Amish Ed
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Thanks, I’ll check them out.
Amish Ed
“Shoot ’em all and let the Editor sort ’em out!”Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD
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These are the ones I use the most…Zaxwerk’s 3D Invigorator; RE:Vision’s Shade Shape; Knoll Light Factory; Boris Continuum Complete; Digital Anarchy’s Gridlines, Gridsquares, and Hairlines; and Buena Software’s Au Naturel.
Amish Ed
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Gotcha Richard. I do make use of that feature which is very helpful.
Amish Ed
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Wacom, Intuos is the way to go. They have the best sensitivity range and great Customer Support. As you get used to it you’ll really begin to notice that even the Intuos isn’t sensitive enough. Particularly is you’ve done a lot of analog drawing in the past. If you can’t afford the Intuos, wait and save for it or find another tablet with the same or better sensitivity. As far as the mouse goes, I have always been righthanded on the mouse, but I draw with my left; so I use both at once. Pen for my main monitor and mouse for my palette monitor.
Myself, I always thought I would hate a pen tablet. Then I got one at work. Then I began to feel the lack of one at home. I worked on an art piece at home that took me about 12hrs to get halfway complete. I gave up on it. Then I got my Intuos for home, and redid the project (to completion) in about 4hrs. All that time difference was in being able to use the pressure of the pen on-the-fly to change density and size of the brush. It still isn’t like using a real pen, pencil, or charcoal; but it’s as close as we can get for now.
Amish Ed
Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD -
Thanks Richard, sounds like I’ll just stick to the same way. The auto settings are usually so far off it’s easier to do it myself.
Amish Ed
Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD -
I create mine in PS and add about 2% noise. Gets rid of the banding for me.
Amish Ed
Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD -
Sorry its taken so long to post the final results. Matt, thanks for looking over my project and giving me feedback. Turning off the cast shadows on most of my lights, and bringing down the shadow diffusion values made a huge difference. Rendered in 2 days. The BCC Light Zoom was also killing the speed, but I couldn’t turn that one off. Thanks again.
Amish Ed
Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD -
Try Au Naturel. It has an awesome exposure adjustment. Looks much much more like a real exposure adjustment than just lightening the footage or using levels.
Amish Ed
Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD -
Your logo is simple, just re-draw it with the pen tool. Shouldn’t take more than 15min. to make the paths. Like Seth said it’s the best way.
Amish Ed
Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD -
I’m not sure I’m following your question, but here it goes. AE 3D and Invigorator 3D don’t mesh well because all the moves of the Invig object have to be done in Invig. Once that object is interacting in the AE comp it’s 2D. Best thing to do is place your pictures on the text surface in Invig using the MAterial Set-up window and the Materials dialog. Hope this helps, I use Invig. sometimes, but I reall just want to get a real 3D app like Cinema 4D.
Amish Ed
Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD