Return-Path: Received: from eu1sys200aog101.obsmtp.com ([207.126.144.111] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 5314725 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:25:20 +0100 Received: from mail-we0-f170.google.com ([74.125.82.170]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob101.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKUqius3HtB1uFwf6v1bUW/EDUey3ILN3o@postini.com; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:28:03 UTC Received: by mail-we0-f170.google.com with SMTP id w61so6983743wes.29 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:28:03 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Ef2zK6omKWiNGHZOmSYuBbnZjxd2xZGj3d2uf3Ikuhc=; b=Cx92exNU9NFv0aXvR15y6K6/eRn1XOrvSvkbMou649JclCuCzU1pS1BOPr0oVtpxPA JImJZppzmEW05M5+VuRpqoRsyFoKjSSxVSWwkgKsePKUWPRC2X8U6yFx1DtMYF1X9+/G HGzO+N0/nxvNc47xD24GfU/En1XkupB4Wh11/YZTugMroAB6+YEz4ZZZspl/k8MMh59O 3SN2mLTqxSc6IYShfLWWKFlAd9SCtpIq0Sf2CmlAN0Z6nl2VReX3CY/ndfr1AUhkiG7T ado54XYwvQEuA/2fseg5eP/tJKqDrWZXELTJbzourIGOFmjrLDfhQwkVd49QWIw31kjC /lQw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlyaYi2AGwiWexQsoO5c9Bevo5LcrKgSMfjWQjF9iE4S5+6sonD5okLwxXsauyxU8m7GPdQeKFWvaAEcafqoPDz02AzCIjub3fS6NP/6QK+M9/SFfWS6G+VEhRDV7EYUo5AJpYgkIsce5Atv1ZpxLPQjbVAKEdSfppYRGGr/CJT+innptg= X-Received: by 10.194.75.165 with SMTP id d5mr2864695wjw.18.1386786483359; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:28:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.75.165 with SMTP id d5mr2864685wjw.18.1386786483212; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:28:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.217.68.134 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:28:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:28:03 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] stacking cars From: Ross Shain To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bb04bc2b6211b04ed466313 --047d7bb04bc2b6211b04ed466313 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Yes - with a locked down shot you should not have any issue tracking and roto with mocha AE. Should not require many keyframes. I would assume the new mask tracker in CC would be pretty useful good at this as well. -Ross On 11 December 2013 13:25, Benny Christensen wrote: > 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. > > > > Variation: buy some blue tarps from the hardware store, and stretch them > out behind the ambulance approach. Color key them out behind the > ambulances. > > > > Or, try using the new-ish roto-brush in Ae. > > > > > > On Dec 11, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Lou Wirth wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> > >> Lou > >> > >> Lou Wirth Productions > >> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522 > >> Corte Madera, CA 94925 > >> www.louwirth.com > >> 415-924-9411p > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> +---End of message---+ > >> To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > -- 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 | Twitter| YouTube | Vimeo --047d7bb04bc2b6211b04ed466313 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yes - with a locked down shot you should not have any issu= e tracking and roto with mocha AE. Should not require many keyframes.=A0I would assume the new mask tracker in CC would be pretty useful good at = this as well.
-Ross


On 11 December 2013 13:25, Benny Christensen &l= t;benny@p= roducersplayhouse.com> wrote:
Why not use Mocha to track and create a matt= e 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 themse= lves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." - Sir Winston Chur= chill





On Dec 11, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> 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. =A0But, I wouldn't go int= o an exterior shoot with that expectation.
>
> Variation: buy some blue tarps from the hardware store, and stretch th= em out behind the ambulance approach. =A0Color key them out behind the ambu= lances.
>
> Or, try using the new-ish roto-brush in Ae.
>
>
> On Dec 11, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> I have to create a shot of several ambulances driving into a hospi= tal, one behind the other, as if "a parade of ambulances came in"= . =A0I may have access to one ambulance to set up a drive in. =A0How can I = shoot this so I can stack up the same ambulance in AE so I have several. = =A0I 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 du= plicate and adjust the time so the same ambulance follows itself. =A0Hope t= hat makes sense.
>>
>> Lou
>>
>> Lou Wirth Productions
>> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
>> Corte Madera, CA 94925
>> www.louwirth= .com
>> 415-924-9411p
>>
>>
>>
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