happened to have the effect disabled...the first checkbox...when I took the screenshot.)

    Screen Shot 2022-06-04 at 10.08.17 AM.png

    Hope that helps!
     
    marc_tanenbaum, Jun 4, 2022
    #2

  3. NikEy

    NikEy

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    Thanks, this helped!
     
    NikEy, Jun 8, 2022
    #3
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