Jon Agnew
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oops. wrong url. here it is.
https://walkercreations.org/blender.html#Neal%20Hirsig%20Video%20Tutorials
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I would recommend Blender if you have a couple of hours to spend learning your way around the interface. It’s definitely intimidating at first glance, but for simple logo creation, shouldn’t be beyond your grasp. A professor at Tufts University teaches a Blender class and has made his video tutorials available online. They’re easy to follow and VERY comprehensive. Watch a few of these and you should be able to figure out what you need to do.
https://www.videocopilot.net/basic/index.html
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The incredible Andrew Kramer has a very nice series of free video tutorials that will serve as an excellent supplement to any other training resources you may choose. It won’t teach you everything, but at the very least it can help get you up and running a lot quicker. I would have loved to have something like this when I first picked up AE.
https://www.videocopilot.net/basic/index.html
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That helps immensely, Jon. Thank you.
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wow. that was a really well done animation.
The handheld camera effect can absolutely be achieved with wiggle. Just make sure it wiggles some on the z-axis. There are several posts and tutorials here that will be very helpful, but I’m too lazy to find them at the moment.
The dust looks like it was done with fractal noise. You could use a particle generator like Particular, but I don’t think its necessary.
Andrew Kramer’s Action Movie Essentials has some nice pre-matted smoke and fog effects, as well as some other stuff you might find helpful, if you’re willing to pay a little money to save yourself the hassle. https://www.videocopilot.net/action.html
Good Luck.
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i’m so curious to see this effect in action. why, oh why didn’t i keep the glasses from Superman Returns?
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wait a tick. after effects can do this???
how good are the results?
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well…after scouring the web for resources related to proper motion tracking, I find myself in the same position as yesterday…no idea why my tracks come out so bad.
i downloaded Mocha and love it…but, of course, I’m not about to drop $1500 for it. Anyone know of a cheap (or free) alternative that can boast better reliability than AE’s built in tracking?
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I have a BA in Television and Film Production. I can’t tell you that it was a waste of time and money, because it wasn’t. The skills and experience I acquired were invaluable. That said, however, I have found that practical, real-world experience can teach you far more than formal education ever could. It all depends on you and what you need.
The benefit of any kind of formal training and education with an application like Final Cut, is that by teaching you the technical side, it frees you to be creative. If all you know how to do is make straight cuts and apply dissolves, then you could use some training to help you utilize all FCP has to offer. On the flip side, if you have a solid understanding of some of the more advanced features of the application, then your time and money might be better spent.
Five grand is a lot of money to spend…especially living in NYC. Maybe you could explore some other options. Rather than taking a class, you could just buy the book that the class uses and learn it on your own, at your own pace. NYC is over-whelmed with aspiring filmmakers, search for people who are making short films and see if anyone needs an editor. It may be crap, but at least you’ll get great experience having someone looking over your shoulder. Or, if you feel up to it, look for some paying work…corporate or web video. Nothing makes you learn faster than a deadline.
I think the real key is to stay busy. You can learn the ins and outs of the software all you want. You can watch movies and commercials for inspiration until the cows come home. But if you’re not actively working, you will never get any better. After a while, operating the software will become like driving your car. You don’t think about driving, you think about where you want to go.
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I agree with Tim that compositing this into the shot in post is by far the best way to do this. There are more factors involved than just the scan line problem. Shooting the screen directly, scan lines or no, will give you pretty poor screen quality, which, I imagine, will not thrill the client. I would tell them that it is in their benefit to pay slightly more for significantly higher quality.
But if you must, the In-Camera solution is this:
Look for a Synchro-Scan function on the camera. Play with the settings until you find the one that that eliminates the scan lines. This works for shooting most TV, Computer, and mobile device screens.