Whisper Of The Beast

ScorpionsUltd · Post by **ScorpionsUltd** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:12 am

2 otbwavelength
AE is a really great tool for mask creation... And about mask animation - after you animated 1st and last frame,AE trying to make mask animation automatically, but its looking realle worse, you must recreate every frame of animation if you want clean and good moving mask(what we were doing all the time).

Maverick-Rubik · Post by **Maverick-Rubik** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:53 am

Yes, you have to keyframe its position (or something to that effect... it's been months since I last used it) for every time they move.

To make them smooth you'd modify the "Feather" settings... although if it's too smooth the mask won't be that clean.

DrngdKreationz · Post by **DrngdKreationz** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:27 am

so true,
you wind up with blurred edges if you try to overcompensate the mistakes by feathering. its better to just take your time and work out the kinks carefully

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:56 pm

Just goes to show how lazy I am when I edit lol...

Frame to frame editing, [goes insane]

I salute those willing to go through such trouble so I won't have to ^_^

SnhKnives · Post by **SnhKnives** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:36 pm

Maverick-Rubik wrote:Yes, you have to keyframe its position (or something to that effect... it's been months since I last used it) for every time they move.

To make them smooth you'd modify the "Feather" settings... although if it's too smooth the mask won't be that clean.

you just use vector paths in photoshop.......I think those go much quicker and cleaner

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:49 pm

SnhKnives wrote:
Maverick-Rubik wrote:Yes, you have to keyframe its position (or something to that effect... it's been months since I last used it) for every time they move.

To make them smooth you'd modify the "Feather" settings... although if it's too smooth the mask won't be that clean.
you just use vector paths in photoshop.......I think those go much quicker and cleaner

Someone here (I think it was Corran) mentioned that The GIMP can do bezier-curve lassoing... if it's true, then I know what *I'm* using for my next mask-heavy video.

(I've only ever used Photoshop 5.5's polygonal lasso -- I tried the magnetic lasso but it just wasn't giving me satisfactory results.)

DrngdKreationz · Post by **DrngdKreationz** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:56 pm

I'll have to look into doing the paths in PS instead of AE, see how it goes. Im so used to AE that im not sure which would be faster.

but ummm haven't we like hijacked this topic? i mean were no longer talking about the dudes video much any more... its still on topic to an extent. should this be split aside from the topic so we don't keep spamming the other people?

zest · Post by **zest** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:21 pm

DU WEISST NICHT WAS DU TUST !!!!

damn i hate that video -.-

now i`m like: god.. you`re only a f*cking noob zest... commit suicide

lol

great work

Pyle · Post by **Pyle** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:46 pm

AE is the one program I have vowed to never use.
As if I could ever figure out how

SnhKnives · Post by **SnhKnives** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:44 pm

Scintilla wrote:
SnhKnives wrote:
Maverick-Rubik wrote:Yes, you have to keyframe its position (or something to that effect... it's been months since I last used it) for every time they move.

To make them smooth you'd modify the "Feather" settings... although if it's too smooth the mask won't be that clean.
you just use vector paths in photoshop.......I think those go much quicker and cleaner
Someone here (I think it was Corran) mentioned that The GIMP can do bezier-curve lassoing... if it's true, then I know what *I'm* using for my next mask-heavy video.

(I've only ever used Photoshop 5.5's polygonal lasso -- I tried the magnetic lasso but it just wasn't giving me satisfactory results.)

indeed, corran does use THE GIMP

and yes you can do vector bazier curvs with it

i jsut prefer photoshop cause Im used to it