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How To Place Tracking Markers Part I
These two chapters talk about everything you need to know about tracking markers and matchmoving on a green screen.
We first talk about color, size and shape of tracking markers, then about photogrammetry and depth-placement, and finally we walk through an entire Virtual Set process from start to finish. Then we wrap by talking about how to prevent emergencies, and what to do if a shot ever fails.
This is almost a half hour of training, so get a cup of coffee!
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How To Place Tracking Markers Part II
This is part II of How To Place Tracking Markers.
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Crowd Replication
Crowd replication seems so simple, but it's actually a science. Many people rely on difference keying, which is a terrible method.
This chapter talks about how to do crowd replication that is easy to composite, how to maintain station-points and crowd continuity, how to use motion control, and how to do massive crowds with a million people using Particle Instancing.
Receiving Shadows And Light
This is one of many chapters on matching lighting, which is a critical aspect of visual effects, and it has to be done right on the set -- it can't be fixed in post.
This chapter covers a very difficult situation, which is having shadows fall on a live-action person on a green screen. It would be dangerous to shoot a plate like this without careful thought, because an unusable plate could mean a reshoot..
How To Shoot For Planar Tracking
Things like corner-pinning and replacement used to be done with 2D tracking, which was really an awful way to track. But a Planar Tracker tracks the whole surface instead of just points, and that results in a whole new set of rules for how you have to shoot inserts and elements that have to be replaced -- which is all the time.
This chapter covers in great detail exactly what to do on the set for this to be easy and safe.
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