Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #42697
From: James WIlson <lists@jwmm.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Using AE to match historic & contemporary stills
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:28:50 -0400
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
another thing that is useful for this once you get close is setting the top layer to "difference" mode for fine tweaks then switch it back once you're done.


On Mar 24, 2012, at 8:18 PM, mpo@michaeloreilly.com wrote:

> I have two stills - one is a snapshot of a mural painted on the wall of an
> apartment building 50 years ago by a famous artist.
> The other still is of that same mural, now removed, conserved and
> installed in a museum and professionally photographed.
>
> I am trying to match the two so that I may dissolve between them to show
> the change that has happened.
>
> I can get them close but when I put them in another comp and make any kind
> of change in scale or position, the close match is lost.
>
> I have a basic understanding of the 2.5D that is in AE, but even less of
> an understanding for how cameras and lights fit in to the whole scheme of
> things.
>
> My brain is so tired I can't even figure out the right terms to use to
> search. Is there something simple I am missing ?
>
> Can anyone point me to a decent resource or plug in that could help ? or
> the best way to build this ? So long as it will help, I'm willing to pay.
>
> Thanks
> mikeo
> AE 5.5/PS CS5.1/10.5.8/Intel
>
>
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