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Subject: Re: [AE] Making stuff look crappy
From: Chris Bobotis <chris@mettle.com>
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:22:39 -0400
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pre-comp your asset, scale down in the precomp (quite a bit) - then =
scale up the pre-comp in your master  (quite a bit) - add grain, crank =
the contrast then desaturate etc. etc.

that should be a good start.

Cheers,
Chris
Mettle.com
Skype: Mettlecom
On 2012-07-12, at 9:10 PM, Lachlan Westfall wrote:

> All,
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> Working on a show that features Cal-trans shots of accidents and =
stuff. We
> are re-creating the accidents that they don't have on camera. It's =
really
> low-rez stuff.
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> Of course, my CG vehicles look WAY to crisp and clean. I need to add a =
TON
> of JPG noise to match the look.
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> I've tried using the Mosaic plug, but while it may work at one =
distance it
> doesn't at another.
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> I'm just throwing this out there in case I'm missing something that's =
really
> obvious. I know dumbing down your footage is not typical.
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> Thanks.
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> -L. Westfall
> Quiet Earth Design
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>=20
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