| | | | Re: Compositing Video
by Peter Greenstone on Sep 13, 2009 at 1:44:17 pm
in the MAYA Forum
First, you'll want to convert your video into an image sequence. Tga format is good.
Then in Maya select your camera attributes and expand the Environment section. Hit "Create" by where it says Image Plane.
The attributes for the image plane | | | | |
| | | | Re: Snow Leopard and Final Cut
by Brad Buss on Sep 9, 2009 at 9:18:54 am
in the UG: Arizona FCP Forum
Yeah, I'm fairly, absolutely certain that Phenomenon, Apple's next Gen compositing software, = ...(drum roll)... Motion. To survive, the new Shake would have to be the equivalent of Sony's new slimline PS3; smaller and more efficient, upgrades, chea | | | | |
| | | | Re: Footage becomes blurred in Final Cut
by Erik Lindahl on Aug 19, 2009 at 5:03:07 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Blurry footage in Final Cut Pro can be due to a number of things:
1. The clip has something wrong with it's attributes and FCP has issues interpreting it / playing it back
2. The clip is set to a different field order than the sequence and FCP so | | | | |
| | | | Re: Is combustion right for me?
by Don Nash on Aug 9, 2009 at 6:04:40 am
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Combustion is outstanding in those areas, but the program on the whole, is being neglected by Autodesk because Toxik was supposed to be AD's next generation compositor (which is perplexing as it can't do a number of things Combustion does, and nobody | | | | |
| | | | Re: toxik / combustion
by Aaron Neitz on Aug 5, 2009 at 6:04:28 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Oh ho ho!
I tried and tried to like Toxik. It's name befit my feeling.
Seems to me there's decent $$ in compositing software for a smaller and more efficient company: the Foundry or Eyeon. Autodesk is a massive company and their Discreet li | | | | |
| | | | Re: toxik / combustion
by Alan Okey on Aug 5, 2009 at 2:15:46 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Unbelievable - I'm shocked, especially considering how many times we've been told that Combustion isn't getting any love because all of the developers have been put on Toxik. Sounds to me like they've been layed off.
I guess there's just no money | | | | |
| | | | Re: Retouching video clip - length of clip changes!?
by Tiago Ribeiro on Jul 24, 2009 at 12:45:43 pm
in the Adobe Photoshop Forum
hi,
i will make a suggestion, based on what i am understanding about this problem
it-s something i see frequently when using various different software to edit/produce a video or film
personally, i have some rules of thumb:
convert all raw footag | | | | |
| | | | Velocity HD sale
by eric filios on Jul 22, 2009 at 4:52:08 pm
in the Leitch dpsVelocity Forum
The time has come to sell my Leitch VelocityHD system. Here's what's included:
Barely-used Leitch VelocityHD turnkey system, with A3d 3DM-7000 realtime DVE proc. and SCSI-7000 dual SCSI adapter card. Includes the following: custom keyboard & mouse; | | | | |
| | | | Re: Changing colour of a chair
by walter biscardi on Jun 30, 2009 at 1:03:11 pm
in the Apple Color Forum
Why didn't they just purchase a yellow chair? What an asinine way to go about this if they knew they wanted a different color. But I digress.....
If it's a locked down shot, your best hope is to put a very close cut custom shape around it and | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple new Compositing software?
by Yarim Machado on Jun 19, 2009 at 9:42:02 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
Woah! Thats interresting!
Labrats Multimedia 2D/3D Animation, Composit, Illustration and character design. To see a demo reel, go to www.labratsmultimedia.com | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple new Compositing software?
by Joel Arvidsson on Jun 8, 2009 at 6:14:39 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
Im really hoping for a worthy shake replacement annonsment today. With the way apple aiming now I guess the Cut/copy/paste/undo in iphone would be their haviest tools in their pro appz.
joelarvidsson@gmail.com | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple new Compositing software?
by Joel Osis on Jun 8, 2009 at 3:01:38 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
he deal would probably look like: Upgrade to Phenomenon for $495 if you still have a valid Support Contract for Shake.
not likely since shakes support was killed at the same time shake was, i would like to buy into the phenomenon rumors but s | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple new Compositing software?
by Jurand Węgrzyn on Jun 5, 2009 at 9:22:44 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
With Ron Birkman @ The Foundry I don't think Apple will be releasing a new compositing app. Motion is the direction they are going. If you're new to comping learn Nuke or Fusion. | | | | |
| | | | MachStudio Pro adds 3ds Max 2009 exporter
by Tony DeYoung on Jun 2, 2009 at 7:50:07 pm
in the Autodesk 3ds Max Forum
The latest update to MachStudio Pro adds a dedicated exporter for 3ds Max 2009. This exporter makes it fast and easy to export geometry, animation, and cameras out of Max. The update also adds an extensive Materials/shader library, animatable fog, | | | | |
| | | | Re: Blackmagic New
by Arnie Schlissel on Jun 2, 2009 at 1:29:52 pm
in the Forum
[Joshua D. Boyd] "Beyond that, there may continue to be a lack of professional video editing software."
