[Michael Brookes]

sorry – please ignore this. i was being dumb and have worked out what I was doing wrong.

sorry!

[Michael Brookes]

Hi

I am very stuck now and really need some help!!

I have got a very hi-res mosaic image so I can see the tiles up close when I have imported into AE (for use with Card Dance as per tutorial). In order for AE to see them at this resolution, I have to make my comp size really large too (10800×6074). I can’t get AE to render at this size, and I want my final size to be 1920×1080.

Can someone help with me as to a solution how to show this massive file at the detail I want whilst in a resonable sized AE comp? I would have thouught the PSD resolution and AE comp resolution could be independent – but this does not seem to be the case.
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Thanks sooo much in advance!!!

[Michael Brookes]

Hi david,

thanks for the help. We have done a test in our offices on a portable blue-screen, and it worked well. For the text though, we had the actor typing in thin air, and i later placed a tablet screen-like shape behind his fingers. So it was easier than the other devices.

I was thinking of using tracking points – we have another scene where the actor is using his watch as a PDA device. I need to look into this. However, why can’t I key the devices out? Otherwise, even with tracking, I’m going to have to paint out frame-by frame to match to finger movement. Whereas I thought as long as the devices were a solid blue I could isolate, I could then have them as a separate layer I could manipulate in AE. No?

Many thanks,

michael

[Michael Brookes]

thank you Mike and Michael (we all have the same name, nice!)

Some really helpful points. We do want the screen to be semi-transparent for the scroll. The way I had thought of doing this was to have a solid, blue roll for the scroll part (as this needn’t be transparent and help for finger placement), and then have the actor ‘mime’ pulling the screen out with his other hand.

Alternatively, for the device the actor unfolds from his pocket, I thought of doing this in two shots – first with actual, folded-up blue paper that I can then “linear color-key” to isolate, and then another shot where he holds nothing (or the transparent material, which could work well). The device needn’t be transparent until it’s switched on.

Luckily there is no camera movement in this piece and the shots are all front on, so After Effects should hopefully be ok. This a really stylised piece so the devices are gonna be really basic outlined shapes. Still, I want it to look good(!) and for the devices to sit well within the actor’s hands.

mike

[Michael Brookes]

Brilliant, thanks!

Michael

[Michael Brookes]

Great! Thanks

There’s also a bit in the video where the background flips down just before the singer on stage does. Is this just roto work and keyframing their rotation in 3d space? Because it’s so slick I just wondered if this was some plug-in too..?

Thanks again!

[Michael Brookes]

Apologies – have uploaded it to here so you should be able to see it 🙂

https://www.vimeo.com/4059563

Thanks!

Michael

[Michael Brookes]

I think basically what I want to create is a blue light beam (am just looking at Trapcode Lux), but I want the light to ‘hit” the solid. In order for it to recognise the solid, it must be 3D and therefore everywhere the blue light doesn’t hit is in darkness. However if I add another (white) light the blue light is distorted or lost.

The blue light would be perfect were it not for the surrounding darkness. I guess maybe Lux is the best way to go here…

[Michael Brookes]

thanks for the help,

I was able to link three separate bits of footage by covering up the links with foreground objects as you guys suggested…

cheers!