[Andrew Kramer]

I thought there was a way to link those, sounds cool. Perhaps beyond my pick-whip mastery.

As for the fish, I hear Largemouth Bass are quite edible, but I bass fish for sport, so we let them go. As hard as it was.

However last monday, I went on a half day fishing trip off the coast of mexico and brought back a couple of 30 lb. Yellow tails, which were exceptional eats.
I have a great BBQ recipe if you’re interested 😉

Andrew

[Andrew Kramer]

That’s a solid way to do it if you need the control. Just be sure not to use it when you don’t need to. Also, work in 8 bit (render 16) use lower resolution previewing and even skip frames. The most important thing is that your mattes don’t “crawl”, most of the time if the matte doesn’t crawl or seem noisy the color correction should be solid.

Use proxies for HD footage too.

Andrew
https://www.videocopilot.net

[Andrew Kramer]

Hey Rork,

I’ve used light transmission before but not create meaningful reflections… Light transmission is used to project light and color through objects and cast this light (like shadows) onto other 3D surfaces. Which may look like a reflection if the camera is on the opposite side of the light… , However, the result is locked onto the surface like a shadow so if the camera is moving around the object, the emission no longer “reflects” back to the camera but rather lays flat in connection with the light source like a shadow does. Reflections on the other hand are not stationary they “render” based on the cameras angle of view and will always “face” you. Perhaps the master Dan Ebberts could create an expression linking a light with a camera and making them orbit around an object, always opposite of each other so that the “light transmission” will “face” the camera. But I can’t think of a way it would perform like reflections do. Please let me know if I’m mistaken. I wish creating reflections WAS easier.

“And just to clarify what someone had posted earlier regarding Adjustment Layers resetting the rendering order

[Andrew Kramer]

Hey Rork,

I’ve used light transmission before but not create meaningful reflections… Light transmission is used to project light and color through objects and cast this light (like shadows) onto other 3D surfaces. Which may look like a reflection if the camera is on the opposite side of the light… , However, the result is locked onto the surface like a shadow so if the camera is moving around the object, the emission no longer “reflects” back to the camera but rather lays flat in connection with the light source like a shadow does. Reflections on the other hand are not stationary they “render” based on the cameras angle of view and will always “face” you. Perhaps the master Dan Ebberts could create an expression linking a light with a camera and making them orbit around an object, always opposite of each other so that the “light transmission” will “face” the camera. But I can’t think of a way it would perform like reflections do. Please let me know if I’m mistaken. I wish creating reflections WAS easier.

“And just to clarify what someone had posted earlier regarding Adjustment Layers resetting the rendering order

[Andrew Kramer]

Thanks guys, I’m glad you like this one. It’s definitely one of my fav’s.

Hey Cletus,
You can turn on the specular setting in the layer material options down or off (0%)and the light that comes at you will disappear. Personally I think that is what helps sell the effect creating a more reflective-like surface. But depending on what you are doing you can use any lighting you need. a spot, for example gives you more control over direction and such.

One more note that didn’t make it into the tutorial is that if you have a video layer not “black” text like in the tutorial, you may notice that the lighting needs to be changed because it is very dark since the light is behind it, but you can turn up the “light transmission” in the layer material properties and make sure you’re not casting shadows and it will create a “self illumination” basically the light behind will illuminate the front, so it is not dark. Another fix is to turn up the ambient light too, but that can change your lighting a lot and the look…

There is so much I considered to put in and leave out I could do another whole tutorial, but 20 minutes was already on the long side…

Cheers,
Andrew Kramer
https://www.videocopilot.net

[Andrew Kramer]

Thanks guys, I’m glad you like this one. It’s definitely one of my fav’s.

Hey Cletus,
You can turn on the specular setting in the layer material options down or off (0%)and the light that comes at you will disappear. Personally I think that is what helps sell the effect creating a more reflective-like surface. But depending on what you are doing you can use any lighting you need. a spot, for example gives you more control over direction and such.

One more note that didn’t make it into the tutorial is that if you have a video layer not “black” text like in the tutorial, you may notice that the lighting needs to be changed because it is very dark since the light is behind it, but you can turn up the “light transmission” in the layer material properties and make sure you’re not casting shadows and it will create a “self illumination” basically the light behind will illuminate the front, so it is not dark. Another fix is to turn up the ambient light too, but that can change your lighting a lot and the look…

There is so much I considered to put in and leave out I could do another whole tutorial, but 20 minutes was already on the long side…

Cheers,
Andrew Kramer
https://www.videocopilot.net

[Andrew Kramer]

Your right it sure wouldn’t but I wanted to work in the tracking technique to make it more in depth.
Anyways…

Be safe,
Andrew

[Andrew Kramer]

Nothing, essentially. Basically the differnce is being able to nest the comp before it is created.

1. to nest a comp, one comp must be made and then put into another comp.
2. to precompose, select 1 layer or more and they will be put into an automatic comp and then replaced by this comp.

It’s more of a workflow thing neither is better but one will get you to your next step quicker… depending on where you start.

Andrew

[Andrew Kramer]

Masterful. The end title should needs to be framed sooner and longer. Otherwise, top notch.

Andrew

[Andrew Kramer]

Hey Greg,
Great reel. Very nice stuff there.

Andrew