Joseph W. bourke
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You don’t say what version of AE you’re trying to do this with. I’ll assume at least CS6. I think you’re better off trying to use the Roto Brush to do this than to try to pull an improperly lit key.
That said, you could try color correcting the shot by duplicating the layer, doing your color correction, then using the alpha you get there on the original footage. There’s no substitution for lighting a key properly (separate lighting setup for the green screen), so there may be no alternative but to use the Roto Brush. If you’re not familiar with it, don’t just start poking around – learn it from the Adobe tutorials:
https://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2010/04/roto-brush-in-after-effects-cs.html
Joe Bourke
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And speaking of shots where there is no edit, who can forget the early establishing shot in John Frankenheimer’s The Train? I wonder how many feet of film ended up on the floor before they nailed that?
https://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/476051/Train-The-Movie-Clip-Money-Is-A-Weapon.html
Joe Bourke
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Thanks to both Frank and Walter. Glad to hear it works in AME. I was wondering, Walter, whether indeed this is a better implementation of the DNxHD codec. You’re right about ghastly – every time I’ve tried to call up the preferences interface in AE, it shows up way at the top of the screen, cut off, and difficult to choose options from. Hopefully, this might present a better GUI to the user.
Joe Bourke
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Mark –
I don’t see anywhere where people are expecting “everything” to be free. I pay for all of my software, plugins, training from Lynda.com, among others, and would expect to pay for any type of function/seminar in which I can walk away with actionable information which will help me in my professional or business development.
This event strikes me as a thinly veiled selling opportunity for sponsors of the event and AVID, especially when you take a look at the program overview and sponsorship packages:
https://www.avidcustomerassociation.com/downloads/avid_connect_sponsorship_12_19_13.pdfI just don’t buy that there’s anything here to detain the tourist…
Joe Bourke
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Has anyone used this and knows whether the codecs will show up in Adobe Media Encoder? I pored over the site and support documentation, and it’s not mentioned anywhere.
Also, why should you have to pay for the AVID DNxHD codecs? Are they not free from the AVID website? Thanks…
Joe Bourke
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It’s called a Garbage Matte or Garbage Mask. Most keyers have the ability built in, or use can use a mask from a layer as a garbage mask. Here’s a good tutorial on the process:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-cow-after-effects-tutorials/super-tight-junk-mattes/
Joe Bourke
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Not bad for a first outing! A couple of nasty typos in the early part of the video. I’m not going to tell you what they are, since you should have caught them before posting the video – that’s a critical part of any production in which typography plays a large part.
Other than that, I would suggest maybe a bit more subtle sell early on: maybe something in the terra cotta section that asks “who cleaned all these statues?”, or “cleaning the Colosseum must have been quite a job!”. I don’t think it would be out of place, since the piece is light-hearted.
Joe Bourke
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Here’s one way to do it, using Photoshop:
https://www.lizardlounge.com/html/tutorials/c4d/sphericalMap/index.htmlJoe Bourke
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Yup…that’s it in a nutshell. AVID always charged us an arm and a leg, even when they had to make service calls where the systems they configured weren’t working as promised. And their training costs were so high that our engineering department (who admittedly were cheapskates – matter of fact, we called our Chief Engineer, the Cheap Engineer) would book a training session for three people, who were then expected to pass on their newly acquired knowledge to 8 or 10 more people. You can imagine how well that worked at a broadcast facility!
Joe Bourke
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I’m with Mark, although I use Sony ACID to create my music beds. There’s a bit of a learning curve, but there’s a giant collection of loop libraries in all styles, and the ability to change the beats per minute to match the pace of your cutting. They also sell what they call 8 packs, which are 8 track versions, similar to the way Sonicfire creates their music, so you can add or mute tracks, creating custom versions of music beds.
I also like Pond5 a lot – good prices, quality music, and lots of choices.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com