Return-Path: Received: from mail-yh0-f41.google.com ([209.85.213.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5314719 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:22:33 +0100 Received: by mail-yh0-f41.google.com with SMTP id f11so5423676yha.28 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:25:15 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=6HGQCTHIANFt2apWE5HZt9CcsB5yWnFXiIP0Lfn3wjs=; b=B/u4JgZqGa15d8M/RmPQ6oFOvJ4y9u5uyn4wX5ZuxrFyPR4g4ctn9ZXZW3Sjqsh5NU Va9j3FbQuvTQeY/SZ7c3hMnmOsPZMMRUX8WwV0sCv36YxOsEe9sfBFqoinMUtAUAsE4Y EG+Shf4bjsQCarLaxhXXNDHyaoy1dhCVn98h1qv8fCwh+4//O7iKi0/sYbyO/KVS4+Be eWb920ufGKSFrmDVk/q+vheLrLz99Pb8eYtTqNwGxhJ9m4sUcOwaM5jVhcvFVruP4znj b8tQFB8OEmdXFCfAUymjCqs1xqpJCx3QdLn/iwILUaLJQHqfZY4fbUmvA543xmrBU61R SQrA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnifJESfna1KcRl3+KPrigxfwmz1HgWuDV+EinPB7GmC1EOjt7LTxTw7spdxlpQmPAMUJFS X-Received: by 10.236.143.10 with SMTP id k10mr2466335yhj.116.1386786315379; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:25:15 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from 66.49.40.101.nw.nuvox.net (66.49.40.101.nw.nuvox.net. [66.49.40.101]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w45sm29528124yhk.4.2013.12.11.10.25.12 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:25:14 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.0 \(1822\)) Subject: Re: [AE] stacking cars From: Benny Christensen In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:25:04 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1822) Why not use Mocha to track and create a matte for the ambulance and then = just stack them and offset them in time so the shadows match? Benny Christensen Producers Playhouse Oklahoma City 405-858-0700 "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick = themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." - Sir Winston = Churchill On Dec 11, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: > If you're lucky enough to have consistent light on your shoot (ie, = either a cloudless sky or a consistent blanket), you might be able to = get away with the oft-neglected Difference Keyer. But, I wouldn't go = into an exterior shoot with that expectation. >=20 > Variation: buy some blue tarps from the hardware store, and stretch = them out behind the ambulance approach. Color key them out behind the = ambulances.=20 >=20 > Or, try using the new-ish roto-brush in Ae. >=20 >=20 > On Dec 11, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Lou Wirth wrote: >=20 >> I have to create a shot of several ambulances driving into a = hospital, one behind the other, as if "a parade of ambulances came in". = I may have access to one ambulance to set up a drive in. How can I = shoot this so I can stack up the same ambulance in AE so I have several. = I can lock off a shot on the street or at the entrance but barring some = serious rotoscoping, not sure what angle to shoot to be able to mask and = duplicate and adjust the time so the same ambulance follows itself. = Hope that makes sense. >>=20 >> Lou >>=20 >> Lou Wirth Productions >> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522 >> Corte Madera, CA 94925 >> www.louwirth.com >> 415-924-9411p >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to