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