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PRODUCTS www.postmagazine.com 33 POST JULY/AUG 2023 REALITYSCAN APP NOW LETS ANDROID USERS CREATE 3D MODELS CARY, NC — Epic Games (www.epicgames.com) and Capturing Reality have released the RealityScan app for Android devices, a free photogrammetry app that lets users create high-fidelity 3D models of objects by taking pho- tos with their Android device. Models can then be exported to Sketchfab to share, or downloaded for use in other applications, such as Unreal Engine or Twinmotion. Exporting models to Sketchfab is free. The number of models that user can upload to their Sketchfab account per month depends on their Sketchfab plan (https://sketchfab.com), though customers are automatically upgraded to Sketchfab Pro for free for one year upon their first upload. Since RealityScan was released as an iOS app last year, there have been 200,000 downloads, and many thousands of models created by the commu- nity and uploaded to Sketchfab. The latest release offers a streamlined user interface and more intuitive workflows. A new step-based workflow takes users through the scanning process. There is the ability to back up through the steps if needed to make changes. Users can easily find and delete unconnected images from the Project Library, and optionally add new images to replace them. A preview of the final model can be viewed as it will look in Sketchfab from the Project Library thanks to an em- bedded Sketchfab viewer. And users can add and edit a name and description for the project, which will be automatically synchronized to Sketchfab. RealityScan requires an Android phone or tablet that supports ARCore, or an iPhone or iPad running iOS 16 or later. SONY RELEASES NEXT- GEN APS-C MIRRORLESS INTERCHANGEABLE LENS CAMERA SAN DIEGO, CA — Sony Electronics just released the a6700, its newest APS-C mirrorless camera. Priced at $1,399.99 (camera body only), the new offering combines the video and still image capabilities found in the latest full-frame Alpha and Cinema Line series with the compact and lightweight design of the a6000 series. The a6700 combines an APS-C back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS image sensor, boasting 26 effective megapixels, with the speed and power of Sony's ad- vanced BIONZ XR processing engine. The camera supports high-resolution 4K video recording at up to 120fps, a wide latitude of 14-plus stops, and features the S-Cinetone picture profile found in Sony's professional Cinema Line for refined movie imagery that doesn't require color grading. The AI processing unit is inherited from the a7R V, enabling high accuracy "Real-Time Recognition AF (autofocus)." Beyond the a6000 series' human and animal recognition, it now accurately iden- tifies various subjects, such as a bird, in- sect, car/train and airplane. The camera is compatible with a broad array of E-mount lenses and Sony's E-mount lenses cover- ing full-frame and Cinema Line cameras with a single mount. DIALOGUEENHANCE HELPS IMPROVE SPEECH RECORDINGS BOSTON — FxFactory's (https://fxfactory.com) DialogueEnhance help remove background noise and automatically applies an EQ and compressor to make speech recordings sound more professional, even if the audio was recorded in a noisy environment or using an inexpensive microphone. The noise content in a recording is estimated in realtime. Users can adjust the reduction amount while listening to the result. The algorithm is similar to the one used in VoiceGate. A compressor module can easily fix fast level changes in a re- cording. In the automatic mode, everything is set automatically, with no need to find parameter values manually. The equalizer module will find reso- nance frequencies and overall spectral imbalances. In the automatic mode, all frequency and gain parameters of the EQ are estimated automatically to achieve clear and professional sounding speech. The loudness boost module can automat- ically lift a signal to a desired output level. In automatic mode it will even balance out level changes over time. DialogueEnhance is available via FxFactory, a free application that man- ages and installs effect plug-ins and apps. Priced at $69, DialogueEnhance is available for Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Premiere Pro, Audition and DaVinci Resolve.