True, but compositing software like Nuke and Fusion are available for linux, as well as Framecycler and Speedgrade. All can certainly benefit | | | | |
| | | | Re: Another week another useless rumor
by walter biscardi on Jun 2, 2009 at 11:34:01 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Andrew Kimery] "You could always just not respond Walter. ;) "
And miss all the fun of another useless rumor thread? I love the idea of one "super app" that does everything. Awesome idea to ensure that we'll have an incredibly unstable softwar | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple new Compositing software?
by Tim Allen on May 30, 2009 at 1:51:51 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
I've been asking that question for a while myself! Every Google search I make turns up posts that are a few years old, or have no answer. Last thing I heard is it's been called "Phenomenon", and was scheduled for release last year. So obviously that' | | | | |
| | | | Apple new Compositing software?
by Yarim Machado on May 26, 2009 at 12:08:43 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
i saw online that there are rumors of apple making a new compositing software and thats why they dropped shake. How true is this? Any news about the subject? And do you guys think that if this happends people who had shake get a discount? | | | | |
| | | | Creating a Transporter Effect
by Eran Stern on May 19, 2009 at 12:19:37 pm
in the Forum
In this episode, Chief Engineer Eran Stern works furiously to get his Starship's transporters back on-line to rescue a fellow crew member trapped on a hostile planet. But time is running out. Will Eran be able to build the transporter in After Effect | | | | |
| | | | Post Effects - preview
by John Hammond on May 7, 2009 at 4:47:39 pm
in the Cinema 4D Forum
Hi
I am working on a project which uses a lot of post effects (highlights and glow mainly).
So far as I can tell the only way to preview what you have done is by rendering to picture viewer. I need to use an alpha channel for compositing later | | | | |
| | | | Re: How do I: 3D Animation of a Cassette Tape?
by Joseph W. Bourke on Mar 24, 2009 at 4:04:42 pm
in the Motion Graphics Forum
Mark -
Anything is possible with a good 3D package. The questions are what is your budget, how much time do you have, and, if you haven't done this type of project before, can you charge for your learning time, or do you have to eat it?
I'm a | | | | |
| | | | New FCP rumor from macnn
by Dave Jenkins on Mar 13, 2009 at 4:24:49 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Apple is indeed on the verge of releasing a new version of Final Cut Studio, new sources are said to corroborate. Although some sources have suggested than an updated Final Cut Studio suite could be announced on March 24th, people "familiar with the | | | | |
| | | | News: Using eyeon Fusion on Pink Panther 2
by Cow News Droid on Feb 10, 2009 at 8:03:54 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
Digital Dimension Completes VFX on Latest Clouseau Caper
(Toronto, Canada--February 10, 2009) eyeon Fusion™ was used on every visual effects shot in Pink Panther 2, the latest film in the Inspector Clouseau series, starring Steve Martin. Six-time | | | | |
| | | | Re: Help: Secondaries not tracking
by Uli Plank on Jan 21, 2009 at 10:14:26 pm
in the Apple Color Forum
Why? I use secondaries with very soft borders and just animate by hand. Serious tracking is a job for compositing software.
Regards,
UliDirector of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts | | | | |
| | | | Re: Getting back into post - few questions
by Dean DeCarlo on Jan 19, 2009 at 10:41:50 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
These are only my opinions.....
1.) Fastest Compositing software? Difficult question. For me it is unquestionably Combustion because I know my way around it and I have a render farm set up to chew through frames. The popular opinion is the AE rules | | | | |
| | | | Compositor/Artist
by Allison Siena on Jan 6, 2009 at 7:46:03 pm
in the JOBS Offered - Higher Pay Forum
Compositor & Artist: freelance to full time employment. Salery BOE
Compositor & Artist. experience in tv or film.
Responsibilities Include:
• to learn our proprietary tracking and compositing software
• create and integrate 3d elements into scen | | | | |
| | | | If you must switch...go NUKE
by Butch Mopper on Dec 2, 2008 at 4:39:05 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
NUKE is a better alternative if you feel like you "have to" switch and it runs natively under OS X. The thing is that I don't really think there's enough change from version to version of any compositing software over the last few cycles to justify | | | | |
| | | | Re: HD, Frame Rates and standards
by Ty Audronis on Nov 25, 2008 at 7:37:37 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Wow, you have yourself quite a little catch .22 there...
Ok, I'm not sure what to tell you here. You're better off letting your editing software convert the footage for you to 25 fps (they always have better algorithms) than you are doing everythin | | | | |
| | | | News: Eye Scream Factory Launches DVD Clips
by Cow News Droid on Nov 14, 2008 at 7:43:18 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
Royalty-free, Animated DVD Menu Backgrounds for $9.99 per Clip
(Boston, Massachusetts--November 14, 2008) Eye Scream Factory, the Boston-based creative team providing automation design templates and royalty-free content for media hobbyists and pro | | | | |
| | | | Re: Douglas Spotted Eagle - FYI
by Daniel Low on Oct 17, 2008 at 2:55:34 pm
in the HDV Format Forum
There are plenty of software packages and post systems that know video is commonly interlaced, and so properly deal with field-based material.
You just scale each field individually. Which is done automatically in any compositing software I know of
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| | | | Re: Douglas Spotted Eagle - FYI
by Jeff Brown on Oct 17, 2008 at 12:41:34 pm
in the HDV Format Forum
Well, if we're being picky here (always in favor), I'd argue you don't have to "deinterlace" 1080i to do a downconversion to SD. There are plenty of software packages and post systems that know video is commonly interlaced, and so properly deal with | | | | |
| | | | Re: After Effects vs. Final Cut
by Bill Dewald on Oct 15, 2008 at 7:46:19 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
They are two very different programs - Final Cut Pro is video editing software, After Effects is compositing software.
Final Cut Pro is a part of Final Cut Studio, which is only sold as a bundle. With FCS you also get Motion, which is compositing s | | | | |
| | | | Japanese characters
by Andre Monteiro on Sep 16, 2008 at 5:26:37 pm
in the Cinema 4D Forum
Hi masters! I'm working on a project that requires Japanese writings.
I'm trying to create text splines and write in Japanese but no luck. If I copy a text and paste it doesn't work. Is there a way around to fix that? Or will I have to take the proje | | | | |
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