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First, a new shot and set shot...

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Mtnbiker14/2009/car_close_up_2.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Mtnbiker14/2009/02100005.jpg
Controlling fill light can be tricky....

D.J.M. wrote:

That was great. How did you do the chroma key?

Lechnology wrote:

How did you manage to distinguish the greenscreen from the green floor and window panes

I used an AE plug in called Key Light to key the background and a rough mask on what became my foreground layer and background layer of the original shot, the mask is reversed between the fore and background layers. I'm also using a lot of nested compositions (sequences) to facilitate my effects (you cant see most of them in the pic below, i close them once I've nested them)

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Mtnbiker14/2009/thumb/ae_screen_1.jpg_thumb.jpg

I think that might help explain it...

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do yuknow when this might come out

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Nice setup.
I like the shot a lot.

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Gareth Pugh has kindly allowed me to post this from The CABG forums:

Garet6 wrote:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/3287644155_f5a25db00f_b.jpg

My depiction of the City of Noktow from Agatean Nights, made using the software Cinema 4D over a period of around 4 days. This is a dingy, misty city miles from anywhere. The air is thick with water vapour. It's really cool. mini/tongue

Excuse the bad picture quality, I took it with a camera off a screen as it hasn't rendered yet.

I have to say, Gareth's getting better all the time. AN's gonna be sweet.

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Interesting, but not LEGO-enough for me. That's obviously personal preference, though.

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Can I post a shot or do I have to wait?
EDIT: No one seems to care. Here is the shot:
http://www.shrani.si/f/1O/6J/3hz5SlON/aaa.png
Any ideas how can I improve backgorund?

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Yanzl wrote:

Any ideas how can I improve backgorund?

I would try adding more distance between the fore and backgrounds. The blur that you have there now helps a lot too.

Ok, here's what I've been working on all week...

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Mtnbiker14/2009/headlights_flashed_preview.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Mtnbiker14/2009/ae_screen_shot_2.jpg

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Yanzl, I think the see-through bricks look odd.

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Yanzl - nice shot. The background actually does seem to have a good amount of depth. The farther back you can push those buildings, the better.

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Mtnbiker, this is awesome, really!
I love the lightning and the whole style of it. I'm very amazed to see your film!

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Here is updated version:
http://www.shrani.si/f/3r/xQ/2SQKPZWk/s.png
I added some buildings and moved everything back.

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Wow, that looks much better.

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jd16592 wrote:

Mtnbiker, this is awesome, really!
I love the lightning and the whole style of it. I'm very amazed to see your film!

mini/smile


That does look a lot better Yanzl!

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Yanzl wrote:

Here is updated version:
http://www.shrani.si/f/3r/xQ/2SQKPZWk/s.png
I added some buildings and moved everything back.

That is loads better. It bothers me how you can see the studs on top of the buildings though.

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That's pretty sweet, Yanzl.

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Yanzl, I think the gray and red buildings nearest the foreground are a little distracting, they don't blend with the softer, pastel colors of the original buildings.  The shot looks nice but the horizon isn't obscured in the updated version so I think it looks a little odd to have that much sky.  I don't know where this is supposed to be set, but one solution to create a simple horizon would be to add an ocean behind the skyscrapers.

http://i.imgur.com/wcmcdmf.png

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Wow, Mtnbiker, what is all that your doing with that software?

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goldenbrick wrote:

Wow, Mtnbiker, what is all that your doing with that software?

Tracking 3d lamps onto the video of the truck, I think.

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So hes putting a spotlight on it? Amazing.

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No, i'd say he's doing car head lights.

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