[Andrew Donaldson]

Im still on Mavericks, so its not really an OS issue.

It was more a general question rather than a specific problem, I just need to remember and work smarter (image sizes, etc).

🙂

[Andrew Donaldson]

Thanks for your reply Walter.

I have turned off all the ‘heavy’ things like blurs and the resolution down to 25%, I just wondered if turning off Precomps outside the camera’s view does anything (I did try and it didn’t do anything either).
I know that working in 3D apps everything you build gets rendered for shadows, etc. I just wondered if AE was the same.

BTW, Im using all 2D layers and the ‘camera’ is really a Null object parented to all the precomps.

Thanks for the reply.

[Andrew Donaldson]

Thanks Michael, that’s just the answer I was looking for!

I’ve never considered Syntheyes/Boujou for object tracking, I only thought of them for camera tracking.

Thanks again, I’ll go digging…

[Andrew Donaldson]

Oooh! That’s pretty close! It was kinda what I was trying to do but much closer.

Thanks very much for that Brian, I appreciate it!

Cheers again,
Andrew.

[Andrew Donaldson]

Yeah, the twist deformer will do a nice job of twisting it simply and the reeper plugin works great for making normal rope but I need the animation of each thread being wound together.
The ends need to be quite far apart as though they are being weaved.

It doesn’t sound that hard but I can’t seem to make it work properly!
Im sure it must have been done heaps of times!

Thanks for your reply Brian.

[Andrew Donaldson]

Cheers for the reply Dennis, that’s what I was afraid of.
Looks like I’ll have to go back to the audio guy…

Thanks,
Andrew.

[Andrew Donaldson]

Hey!

Thanks for the feedback! I didn’t like the beginning at all to be honest, but couldn’t think up something else in time!

The ceiling tiles are actually floating under the ‘real’ ceiling which is why they don’t line up properly, but i suppose i should have realised that it wouldn’t come across with the DOF, etc.

Thanks for taking the time to look.
Andrew.

[Andrew Donaldson]

Hi guys!

What an awesome topic this turned into!

Conrad, your high contrast suggestion sounds like a perfect solution for what I was after! Cheers!

Dave, you make some good points. I didn’t even really think about the shadows on her face! D’oh!
the piece is only 10 seconds long and has about 15-20 cuts so its pretty quick.
we’re not going for the ultra-realistic thing, so i suppose as long as i can make it look good!

And when I read your comment about DANCING! I laughed my ass off, it reminded me of the scene in Back to the Future: “1.21 Gigawatts!!! Great Scot!”

Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions guys!

Thank moo…

[Andrew Donaldson]

Hi george,

They are a stock video file from istock.

The piece is only about 10s long, so i could probably keyframe what i wanted, but wondered if there was any super-pro tips out there!

Ta,

Andrew.

[Andrew Donaldson]

Hi Dave,

Im sure im using one of your old Keylight tips on this job too btw! 😉

I don’t need shadows because its only been shot from the knee up and there’s no reflective surfaces.

I really was looking for an expression to overexpose the shot when the flashes go off – that’s a better way to explain what i meant.

should I shift this to the AE expressions forum?

Cheers,
Andrew.