4DMax are the newest and most innovative company working within Film & TV VFX and Forensic Geomatics. Drawing on many years of experience in all aspects of 3D data capture and presentation, we provide time and cost effective solutions across many markets. We are the complete 3D spatial data capture, analysis, interrogation and presentation specialists
I have led teams that undertook VFX scanning and modelling work on;
Mummy Forensics, Time Team, Rome HBO/BBC TV series, Quantum of Solace, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Inkheart, Fred Claus, Angels & Demons, Prince of Persia, Terminator Salvation, Shanghai, Sweeney Todd, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Dark is Rising, Prince Caspian, Kick Ass, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Speed Racer, Nutcracker: The Untold Story, Wanted, A Christmas Carol, Doomsday & The City of Ember
4DMax have become the leading exponents of aerial and terrestrial LIDAR scanning, cyber scanning, close range laser scanning and professional photographic services to the entertainment industry. From GPS setting out of locations and sets through to the sub millimetre scanning of props, objects and maquettes - via data wrangling, camera tracking, set and location scanning, full 3D modelling and the scanning and modelling of heads and bodies - 4DMax are fully equipped, adept and experienced in these forms of work.
Services we routinely provide include; The 3D recording of sets and locations using terrestrial LIDAR laser scanners and photogrammetry; On set survey and data wrangling with 4DMax staff embedded into the VFX team; The close range scanning of objects and maquettes, both for digital reality in the film and as PreVis models for the art department; The laser scanning of heads and/or bodies to provide digital doubles; The tracking of camera movement and location using digital total station theodolites; The setting out of large and small scale set designs using high grade GPS receivers and total station theodolites; Aerial photogrammetric surveys to capture large scale Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) for digital reality, set extensions and as surfaces for digital crowd scenes; Digital photographic services to capture texture and for reference; Polygonal mesh models of sets, locations, objects and people, in any format required; Surface and solid modelling of sets, locations, objects and people, in any format required; Retopologised, textured and rigged subdivision models of sets, locations, large and small objects and people, in any format required.