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| Topic: making image streams opaque | |
| pixelboy Replies: 2 Views: 36 |
Forum: EffectsLab Help Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:13 am |
| If I remember this correctly, EffectsLab automatically composites all layers using the "Screen" method, unless the layer has an alpha (transparency) channel. You should be able to import your image in ... | |
| Topic: The Lost World: New Comedy Film | |
| pixelboy Replies: 9 Views: 145 |
Forum: Filmmaker's Forum Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am |
More to the point, I would totally buy a Jeff Goldblum lunchbox. 
This is an entertaining little video, some funny bits and pretty good lighting and camera work throughout. I'd put a little more ... |
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| Topic: Some embarassingly basic questions regarding interlacing... | |
| pixelboy Replies: 6 Views: 99 |
Forum: Filmmaker's Forum Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:36 am |
| So, basically, interlacing is annoying and nobody likes it. Good, I thought perhaps it was just me who found it frustrating. Thanks for the information, that clears up some issues. So far, I've been ... | |
| Topic: Some embarassingly basic questions regarding interlacing... | |
| pixelboy Replies: 6 Views: 99 |
Forum: Filmmaker's Forum Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:51 pm |
| Hey all,
You'd think I'd know more about this topic by now, having worked with video for quite some time, but I still haven't really managed to get a handle on it. Basically, I know what interlacin ... |
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| Topic: A request for camcorder advice... | |
| pixelboy Replies: 6 Views: 138 |
Forum: Filmmaker's Forum Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:18 pm |
Interestingly, the HV30 is the first camera that caught my eye when I began searching. With a bit of saving, that should be within my price range in the near future, so I very well may go with that  ... |
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| Topic: A request for camcorder advice... | |
| pixelboy Replies: 6 Views: 138 |
Forum: Filmmaker's Forum Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:52 am |
| Hello, all!
Well, this is where I generally go for advice on things of this nature, so here I am again - this time, looking around for a new camcorder. My old Sony HC42 bit the proverbial dust awhi ... |
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| Topic: Tips for Color Grading | |
| pixelboy Replies: 12 Views: 269 |
Forum: Filmmaker's Forum Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:48 am |
| If you intend to grade your actors differently than your backgrounds, you would have to use masks to isolate your actors. It would, I'm afraid, be tedious, and it would be rotoscoping. Other ways to i ... | |
| Topic: Sci Fi 3D | |
| pixelboy Replies: 6 Views: 440 |
Forum: Backdrop Requests Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 4:20 pm |
| It should be noted that if you decide to use Blender, be prepared to spend some serious time learning. Any 3D program is going to have a fairly steep learning curve, and Blender in particular can be ... | |
| Topic: Happy Earth Day | |
| pixelboy Replies: 112 Views: 3425 |
Forum: General Chat Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:58 pm |
| But the difference between us and the dinosaurs is rather large. They were big and scary, but they weren't smart.
[url=http://healthstones.com/dinosaurdata/m/microceratops/microceratops.jpg]Big and s ... |
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| Topic: Bullets | |
| pixelboy Replies: 9 Views: 844 |
Forum: Preset Requests Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:23 am |
| Actually, I mean 30 frames per second, the approximate standard framerate for digital video. | |
| Topic: Metal bio-morph question. | |
| pixelboy Replies: 8 Views: 251 |
Forum: VisionLab Studio Help Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:13 pm |
| Hey there, just saw this thread! Cool effect so far, spydurhank!
For reflections, I've had some success with using a separate, larger background image as a sort of "reflection map." This way, the " ... |
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| Topic: alamdv2 "Bamf" isn't working | |
| pixelboy Replies: 6 Views: 277 |
Forum: EffectsLab Help Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:49 pm |
| Well, I'm not sure about the specifics of the glass plugin you're using, but I believe that if there's an alpha channel, EffectsLab will composite it with "Normal" and you won't be able to change it. ... | |
| Topic: Super Speed Sound Please | |
| pixelboy Replies: 3 Views: 258 |
Forum: Filmmaker's Forum Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:51 pm |
| I've had some success using these "Bullet-Time Sounds" from the "Downloads" section of this site (created by Sharp) for a super-speed kind of noise: http://media.fxhome.com/sounds/FXHome-Bullet-Time.z ... | |
| Topic: What 3D program would you guys recommend? | |
| pixelboy Replies: 8 Views: 400 |
Forum: Filmmaker's Forum Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:19 am |
| I don't have a huge amount of experience with 3D software in general, but if I were you, I'd take a look at Cinema 4D. I recently finished a class about it - it's quite straightforward, and has some ... | |
| Topic: Video Capturing Dilemma... | |
| pixelboy Replies: 8 Views: 210 |
Forum: Filmmaker's Forum Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:29 pm |
| I imagine the old desktop is repairable, If I decided to pay for repairs. However, it really was far from an ideal workflow to begin with, to capture the video there (which was often problematic enou ... | |
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