Return-Path: Received: from host6.canaca.com ([66.49.160.142] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4755429 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:00:47 +0200 Received: from static24-89-101-87.r.rev.accesscomm.ca ([24.89.101.87] helo=[192.168.1.38]) by host6.canaca.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SiTkQ-00023w-RR for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:03:46 -0400 From: Jack Tunnicliffe Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_899E85AA-665A-4B62-9EA2-FE51F0EE6028" Subject: My Daily Fix Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:03:45 -0600 Message-Id: To: After Effects Mail List Effects Mail List Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host6.canaca.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - javapost.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: --Apple-Mail=_899E85AA-665A-4B62-9EA2-FE51F0EE6028 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Here's a little fix I did yesterday on an episode of a series we post. = We were doing the final approval when the producer noted that no ink = went onto the paper when the woman signing the document. The DP was in = the room and said he remembered the problem but assured the producer = they had done a take with ink. We were to begin mastering in a couple = of hours but their editor was off and they didn't know who would source = the footage.=20 I had remembered seeing another shot in the show where the same woman = signed a document, but it was not from the side like this one but from = above or in front, so upside down. I told them I could fix this in an = hour rather than them going back and searching their archives and they = agreed to have me repair it.=20 I grabbed a still of the signature at the moment her hand moved to = reveal it, but there was still a shadow. I took the still into Photoshop = and deleted the background so only the writing remained. I then used = transform distort to turn the signature and angle it down to precisely = match the footage of the woman writing with no ink. I motion tracked the = surface of the paper using some nearby text, because the paper moves up = and down as she presses with the pen. I color corrected the writing so = it matched the new environment. I duplicated the source footage with the = pen moving and put it on a layer above the signature and made a mask the = shape of the bottom of the pen so the pen would move in front of the new = signature layer. I motion tracked the pen with the AE tracker then used = Mathias tracker to mask script to move the mask with the pen. Only took = a couple of tweaks to perfect. Then I unveiled the signature with an = animated AE mask as she wrote, so it was even her own signature. This may not be so stunning to old AE users but maybe some of the new = users will find this of interest. I find AE such a great tool for fixing = almost anything on a daily basis. http://web.me.com/java008/Crime_Stories/Handwriting_before.html http://web.me.com/java008/Crime_Stories/Handwriting_fix.html Jack Tunnicliffe Java Post Production www.javapost.ca --Apple-Mail=_899E85AA-665A-4B62-9EA2-FE51F0EE6028 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii h= ttp://web.me.com/java008/Crime_Stories/Handwriting_before.html


Jack Tunnicliffe
Java Post Production
www.javapost.ca



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