Review

Review with instructor the status of your final project...

What have I learned? here.

next class pizza?

Review and instruction

Show current status of your project

Ask questions...

Instructor will attempt to offer a fish matte solution

Review Dates for Final Project

We will have 2 reviews of your work before you turn in a final:

• This Friday, in 48 hours, at 6pm have your latest quicktime ready to go for review.
• Your goal on Wed is to have your comp COMPLETE with only tiny tweaks to resolve.

Final DUE Friday March 22nd 6pm

Need a One Page website?

Use www.populr.me a local Nashville company.

Review Nuke tracking/matte painting movies

Also,
Instructor show more advanced features in Nuke, features that may be disabled in PLE...

Final Project(s)

Some options are short and require you to chose 2 for your final project.  You may comp in which ever package you prefer.
(this project to be omitted by students graduating this quarter)

resource: any projects requiring stock footage (explosions) try here: http://detonationfilms.com/Stock_Directory.html

Option #1 (include another proj as well)
Comp Blue Screen, Blonde Hair

Option #2 
Fish Tank
Use the CG passes that make up this frame

and this live action fish clip

You will create bubbles, atmosphere, floating particles and a waving plant in the BG for this final result.

Option #3
Track this camera move (in Nuke[test PLE] or AE CS6)

 and add 3D elements

Option #4
Matchmove crowd onto the ground, comped onto helicopter filmed plate

A finished look:

Option #5 same method different environment

Option #6 (include another proj as well)
Firing Weapon

Option #7 (include another proj as well)

Explosion on Plate

Option #8 (include another proj as well)
Blood splatter

Assignments So far:

Wendy: fish tank

Kevin: kitchen

Scarlet: desert crowd

Travis: fish tank

Krista: fish tank

Cat: fish tank

Today is a work day

Complete HW from last class and continue the scene from last class.

Steps to finish the scene from last class:

• paint your image(s)
• restrict its visibility to show only when needed
• roto/matte as needed
• add motion blur

Nuke tracking and painting

Show the work you completed last class.

Take a quiz.
here

Work on Comp for class

HW:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=506
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=342

Wed Feb 20th

Reminder: !No Class on Friday! -Presidents Day

First: everyone signup for Nuke Trial here and attempt to download after email.

Today:

• present your movie 
• show your AE work (teach us)
• example of the technique used in the real world (by someone else)

Break

Comp CG stills in AE

Install and test to see if Nuke will run...

Homework:
Comp the CG Stills (show Instructor next class)
Over the Next 7 days teach yourself the Nuke UI:
http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/nuke/training/tutorials/
http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/articles/2011/07/19/263/planar-tracker-for-nukex-rig-removal-hold-out-layers/
Chose "Nuke 7",  "General UI" and "Basic Workflows" from the dropdown to review.

Work through refl exercise...

Work through Refl exercise in class

• Comp Refl 
• Make a movie 
• Review each solution

Then Instructor will show a refl solution.


Also each student choose an AE tutorial you want to learn via Kramer or where ever and run it by me for approval, due Wed beginning of class,

• present your movie 
• show your AE work (teach us)
• example of the technique used in the real world (by someone else)

Elena - Disintegration
Cat - Demon Face Warp, music video Eveanesance  Particles in Light
Krista - Light Glow
Scarlett - Healer
April - soul removal
Travis - Hologram
Wendy - Animating a Still
Kevin - Wall Peeling

Turn in Midterm

Turn in Midterm assignment, we will review in class, make fixes and resubmit for review.


Next, exercise07 warp tools...

Also read this article, learn about the state of the industry:
http://effectscorner.blogspot.co.nz/2013/02/oh-mess-were-in.html

Watch this to begin to see what we can do with NukeX:
http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/articles/2011/07/19/263/planar-tracker-for-nukex-rig-removal-hold-out-layers/

Classic in Car comp

In class rank Kramer tutorial Comp Due first thing today...


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Mid-term Assignment:
Now complete an in car shot using 16bit footage

Look at real life reference to help you with lights and color, suggestion show: Top Gear.

Minimum Requirements (your to do list):

• see BG out the window (many solutions are possible, might need to be creative recall all methods, keylight, matte choke, track matte etc)
• add reflection in the window
• color correct footage to match
• adjust brightness/focus of BG (method used on sky replacement could be an option)
• add camera shake for natural ride
• Do your best to make us believe the shot is real!
• Do you need to track/stabilize any footage?

Due first thing Wednesday.

Wed 2/6/2013

Let's discuss the event at the Frist
http://camilleutterback.com/

Review status of comps...

Demo atmos and extract buildings

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Next Assignment, due Friday:

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/advanced_soft_keying/

Due Friday

Your homework is to complete the plane 

tutorial and submit to the HW directory. 

We will begin class with a class critique.

If yours is not submitted in time for the

critique you will receive a '0'.

&

Read about the difference between

8bit and 16bit color images, to prove you have 

learned, email me, pjcampbell(at)aii.edu, the answer to the following 

BEFORE! class starts on Friday.

(The total # of possible 16bit colors) - (The total # of possible 8bit colors) = ?

AE Camera Tracker / Plane tutorial

Post questions be responding to this blog.


Here is a 10 min vid on the default cam tracker in AE.




Also here is the sky background not provided in the assets.

Jan 18th

Turn in Exercise02

Class critique

Begin/assign Exercise 03
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/mid_air_emergency/

Exercise02: Sky Jump

Agenda:

• Step Through the GUI
• review inputs and outputs
• review encoding, when and why to use what encoder(s)
• AE strength and weaknesses compared to Nuke

Exercise 02 Sky Jump:

First, review assets

Before we begin:

• Review Reference and notes from the director.
• With notes from director vimeo.com/11100365 -likes atmosphere of this shot.
• Loved going through the cloud in this example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ut-v2tljc
• likes the lens distortion of this shot use sparingly on wide shot (this shot)

To do:

• Animate the ground plane: wiggle(<frequency>,<amplitude>)
• Animate footage of Jumper
• Key out jumper & resolve blue spill
• Create & animate clouds and atmos Effect->Noise->Turb. Noise
• Unify the look via color correction.

On your own, suggestions:

• Improve animation
• Add/improve clouds
• Add haze
• Lens distortion
• Color correction
• Your own flare

Quicktime due at the beginning of next class:

• 1920x1080
• 24fps
• H264
• overlay frame count on bottom right corner

Assignment #1 Camera Projection

What is camera projection also called Camera Projection Mapping?

Camera Projection Mapping is the process of projecting an image onto simple geometry creating the illusion of detail and movement from what is really just a still image.







Do this tutorial http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/3d_camera_projection_2/ using the below source.

Your image source:

Deliverables:

Next class show me an H264 encoded Quicktime at Full HD of your Camera projection exercise.

Present Topics

Present your topic to the class today.

Day 1

Welcome to MAA432 Visual Effects and Compositing


Take you Quiz here.


If you are not competent in AE or need a refresher go here and review the basics.

http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/

Share about Render Farm update...

Assignment 1 
Give a PowerPoint style presentation teaching/showing/demonstrating to the class your topic.
I expect images/video if possible on your topic.

Topics:
Travis - What is spill?
Wendy - Artistic reason to color correct
Kevin - Dennis Muren
Scarlet - Knoll Brothers
Krista - Alvy Ray Smith
Cat - Cyclorama
Elena - Light wrap
April - 3D layers