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Creative framing of 4:3 insert window
Hi all,
Need to simply insert some 4:3 material onto a flat gfx bg.. Designers block really has kicked in, big time.. I can’t come up with any “creative” way of masking footage onto a bg without it looking exactly like a cheesy DVE effect.
Any ideas ?? Come on, someone humour me….
Cheers,
Andyp.s: Hopefully tomorrow will bring a solution… Call myself a designer ??
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2 Replies
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-Mask it into slight ovals:
-Make it larger and break it up into pieces. So it looks like a bunch of smaller 4×3 panels made a larger video wall. (do this by making a grid pattern, precomping the grid and using it as a luma matte on the video layer).
– Parent all the images to a null then make them all face outward from the null in a circle. So when you rotate the null it looks like a disc with images is spinning. Then animate them spin like a slot machine and lock into place at times to show the image.
– Use orhanic mask shapes with hevay feathering to look like amorphious blobs.
– Set the images up in space. And create angled spotlghts that search across them like a police search light revealing them one at a time.
– Use vertical stripes of different thickness overlapping each other. These stripes also reveal the images like slowly moving vertical blinds.
– Use the subject matter to justify the movements. If it’s about gambling, make a slot machine effect or map the images to playing cards. If it was about nature, the images can be amongst a forest or mapped onto leaves, etc.Just brainstorming.
Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com -
Hi Chris,
Appreciate you taking the time to reply with your brainstorming. Some good ideas…
Here’s hoping tomorrow everything will fall into place… Hey there’s another idea.
Cheers,
Andy
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