Tudor "ted" jelescu
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You may be able to use the Camera Tracker plugin form the Foundry (or SynthEyes or Boujou) to track the camera move in the shot and apply that to a AE camera.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Or you can do it the old fashioned way- draw/write the plates yourself and then trace on top (different layer or paper depending of the method). The variation of the hand drawn lines will give you a nice organic look. Do that 4-5 times and you should get enough for a loop which you can time remap after if you want the “flicker”/jitter speed to slow down or to be variable.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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I never said it would be easy… but even if you try to figure out the flicker rate and animate some masks for color correction you would still have to roto anything that comes in front of the screen.
See if you can come up with a clean plate and create a difference matte for the stuff that comes in front of the LCD panels.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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The cleanest way though not the easiest would be to track and replace the screens with either a still or an animation for each.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
Yes it matters.
Here’s an article that explains why better than I could:
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/essentials/16-bit/page-2.phpTudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
In addition to what Todd has pointed you to, here’s a few things to look for:
Continuous rasterize switch on for the vector layers.
Render out progressive and not interlaced.
Motion blur on should help.
If nothing else works a fast blur of .3 to .7 will help.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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I agree with Kevin- working on both i7 and Xeon I would choose the Xeon.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
How about using a piece of cardboard and painting that? It does not even need to be round. It’s light enough and easy to come by since any large moving box will do.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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One tip is to work in reverse- design the final look of the slide after a transition and then break it apart. The rest is 3d AE layers, shapes, text and animated masks. Also there’s some cool grading as well.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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AVCHD is not really great for shooting chroma. Since you convert that footage even further you loose more color info. I would recommend using the original footage to key in AE and then composite- render out the final and replace in your cut.
Also, with grey or black you may need to pull multiple keys to get a clean looking subject. One thing that has helped me with the look of the footage shot on DV/HDCV or AVCHD is using a filter like Remove Noise before you key. Also, Red Giant Magic Bullet- Denoiser can help.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist