So, what's involved in adding visual effects to a shot?
Look at the following video:
It's a fairly simple shot, made up with a several elements, these elements are the same for all effects shots you'll work on, see the video below:
So we have our:
Plate Shot
Filmed footage from the shoot with whatever you need in the shot. If you're moving the camera like in the example above you may need your shutter speed increased to prevent motion blur if moving the camera fast, this allows you to still match move the footage because if there is excessive motion blur, the chances of a successful match move is greatly reduced and we don't want that now do we?
3D Elements
Now this is pretty generic in my description, but you need to add the effects to be composited, these will be manipulated to match the background plate in colour & brightness/contrast & also account for any blur or grain the camera might introduce.
Colour Correction
The final part of any shot is colour correction or grading, which helps the CG sit nicely in the shot. Don't be tempted to appy colour correction before the visual effects, clean plates are best.
Now i know this was pretty brief, but it gives you an idea of what's involved in compositing 3D footage to live action. Full tutorials coming soon.
well done, but still love to see more move on the camera, i understand you are trying to prevent motion blur for an easier match move but
ReplyDeletefor that I prefer to use photoshop and then animating camera by offseting the image don't you think? anyway thanks for the tips
Orcag,
ReplyDeleteThe camera can be moved alot more than my example above. Using photoshop to manually match a camera move isn't wise, i would never use photoshop for anything video, After Effects has far better tools for the job. You need true 3D tracking for best results.
Thanks for reading & commenting.
True PS is not the tool for tracking I just saying that for that small movement I would rather take a shot with the still camera and then compositing my 3d object with PS then move to the comp app and do animation of the offset to simulate camera shake, but yeah if you need the debree to be animated then better to do the tracking on AE
ReplyDeleteP.S I love the dinosaur shot was very nice
Yeah that's true, very small movement can be done this way, saves tracking the shot.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the dino shot. Thanks for the feedback. :)
can somebody teach me to make a footage or a link to download this file?
ReplyDeleteThanks,This blog is very nice and informative.
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