Good Job Hayley...

Tis lookin good hayley, done well. as you said on the phone though, it does look a little pale/washed out, maybe tweek the levels a little bit.

if you haven't done it already...

Right click on the adjustent layer > Effects > Colour correction > levels > in this menue under the part called 'histogram' adjust only the right hand and middle upward facing arrow directly under the graph like image (theres no need to adjust the others)

you shouldn't need to do too much but this should make the image more crisp and contrasted.

to anyone reading the instructions on the post befor last...

first part was only relevent in context of what i was saying at the time to hayley (which was about adjusting the images, that you should be doing all of your sdjustments in an adjustment layer) the rest of the instructions are just about gettin started.

you all should have my number and hopefully got my text earlier, if you have any problems with after effect, no matter how stupid they sound, call me so we can sort it out quick (if you are worried about credit text me and i'll call you back).

~Dave

Is this ok?

Just posting here so David can ok my current colour correction.

Here's a comparision. Might not be 100% the same as all monitors seem different but it will give a rough idea.

~Hayley

Just to forward some instructions

David kindly wrote me some notes while he put after effects on my laptop and asked if I could upload them here as other people will probably find them helpful so heres a copy paste:

Create new adjustment layer. so you dont have to change all frames.

open after efects

create a new composition (1024 x 576 , 25fps, square pixels, field= no field - progressive scan) and folder, name them botht with the shot number and brief description


open up folder (out side oof after effects) and drag al frames into the folder you've just created, double check frames are still in order

highlight all frames and drag into the composition that you just created

with all the frames highlighted drag them all to 2 frames in length

click off and re highlight form top to botom then, right click on them > keyframe assist > sequence layers > OK

make sure composistion and work area are the right length....composision > composition settings > duration

~ Notes written by Dave posted by Hayley

hey peeps

merry xmas and hppy new year to all.

dave do you have photos of trees or general scenery that i can whack in to replace the bluescreen?if so can you email me them. thanks for that choker thigy aswell.
Grace

Back to business...

Hi everyone,

Hope everyone had a pleasant and productive Christmas. We are back into Hey Negrita full swing now so lets make the last final push to the finish line.

In terms of footage we are not dreadfully far off completion. I'm sure some of us will be able to animate some more shots before we start back at uni on the 4th. Dave, if you want I will be able to come round tomorrow afternoon, and Saturday and Sunday evening (after 5pm) to animate some more shots, but while you have access to the set it would be obviously be worth you doing some more yourself.

Grace, your shot looks very good, although the jump is quite evident in the middle, but that can be easily fixed. I think you just need to shift the image down in After Effects so it is aligned with the frames either side.

Myself, I have been finessing shots that we have completed so far, by which I mean adding eyeballs, eyelids, and where necessary freezing backgrounds to stop the trees falling over. I'm not doing any colour correction for the moment because we can do the lot in one batch near the very end of the project to get a consistancy. Please could this apply to anyone who is working on their shots at home, do everything to it that it needs, but leave the colour correction for later.

Talking of eyeballs, we have a lot to add. Most shots are filmed without the physical drawn on eyes, so this means we'll have to add them all in post production, some frames involving 5 characters. This is a time consuming but key step, and after a little research me and Dave discovered that tracking a black dot to characters' eyes in After Effecs is the quickest and easiest method for doing this. Hopefuly one of us'll get a step by step tutorial of how to do this up on the blog, for everyone's use.

So not much else needs to be said... apart from let's all be in Monday morning at 9am (you may have all got the same e-mail from Jordan telling you this), and it will be very important so we can collate all our shots and have a looks at where we are and what needs to be done. Basically we'll have a week after we start back to have the film all but finished.

Let's keep going, I salute you all and trust our finished film wil be excellent.

- James

Late Merry Christmas to all...

I hope everyone had a very merry and relaxing Christmas, i didn't do any work in the end, between travailing home and back and seeing friends there really wasn't time for anything but sleep. It was nice to have a little break though.

Yesterday I set up the cabin set in its new location (my room) and then James and Ben came round and did some animating. James got one shot done and Ben got three so we had quite a productive day.

Hey grace, it’s nice to hear from you. I think the effect you’re looking for is the 'simple choker' under the 'matte' option in the effects panel. The shot is looking good so far. A few things you might want to consider though; there seems to be a frame that jumps a bit at around the 1second mark (you’ve probably noticed) (we found out the other day that if you hold ctrl and press the direction buttons, on after effects, you can scroll through the clip frame by frame), maybe try adding a pause at the start and when bill is at the window so that its clear bills looking out the window and play about with the lighting and colour a little bit, the shot takes place around about afternoon time, if that’s any help.

Looking forward to seeing your other shots, keep us posted.

~Dave

question to dave

hey man, merry xmas to all!!
i just want to know whilst blue screening on after fx where do i find that tool thats like a tighterning for the blue screen?do you know what i mean? Grace