Robert Houghton
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Well for me that’s perfectly normal. We create our graphic plates in Photoshop at 720×540. When I set up for final output I make sure the end composition is 720×486 nonsquare pixel (.9 ratio). To make everything fit I just scale it down to 90% and hit the render button.
The only time that can mess you up is when dealing with video footage that has not been deinterlaced (via footage properties on import). If you deinterlace the video you should be good.
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Another plugin to use especially for a nice duplication of a paint splatter is a nice precomped particle generator as a track matte.
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You also could be using the Standard version as compared to the Professional edition.
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Alright, I got it to work with some footage I have on the system. This is how I did it:
Comp A: Stabilized Footage
Comp B: Rotoscoping from stabilized footage
Comp C: Original Footage + Comp B (Precomped of course).All I had to do is copy the anchor point keyframes of the stabilized footage to Comp B’s position data in Comp C. The mask lined up precisely with the tracking data. Give ‘er a shot.
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Jitter can happen with multiple causes. When you import the AVI into AE, does it interpret fields in the original file? If so, output the Quicktime with the same field interpolation and the problem should go away. If you are not interpreting the fields on the imported footage properties try doing that and then following the above directions.
I use QT all the time at work (Mac environment), not sure if there’s a similar Codec in windows media to QT’s Animation codec.
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Looking at your pic I would say check out “spill killer”. I don’t use Primatte but that sounds logically where it would be. Spill Suppression is a post-keying affect so if they make the plug-in along the same lines as the process of keying it would be near the bottom of the dialog.
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I can’t believe I’m writing this…
Track the nipples (it shouldn’t be too hard if you have that kind of contrast happening)
Create two solids roughly the size of what you want to cover, mask ’em and feather ’em.
Apply the tracking data as position data to the solids (make sure anchor point is where it needs to be).
Duplicate the footage layer, use the solids as a track matte and apply the “replace color” filter, removing the darker color. Blur the end result and done.
-Rob
P.S. Can’t say I’ve actually used this on breasts but this technique came in handy when removing a rather large bee-sting blemish from an on screen talent.
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God I miss Commotion. That was one of my favorite rotoscoping programs. I still do masking for roto in AE but the trick to making it easier is to create multiple masks of objects that arent as dynamic as say a hand. That way there is minimal vertex moving and more full matte moving. Of course it all depends on the material.
Remember though, make sure you have motion blur on unless the photographer had a high shutter speed. You may need to adjust the Shutter Angle setting to match.
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I love the book titled “After Effects 7 Studio Techniques”. It has a fantastic and well illustrated section on keying among many other tasks.
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Wait we’re not supposed to talk about it right? 😉
Sounds like fun, it’ll be a good way to take care of the slower days.
-Rob
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