[Debbie King]

Hi Dave:

It’s a medium close up of the actor holding a cigarette, interior. The front of the cigarette is never seen, only the side. Since this is a short shot, I only want to give the impression that the cigarette is burning. No ashes needed; just burn marks and an appearance that it is lit. I have Essentials 2 and included is a texture folder that includes Burn Marks. I don’t know how to make it transparent. Maybe I can add and track the texture.

Many thanks,

Debbie

[Debbie King]

Hi Stephen:

Thank you so much. Got it!

Best,

Debbie

[Debbie King]

Hello Everyone:

I thought I figured it out, but I only learned to render in batches. My interest is to select single files to render. Does anyone know how to do this?

Many thanks,

Debbie

[Debbie King]

Hi Everyone:

I figured it out.

Thank you so much.

Debbie

[Debbie King]

Hi Bob.

What I mean by stemming is creating a dialogue bus with all dialogue on one bus.

Many thanks

Debbie

[Debbie King]

Grazie: I just looked at the photo that I shared with you, and that one is the worst of all of them. The others are a little further back, but very noticeable. This one is his head, the others are partial head, camera and tripod or hand.

Many thanks,

Debbie

[Debbie King]

Hi Dave:

I’m watching it on the computer that I created the trailer on. It’s pretty high powered. I will try to look at it on my laptop to see what happens. Thank you.

Question! So not stemming the dialogue has nothing to do with it?

[Debbie King]

Hi Grazie:

Good idea. I have to figure out how to block the characters, because at this stage I cannot show any part of the movie. I was told that that can disqualify films for festivals that require world premiere. I’ll figure it out.

Many thanks,

Debbie

[Debbie King]

Hi Steve:

Definitely! I have a little time before attempting to do the transfer. I just wanted to know in advance, since that is the festivals’ requirement.

Many thanks,

Debbie

[Debbie King]

Hi Grazie:

Yours would be perfect except that because the shadow was moving I could still see it even though it was less shown. If it were static, it would work perfectly. What I am trying to do is block him entirely because he is in constant movement. You’re right, the patterns are not identical because what I did with the content aware stretched it. The question is what is more distracting a slightly off wall or a shadow in movement. Tough spot for me right now.

I will also try the depth of field and see how that works. Thanks for the idea.

Many thanks,

Debbie