Thursday, January 24, 2013

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'.


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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) = ?

Sunday, January 20, 2013

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.


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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:

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

Friday, January 11, 2013

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.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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