DDay graphics using AE - video link
by Neil
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Jan 3, 2008 at 10:11:16 pm
This is just a link to a short 'making of clip' - which looks at a recent project i worked on for the bbc. We were tight on cash and did everything except a tiny bit of 3D on aftereffects. This clip was for internal use but i thought it may be interesting for some AE users.
I realise this isnt a 'question post' but just thought some folk may want to see work created using just aftereffects, apologies if i wasted anyones time.
Re: DDay graphics using AE - video link by Justin Parker on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:31:56 pm
It's amazing what you can do with such a small crew and alot of creativity and know-how.
I have a question though, when you were doing multiple takes of the soldiers running up the beach, how were the takes all composited together? Garbage mattes? Blending modes? Rotoscoping?
Re: DDay graphics using AE - video link by Neil James on Jan 4, 2008 at 12:20:00 am
a combination really,
we usually started with a blending mode like darken, worked out where we wanted people running - trying to pick passes which didnt overlap too much. When problems of overlapping arose we would roto if we could. But the distant guys are pretty hard to roto so I often made a high contrast b/w render of that section and use it as a track matte.
Re: DDay graphics using AE - video link by Tom Edison on Jan 4, 2008 at 1:27:16 am
Absolutely brilliant! Well done. I would love to see the actual final piece as aired (not just the making of!) Hollywood has little over you and your crew!
Re: DDay graphics using AE - video link by Daniel Miller on Jan 4, 2008 at 4:57:52 pm
Wow. That was pretty spectacular. I wish you had a LONG tutorial on everything you did in that vid. Im a AE n00b, and Id love to be able to learn how you guys did a lot of that stuff. I really thought it was cool.
Re: DDay graphics using AE - video link by Neil James on Jan 6, 2008 at 10:21:16 pm
your absolutely right - this forum has helped me and my collegues overcome countless AE problems in the last few years. Every technique we used will be covered somewhere in the archives.
