Emmerdale (formerly known as Emmerdale Farm) is a long-running British soap opera set in a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Emmerdale premiered on October 16, 1972, and was produced by ITV Yorkshire (then known as Yorkshire Television), which celebrated its 50th anniversary on October 16, 2022. Today Emmerdale is the second longest running soap opera in the UK and is available in all ITV territories.

The popular British ITV Emmerdale soap celebrates a landmark 50th anniversary, and the show's producers mark the occasion with a series of stories. In heart-stopping special episodes, they bring the show's past into the present as a deadly storm that sweeps through the village brings the action scenes to a close. In the lead-up, viewers were treated to a compelling trailer featuring the lead actors recreated as color 3D printed portrait models using a Mimaki 3DUJ-553 printer.

ITV used 3D printing technology to successfully reconstruct the show's main cast and important scenes, faithfully and realistically recreating the characters from the show. Finally, an impressive 1-minute trailer was created. The trailer, which preceded the episode's broadcast, depicted a huge storm that had an explosive impact on the fictional village. Key characters are shown in emotional poses, suspended in the air as the storm swirls around them while suddenly pausing, and when the camera pulls back, surprisingly, they are actually used as decorations set in a giant cake in the village bar.

The Mimaki 3DUJ-553 has a print platform size of 500 x 500 x 300mm and allows batch printing of figures using Mimaki's nesting software to optimize the printing process.Mimaki's full-color 3D printer series prints models using UV-curable inks and water-soluble support materials.After printing, the models are placed in a water bath to allow the support materials to dissolve. final cleaning is then performed. "The non-invasive support was removed without wasting time by damaging the model itself, and was completed well before the deadline for the ITV trailer to air." Kenny recalls.

Kenny concludes, "The finished trailer is really dramatic and the 3D printed portrait models stood up to the test during the shoot. The producers were very pleased with the results of the mimaki full color 3D printing. It was an honor to contribute to an unforgettable piece of television history."

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