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Subject: Re: [AE] Integrating Virtual Set into AE
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:59:48 -0600
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I think its completely the wrong approach. get a Tricaster that does a =
live virtual set, or rent as needed. as a starting point =
http://www.newtek.com/vse

doing this all live will be vastly simpler / faster / easier / =
better.... and saner !

S

On Jan 22, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Rod Wellman <felistmail@cableone.net> =
wrote:

> Hi all,
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> A prospect is interested in creating a web video series.  It's =
basically a talk show where 2 or 3 people will be discussing various =
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> They want to use a 3D virtual set as the background. We would shoot =
them against our green screen in our studio and composite them into this =
3D environment probably using AE.
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> The 3D environment he's interested in is available for Maya (.ma, =
.mb), 3ds Max (.max), Autodesk FBX (.fbx) and as .obj .
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> It looks like there is a version of Maya that we could "rent".  We =
don't own, and I don't have experience with any of these programs.
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> Maybe it's possible to bring the .obj file into AE via Element 3D?
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> Can anyone point me in the right direction for how to achieve this, or =
at least help me ask the right questions?
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> Thanks,
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> Rod W.
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