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3-d project w/ still images
Hi
This is the effect I’m trying to achieve:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=z0Fno5V5W68
I really appreciate the responses in here….and any info is GREAT!
Last week I posted about trying to rotate a car (350 degree turn w/ still images)..as it turned out, our company didn’t want to pay the extra money for every single still frame that makes up a 360 degree turn using photoshop images…sort of like the Matrix Bullet effect. Instead of a hndred or so images I got 36 and this is why I get a jitter move when I attempt to slow the move down (after and before speec ramps)…The rotation is ok until I try to slow it down.
so, the rotating car is one layer which is a photoshop sequence….
What’s the best way to approach this? So far I have the 3d Layer selected w/ an active camera and a null layer (cam is parented to it) above it–which I’m using to move the camera.
Is this an easy thing to achieve or would you experts say I’m in for a doozy?
thanks
Scotty
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4 Replies
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thanks Dave
I couldn’t agree more w/ your post…I got more info on the situation yesterday and as it turns out, one of our producers got into a yelling match w/ the company providing the frames because he wanted a duscount. Evidently, he (my producer) told the guy to F*CK OFF and hung up on him…so I guess we’re not getting the xtra frames now. Funny because after that call he came in to see me and ask how the project was coming along.
thanks again
Scotty
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Yea I hate when your forced to be the guy that says
“Uh boss, Can’t be done, and you need to call that guy back”
On a side note, Please make sure your boss understands this isn’t your fault. My friend just lost a job do to a mis understanding like this. And as a recen college grad, this really hurts. But than again do you really want to be in a place that’s like that?
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I smell “scapegoat” in the air. Be careful — make sure your position on this matter is solid. If necessary, show him a closeup of two adjacent frames and tell him that special software is required to *create* the in-between frames. If you can, download a demo of Twixtor — it’s what I use in this sort of situation, and show him what Twixtor can do.
But as Dave wrote, it might not work. If something just moves across the frame, fine. But if something appears or disappears in a frame, you may or may not get it. It may look blobby or liquid. That’s why it’s a good idea to shoot slow-moving objects as much as possible, to get as many frames (and as much info) as possible.
You might be proved right, and still get blamed though. But if you get blamed without being fired, get that reel out there anyway … 😉
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Zander and Steve…thanks for the feedback.
After talking to the powers that be, they decided to negotiate w/ the company that’s supplying the frames. Instead of 36 I’ll hopefully be getting 180…Am I missing something or should I be getting 360 frames? Anyway If we don’t get these frames then we may not go forward w/ this project. We’ll see.
Thanks again guys!
Scotty
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