VFX006

[dreggsy]

whew............. this is goint to be a tricky one.

I have one idea so far.
as im limited for footage.
if anyone has any scary footage please let me know.

otherwise ill have to use a picture of myself (good looks)

good luck to everybody in the VFX005 comp.

and ummm........eerrrr..........vote for me.........yeah!!!!

[JustinCesler]

without to much 3d this ones gonna be tough...I am gonna compete for the first time, so lets see what I can pull off.

[SalaTar]

Its some ugly footage isn’t it? Nothing like high 8 in the dark captured at ntsc and hosed to q time

Welcome to southern Louisiana

[SalaTar]

The idea that we came up with was something hard to track via (your software 3d camera track here)

I have to admit even with the tape it’s a bitch

www.salatar.com/dev/vfxlooms.mov

[dreggsy]

there are a few tracking markers in there.
but it still will be fun getting it right.
ive tracked stuff to the shed on the left ( every man needs a shed )

[TrenZ62]

Does anyone have any tips or tuts on motion tracking. I've never tried it before and am haveing trouble making it look right. Do you have to do it frame by frame?
I'm using combustion by the way.

[ShadowMaker SdR]

If you're using Combustion you might have to track frame by frame

Sorry 'bout that, couldn't resist. But seriously, Combustion has - to my knowledge - quite a good tracker installed and should give you some decent results. I can't help you set it up, since I don't know C* but consult the docs and you'll be fine

Greetings

Sander de Regt

ShadowMaker SdR
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

[SdFX]

Hey, Trenz...I'm afraid it's gonna be very hard to obtain good results without real 3d-tracking for this footage. When the camera pans like that the perspective changes on all scene elements, making it a pain to achieve something believable i Combustion only. Am I the only one that thinks, that we're gonna see a lot more 3D in this challenge than previously?

[TrenZ62]

So your saying you should use 3dmax to do the tracking instead?

[dreggsy]

Combustion will do this quite fine with its tracker.
Ive managed to do it alright on a few bits n pieces.
very quick very easy.

[Bischofftep]

Originally posted by SdFX
Am I the only one that thinks, that we're gonna see a lot more 3D in this challenge than previously?

I'm with you. I won't be in this particular challenge (other projects in the works) but this one looks like an Icarus candidate if ever I saw one. (Loved your "little car" vid by the way!)

Aside from some heavy 3D, I'm not sure exactly what sort of stuff to DO with something like this. Anyone have ideas? Again, I'm not competing in this one so I'm not looking for any ideas to thief, just curious to know what other FX artists think they could do with this to achieve a "scary movie" quality.

Hm.

Just had an idea.

Maybe I will get in on this after all. I need the Combustion practice!

[pufferfish]

I think I will give this a try, the topic sounds interesting.

Yikes, just checked the material clip, this really is going to be hard one... well lets see what happens.

[Twisted Copper]

Check it! Motivation
I will enter the UFO Sighting Contest. I'm so excited 0