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Subject: Re: [AE] Tracking point suggestions for CRTs
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:34:58 -0500
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you can rig the power lights on ... LED + 9V battery + about a 550ohm =
resistor if I recall :)

S

On Oct 22, 2012, at 6:29 PM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> =
wrote:

> Thanks to all for the excellent feedback. I was leaning to going no =
tracker
> monitors and leaving the screens off, and I think unless the monitor =
has
> obvious other lighting effects in power/status that I don't want to =
fool
> with, will we do that.
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>> Assuming the screen, when off, is a nice deep black instead of green =
or
> some other color.
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> I've confirmed with Art that all are deep black, so we should be good.
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> stephen van vuuren
> 336.202.4777
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Chris Meyer
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 7:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AE] Tracking point suggestions for CRTs
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> Assuming the screen, when off, is a nice deep black instead of green =
or some
> other color.=20
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> On Oct 22, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Brian Maffitt wrote:
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>> Brendon's 100% percent right that you should use "Add" for a =
reflection--a
> true reflection will only make the screen lighter, not darker. Add is =
your
> best bet for this, or maybe screen, but in either case you'll want to =
add a
> levels effect to the layer to control the reflection strength and =
contrast.
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>> Brian
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>>> On Oct 22, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Chris Meyer wrote:
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>>>> And if you want to get good screen reflections and shows, if =
possible
> place a flat 50% graphic on the monitors during the shoot, then use a =
mode
> such as Overlay or Hard Light to composite your new screen over the =
monitor
> face.
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>>> In linear color space, the reflections on the screen should be a =
pure Add
> operation.  I'd just leave the screen off and then Add the new =
material on
> top.
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>>> Of course, that would be pure realism, which is probably more =
reflection
> than you want.  Use Levels on the reflections to dial them in, but I'd =
still
> stick with Adding in linear space.  You can use the color profile =
converter
> to do this on just the Add operation if you don't want to set your =
entire
> project to linear.
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