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Bill Oneil
August 14, 2007 at 10:26 pm in reply to: COW Tutorials: After Effects Building a 3D World

The light effects were done on set. I refer to them as “ballyhoo” lighting in the tutorial. It was just a couple of grips waving the lights back and forth on the talent.

Bill O’Neil
Bill Oneil
August 12, 2007 at 11:13 am in reply to: COW Tutorials: After Effects Building a 3D World

I rented the turntable from a prop guy here in Chicago. He actually built it himself with an electric motor so it can rotate at any speed. I have seen another “lazy susan” that operate manually where you just wind it up with a rope and then unwind it for the shot.

It’s kind of an unusual rental but they’re out there. And I suppose you could always build one yourself if you think you’ll use it a lot.

Bill O’Neil
https://chicagospots.com
Bill Oneil
August 11, 2007 at 5:13 pm in reply to: COW Tutorials: After Effects Building a 3D World

To get the camera to follow the rotating talent, I simply key-framed the Y rotation of the 3D null layer to which the camera is parented. The camera’s point of interest (POI) is in the same spot as the null layer so it is essentially slaved to it.

While the null handles the rotation you can move in, out, up or down with the camera. Make sure you hold down the cntrl key when you move the camera around to maintain the position of the POI.

Bill O
Bill Oneil
August 10, 2007 at 9:30 pm in reply to: COW Tutorials: After Effects Building a 3D World

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

I don’t really expect anyone to build a world that ridiculous in AE but more than anything, I wanted to show the potential of After Effects 3D. I hope it inspires a few people.

Bill O’Neil
https://chicagospots.com
Bill Oneil
March 7, 2007 at 3:59 am in reply to: P2 communication with a laptop PC

Thanks, Gary. I was able to finally see the P2 card on both computers through the USB port when I held down the mode button for 2 seconds. Wow! Nobody else could come up with that simple solution. The manual has a sentence about that trick buried deep within… I had suggested that the camera needs to be switched into a “read” mode but the people I spoke with couldn’t seem to remember that little detail.

I am still not able to get the card to read in the laptop’s slot. It’s asking and looking for a hardware driver that is not on my 1 year old Panasonic disc or on the web. Perhaps Vista is the problem. Anyway, If this shoot doesn’t work out, I will apply for a job as a 7-11 night manager. Thanks again for the suggestions!

Bill O’Neil
https://chicagospots.com
Bill Oneil
March 6, 2007 at 11:09 pm in reply to: P2 communication with a laptop PC

I should also point out that this has the new Vista operating system. I though it would all be the same but perhaps not…

Bill O’Neil
Bill Oneil
March 3, 2007 at 9:03 pm in reply to: Shooting to P2 Cards

“Where did you hear this? 720p is DVCPROHD at twice the bitrate as DVCPRO50.”
On page 92 of Barry W. Green’s “A Guide to The Panasonic HVX200 Camera” there is chart that says shooting in DVCPRO50 will yield 16 minutes on an 8 gig P2 card while shooting in 720p Native at 24fps will yield 20 minutes. A search on the internet for P2 recording time reflects these statistics.

This suprises me. It must have something to do with the 4 channels of audio or the fact that it has less compression than shooting in 720 mode (5:1 vs. 6.7:1) even though 720 uses twice as many pixels as standard def.

I don’t need audio for this shoot. Is there a way to turn audio off and perhaps allow for more recording time?

I am shooting fitness gear over green and creating a digital room in AE as I have done in the past for Chicago Home Fitness. (An example spot is on my website.)I shot the past spot on the Varicam but I think if all goes well, I should achieve similar results.

Bill O’Neil
https://chicagospots.com
Bill Oneil
July 26, 2006 at 8:50 pm in reply to: vector paint as a mask

[Ron Lindeboom] “I have to tell you, Bill, that your Smithe Furniture ads are hilarious. Great work. For local commercials, these are some of the very finest I have ever seen. Right up there at the top. The people in your market area have to love them as they are a far cry from the typical crap seen in local commercials.”

Thanks for the kind words, Ron. Those spots get a lot of play here in Chicago. It’s nice to have a client that has a sense of humor about themselves. I still owe you guys a new tutorial. Stay tuned…

Bill O’Neil
https://chicagospots.com
Bill Oneil
July 25, 2006 at 11:20 pm in reply to: vector paint as a mask

You need to write on the first letter, then scroll down on the timeline until you see the letter complete. Then start your second letter and so on. Each letter has its own start point on the timeline. Adjust the playback speed accordingly.

Bill O’Neil
https://chicagospots.com
Bill Oneil
May 19, 2006 at 8:08 pm in reply to: Our test film “Thornwood Park”

“Did you shoot on P2 cards or Firestore? Which NLE did you use (Premiere pro, Vegas, obviously not FCP -> WMV). Did you use the raylight codec?”

I shot this in standard Def at 30p. I didn’t even purchase any P2 cards because I don’t deliver anything in HD at this time. I can wait on the HD stuff until I decide to do a real film.

I edit on Leitch/Harris Velocity and used After Effects for the titles.

Thanks for the comments!

Bill O’Neil

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