I-pod commercial the next step

[Julian Sixx]

Hi
if your layer has got an alpha channel use the option “Obscuration Layer”,it’s under Visibility.
Unless you have an alpha channel use masks or even a luma matte might work,depends on your footage!

[Mylenium]

Just like julian said – use your keyed talent as an obscuration layer for Particular. Of course you need to properly adjust the path of Particular to avoid intersections…

Mylenium

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[Majorasshole]

also make a copy of layer that has your footage tuned to a black sillouette.

put the black sillouette below your footage layer

tint your footage layer so the higlights are the color of the lit ipod and trails.

add a soft edged mask to your footage layer and track its position to the ipod.

the mask should reveal a lit detail of your footage/talent in a soft edged circle where the mask is and a non lit looking silouette where the sillouette shows everywhere else. it should be a similar cheat to what they actually did with the lighting effect on the actual ipod ad.

[Jeff Bannister]

Thanks every one..I got it all figured out now….Looks good.

Jeff Bannister

[Ari Grunzeweig]

Hi,

I’m still confused…

In my comp, I have a few keyed still images all at the same z-depth.
I’d like to have my line weave around the keyed still images.
I tried to set one as my obscuration layer as one of my keyed images, but that blocked out the line even more.

Where am I going wrong?

Thanks
Ari

[Matthew Preis]

How can I change the motion path of the streaks.

[Jeff Bannister]

Try placing the Obscuration layer under the particles in the timeline. That fixed my problems.

Jeff Bannister