[Andi Wand]

“I would suggest renaming/removing all RMD files before relinking the media. This may cause After Effects to fall back onto the stored metadata or to refresh the embedded metadata to that of the camera original before you graded it. Crapshoot there but worth a try”

I tried, but unfortunately it doesn’t work. On the computer where I started the project the interpetation stays the same, even when I rename/delete the RMD. On any other computer it displays the footage as shot (without any interpretation). This suggests that the interpretation rules are not stored in the project file.

“The exposure stacking from one image doesn’t really get you much of anything that can’t be adjusted with normal color correction tools. Not a big fan of it personally.”

No offence, but I doubt this. Even when you work without masks. If you have time I can send you a project with a single take and the corresponding r3d-file. You send me the project back, with the same result, without stacking. Maybe I can learn something.. or you..

Thanks so far,
Andi

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Thanks for the support, Dave :). But I didn’t shoot that, I’m the guy who is supposed to fix it. But well, fix it, doesn’t fit actually; what could they possibly have done? It had to be at that particular spot and it had to be at daytime. cutting down the trees would have been the only option, which really isn’t any. I guess the guys had already enough trouble getting onlookers out of the picture (this was shot in Delhi, where nearly every square inch is inhabited).

Well, I think I have to find a way to handle it, that’s the only option.

Andi

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Hi Adam,

the footage is red 32bit (or whatever it’s capable of)material, so it’s actually not bad. But that reminds me of changing the color-bit-setting, that might give a slightly better result.
the sky is supposed to be replaced with a night sky with stars. So the background will be black, which is actually the problem. If it only would be some fluffy clouds or something of that kind it wouldn’t be that bad. Well, probably I have to put something bright behind it, like the milky way :D. It’s supposed to have kind of an arty/ surreal air about it, so I could do that.
Cropping out treetops isn’t a bad idea, actually. I will think about it. The perspective won’t be that difficult, as the they are in the far back. It’s rather the girl, which is dancing all the time.. On the other hand I have to key her quite carefully anyway.. If the milky way looks crappy, i will give it a try.

Thanks for the good ideas,
Andi

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Hi,

after I made my way through all that masking yesterday, I’m facing the next keying problem – the treeline.
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I tried several ways with different keys, including changing colors drastically and use that drastically changed picture (sky more or less completely yellow-greenish, rest nearly completely black) to key with keylight and use that as alphamask for the original footage. the screen matte looks actually fine to me, but the final result isn’t as good as I hoped. I still get that white-bluish spill around the treetops.

Any advice what I could try?

Thanks again, Andi

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Thanks for the reply, that’s exactly what I’m doing but I’m only half way through and it’s takes ages. I thought there might be a trick I couldn’t think of (I’m still relatively new to AFX). But I had an idea, which makes things a little easier (unfortunately I just got it when I was already halfway through). The major problem is where the sky is nearly white or completly white, so I came up with the idea, to put a white layer with a rough mask underneath, so that I don’t have to care about anything on the green (‘lawn’). As the camera moves it has to be attached to the tracked layer above (which I have to do anyway, as the sky replacement has to follow the camera movements). Now, the only parts which I have to take care of are the parts close to the horizon and in the sky (when she raises her arms for example). Still a lot of work, but better than before.

Thanks so far,
Andi

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Thanks a lot, I didn’t know that!!! Very handy.

Andi

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Hi Dave and Ryan,

thanks for your reply. I don’t edit in After Effects, I need the clips for some effect stuff, they are small but many.
It seems as there is no real comfortable way to import many EX-Clips at once into After Effects. I personally prefer may way, picking out the MP4-files as you do it, Ryan, sounds really like a pain in the xx.
I do it this way: I import all the footage to Premiere Pro (the sequenz can stay empty), save the project and import it into After Effects (File -> Import -> import Premiere Pro Project). I get all the MP4 imported plus the empty sequenz which I delete. This way wouldn’t be that bad, but the pain is, that Premiere has to adjust (whatever it actually does) all the files after importing them – means you have to wait some while.
Well, that’s definatly no comfortable way but still better than picking files out of folders by hand.

Thanks for your answer, at least I now know that there is no really good way for that import issue.

Regards, Andi