Forum: Professional Talk

I'd really love to compile a list of companies that do that... What I consider artsy/indie (or at least "... with some depth" - doesn't have to be truly artsy or indie. Just no mundane blockbusters... even though I of course wouldn't mind working on that once in a while. Still interesting from a...

I've poring over some of the online analysis of the new Prometheus trailer. This article in Den of Geek was going through frame by frame and pointed out the discrepancy between 2 versions of the same shot in the 2 different trailers. Now, I thought it was fairly common knowledge that...

Hi all, I hope my questions are in the right forum, I need to match a 3d camera in Cinema 4D with a real camera. It's for a shoot that involves motion control. We setup a few shots in Cinema 4d and exported them as an FBX file for the motion control guys so they can use it to shoot a couple...

Hey guys, need some help. I have an old b&w video, something like 20's-30's. The camera is motionless, however the footage is damn shaky, it is changing the position for several pixels every frame, lots of artifacts and tons of grain. I tried tracking in Nuke, AE CS5.5, Mocha, even Boujou. No...

I watched recently a tutorial from one of the giants in VFX industry and talked to some people as well about it, It seams some studios are using this plugin to transfer full data from 3ds max/Maya/LW/XSI/Rhino etc... this is like a dream come true to any artist who wanted to work in a studio with...

Is there a way to create portable versions of AE CS4, Fusion or Nuke, so that they could be executed from a usb flashdrive without installing? I don't need using extra plug-ins, just the basic stuff. Thanks.

Hi Guys, Im having trouble getting a fixed track on this shot. It was filmed on GoPro HD. Due to the caustics and resolution and grain, water distortion etc, im having alot of trouble getting a locked track. I have tried undistorting the plate, CC'ing it to remove most of the milkyness, 3d...

Hey guys, how're you doing? I got one small question, however a very important one. I've consulted several vfx gurus but I wanna know the society opinion. I'm going to release a reel soon. The purpose of the reel is to find clients who need some amount of vfx done in a movie or a commercial or a...

Dear Friends, I was looking for a workflow which helps me shooting/ filming a live action in which the :). Any inputs would be highly appreciated. Regards SMS007

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Hello! I tried to find a thread on virtual studio work (mainly realtime camera track + realtime chroma key + comp) but didn't find any. We are aiming to launch production of a tv series featured with heavy vfx work next autumn, and now looking for the best solution for our needs to get the...

I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this one. I've done a lot of Matchmoving and have a pretty good handle on camera set ups in various software, but what I can't for the life of me wrap my head around is how to add an additional move to a tracked vfx shot. A Camera Move extension I guess?...

I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this one. I've done a lot of Matchmoving and have a pretty good handle on camera set ups in various software, but what I can't for the life of me wrap my head around is how to add an additional move to a tracked vfx shot. A Camera Move extension I guess?...

Hello. I want to upgrade my skills on camera mapping workflow, so i interested in definig maximum parameters from still image. About half a year ago i saw i tip on fxguide.com about it. That was pretty useful. Now that page doesn`t exist on that forum, so i want ask some of yo if you have an...

hi and congrats for this great forum, any tips about this : 1) I have a wide gamut monitor like so many others today 2) the post of my film is being done in AE CS5.5, in 32 bits, Color managed in the HDTV Rec 709 Color Space 3) My monitor is obviously calibrated

Ive used Shotgun at bigger facilites and it is obviously an amazing piece of production software. Im now running my own show and need something similar (but on a smaller scale) to keep track of the status of shots, who is assigned what tasks, running total of costs and have calendar / timesheet...

I am currently working on my first crowd duplication shot and the plate shot for the audience is in a clean version of the room with the final plate. The room has a smokey/hazey look to it and I don't know how to comp the haze over the new portion I brought into the image. What is the easiest way...

Hi I'm working on my first stereo show .. I am having problem when i paint and roto in stereo..Disparity maps doesn't help much at times.. Most of the time when I check on a 3D monitor i notice mistakes.. I don't know when I go wrong as I work on a machine with just anaglyph viewing option.....

Hi everybody! I'm new to this forum...I've always read tons of posts but never asked for something... So this is my first time, be kind :) I'm new to visual effects, and I'm still praticing... I need to achieve this particular effect shown in this video : ...

I've a question after see most of your VFX Reels... What is the slideshow or transition that most of you use to show the passes? You have the final shot and then you show the main shot and then appears the rest of the passes doing an animation from left to right or right to left. I'm looking...