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  integrating animated character into a live shot.

  Posted by Malcolm Desoto on May 31, 2009 at 1:06 am

  So, I’ve got this nice little animated dude tracked into my live footage. Everything’s looking pretty good. However, there’s this part where he walks in front of the window and it just doesn’t look as real as it could. I kind of want the light to “spill” over his head and shoulders.

  

  You see it in movies all the time where the light kind of eats away part of the foreground object.

  Know what I’m talking about?

  Any good tutorials out there that could help me with this?

  thanks.

  “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

  Todd Kopriva replied 17 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Michael Szalapski

  May 31, 2009 at 1:32 am

  WIthout even using a search engine I bet you can find one.

  I’ll bet if you click on where it says tutorials at the top of this forum’s page you can find one.

  I’ll bet it even has a title like “How To Use Light Spill for Better Composites Without Plug-ins”.

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  Malcolm Desoto

  May 31, 2009 at 1:52 am

  Light spill!

  That’s the term I was looking for.

  Thanks dude.

  “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein
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  Todd Kopriva

  May 31, 2009 at 4:04 am

  It’s sometimes called “light wrap“, too.

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