ZipCam Systems has released its new freeware software planning tool, ZipCalc DP. This freeware application is intended primarily for directors of photography and key grips. It provides interactive simulations of cable camera flight paths and plots them on a graph. This helps users determine the best flight path for cable-suspended tracking cameras such as the ZipCam cable camera system. ZipCalc DP is currently available for download, without charge, from the ZipCam Systems website.
“ZipCalc is our proprietary version of the ZipCalc DP application,” said Ben Semanoff, president of ZipCam Systems. “It is used by our staff for planning cable camera shoots and for visualizing the effects of proposed changes while working in the field. ZipCalc enables productions to take full advantage of our cable camera system and saves them time and money while helping get the shots they need, even over challenging terrain and obstacles.”
ZipCalc software is an important pre-production planning tool for feature films, commercials, music videos, and episodic television. And it is remarkably helpful in the field. ZipCalc is reserved for use with the ZipCam cable camera system.
ZipCalc DP freeware is a lite version of the ZipCalc application. ZipCalc DP users can input values for key factors that affect the flight path of a cable camera. For example, you can vary the height at each end of the cable that suspends the camera, and ZipCalc DP plots the corresponding flight paths. Everything is interactive, so users can just move sliders to adjust values and ZipCalc DP displays changes to the flight path in real time.
Directors of photography, key grips, and others who are interested in downloading the free ZipCalc DP software or who want to learn more about the ZipCam cable camera system should visit the ZipCam System website.
ZipCam Systems is the worldwide resource for the ZipCam cable camera system, an ultra lightweight and compact system that has been designed to deliver impressive cable camera shots quicker, easier, and more affordably than other systems. ZipCalc and ZipCalc DP are trademarks of ZipCam Systems and ZipCam is a registered trademark.
Please visit www.ZipCam.com for more information and to download a free copy of ZipCalc DP software.