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soberxp

soberxp

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Gojira said:
I've worked mostly as a visual effects artist, so photo-real elements composited on film footage has been a big part of my career.

During that career, I've had two lengthy employment droughts. But, God got me out of them both times.
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What camera capture software do you use ?
Is there any software that is easy to use that can be introduced to me?
the effect of matching the 3D model and the real scene
 
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Gojira

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Magenta said:
Is your job working with them, then?
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Yes. Photoshop and After Effects are additional packages I use. I imagine you know Photoshop? But After Effects is sort of an animated Photoshop, used for 2D animation, compositing and color-correction.
 
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Magenta

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Gojira said:
Yes. Photoshop and After Effects are additional packages I use. I imagine you know Photoshop? But After Effects is sort of an animated Photoshop, used for 2D animation, compositing and color-correction.
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I know a little bit of Photoshop. I imagine I know only a small percentage of what it can do...
 
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soberxp said:
What camera capture software do you use ?
Is there any software that is easy to use that can be introduced to me?
the effect of matching the 3D model and the real scene
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I do not motion-track, if that's what you're asking, but I've used Syntheyes when I have done any tracking.

Well... Not sure what you'd find easy. But, if you've done the work I've seen here, then you obviously have some skills and can handle harder-to-learn programs.

Your third item, "matching the 3D model and the real scene"... that involves motion or camera tracking, and lighting. Those are absolute essentials to getting your CG to fit in to your film plate. There are other considerations as well, but those two must be met.
 
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Gojira

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How has my Saturday been... I know you all are wanting to know.

Home Depot (weed killer); gym; lunch (The Habit); wiped out the weeds; laundry; CCing... Later, I plan to hit another tutorial, have devotional time, and digitize some very old cassettes.
 
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Gojira

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Magenta said:
I'm not sure what you mean by "missed that." Anyway, they are all done on my laptop. Definitely digital :D
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I missed your exposé on your process. I am wondering what program(s) you use.
 
soberxp

soberxp

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Gojira said:
I do not motion-track, if that's what you're asking, but I've used Syntheyes when I have done any tracking.

Well... Not sure what you'd find easy. But, if you've done the work I've seen here, then you obviously have some skills and can handle harder-to-learn programs.

Your third item, "matching the 3D model and the real scene"... that involves motion or camera tracking, and lighting. Those are absolute essentials to getting your CG to fit in to your film plate. There are other considerations as well, but those two must be met.
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Yes, I mean camera tracking,Do you have any experience about it ? For example, if I use different cameras, will it also affect the tracking results, such as mobile phones and cameras.
 
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Gojira

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soberxp said:
Yes, I mean camera tracking,Do you have any experience about it ? For example, if I use different cameras, will it also affect the tracking results, such as mobile phones and cameras.
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Don't know. Only one way to find out!
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Gojira said:
I missed your exposé on your process. I am wondering what program(s) you use.
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Photoshop only. When I started four years ago I was using Pixlr, but sometime mid year in 2018 they went offline for a while and when they came back, the program was so dumbed down it was rendered all but useless to me. So my daughter got Photoshop for me :)

I added a link to my previous post after you quoted it ;)
 
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Gojira

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Magenta said:
Photoshop only. When I started four years ago I was using Pixlr, but sometime mid year in 2018 they went offline for a while and when they came back, the program was so dumbed down it was rendered all but useless to me. So my daughter got Photoshop for me :)
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Well it looks like you have a decent understanding of it.
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Gojira said:
Well it looks like you have a decent understanding of it.
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Thanks! I don't even know how to create a layer mask LOL. That might be handy. But I slog away :D
 
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Gojira

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Magenta said:
Thanks! I don't even know how to create a layer mask LOL. That might be handy. But I slog away :D
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I'm not sure how to do that either, but I know enough (layers, modes, alphas, etc.) to create the textures I need to create.
 
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