Joseph W. bourke
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Ben –
Here’s a great place to start:
https://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm
Neil Blevins is a master at modeling, texture mapping, lighting, and teaching what you need to get started observing, which is the key to great 3D.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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I think this whole repetitive argument boils down to this: success in your craft is a balance of your innate, god-given (let’s not start an argument on this, please) talent, balanced with your knowledge of the processes and technologies used.
A writer won’t get very far if he doesn’t know how to use a typewriter, a pad and pencil, or a word-processor. No amount of talent will overcome a lack of technical knowledge. If this writer learns one of the three processes, and has great talent, he will likely succeed. But there’s also no guarantee of that, either. Where does he live? If he’s in New York, or LA, his odds are greatly increased. If he’s in Calais, Maine, his odds are greatly reduced.
That said, there will obviously be some very talented people who go no where in the field they love, and there will be hacks who make it to the top. I know some very talented editors, technical directors, and others who should still be in the industry, who are now real estate brokers, investment counselors, you name it. In addition to the talent and technical knowledge, you have to know how to turn a dollar with it.
My feeling is that every piece of software out there should have a label on the side that says “Talent Not Included”. That said, I also realize that technical knowledge does, and should, play a major role in how far you can get once you look beyond the elusive “talent”.
Joe Bourke
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My first thought on reading this as a reader, was, “this is really funny!”. My second thought, as a moderator was, “I’ve seen this as a question before.”
Joe Bourke
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Ben –
The Rotobrush is not intuitive, so you have to start out with reading the help files, and looking at this tutorial will help:
You’ll find, at about 8 minutes, your answer.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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I think you’re right, Ryan. The shallow DOF is your problem. Generally this type of effect is done with a motion control camera. You shoot a pass with target points all in focus (or as close as possible), and lit fully. Then you shoot a pass with the lighting and DOF where you want it. Since it’s motion control, you can duplicate as many passes as you want – highlight passes, shadow passes, etc.. Then you do your track to the fully lit, wide DOF version, and use the data in the final beauty shot.
Otherwise, I’d say you’re in for some hand keyframing.
Joe Bourke
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Here’s the complete list:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WS1c9bc5c2e465a58a91cf0b1038518aef7-7c2ea.html
In case you didn’t know, you can also load a shortcut set which mimics the FCP or AVID shortcut sets.
Joe Bourke
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Same here – just curious as to his level of PPro interface knowledge, and whether he was using the new software, or basing his opinions on older versions. Thanks.
Joe Bourke
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That’s a bit misleading, David –
There are built in keyboard layouts which can be loaded, and will match those of either FCP or AVID. Makes the transition almost brainless:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/switching-to-adobe-premiere-pro-cs5/shortcut-keys/
Have you actually used PPro 5 or 5.5 for any length of time yet?
Joe Bourke
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Hi John –
You definitely want to have a look at Adobe Bridge, the powerful file management tool which comes with the various Adobe suites. If you take a look here:
https://magazine.creativecow.net/article/managing-broadcast-assets-with-adobe-bridge
you’ll find an article I wrote for the latest issue of Creative Cow Magazine, which goes into a fair amount of depth on the power of Bridge, and how to best harness it.
Joe Bourke
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I agree, Roland, and I think this is also the safest route to go. It’s always better to have two copies of a project, just in the event that something goes south.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com