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THIS BLOG MAINLY CONSISTS OF NOTES I MAKE WHEN LEARNING SOFTWARE, ALL COMPILED IN ONE PLACE - HOPEFULLY IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO YOU TOO!
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Michael
Nov 9, 20164 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: Matte Painting Basics
Matte Painting is a broad discipline. It involves creating replacement backdrops for film footage, as a cheap alternative to creating...
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Michael
Nov 2, 20164 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: Camera mapping in After Effects
Camera Mapping, as discussed in a previous tutorial is a method for creating a rudimentary 3D scene from a 2D photograph. We already...
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Michael
Nov 1, 20163 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: Camera Mapping in 3DS Max
Camera mapping is a technique whereby a flat photo is projected onto 3d geometry. This gives us a limited ability to turn the flat photo...
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Michael
Oct 26, 20165 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: HDR Lighting
HDR Light mapping is a technique used to get accurate lighting results when putting 3d models or characters into a photo or video scene. ...
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Michael
Oct 18, 20163 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: 3D Camera tracking with After Effects
After effects cs6 has a 3D Camera Tracker effect. Before CS6, Matchmover was the best program to use.Match Mover still has some...
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Michael
Oct 18, 20164 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: 3d Camera Tracking with Matchmover.
Matchmover is a free piece of software from autodesk used for tracking footage, to be taken into a 3D package such as 3DS Max or Maya....
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Michael
Oct 11, 20164 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: Keying and Green screen.
Chroma keying, often referred to as ‘green screening’ is stripping a selected colour away from footage, leaving it transparent. This...
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Michael
Oct 5, 20163 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: 2D Motion Tracking
Stock footage can be found here: password: composition STABILISING A SHAKY SHOT B – Move start of comp work area to timeline indicator N...
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Michael
Oct 25, 20134 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING – Green Screening (Keying) in After Effects.
Note – this is an older tutorial. A more recent one with newer information is available here: https://michaelarbuthnot.wordpress.com/2016...
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