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16-bit Super Nintendo Effect
Here is what we are doing…
In front of a green screen we are taking still images of actors posing so that we can animate a character as if he’s a character in a video game similar to the classic 16-bit Super Nintendo.
the only thing I’m trying to figure out is the best way to make the images seem pixelated like a 16-bit game console without loosing too much of the image to where you don’t recognize the character. What would be your favorite tool in AE that could create this 16-bit video game effect?
BTW, I’ve thought about (but haven’t tried yet since I just thought it up and am not at my AE computer) adding a basic cartoon effect first then pixelating it. I think it might make for a more realistic video game look. What do you think?
Jeff Bonano
http://www.bonanoproductions.com“I want to have a cool quote at the bottom of my signature, just like everyone else on the cow forum!” -Jeff Bonano
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Hi Jeff,
my reccomendation would be to key the people, then use the Mosaic effect to get the pixelation.Then maybe tweak to taste with the types of colors you want coming out of the pixels. Hope that helps.
Terry Hahin
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“no one had a lot of detail.”
You could play with the channel-arithmetic- block below effect that compresses colors to basic 8 bit colors, etc.https://technicolorsoftware.hostzi.com/
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Thanks for all of your input! Sounds like this is going to be a fun challenge! If it turns out, I’ll be sure to post it for people to see 🙂
Jeff Bonano
http://www.bonanoproductions.com“I want to have a cool quote at the bottom of my signature, just like everyone else on the cow forum!” -Jeff Bonano
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I would also try to shoot them with no shadows at all. And bright contrasting colors.
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Haha! I just did this myself a few months back for one of our shows. I actually created a whole super mario environment for a blue-screened character to move about in. Fun project. 🙂
Anyway, check out the BCC Mosaic effect. It’s got a lot of extra features in addition to the regular Mosaic. The key feature is the “Apply Mode” setting. I found this really helpful – Depending on your setting for this, it’ll give you the blocky look, but still add some level of detail within the mosaic. Without this, I imagine duplicating your layer and changing modes and transparency would yield similar results. Good luck, and have fun!
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Cool! that just might work for me too! The project starts this weekend so I’m even more excited than before and can’t wait to get started. Thanks for all your advice!
Jeff Bonano
http://www.bonanoproductions.com“I want to have a cool quote at the bottom of my signature, just like everyone else on the cow forum!” -Jeff Bonano
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Well after our first test run, Here is what we came up with for a quick bit. The character is more detailed than a 8-bit character, but it still seems to fly. Our next step is to add the character with more moves, add player 2 (I’ll probably play a Mario style character because of my belly), and a more familiar game setting.
Kudos goes out to my good friend Sam Koepnick for allowing me to shoot him with a digitizer gun and trap him into this intense video game world!
Jeff Bonano
http://www.bonanoproductions.com“I want to have a cool quote at the bottom of my signature, just like everyone else on the cow forum!” -Jeff Bonano
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