RE: Just signed up...

["Benoit Lauzon" <blauzon(at)Softimage.COM>]

        Hi Dave, welcome to the list

   

        Punching a hole into the TV screen is the correct approach. 

        In an ideal situation, the on-set screen would be painted green or blue, so you can track

        with the reference on top and then use a keyer to reveal the image that will be incrusted into it.

        That way, you avoid having to track in a hand drawn matte.

              

        If the screen is not painted, but the contrast between it and the frame high enough, you can try

        using the linear luma keyer to achieve that effect (but you would likely have to create hold out mattes in graphics).

           

        You'll find out that there are often many ways to skin the same cat in DS and that there are very apt "skinners"

        on this list who will be more than happy to share their preferred techniques (along with, sometimes, their views on poutine,

        Schlitz and antlers). 

           

        Hope this helps,

        Benoit Lauzon

        Avid|DS QA

       

                

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of Dave Peate
Posted At: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:47 PM
Posted To: ds
Conversation: Just signed up...
Subject: Just signed up...

I'm an Avid offline/ online editor based in Cardiff, and am now working on DS, too.

 

I'm pretty much a beginner and had the DS mailing list recommended to me, so thought I'd sign up and say hello!

 

I've encountered a few obstacles already and have got by with "Jovers" - its good to know they are an intrinsic part of DS operation.

 

Recently, I had some footage that was tracked onto a tv screen in a panning shot. The tracking part was fairly straight forward, but I had a few problems with masking the corners image so it sits within the curved tv screen convincingly. In the end, I put the panning shot on V2, cut a hole in it where the screen was in graphics mode, and tracked the cutout to the same image, with the footage for the screen itself on V1 showing through.

 

My questions is, is there a better method for achieving this effect?

 

Cheers

 

Dave