VFX Data Capture Company 4DMax Invest in the Latest Leica High-Definition Surveying Technology

UK based 4DMax, a company in the film, TV, visual FX and Forensic 3D data capture market has recently purchased the latest Leica High-Definition SurveyingTM (HDS) ScanStation C10 to enhance its 3D data capture services.


Leica ScanStation C10 at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India

Duncan Lees, Co-Owner and Director, 4DMax comments that working across a number of markets from big Hollywood blockbuster movies such as John Carter of Mars, Captain America, X Men First Class and the new Narnia film, to major TV programmes including Monumental Challenge, Mummy Forensics and the Time Team to police forensic work, 3D data capture is core to the success of the company's business. Since forming the company in 2009 4DMax has grown beyond his expectations as these market begin to realise the full potential of 3D data capture.


Duncan Lees, with the Leica ScanStation C10 at Santiago de Compostela in Spain

The company has been working with the HDS team at Leica Geosystems UK for a number of years to hire their scanning instruments but as the company continues to grow, it was important to own a scanner to be able to fulfill its clients needs and cope with the influx of new projects both in the UK and internationally.

Tim Badley, HDS Sales Manager, Leica Geosystems comments that most of today’s epic blockbuster movies use animation and CGI for scene recreations, set extensions and modelling, and it is 3D laser scanning that is beginning to underpin this entire process. By providing the ability to capture data to milimetre accuracy, the scanner is a cost effective tool for VFX professionals to accurately recreate, manipulate and integrate scenes using CAD packages. From the success of companies such as 4DMax is it clear that this is a fruitful market that will continue to grow.

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