Patent ID: 8451265

Claim:
A method for providing image data of an event, comprising: capturing images of the event from a television broadcast camera at a specified number of frames per second; capturing images of the event from a high resolution digital camera in response to an operator activation of a trigger switch, the high resolution digital camera captures images at a higher resolution than the television broadcast camera, so that the high resolution digital camera captures more detail than the television broadcast camera; providing the images of the event from the television broadcast camera and the images of the event from the high resolution digital camera to a production center; and at the production center: receiving an operator command via a user interface, the command identifies at least a first image from the images captured by the television broadcast camera; in response to the command, identifying, from the images captured by the high resolution digital camera, at least a second image which corresponds in time to the at least a first image; using the second image to provide an animation which depicts a sequence of virtual viewpoints of the event, the virtual viewpoints of the event differ from a viewpoint of the high resolution digital camera; providing a presentation by combining the at least a first image and the animation; and providing the presentation and the images captured from the television broadcast camera for broadcasting in a television production of the event.