Joseph W. bourke
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Hi Stephen –
I think you’re on the right track. I think the key to getting it to look real lies in masking the video to the face of the building you want it on, then skewing the projected clip so that it looks as if it’s actually on the face of the building. Corner pinning could accomplish this, as well as just putting the clip into 3D mode and adjusting it so that the clip is as close to the plane of the building face as possible, and softening the edges so that they fall off.
As far as looking right in lighting terms, I think blending modes is the way to go, and I’d go with Additive mode, which adds the pixel values of the clip to the pixel values of the building – this is much like what a light projecting on a building would do. You might have to adjust the brightness of the clip so that it looks right, but I think you’re heading in the right direction. Lighten mode could work as well, but I generally prefer Additive when I’ve got a clip that’s brighter than what I’m compositing it on.
Scale also comes into play. If I remember the type of commercial you’re talking about (I’ve seen several over the last few years), the scale of the projection looks massive, way over the top in terms of reality. You could not project an image the way these images are projected. Thinking about it now, maybe that’s what’s looking wrong with your project so far – it’s too real. Maybe over the top is what’s needed for this. Good luck.
Joe Bourke
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As I understand it, a standard DVD will only take one type of format – mpeg-2 at 720 x 480. However, as a user of Encore CS4, I know that there is the ability to create one folder on a DVD which can hold multiple files of any format (such as PDFs). If you have the CS4 suite, it would be a simple matter to point viewers of the DVD toward the alternate formats in the folder on the DVD. This folder is, of course, only available when the user puts the DVD in a computer drive. I don’t think you can do that directly from Premiere – it takes an authoring package to add files to the DVD.
Joe Bourke
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Some of us like to work with material that has organizational and navigational content. Generally speaking, a website doesn’t lay down the teaching materials in any cohesive format. A book does, even if it’s 12 minutes out of date.
Joe Bourke
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Harold –
I think your question got lost in the argument that has ensued from your original post. I am relatively new to the encoding world, but I am very experienced in the video and motion graphics world. While browsing through Borders looking for the latest Flash book to save my inexperienced butt, I ran across this:
Video with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional: Studio Techniques
by Robert ReinhardtEven if you don’t own Flash CS4, this book will give you a whole lot of answers (objectively) on which codec is right for which use. It seems to boil down to what you “think” your website viewers own as far as OS, browser, and connection speed. There is a DVD with the book (at 60 bucks, it better have a DVD!) that includes a calculator in Excel format that helps you figure out how to optimize your video for the web. It’s the best 60 bucks (actually I had a 30% off coupon) I’ve spent in a long time. You can probably take a look at it on books.google.com as well, and see if it suits your needs. Good luck – encoding is almost a dark art.
Joe Bourke
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I believe that the video format in that camera has “muxed” audio, which means that audio and video are on the same clip, and Premiere Pro doesn’t know how to deal with it. You have to somehow convert that file format to give you separate audio. I think CS4 PP may have fixed this problem, but for now you will have to find a way to convert the files – the audio is there.
Do a Google search on muxed and Premiere Pro. Good luck!
Joe Bourke
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My guess would be a 3D package, maybe Max. It would be relatively easy to link a particle system to the vertices on the 3D topographical image that starts the clip out, then set the True City text as the target for the particles when they release from the topo. Then the particles simply dissolve to the solid logo.
You could probably do it in Form, but my knowledge of Form is rather limited, so I’m not sure. I know you can use a displacement map in Form, so it should be possible. I think 3D would just make it easier (that is, if you’ve had a few years experience with Max, Maya, C4D, or possibly even Blender).
Joe Bourke
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Aaaah Daniel –
You haven’t given us enough information here…what is your shoe size? How many feet do you have? Is the color of these shoes Brown version 1.0.1 or Black version 2.0.4?
How much memory does your left sock have? Are there any wear through spots on the soles of these shoes? What material is the welt of the shoe made of? What version of BIOS is your main shoe running (Boot Is Outside of Sock)? We can’t help you tie your shoes until you give us some basic information about these shoes. The help file that came with your shoes is a good place to start.
Joe Bourke
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Bob –
Never forget that it’s corn and cheese that make the world go ’round. Here’s your reference piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFnLirXjjto
And as Oscar Wilde once said (I think it was Oscar Wilde):
“No one ever lost money underestimating the taste of the American public”.
Let the cheese begin!
Joe Bourke
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Dave –
You hit the nail right on the head – SPINNER AND PADDLEFOOT! They were far beyond limited frame animation – they were NO animation! Of course other than the cheeezy soft-wipe that let the real mouth show through – often not quite in the right place. If you’re going for laughs, this could well be the way to go. Sometimes going over the top beats shooting for the top (in price, anyway).
Joe Bourke
Creative Director / Multimedia Specialist
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If you’re experiencing what I think you are, it’s one of those AVID gotchas that leaves you shaking your head. Your AE install has to be on the same machine that the AVID is on, with access to the same AVID media drives, or it won’t work.
I went through the whole process of saving the timeline and copying the footage to my AE box, and I never got it to work. One thing you might try is to make sure that the file folder structure on your other machine (if this is how you’re trying to do it) is exactly the same as the one on your AVID. That said, it never worked for me; one of the many reasons I’m now working with other NLEs.
Joe Bourke
Creative Director / Multimedia Specialist
B&S Exhibits and Multimedia
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