Steve Roberts
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To add to Michael … the blending process might include a dissolve between the two eye shots as well as a bit of scaling and re-positioning to match the framing of each eye shot.
… but you should match them as precisely as possible before going into post.Hey, do a test.
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Is the palm tree image a 1-bit image? (guessing)
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It’s really hard, if not impossible, to control the shape of a 3D stroke line in more than one plane, so my guess is that 3D stroke was not involved here. In fact, The Mill used Flame, Shake and Maya.
https://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/lynn-foxs-rhythm-lines-animate-new-audi-t10462.html
You can do it if you don’t expect to make complex contours that hold a car-like contour in more than one plane. You could make a car-like profile, then bend it a bit. Or you could make a stroke that only holds it shape when seen from one angle, but lies within one plane.
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I think it’s careful camera work, but you should zoom out for the first shot, then run it backwards. That way you can position the CU framing precisely. Zoom out for the second shot as well.
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Hmm … the Darken mode may be the problem. The feather will create shades of gray, and the underlying image is mostly black. Might changing the mode help?
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Clever. This might work with Trapcode’s Particular …
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Tell us about the effects on the layer. Got screencap?
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Google these terms:
stock
royalty-free
aerial
city (or “urban”… and “photography” or “footage” depending on what you want.
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You should render full res, high quality, but to the Avid codec, yes?
You might be able to find those on the Automatic Duck website.
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I used to demo for the developers of the Reduce Grain/Match Grain/Add Grain effects in AE. If you have trouble, I might be able to help you. I’ve found that the default settings (with one exception) do a great job. Most of the other settings are for tweaking.
The exception is: you should enable Temporal Filtering when using footage (not a still). Leaving it unchecked as a default was a holdover from the effect’s history as a Photoshop plugin.