Compositing & Editing

♠ 12102015 ♠ VFX ♠

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|||||||||| VFX BREAKDOWN ||||||||||
(VFX = Visual Effects)

|||||||||| GREEN SCREEN FOOTAGE ||||||||||

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♠ 13102015 ♠ Simple Camera Motion ♠

|||||||||| ATTEMPT 1 ||||||||||

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|||||||||| TASK : SEPARATE LAYERS IN PS ||||||||||

* Select area > Right click > Fill > Content-aware

|||||||||| TASK : AFTER EFFECTS ||||||||||

1. Setting as above. [HDTV 1080 25] [Square Pixels] [Frame Rate 25]

2. Import PSD file, click composition.
3. Drag the PSD files to below working area.

4. Enable 3D layer.

5. Right click > New > Camera.
6. Camera settings as above. [Enable Depth of Field]

7. Change 1 View to 2 Views Horizontal.
8. Adjust position of the layers.
* S=Scale.

*C = Change type of camera.
*Can add wiggler effect if you want.

9. Add adjustment layers. (I used Brightness & Contrast here.)
*B=Beginning
*N=Ending

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|||||||||| ATTEMPT 2 |||||||||| 

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|||||||||| TASK : SEPARATE LAYERS IN PS ||||||||||

 |||||||||| TASK : AFTER EFFECTS ||||||||||

*Steps are similar to attempt 1 but the adjustment layers here are hue/saturation, curves and color filter.

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♠ 19102015 ♠ Edit Footage (Car) ♠

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1. Import green screen footage.
2. Import background image.
*ALT+[ = Trim.

3. Click on green screen footage, select Effect > Keying > Keylight(1.2).

4. Pick the green screen color, then it will remove that particular color.

5. Adjust the position of the background.

6. Adjust the color correction.

7. Use tracker motion to make the background move with the car.
8. Set the position of the tracker.
9. Make sure you edit the target to the image you want to track.
10. Run it and apply it.

11. Find suitable image for side rear mirrors.
12. Create new composition (A01SC02), drag (A01SC01) > Keylight(1.2) > import images.
13. Tracker Motion.

14. Repeat the steps 11 to 13. 

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♠ 20102015 ♠ Edit Footage (Woman) ♠

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 1. Separate layers in PS.

2. Import files into AE.

3. Effect > Keying > Keylight(1.2).
4. Mask only the area you want.

 5. Enable 3D layer.

6. New > Camera. (Enable depth of field).
7. Adjust position of the layers.

8. New > Light.
9. Adjust colors.

10. Add smoke footage. 

11. Final adjustment. 

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♠ 26~27102015 ♠ Edit Footage (Car) ♠

|||||||||| TASK : PEN TOOL(MASK) ||||||||||

1. Import file.
2. Trim the part that you wanted. [Right click, trim comp to work area]

3. Duplicate layer.
4. By using pen tool, draw out the outline of the car.

5. Set the background to black&white. (But I added a warm photo filter)

6. Adjust the anchor point of the outline frame by frame. (cryingT^T)

7. Remove the logo/watermark by duplicate the layer.
8. Use pen tool to draw out the similar background and move it to overlap the logo/watermark.
(Need to adjust a bit if not it won't looked natural =A=)

9. Effect > Color Correction > Change to color.

10. Click on the clock, start changing the color by picking different colors. (select from 'to')

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|||||||||| TASK : DAY VIEW TO NIGHT VIEW ||||||||||

1. Color Correction > Brightness&Contrast; Hue/Satuation; Exposure; Tint

2. Duplicate a layer, use pen tool to draw out two triangles.
3. Change the blending mode to 'Add'.

4. Track motion and set target to the headlight flares.

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|||||||||| TASK : LINEAR WIPE ||||||||||

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♠ 02~03112015 ♠ Edit Footage (Soldier) ♠

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https://vimeo.com/41201241

Credits FERREUS
Directed and Edited
Néstor F. Dennis

|||||||||| TASK 1: ONE PLANE||||||||||

1. Keying(1.2).

2. Track Camera.

3. Select consistent point and right click, create null and camera.

4. Add background.

5. Duplicate footage. Second footage change to combined matte(keying option).

6. First footage change 'normal' to 'luma'.

7. Use Roto Brush Tool.

8. Close the second footage layer.

9. Adjustment > Color correction.

10. Add in smoke footage =w=

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|||||||||| TASK 2: THREE PLANES||||||||||

1. Keying(1.2).

2. Track Camera.

3. Select consistent point and right click, create null and camera.

*Can select multiple points in case the point disappear in the half way =A=

*Remember link it to the first null.

4. Add background, set it to 3D layer. Rotate and move all the backgrounds to correct position.

5. Use Roto Brush Tool. (steps as Task 1)

6. Adjustment > Color correction.

7. Again, smoke footage XDD

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♠ 1011~07122015 ♠ Final Assignment ♠

┋ Kok Teng Earn ┋┋ Tang Khai Yeat ┋ ┋ Yap Mein Teng ┋

 |||||||||| TASK: STORY CONCEPT ||||||||||

|||||||||| TASK: STORYBOARD VER1 ||||||||||

 |||||||||| TASK: STORYBOARD VER2 ||||||||||

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 |||||||||| EXTRA: BEHIND THE SCENES ||||||||||

Credit by me ~\(≧▽≦)/~ (so you can't found me in the pics~) 
TQ very much for all the people who involved in this projectヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