[Todd Sanderson]

Kevin,

That worked great… I click RAM Preview, wait till it loads what I want to watch, then click the RAM Preview button again to watch it real time… ‘then’ if I hit the space bar it stops right where I’m at…

My mistake was I was hitting the space bar, rather than clicking the RAM Preview button the second time. This would start the real-time playback, but when I then stopped, it would kick me back to the first frame of the selected preview area.

Thanks,
Todd

[Todd Sanderson]

I’ll experiment with the camera some more. My concern is image quality. How can I move the camera into the live speaker without degrading the image?

Regarding the taped to the screen thing. Does it have to be that realistic Chris? BTW, I’m asking a question, not being a jerk in any fashion. FWIW, the client, the other client and one of my two bosses are all scratching their heads in much the way you are reacting, so I’m not surprised. That said, my other boss is really pushing for this look and he likes this rough treatment. As he puts it, he wants to start out as if we were looking at the TV screen and then, we the viewer, enter the screen.

[Todd Sanderson]

Chris,

The footage is not yet shot. This is still in the conceptual stage. It is currently being planned as a slow dolly in.

The “taped to the screen thing” is the hairy part of this whole deal. Obviously we could not physically pass it by in reality, but suspension of disbelief can work to. To truly make it look like it’s taped to the TV screen, I think I’ll need to put a layer between the paper and the actor, that makes the viewer fell like there’s glass there and that the paper is stuck to it. I am not attempting to make it look like it’s floating in space, though I realize that’s what I’m getting. I’d like it to looke actually taped onto the viewers screen.

I do realize that matching the dolly move will be tough, but in the test you looked at, I did my best to simulate that. I did a simple scale move on the woman jpeg and then promoted the paper to 3D and tryed to match the move. It’s not great yet.

I like your lock off idea, but how exactly do I do the AE camera move with locked off video? Meaning if it’s locked in at 720×486, how can I move past the taped object and then closer to the actor without distorting the video?

An AE camera question, as I have not used them all that much. How do I create separation between layers. I’m having trouble actually zooming past the paper altogether. In the end the paper and girl are on the same plane it seems, no matter how much I pull them apart on the X, Y and Z plane. Can I really zoom past the paper?

Thanks,
Todd

[Todd Sanderson]

Ok then…

Keep in mind that this is not the final video or final graphic… just test elements. The “video” is in fact just a slow push on a still right now. The final video would be in color. I’d like to make the “taped” element pass by more dramatically, which is one issue I’m having. I’m not trying to withold information, I just didn’t want anyone to try and work around my comp settings, when there might be a far better way to go about it.

https://www.motioninc.com/guestftp/Motion/

Thanks,
Todd

[Todd Sanderson]

Chris,

Do you mean post an mpeg online for you to view or post the comp details of what I’ve done so far in AE?

Thanks,
Todd