Re: Warp Question

["Ken Sirulnick" <kennitris(at)glueedit.com>]

Thanks Tony!!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tony(at)hdheaven.co.uk>
To: <DS(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: Warp Question


> Hi Ken,
>
> You're right - Warp is what you want :)
>
> For #1 create a circular shape slightly inside the "matte" area,
> Copy-And-Join that shape, then drag it out to the edges of frame.  Remove
> any animation, hit Apply, 100%.  You might need to display Correspondences
> and slide them around to put the edges in the right place.  You  might
> also want to make a hold-out shape.  This involves making another shape
> inside the original one and hitting Copy-And-Join.  This "Holds" that area
> of the image, preventing any stretch where you don't want it.
>
> For #2 it's pretty similar to #1.  Firstly make your hold-out rectangle
> for the area that you don't want to stretch.  Copy-And-Join that shape but
> don't edit anything.  Now make a shape just inside the edge of your
> raster, Copy-And-Join that shape and stretch it out to edge of frame.
>
> On quality for both of the above scenarios, you'll need High, but probably
> not Super High.  You'll also need Scaling.  But don't raise the settings
> to this level until you know it looks right because they take an age to
> process.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Regards,
> Tone :)
>
> > Nitris 7.5 QFE 4
> >
> > I think the Warp Effect is the tool I want to execute what I want to do
> > but I'm not sure how to go about it.  There are 2 scenarios.
> >
> > 1)  I have a shot with a fish eye lens that is showing a round matte
> > around the edges.  I want to warp this back to a rectangular shape to 
> > fill
> > out the frame rather than blowing the whole shot up to lose the black
> > edge.
> >
> > 2)  I want to create an effect similar to the "edge stretch" mode on
> > consumer HD TVs where the edges of a shot are stretched to fill the 16:9
> > frame and the center is not stretched.
> >
> > Any help here is mucho appreciated!!!
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > KEN
>
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