Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #46284
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Tracking point suggestions for CRTs
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:34:58 -0500
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>, <stephen@sv2studios.com>
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.
>
>> Assuming the screen, when off, is a nice deep black instead of green or
> some other color.
>
> I've confirmed with Art that all are deep black, so we should be good.
>
> stephen van vuuren
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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
>
> Assuming the screen, when off, is a nice deep black instead of green or some
> other color.
>
> On Oct 22, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Brian Maffitt wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>> On Oct 22, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Chris Meyer wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Brendan
>>>
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