Robert Morris
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Can I pipe in here with another question? Okay… maybe 2. 🙂
So it looks like the background was one huge graphic. Let’s say all the elements were 3D layers on top of it and a null was animated. Wouldn’t that really slow down the entire workflow having such a huge comp panning around? Would AE even be able to handle a comp at such a large size? I know that even when I work with several layers at 2k resolution, AE gives me openGL errors. And just FYI, I’m using AE 6.5 with 2GB of RAM and a Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB graphics card running 2 19″ LCD monitors.
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Suffice to say that we understand how stop motion works. We’re just asking how one might go about emulating it with shot video footage in the same way one would go about solving any challenge.
Say a client comes to you with DV footage and says “I want this to look like old 8mm film”. Would you turn to the client and say “Well, you’re cheating and you should reshoot it on REAL 8mm film. See, film is shot on film. And DV is digital. It’s totally different.” Of course you wouldn’t.
Let’s have some brainstorming here, folks.
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Suffice to say that we understand how stop motion works. We’re just asking how one might go about emulating it with shot video footage in the same way one would go about solving any challenge.
Say a client comes to you with DV footage and says “I want this to look like old 8mm film”. Would you turn to the client and say “Well, you’re cheating and you should reshoot it on REAL 8mm film. See, film is shot on film. And DV is digital. It’s totally different.” Of course you wouldn’t.
Let’s have some brainstorming here, folks.
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I was actually wondering the same thing about making shot footage look like stop motion. And based on the original post, it doesn’t sound like he wants to cheat. Only that the contest made him wonder about the jittery effect (as is how my original thoughts came about as well). I like the suggestion of rendering out to a sequence and deleting some of the frames. I wonder if there is a way to automate that with expressions somehow. Add a wiggle to time adjustment or frame rate? I’m just spewing off the top of my head here. But I welcome any other thoughts. This is how amazing new techniques are born!
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I was actually wondering the same thing about making shot footage look like stop motion. And based on the original post, it doesn’t sound like he wants to cheat. Only that the contest made him wonder about the jittery effect (as is how my original thoughts came about as well). I like the suggestion of rendering out to a sequence and deleting some of the frames. I wonder if there is a way to automate that with expressions somehow. Add a wiggle to time adjustment or frame rate? I’m just spewing off the top of my head here. But I welcome any other thoughts. This is how amazing new techniques are born!
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Great thread, guys. But from the link in the newsletter, I thought this thread was going to go into more about AFTER the project has started and the client keeps making change after change. Do any of you have clauses in your contracts for this? And if so, how are they worded? It’s probably not so cut and dry as, “client will be allowed 3 changes” because each project usually has several different stages. Changes are part of the job, I realize this. Things usually look different when realized than they do in our heads. I’m a compositor, and if I’m working on 20 shots, the client may make 3 (or more) changes to one shot. If this happens on all 20 shots (with a client who just can’t make up their mind) then it truly turns into the job that wouldn’t die. This is great for projects where a day rate is agreed upon, and the client is informed at each change about how much more time this would incur. But for flat fee jobs, the amount of opportunities for revision the client has should be specifically outlined before hand. Any thoughts on this from people who have had such experiences?
-Robert
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Thank you! I didn’t see the Trapcode utility way down on the bottom of their page. Got it now! Thanks again. I knew there had to be a solution.
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Sorry, not the “Edit” menu, but the “Composition” menu. It’s right next to it. Look there and see if there is an “add output module” option in the menu. If it’s greyed out, make sure you have your “Render Queue” window open and the composition to be rendered is highlighted. If there is no “add output module” option, perhaps you have AE Standard and it doesn’t allow additional output modules? I’m not really sure, but I’m just trying to have you check the things I would check.
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I do it all the time. I’m running a PC with Windows XP and using AE 6.5 Pro. Does the edit menu even show the option to “Add Output Module”? IT might be greyed out if the output module in your render queue isn’t highlighted already. Haven’t ever heard of this not working.
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I thought you said you had the AE Total Training disks? Do you have Color Finesse as well? Just open it, click the HSL tab, then look for the slider that says “Saturation”. That should do it for you. 🙂