Return-Path: Received: from eu1sys200aog107.obsmtp.com ([207.126.144.123] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 4862472 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:21:28 +0200 Received: from mail-vb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob107.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKUGyQrFg5u+Q2AFAKQh4WVwB9GIZu+LY3@postini.com; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:23:25 UTC Received: by vbkv13 with SMTP id v13so8283591vbk.28 for ; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:23:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=hL0w7R5zh3s2046xfAcwRrF0qKU9lYaZq77VnPhgqFw=; b=TZ9lCPMOjIdApKJW7YGAhPo1YfvVQXbtSE9WgZQaAyZ2F3CYGDvv4531WJZYMmmyKO z6MIGnGgwd5Mwl7lzrEzhExSzKkmen+FB/4Ad7gu6xMDzr21Hamal6qV4QEsgQLo5Gb9 ITNwLK/VEwMsegk7TyvJqag+2LA7gj9P1ntn2qVE0ZIURfe/n/kCiUch4vKoPpK45xTv eg2mGokn+J8ZbWphPz70294qnYYJFZaFwQRe/bMe/qRfhuPcH2DKDdZ/H59yEOxN+XLS i6PIpeU1z1ewXVGpTvI1BNZQ1ywKmIkdpIvHgpf9qxKy5Oj5tAbnEqvsZ1G6waSFiUfX b3GA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.27.75 with SMTP id r11mr1395800vdg.94.1349292203898; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:23:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.181.166 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:23:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 15:23:23 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] New to the list - question on rotoscoping From: Ross Shain To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307d026082f83f04cb2c9202 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQng07MLn0/aQtDKmM/1pM2SnfOcSMXYbFWJ1cU4JpAwVcHVviPIHFND6fpTJ8poBI+zDJtB --20cf307d026082f83f04cb2c9202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The company that did the original Schwab spots is called Mekanism and used mocha (formerly called motor) quite a lot to assist with the job: http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dcp/news/qa-ian-kovalik-creative-direc= tor-mekanism/41224 Using tracking planar tracking to do this type of look will save quite a lot of time vs a fully manual process. Good luck, Ross On 3 October 2012 15:12, Sam Carter wrote: > This is my first post on this list. If posting contract work is not > appropriate, please ignore or delete this post and my apologies in advanc= e. > **** > > ** ** > > My company does online eLearning courses and one component of this year= =92s > course is ten 15-second video shorts of people talking from personal > experience. I=92d like to get these videos rotoscoped similar to the Cha= rles > Schwab commercials which can be found on YouTube. I understand that > Charles Schwab was done by hand, not be computer, and I am not expecting = to > get that quality level.**** > > ** ** > > I=92ve spent some time with post-processing tools myself but was unable t= o > achieve a result which would be satisfactory, but this is not my field of > expertise. The post processing effect I am after must be good enough to > put in front of employees in an online training video.**** > > ** ** > > I am looking for a contractor willing to audition for the job of > rotoscoping these videos to a satisfactory quality. For the audition, I > will provide a single 15-second video. I ask that part of the video be > rotoscoped and returned so the quality can be evaluated before contractin= g > the job.**** > > ** ** > > If you interested or have questions, please contact me off-list. I will > provide my company contact information at that time.**** > > ** ** > > Thank you,**** > > ** ** > > Sam**** > --=20 Ross Shain Chief Marketing Officer Imagineer Systems - developers of* mocha* planar tracking and visual effects tools. www.imagineersystems.com Phone: +1.646.298.6458 | Fax: 646.808.0831 | Email: rosss@imagineersystems.com Find us online: Facebook | Vimeo| Imagineer Forums | Imagineer Blog --20cf307d026082f83f04cb2c9202 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The company that did the original Schwab spots is called Mekanism and used = mocha (formerly called motor) quite a lot to assist with the job:
http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dcp/news/qa-i= an-kovalik-creative-director-mekanism/41224

Using tracking planar tracking to do this type of look will save quite = a lot of time vs a fully manual process.

Good luck,
Ross

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On 3 October 2012 15:12, Sam Carter <= samckayak@gmail.com> wrote:

This is my first post on this = list.=A0 If posting contract work is not appropriate, please ignore or dele= te this post and my apologies in advance.

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My company does online eLearning courses and one compone= nt of this year=92s course is ten 15-second video shorts of people talking = from personal experience.=A0 I=92d like to get these videos rotoscoped simi= lar to the Charles Schwab commercials which can be found on YouTube.=A0 I u= nderstand that Charles Schwab was done by hand, not be computer, and I am n= ot expecting to get that quality level.

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I=92ve spent some time with post-processing tools myself= but was unable to achieve a result which would be satisfactory, but this i= s not my field of expertise.=A0 The post processing effect I am after must = be good enough to put in front of employees in an online training video.=

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I am looking for a contractor willing to audition for th= e job of rotoscoping these videos to a satisfactory quality.=A0 For the aud= ition, I will provide a single 15-second video.=A0 I ask that part of the v= ideo be rotoscoped and returned so the quality can be evaluated before cont= racting the job.

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If you interested or have questions, please contact me o= ff-list. =A0=A0I will provide my company contact information at that time.<= u>

=A0

Thank you,

=A0

Sam




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