Omnidecay
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Yeah I have all of the latest updates for QT, once rendered I also was unable to even see the video played back in AE. It for some reason also cut the source footage in half (its a 40 min film that now has 20 min…). I then looked at the (get info) that QT provides and it said that the FPS is now -1973.03????? Im trying the drop the comp into another comp to see if this fixes the problem. If this doesnt work Ill try the interpret footage option. I am using the DVCPRO HD 60p codec.
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This is very normal, AE uses a combination of things when taking into accout render time. 2.66 ghz is not that strong of a processor with only 2 gigs of Ram. Im not sure but I think 2 is the minimum you can have to effectivly run AE. This is a very processor based rendering program (most people are using quad and eight cores now to run smoothly). Your graphics card as well has somthing to do with this, but unless your running one of the Nivida FX cards (the ones made for rendering). Which I dont think is the case, your not really going to benifit from it.
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Yes and no;
Yes- You can just chroma out someones limbs providing you have a back ground for them. If you were to just key it out, black would be the only thing left.No-They used multiple programs to do these effects, AE alone is not going to give you the look you want. It will remove the limb, but it will look odd. Not to mention, whatever type of camera your working with. Major bleeding will be a problem if not lit 100% correctly. Its a good starting point, but more often then not 3d programs are used to clean things up (nub of the limb).
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Yes it does, but what my problem is. When you add timecode (at least in Avid media) in an editing program it does a window burn so the timecode itself isnt presented on the images. When you do it in AE, it presents itself on the source footage and I want it in the “black window” that is presented on widescreen. I dont think this is somthing I can accomplish based on the strict resolution guidelines in AE.
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Im just doing the VFX, but the guy asked me to add the timecode. I said I dont think its possible being the editor usually takes care of all that. I was just wondering if there is a way to accomplish it. The comp settings need to be 1280×720 at 23.98, they have not added sound yet so I am unable to change the resolution of the project.
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If you wanted to do this with just AE and no chroma. My best guess would be to precomp all of the effects you want to show up on the shirt. Then at the begining of the movement set a position key frame and just key the position of the shirt with the precomped graphics. Also Im not sure of the name, but there is a effect where you can rotate objects from left to right (not the rotate selection on the shelf). This way you would be able to move the graphic along with the shirt. I dont think regular AE motion tracking would be able to get this spot on.
Editor>God
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If its a static shot its easy. Film one shot with just the scene, no actors. Then without moving the camera have the actors come in and shoot the second scene. Lay the clip with actors above the clip with no actors (set the opacity on both till it looks right). Now just mask out where the person would have lost a limb.
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Are you talking about running into DVC codec issues? What we did (i dont know if this is your situation or not) was; loaded the DVCPRO files into Finalcut Pro (comes with the codec) and then render the the file as a Quicktime UNCOMPRESSED (removes all codecs, this will be a large file). Put the uncompressed quicktime onto a MAC/PC compatible external HDD and imported into our windows based AE…..Im not 100% sure but if you have Avid media composer I believe it comes with the DVCPRO codec and you can do the same process. The reason why it wont just go into AE is cause AE CANNOT read the assigned codec that comes with the DVCPRO. Totally 100% uncompressing the file should make it work.
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There are 2 ways I know how to do this.
A) Take two shots, the first shot doesnt have the markers in it, the second shot has the markers in them. When you bring them into AE overlap them and remove the markers from the first scene. The second shot (W/O) markers should automatically fill in the gaps. Then apply the motion data to the one without the markers. The only problem with this is they have to be the exact same EVERYTHING in both shots.B) Put the marker in the darkest area of the woods (assuming this is a night shot). Light the marker (try to either lighten the whole scene evenly and then level it darker. Or just light the marker) and then in post mask it out. This works cause its pitch black anyways.
Editor>God
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To me it looks like they used a orange and yellow layer to make the color. Set the opacity of the yellow layer around 40 or so (play around with it). Then it looks like they used a linear wipe, cut the layer in half and fluctuated with the feather. When the transition comes, almost like the feather reaches out and pulls the scene to the next. Remember to add glow and turn it up when time for transition happends.
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