[John Shand]

Thanks everyone for your advice. I have asked for an XML so hopefully that will help but I might download CC for a month like suggested, it will save a lot of hassle.

[John Shand]

Hi all,
Thanks you so much for the comments. We actually had two options in the end. We bought a HDMI capture device (used for recording xbox games etc) and we bough some USB sticks as we weren’t sure how the set up would work best.
Luckily the cameras the surgeons used recorded directly to their own harddrive system, we could then load the footage to our harddrive after. This was useful as there were three endoscopic cameras at once.

You could use the game capture HDMI device too. It just plugs into the HDMI out or dvi out.

Really great experience!

[John Shand]

Thanks John,
really appreciate the feedback. I created the ball in newton and then created the reflection by duplicating the comp, flipping it and then added blur. This normally works fine for text or objects that don’t go into negative numbers on the x-axis. This is why I found this tricky. Once it moves into negative numbers the reflection doesn’t work. I will check out the video, it looks like the solution. Im sure the issue is that I’m faking a 3d reflection.

[John Shand]

Zipline! Genius, Thanks Mark really appreciate the advice.

[John Shand]

Thanks John, that is some great advice.

Mark, we plan to show the feet floating along the floor then cut to the upper body when he is passing people etc.

Do you know the best way to show the feet rising from the ground? We want the opening shot to be the feet walking through the park then they start to float off the floor. Is there a device or something we can build that will help our actor into this transition?

Appreciate the advice so far.
Thanks
John

[John Shand]

The hover board chase on Back to the Future (see link). Is the type of effect I want to pull off when they cut to the top half of their body.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyLnWm1iCs

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[John Shand]

Appreciate your help Dave, do you think it’s worth adding some noise as suggested or should motion/AE cope better than fcp.
Thanks

[John Shand]

Thanks for the quick response I’ll try adding a bit of grain/noise.

Dave could you elaborate on ‘use M’ please?

Thanks J

[John Shand]

Perfect! The electro magnet is the one. But from now often I’m going to start collecting old flo lights. I wonder what offices do with them, hopefully they don’t get thrown away.

[John Shand]

Hi John,
Sorry for the late response I just completely forgot. Yes that worked perfect. Thanks for your help and time.