Michael Munkittrick
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Here’s an article that will explain the process. It’s essentially as simple as saving your project via the “save as” command and changing the suffix to .aet. Then the compositions within that project will function as templates that will be ready for modification. Bear in mind that when you save a template file, any changes you make to said template will disolve if you fail to resave the template again. I typically save it with an alternate name and a version number to let me cycle through them quickly.
https://www.dv.com/news/news_item.jhtml?articleId=191203985
Michael Munkittrick
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Make sure that your axis of extrusion is concentric with the angle you desire. I found that .ai files will often extrude along the line of my current view, whereas my .ai extrudes to the z-axis if looking down from my top-view or another direction if I’m looking from the left or right cameras making it ultimately invisible as it technically isn’t an object with intrinsic mass to extrude. In other words, re-import your .ai file and extrude it while in a fixed camera view-port and then shift to your perspective view to see your result.
And before I get plowed by long-time users, please understand that I’ve only been tinkering actively for a few months, but the above information came from personal experience and not the manual or a tutorial.
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Thanks so much, and I hope you feel better soon.
Michael Munkittrick
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Here’s the formula:
A. Place four (4) equal sized video/still image frames into four independent precompositions.
B. Align those precomps in 3D workspace in a cube-like configuration with no panels behind, over or under them. As a precautionary item, you might want to use a solid black background with a 10% luminance value just to make sure that your background doesn’t cause luminance fluctuations in your foreground motion images.
C. Parent all four precomped image panels to a null object precisely in the middle that will rotate with ease-out and ease-in motion.
D. Set up a 3D camera inside of the rotating object just behind the null controller on the same exact plane as the null, meaning that the camera is between the null controller and the viewer and looking directly through the null at the foreground.
E. Create a simple 15 to 30 frame movement for your camera that begins and ends at the same precise location and add a keyframe in the middle of those frames to have the camera glide backward toward the viewer about 40, maybe 50 pixels so that the cube rotates and the camera pulls back so that one of the cube
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Thank you. I’ll do just that…
BTW, your MoGraph tutorial was excellent. Thank you for all of time that you’ve invested in these projects.
Michael Munkittrick
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OH MY GOD!!!
Man, you just saved my butt. I cannot believe that I didn’t think of that.
Michael Munkittrick
Gainesville, Florida USA -
Generally speaking, there is no benefit for you aside from the cash you get from them, so in essence, you’ll be cutting your own throat. There are times when an open communication about the process of creating an effect is in your best interest, but this seems like someone fishing for the formula that will enable them to remove you from the chain of creation. By all accounts, there is no upside for you here.
This would be best settled with a straight answer explaining that the effect in question is more or less a special recipe that you cannot divuldge due to the fact that it compromises your business ethics, not to mention that it would eleviate the need for you.
Good luck!!
Michael Munkittrick
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[Tim Wilson] “MTV doesn’t HAVE to blur a Nike logo.”
True, however if you followed the law to the letter, so to speak, MTV would in fact owe dues for use of a registered trademark with the exception of live telecasts.
Overall, the relevance of a trademark’s value and the protection of said trademark are often very similar in assumed value. Coca Cola sued Pepsi in the mid 1950s because they deemed the Pepsi product too close to their own and claimed infringement on, get this, NOT the formula but the trademark. Coca Cola WON a landmark case based on an argument that had little or nothing to do with the trademark, but everything to do with the marketability of the Coca Cola namesake. Then Pepsi got even with their “Pepsi Challenge” in the 1980s when they claimed that Coca Cola had done the SAME thing that Coca Cola had claimed Pepsi had done years earlier. It’s not a widely known fact, but the original name of the Pepsi challenge was the “Coca Cola Challenge”. Coca Cola released the rights to the challenge and Pepsi cleaned their clocks with their own weapon.
The moral of the story is that ANYTHING shown, seen or recognized as a trademark can, and could very well would be defend-able in any US court. The best defense is to KNOW what the corporate “style guide” and allowances are for the logo that’s in question. Nearly all of that information can be found in the US Patent Office’s online records, which are free for your review. As a guy with extensive use of numerous brands and parodies of official brands, I am reasonably well read on the subject and am extremely confident of the limits of latitude allowed, and extended by law.
Regardless of your decision to use (or not use) the Batman logo, I hope that all of these folks have offered some valuable information to your plight.
Good luck!!!
Michael Munkittrick
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[shvr] “Remember, their is such a thing as fair use.”
Unfortunately, that latitude is not extended to trademarked logo and likeness or he’d be free and clear. The simple fact is that if he isn’t certain, it’s best not to trek too far from the comfort zone.
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[FischTale] “Is the use of the Batman costume and symbol a copyright infringement?”
1. The mere sight of the child in the costume could be, and most likely would be overlooked as happenstance.
2. The visible logo, or crest of the DC character Batman would neccessitate a letter of clearance from the owner.Considering that you’re the “safe not sorry” type, it would be best to omit that shot or cleverly hide or distort the visible logo so as to be generally clear of copyright claims. If you opt to get a legal clearance, understand that it will be a month before you will hold the written legal paperwork as the wheels of inductry turn very slowly at DC.
A point of reference would be a shoot from a few years ago where one of my partners shot a spot for a regional collegiate bookstore. They had a lead character that resembled Superman and needed to get a clearance before the ad agency would run the spot. DC sent them a letter almost 45 days after the spot was due to be PULLED off the air, an entire three months after the initial request. Bet you butt that they would respond far faster if there were claims of infringement.
Michael Munkittrick
Gainesville, Florida USA