Topic: Force jump test
Hi,
Just a masking test I made. Please give feedback. Thanks
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Hi,
Just a masking test I made. Please give feedback. Thanks
Everything was great except the start of the jump. It looked like he floated up into the air. Otherwise a good job!
Everything was great except the start of the jump. It looked like he floated up into the air. Otherwise a good job!
Thank you for the feedback. It was meant to be a force jump, so he wasn't meant to be using his legs to propel himself. That was what I was trying to show anyway.
Overall, great masking job! Looks great at the frame rate. The two things I would suggest is 1) the beginning of the jump. It looks more like he is getting pulled initially instead of force jumping. I would suggest having him take a stance and act like he is jumping before he actually becomes airborne. If you watch the Star Wars films you'll see that they actually look like their about to jump before they do it. 2) The shadow during the jump. Or actually, the lack of it. If you look closely, you can see the figure's shadow as he is standing at point A, but as soon as he jumps, the shadow is gone, only to return again at point B. It can be a little tricky doing the shadows in something like this but it might add to it nicely. Hope that makes sense, aside from that, really great job! No light flicker and the flip he does look great!
Overall, great masking job! Looks great at the frame rate. The two things I would suggest is 1) the beginning of the jump. It looks more like he is getting pulled initially instead of force jumping. I would suggest having him take a stance and act like he is jumping before he actually becomes airborne. If you watch the Star Wars films you'll see that they actually look like their about to jump before they do it. 2) The shadow during the jump. Or actually, the lack of it. If you look closely, you can see the figure's shadow as he is standing at point A, but as soon as he jumps, the shadow is gone, only to return again at point B. It can be a little tricky doing the shadows in something like this but it might add to it nicely. Hope that makes sense, aside from that, really great job! No light flicker and the flip he does look great!
Thanks. On some of my frames it was possible to get a shadow but on some it wasn't. They are quite tricky to do. I will try to implement this next time.
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