Tudor "ted" jelescu
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Gave it a bit more thought and I think you may be even able to capture camera motion data from a shot like the one I described in my previous post. Use Boujou or Camera tracker, or SynthEyes to track the 3d movement of the camera, export to AE and set your shot in there using that motion data.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Why do you animate the path and arrow in 3d- pre-compose the map layer, animate the path with arrow in 2d and then add all other elements in 3d space and camera move… no more 3d problems this way.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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I would look for an older system that was built for performance – a HP or DELL workstation, one of the top. A dell XPS H2C system that’s a few years old will be a great option. You need a stable system that can run Windows XP and Windows 7, just do that you can have options when it comes to selecting the software. On the monitor I agree with Cory, get a decent led monitor and a calibrator.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
Best way to figure this out, especially since you are learning is to strap a phone or a small camera to your head and shoot some video walking through a hallway. This will give you a good starting point- you could try to use expressions to drive the camera in AE, but the moves of a persons head while walking are quite complex, and an in depth study of real footage is invaluable.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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For your blurs- try to key out the lighter areas of your image and then invert the mask, apply vertical blur and comp on top of your clip using blend modes like it was previously suggested.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Working with a pen can get frustrating sometimes, especially when you’re tired. I had similar symptoms when the sensitivity of the pen was set too high, when I accidentally set the double click wrong or when I turned the pen upside down… like I said, I was tired. Check to see if the same happens when you try to use a mouse. If that’s not the case then you’ll know it’s your pen.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
It’s not the 5D you should be worried about, but the lens that will be used, the lighting and the DOP. If you got a good lens, good light and a good DOP, then you should be fine, especially since from what I understand there will only be simple moves. As long as there is good focus Mocha should be able to track. My advice though- do a test in advance to see how this will work for you. If any glitches come up then you have a solid proof for the producer, if not, then you’ll be at peace.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
A pretty big budget and you can hire a few prosthetics visual effects artist that can build a mask like that for you, put it over the actor’s head and have it fall apart, while the lower part of the face is dressed in chroma paint/fabric. Then you can track the head 3d, build, texture and animate the inside of the head (mouth) and composite that in. I’m afraid is not an easy way to do it entirely in post. Maybe a real good 3d artist would be able to build, texture and animate the whole mask for you, but usually these kind of fx have the prosthetics element involved.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Mocha Tracking allows for a Corner Pin Export which will be best suited for this kind of project. I think this can work for the table cloth since it is basically a square object. However, if that does not work, you may need a 3d tracker- like camera Tracker from the Foundry, or Boujou, that will allow for a true 3d track and then you can position a 3d textured layer for your table cloth.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
with out more specifics it is hard to advise. Give us a little more information, the animation reference would be great.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist