Looking to simulate a reflection
by David Del (DavidD)
on
May 16, 2008 at 6:18:52 pm
I have a scene where a space captain is looking out the window of his ship. It is shot from outside the ship and I want the reflection of stars to be on the glass in front of him.
So here is the view
Camera > Reflection of stars on Window > Window > Captain
I have tried lowering the opacity on a layer of stars, but that doesn't seem to do it. Any other ideas?
Re: Looking to simulate a reflection by Mike Kujbida on May 17, 2008 at 2:19:08 am
Use Chromakey to key out the black background in the star field.
I found that the effect looks better if you select "Show mask only" in the chromakeyer.
Adjust the opacity on the stars if desired.
Re: Looking to simulate a reflection by Gary Brown on Jun 13, 2008 at 5:40:04 pm
Perhaps a masked copy (pan/Crop) of your starfield media (moving or static) that is croped to fit just the window, it is on it's own track for positioning and then reduce to 36 to 45 % opacity. It worked well for me but I may not be envisioning your setup precisely.
GB-)
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