Comments on: .blok http://qemic.com/blok/ krystian morgan's blog for motion graphics and short film experiments. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:42:02 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: adam http://qemic.com/blok/comment-page-1/#comment-217 adam Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:47:09 +0000 http://kmogvideo.net/?p=181#comment-217 Well in fairness to boujou, I didn't learn it too well. I'm sure its capable of better results in more proficient hands. Also its sensitive to how good the source footage is. Mine was not great, lit poorly and very shaky. I will try it again, this is an interesting use of it. For the 3D surfacing, I recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Texturing-Painting-digital-Demers/dp/0735709181/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220978557&sr=8-2 Its really good and shows how to mix shader channels to make subtle and realistic variations to your tex maps. For example, in C4D I love to use a Fresnel shader in the reflaction channel to get really nice specularity on the edges. Really makes the object pop off screen. Using a still from the video as a very subtle environment mat too could help it sit in the scene a bit better too. Just some thoughts as you experiment further. Thanks for the inspiration. Well in fairness to boujou, I didn’t learn it too well. I’m sure its capable of better results in more proficient hands. Also its sensitive to how good the source footage is. Mine was not great, lit poorly and very shaky. I will try it again, this is an interesting use of it.

For the 3D surfacing, I recommend this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Texturing-Painting-digital-Demers/dp/0735709181/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220978557&sr=8-2
Its really good and shows how to mix shader channels to make subtle and realistic variations to your tex maps. For example, in C4D I love to use a Fresnel shader in the reflaction channel to get really nice specularity on the edges. Really makes the object pop off screen. Using a still from the video as a very subtle environment mat too could help it sit in the scene a bit better too.

Just some thoughts as you experiment further. Thanks for the inspiration.

]]> By: Krystian http://qemic.com/blok/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Krystian Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:51:05 +0000 http://kmogvideo.net/?p=181#comment-216 Thanks for all the great comments! @Rupert i think the stress of compressing out-weighs the effort it took to make these, i think they would be the longest screencasts ever, i doubt people would want to watch me bumble around in blender for hours:) @Heath thanks mate, if you do end out trying it and get stuck send me an email and i'll try to help with my limited knowledge on it. @David and @Robert thanks guys, i think this is the closest to a Speilberg type scene that i'll ever get, but i'll try doing more elaborate ones soon, first i'm gonna take a few weeks off to write music and draw/paint. @Adam, I'm surprised that boujou slips, i was under the impression from uni that was the best-industry standard 3d tracker, icarus has a few bugs, i'm always sure to save every few minutes in it as it can be prone to crash at times. I did try a few different textures but i always ended up preferring them simply coloured grey, i did however add some grain and a shadow in after effects to help it fit a bit better, i think it turned out well for my very first matchmove, i think my next attempt will be much better though, especially if i learn blender a bit better. I'm happy with the titles too, might rip myself off for a title sequence in a future uni project :) Thanks for all the great comments!

@Rupert i think the stress of compressing out-weighs the effort it took to make these, i think they would be the longest screencasts ever, i doubt people would want to watch me bumble around in blender for hours:)

@Heath thanks mate, if you do end out trying it and get stuck send me an email and i’ll try to help with my limited knowledge on it.

@David and @Robert thanks guys, i think this is the closest to a Speilberg type scene that i’ll ever get, but i’ll try doing more elaborate ones soon, first i’m gonna take a few weeks off to write music and draw/paint.

@Adam, I’m surprised that boujou slips, i was under the impression from uni that was the best-industry standard 3d tracker, icarus has a few bugs, i’m always sure to save every few minutes in it as it can be prone to crash at times. I did try a few different textures but i always ended up preferring them simply coloured grey, i did however add some grain and a shadow in after effects to help it fit a bit better, i think it turned out well for my very first matchmove, i think my next attempt will be much better though, especially if i learn blender a bit better. I’m happy with the titles too, might rip myself off for a title sequence in a future uni project :)

]]> By: adam http://qemic.com/blok/comment-page-1/#comment-215 adam Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:37:10 +0000 http://kmogvideo.net/?p=181#comment-215 nice. the motion tracking looked good. I will have to try icarus. The tracking I have done in boujou always yields a bit of slipping that needs some manual tweeking to clean up the track. How easy was icaruss to pull that clean track? One area of critique I would have is with the 3D lighting. The blok did not sit well within the scene, it needed some texture and a bit more dimension to it. For a quick noodle it turned out great though, keep on playing with your workflow. You're on to something. Really liked the titles BTW! nice. the motion tracking looked good. I will have to try icarus. The tracking I have done in boujou always yields a bit of slipping that needs some manual tweeking to clean up the track. How easy was icaruss to pull that clean track?

One area of critique I would have is with the 3D lighting. The blok did not sit well within the scene, it needed some texture and a bit more dimension to it. For a quick noodle it turned out great though, keep on playing with your workflow. You’re on to something. Really liked the titles BTW!

]]> By: Robert http://qemic.com/blok/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Robert Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:16:23 +0000 http://kmogvideo.net/?p=181#comment-214 Talent! So impressed by this. I wouldn't know where to start! Tis full of wondrous magic. I hope you give us more... :) Talent!

So impressed by this. I wouldn’t know where to start! Tis full of wondrous magic. I hope you give us more… :)

]]> By: David http://qemic.com/blok/comment-page-1/#comment-213 David Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:10:50 +0000 http://kmogvideo.net/?p=181#comment-213 Highly impressive and inspiring. Well done on creating the mood Krystian. I'd like to see more of this. Highly impressive and inspiring. Well done on creating the mood Krystian. I’d like to see more of this.

]]> By: Heath http://qemic.com/blok/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Heath Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:08:53 +0000 http://kmogvideo.net/?p=181#comment-212 very, very cool......wish I had the talent to do such things....very cool very, very cool……wish I had the talent to do such things….very cool

]]> By: Rupert http://qemic.com/blok/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Rupert Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:48:46 +0000 http://kmogvideo.net/?p=181#comment-211 Beautiful, man. Sinister. I think it's a great length as it is. Perfect scoring. And wow - I can't imagine the effort and time it takes to achieve all this. You could do screencasts of your process and sell them. R Beautiful, man. Sinister. I think it’s a great length as it is. Perfect scoring. And wow – I can’t imagine the effort and time it takes to achieve all this.
You could do screencasts of your process and sell them.
R

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