Pdplayer is a professional image sequence player and viewer for the 3D, CG and VFX industry, created by Asynthetic and distributed by Chaos Software.
It supports most industry standard file formats including EXR, HDR, DPX, CIN, TGA, SGI, IFF, PIC and VRIMG. Multiple layers can be color-corrected and composed together in real time. The 64 bit (x64) version is not limited to 2GB or 4GB and can use all the available RAM as cache.
Pdplayer Features
Viewing Sequences
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Multiple ways to open a sequence: double click, Open With » Pdplayer, drag and drop, copy and paste, File » Add Layer, File » Add Recent
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Industry standard file format support including EXR, HDR, DPX, CIN, TGA, SGI, IFF, PIC, VRIMG and more
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Variable framerate playback
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Horizontal and vertical flip
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Depth channel
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Viewing a single channel
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Global zoom, pan and pixel aspect
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Mask and safe area
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Timecode/frame indicator modes
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Locating a frame in Windows Explorer
Stereoscopic Playback
- Option to detect matching footage and automatically build a stereoscopic composition
- Anaglyph, interlaced and checkerboard output
- Support for stereoscopic EXR (SXR) files
Image Layers and Channels
- Support for EXR and VRIMG image layers
- Per-layer image channel support including alpha, luma and depth
Color
- Support for 1D and 3D lookup tables (LUT)
- Exposure and soft clip controls for high dynamic range images
- Color controls including lift, gamma, gain, brightness, contrast, hue and saturation
- Adjustment Layer
Comparing Sequences
- Toggle upper layer (V)
- Difference blend
- Side by side (Ctrl+Shift+Left, Right)
- Layer crop rectangle (can approximate A/B split)
Layers
- Layered sequence playback
- Infinite workspace
- Global and per-layer aspect ratio
- Layer flip, scale, position and crop
- Layer blending modes including normal, add, multiply, screen and difference
- Alpha channel source
- Layer opacity, including fade in and fade out
Caching
- Layer-based cache
- Realtime interactions
- Full, half and quarter cache resolution
- Preloading layers
- Clear cache, Remove layer from cache
- Direct disk playback (Layer » Disable Caching)
- 64 bit (x64) version, not limited to 2 GB or 4 GB
Copy and Paste
- Copy/paste layer, frame, copy from/to explorer
- Clipboard Layer
- Copy/paste color corrections
- Copy layer to clipboard as Nuke script
Saving and Exporting
- Ability to save a composition
- Ability to save a frame, screen, mask
- Export composition or single layer as sequence or AVI/Quicktime movie
Annotation and Collaboration
- Brush Layer
- Brush Sequence Layer
- Text Layer
- E-mail frame/screen
- Built-in HTTP server for remote collaboration
Integration
- Framebuffer Layer
- Extensive command line support
- Export composition as After Effects .jsx, Nuke .nk, Pdplayer .pdpcmd
- Copy layer to clipboard as Nuke script
External Output
- Bluefish444
- Blackmagic Decklink
- NewTek VT
- Firewire/IEEE1394
On-Set Grading and Monitoring
- Live video layer from any DirectShow video input
- Primary and secondary color key
