[Shin Kurokawa]

I’d use a combination of TwixPro’s splines
and roto’ed layers for this type of work.
-Shin

[Shin Kurokawa]

I’d use a combination of TwixPro’s splines
and roto’ed layers for this type of work.
-Shin

[Shin Kurokawa]

There’s a lot of things that can be
done at this point, but the easiest option
might be to go into the single-user mode
if possible. If you can do a “su passwd” there
to set up a root account – if there isn’t one already –
and boot into multi-user mode and login as root,
then you can set up a new admin account
separate from the one that’s causing problems.

I’m guessing one of the auto-launch-upon-login
items in that problem account is the culprit.
Similar things can happen in the Win environment
as well.

HTH
-Shin

[Shin Kurokawa]

You’re in luck.
Use the unix shell (Terminal).
-Shin

[Shin Kurokawa]

You mean, like stretching it then shrinking it,
all in one pass?
Or, prep/precompose a sequence that contains
half as many frames (i.e. throwing out every other frame)
then use that (i.e. half the fps of the original) to
create a new sequence that contains twice as
many frames (i.e. same fps as the original)?

Just curious though:
how would throwing out every other frame
improve compressed video?
Having said that, I do this kind of thing
for cartoon restorations (from film) but
not for live footage. So I’m just curious…

-Shin

[Shin Kurokawa]

You mean, like stretching it then shrinking it,
all in one pass?
Or, prep/precompose a sequence that contains
half as many frames (i.e. throwing out every other frame)
then use that (i.e. half the fps of the original) to
create a new sequence that contains twice as
many frames (i.e. same fps as the original)?

Just curious though:
how would throwing out every other frame
improve compressed video?
Having said that, I do this kind of thing
for cartoon restorations (from film) but
not for live footage. So I’m just curious…

-Shin

[Shin Kurokawa]

I’d suggest that you check out all the different
options that are out there, as each one is better
at certtain things than another solution.

If you want a very, very tweakable solution,
RE:VisionFX Twixtor Pro is up there —
here, not only can the user override the motion
estimation, a separate footage can be fed
(ex. contrast-exaggerated) , in case
of bad tracking. YMMV. Again, another solution
might be better at certain types of footage.

As with any effects of this type, the more
temporal (and spatial) samples and less inter-frame
differences the better the end result. Also, optic-flow
algorithms are extremely sensitive to brightness
changes over time, so it’s recommended
to de-flicker as much as possible prior to using
these.

Of course, if the more-traditional ‘dissolve-y’,
blurry type of slo-mo is what you’re after (…as opposed
to ‘new’ inbetween frames being created from warping/
morphing frames etc), there’s no need for optic-flow-based
solutions.

-Shin

[Shin Kurokawa]

Are you talking about the ‘dancing raindrops’ or
those ‘red bloody dancers’? 🙂

Either way, the main ingredient is the Shade/Shape plugin.
The basic idea is, you create some mattes
and animate isolated objects together and bingo!
(Exception: the big ‘splash’ at the beginning of
the red dancers used a stock footage instead of
keyed dancers, though still similarly processed
using S/S. I was like, WTF?!, when I first saw it,
until Pete explained it to me. LOL)

Anyways, it’s pretty easy to create illusions of
anything from metallic or liquidy reflections
to something like artificial shadows for very flat
(ex. cartoon) objects.

-Shin

[Shin Kurokawa]

Are you talking about the ‘dancing raindrops’ or
those ‘red bloody dancers’? 🙂

Either way, the main ingredient is the Shade/Shape plugin.
The basic idea is, you create some mattes
and animate isolated objects together and bingo!
(Exception: the big ‘splash’ at the beginning of
the red dancers used a stock footage instead of
keyed dancers, though still similarly processed
using S/S. I was like, WTF?!, when I first saw it,
until Pete explained it to me. LOL)

Anyways, it’s pretty easy to create illusions of
anything from metallic or liquidy reflections
to something like artificial shadows for very flat
(ex. cartoon) objects.

-Shin

[Shin Kurokawa]

They did a complete make-over of the website
recently, so maybe the files/pages you’re looking
for are buried somewhere.

Each installer comes with a basic manual.
Also, ask about the large (200MB+) html tutorial package
that has host-specific notes (e.g. FCP, AE….)

-Shin