Kalleheikki Kannisto
1
COW Coin
Forum Replies Created
-
Seems that the current method for mask generation with polystar is similar to Adobe Illustrator method, that is, you can change the settings while you draw the mask (before you release the mouse button). Ctrl for adjusting the outer radius, arrow keys for adding points and changing the star points roundness.
With shape layers, the settings are adjustable afterwards by twirling down to the contents>polystar settings.
-
See:
https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7896
The gist of it is that you can run the Blackmagic Cinema Camera Utility to check whether the firmware is up to date, but it doesn’t tell you what the installed version is.
-
You can copy and paste keyframe data into a plain text file. Perhaps you can bring the “raw” data in to Java and interpret it there instead?
-
-
To me it looks like (at least in most cases) it has been shot separately and there is a cut that has been concealed or minimized by placing it during a swift motion, as well as by placing the actor at the same exact location in the frame.
There are a couple that may have been done with green screen and swithcing the background and color grading, but I’d say most of them have been done by duplicating the motion and matching it up in post.
-
Not really, but you can easily copy and paste paths drawn that way from Photoshop.
-
“Is this footage more realistic to get a good key out of?”
I don’t see why you couldn’t get a decent key out of that footage. The blue screen is fairly textured, but you don’t have any really tricky stuff like semitransparent areas or tiny details here, so should be able to pull a key from that, as you can be quite radical with the black and white cut-offs, even preblur the footage.
-
I see an animated soft-edged mask and blending in lighten mode.
-
What stands out for me as unrealistic is that shadow. Water actually receives very little shadow on its surface, it should mostly show the reflection of the ship. The reflection can be darker than the ship, but shadow on water is unnatural, as would be shadow on a mirror or glass or any other highly reflective object.
-
Yup, I opened it and the image is corrupted, nothing wrong with your computer or Photoshop.