MORE SHOTS!

July 24th, 2013 by Ben

Some more junks from the music video I’m working on.

Ghost Song - Lonely Girl

She is sad.  I’m getting close to the finish line with this video.  I have about a dozen shots left to animate, but I’ve been compositing each shot as I go – which is why I have all these pictures to share.  Working in shot by shot has allowed me time to tweak my colors – which is good because color theory is not the theory I’m best at.  If I had to pick, I’d say the theory I’m best at is the Theory of Gravity.  I almost never float up off the ground… almost

Ghost Song - Ghost-Pal-Sharp

I’ve also been experimenting with compositing.  Now, I’ve been out of the After Effects games since CS4.  And I’ve noticed all the cool peoples on the internets make their digital animations look more appealing to the eye by blurring the lines slightly.  I found out this effect was called diffusion.  I also found out a plug-in to do this effect costs like 800 bucks.  But I think I found a work around.  I duplicated my entire comp, added a slight lens blur and then dropped the opacity of that layer down to 30%.  The final result:

Ghost Song - Ghost Pal

A slight softening effect that nobody will notice once it’s on Youtube.  Oh and I also added a bit of grain.

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