Digital Holographic H.U.D in Motion

[Jonathan Ziegler]

I think the straight-ahead look makes it look a little flat. Think of movies like I Robot which used the look extensively with a moving holographic display that moved with the camera. Try putting some small tracking points on screen with a slow camera move.

Check out: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/887617#887691

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[Stephen Smith]

I would take a look at other examples.

Take a look at this: https://www.engadget.com/photos/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/#2961887

Best of luck.

Stephen Smith
Utah Video Productions

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[Jonathan Ziegler]

I always forget about this site: https://prologue.com/ – they show you how they did it all. Stephen thanks for the reminder. 🙂

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[Stephen Smith]

Jonathan, I was trying to remember that site and google got me to the one I posted. Thats great…thanks for sharing.

Stephen Smith
Utah Video Productions

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[Gareth Randall]

[Jonathan Ziegler] “Try putting some small tracking points on screen with a slow camera move.”

Also, you’ve used lots of thin lines against a background that also contains lots of lines, so the HUD gets a little lost. A more neutral background would help, along with thickening up the lines and playing with blend modes, soft blur and glows so that they look a bit more glowy and holographic. It all looks a bit too hard-edged and clean at the moment. Some occasional opacity changes/flickers might help with the sense of a projected image too.

Jonathan’s point about the flatness of the image is the key one though, I think. What really sells HUDs in movies and on TV is their 3D-ness.

[Mark Suszko]

Forcing a tight DOF also makes each layer in the comp stand out when it needs to.