Comments

TomE wrote on 9/2/2008, 9:01 AM
Looks like they took Andrew Kramer's tutorial from videocopilot.net and did it in Vegas. It would be a little more awkward to do in Vegas but looks like you can do it if thats all you have.

TomE
Spot|DSE wrote on 9/2/2008, 4:11 PM
Haven't read videocopilot's tutorial, but it appears to be difference masking?
farss wrote on 9/2/2008, 5:07 PM
Just a Bezier and a garbage matte and careful planning of the shoot.

I should point out that this is nothing like bullet time in The Matrix though. That has camera moves and was done with a large number of DSCs around the talent suspended in a green screen cylinder.

Bob.

Noggle wrote on 9/2/2008, 5:49 PM
Hey! The second guy was supposed to catch the box!! Now everything inside is probably broken!

Huh!
Infinite5ths wrote on 9/2/2008, 7:11 PM
The box was full of old copies of Premiere Pro and Pinnacle - recently replaced by Vegas. So there's nothing to worry about Noggle. 8-)
kentwolf wrote on 9/2/2008, 9:35 PM
Kris: Did you make that? I think it's excellent! Love it!

It appears to me that this could fairly easily be done in Vegas with Photoshop as the only additional tool.

Tell me if I'm right:

Guy's walking, stumbles, then freeze frame.

With that frozen frame, mask out everything in the frozen frame except the stumbling guy. Once you arrive at the masked stumbling guy masked image, CUT to the empty video background. Still have masked stumbling guy in the foreground. The guy walks into, then out of picture.

Seems to me that the background behind each of the guys must be frame-accurate identical.

Am I right?

Excellent concept!

As I tell folks, it is not always the execution of a concept that is difficult. They are often simple. The hard part is coming up with the concept in the first place.

Excellent!

P.S. Question: Why did you have video movement like as if the camera wasn't on a tripod? Showing off maybe? :) All done stationary, then add frame movement after completing the editing to look as if it wasn't on a tripod?
kentwolf wrote on 9/2/2008, 9:37 PM
Kris: Any way you could post a WMV version of that so I could get a copy? I would have sent a private e-mail, but it doesn't look like your e-mail address is part of your profile.

Thanks.
Rory Cooper wrote on 9/2/2008, 10:55 PM
take a snap as the prop falls make a png ar mask of the prop and you are done but if you panned slightly to the left during the walk
the effect is enhanced

good cam angle

thanks for the clip

Pinnacle dilivery guy isnt any better than pinnacle