RE: Other ways of doing things - LOGOS

["jamie dickinson" <dickij10(at)hotmail.com>]

Tony
Talking about the Magic Wand; Can you export the Magic Wand selection as an 
.eps, or use the spline it creates in the 3D DVE?
Thanks
Jamie

> From: "Tony Quinsee-Jover" <tony(at)hdheaven.co.uk>
> Reply-To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
> To: <DS(at)Softimage.COM>
> Subject: RE: Other ways of doing things - LOGOS
> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:03:14 -0000
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> See below..
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of
> Jason Morris
> Sent: 20 November 2005 16:17
> To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Other ways of doing things - LOGOS
>
>      Here are a few basic questions.  They are about tasks that I 
> accomplish
> (one way or another) on the Nitris often, but I want to know other
> approaches to possibly speed up completing these tasks.  Let me thank you 
> in
> advance for your responses.  I appreciate your help and I know that your
> responses help other users who browse these e-mails (as I often do).
>
> 1.  Often a client will give me their logo on disk as a graphic file (jpeg
> for example).  These logos are many times not TV ready (no alpha channel to
> do a quick key, not centered, often over a very cropped background --
> meaning the edges of the logo are near or at the edge of the background,
> many times the logo is not white or black and the background color is not
> solid, perhaps it is gradient).  The first thing I would like to know is 
> how
> you guys go about working with these logos to separate them and use them as
> a layer in your edits.
>
> TJ>> A tree which starts with (usually) a Linear Luma Keyer.  If a Chroma
> (or HSL) Keyer would be a better starting point then use that.  Clean up 
> the
> key with garbage mattes either from within the keyer or with the Matte
> Effect, or with a Graphics node.  While you're in the tree you can add a
> drop shadow, clean up colours with overlays etc etc.
>
> 2.  On occasion clients will want me to turn their logo into a 3D element.
> Do you have to re-draw the logo in the 3d dve to recreate it as a 3D 
> element
> or is there an easier way?
>
> TJ>> If the logo is an EPS then you can import that straight into the 3D 
> DVE
> (bear in mind it will be white - no colours come across from an EPS in that
> module).  If it's just flat artwork such as a JPG then you simply have to
> re-draw it.
>
> Also, I am very new to the 3D world and when I draw several 3D shapes to
> create a graphic, the Nitris puts each shape in a different 3D space, so
> that when i animate the 3D logo that I have drawn, it does not appear as 
> one
> solid shape.  What am I doing wrong?
>
> TJ>> You are not grouping the objects. And/Or you are not putting them all
> on the same plane in Z-Space (take a look from above or the side - are they
> all lined up?)
>
> 3.  When in the graphics mode (2D), I have never been able to properly use
> the magic wand tool.  Does it work like Photoshop (meaning can I select an
> area, then press delete to cut out the unwanted selection) or does it work
> differently?
>
> TJ>> It works differently. The DS Magic Wand will select an area.  You can
> tweak the settings to optimise its selection.  What you then do with the
> selection is up to you.  For instance if you've just selected a logo then
> you could do an Inverse Fill of a Reveal, painting on the Alpha.  This 
> would
> give you a cut-out logo that you can use within a tree to do further 
> "stuff"
> to.  Or you could fill the area with a Color Corrector and change it that
> way.  It's simply another tool for selecting an area.
>
> Regards,
> Tone :)

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