Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.67] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5314766 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:04:14 +0100 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=mindspring.com; b=Ez8CoSfGJjGsWeHyyRkljTaO0WqKhpzhS3UbVCYA4jz5hwG0qXYKfcEg2ImLn2To; h=Received:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References:To:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [98.234.231.236] (helo=[10.0.1.3]) by elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Vqp7Z-0005vt-24 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:06:57 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: [AE] stacking cars From: Lou Wirth In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:06:55 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) X-ELNK-Trace: f7c94f4255116fd8d4c20f6b8d69d8889e105617274a0edbe2d9bebfba33e7bdcbcd15074026958f350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 98.234.231.236 Sounds like a possible plan. thanks Lou Lou Wirth Productions 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522 Corte Madera, CA 94925 www.louwirth.com 415-924-9411p =20 On Dec 11, 2013, at 10:25 AM, 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? >=20 >=20 > Benny Christensen > Producers Playhouse > Oklahoma City > 405-858-0700 >=20 > "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick = themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." - Sir Winston = Churchill >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Dec 11, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: >=20 >> 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 >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to