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TrowaGP02a Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 8/21/05 8:51pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	I see how you mentioned every little detail. For example: How not to mess up duplicating a layer. Good job again, especially with the last few minutes of tips beyond the effect itself. And BTW, I always thought your last name was pronounced more like the tricky spelling. More like w-i-ber, not w-e-ber. Just saying... yea... -----signature----- blarg
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DMPjedi Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 8/21/05 8:52pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	My guess is Ryan developed this on his own over these many years of lightsaber geekdom. I slipped off my desk and hurt my elbow at the ILM comment Pretty cool Ryan, definately a nicer workflow when it comes to tweaking the rotoing itself. I might have to put this to use on my Choreography Entry -----signature----- Nate Caauwe - VFX Supervisor, Movie Spoof 2 & 3 http://PixelCorps.com DMPjedi is not here right now, please leave a message with NateCaauwe after the beep. Beep.
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Dark-Vador1138 Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 8/21/05 8:56pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	Ryan_W posted: That's what you call inconsistent quality. personally, I strive for consistently good. ...but let's not let this become a ROTS saber debate. We're not arguing, Ryan. We're just talking, Also what do you mean by saying inconsistent quality? -----signature----- Member of the Official Darth Vader Fan Club
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Ryan_W Title: Fan Films: Emmy-Winning Lightsaber Geek Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:01pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects - Date Edited: 8/21/05 9:03pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Ryan_W
	You said that sometimes they look this way or sometimes they have that aspect, etc. Most shots I don't think looked too good, some looked quite nice. The shots are fairly inconistent in terms of look, and quality (meaning good-ness), is what I meant. Well, I thought it was okay, and was wondering if you violated any clause of your NDA with LucasArts to bring us these secrets. You know LucasArts is the games company, right? -----signature----- http://www.RyanVsDorkman.com http://www.twitter.com/RyanWieber
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beafet Title: Webmaster Ja cksonville, NC FanForce Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:07pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	Yes. You know thats where you worked, right? -----signature-----
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MasterZap Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:07pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	My what deep voice you've got, Ryan. Our Ryan, all grown... (sniff sob sob) /Z -----signature----- mental ray Tips blog - http://www.mentalraytips.com ZapTroNic Visuals - http://www.ZapTroNic.com Oldschool Homepage - http://www.Master-Zap.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER - http://twitter.com/masterzap
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Ryan_W Title: Fan Films: Emmy-Winning Lightsaber Geek Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:09pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects - Date Edited: 8/21/05 9:10pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Ryan_W
	Yes. You know thats where you worked, right? Dude. I was showing them how to make sabers. -----signature----- http://www.RyanVsDorkman.com http://www.twitter.com/RyanWieber
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beafet Title: Webmaster Ja cksonville, NC FanForce Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:13pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	Not the point at all, man-sig thief! AHEM Back on topic: There was a bit of artifacting/noise in the background of the "footage" is it that way it really is, or is that due to the compression? -----signature-----
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Ryan_W Title: Fan Films: Emmy-Winning Lightsaber Geek Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:16pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects - Date Edited: 8/21/05 9:16pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Ryan_W
	12 megs for a 12 minute file. You do the math. -----signature----- http://www.RyanVsDorkman.com http://www.twitter.com/RyanWieber
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Dark-Vador1138 Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:18pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	Actually, I just tried and these Lightsabers may possibly be the best Lightsabers I've ever seen one these boards. -----signature----- Member of the Official Darth Vader Fan Club
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outrider462004 Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:21pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	I never new this method was around. I like. You rock man. This is going in my next effects test. -----signature----- Twisted by the dark side, young Skywalker has become. The boy you trained, gone he is . . . Consumed by Darth Vader
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1337mik3 Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:22pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	Just please, for the love of bandwith, right click and save as.. Please? -----signature----- aim/videomik3 http://www.MichaelFrisk.com It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way. -Aristotle
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Dark-Vador1138 Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:24pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects - Date Edited: 8/21/05 9:24pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Dark-Vador1138
	Hey ryan, If you work at LucasFilm, Did you do the lightsabers in the ROTS videogame? Because honestly those sucked, Not to offend or anything, But they looked extremly over saturated and not in the right shade. -----signature----- Member of the Official Darth Vader Fan Club
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MasterZap Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:28pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects
	Ryan, nice method. Curious, though, am I the only person that sees the benefits of rotoing in the footage layer? Try this; add a mask to your footage. Now double-click this layer to bring up the footage window (instead of what you normally are looking at which is the comp window). When in the FOOTAGE layer you have much greater/speedier workflow for the actual rotoing. You can box-select a whole end of the saber (which is godsend if you do 6 pointers with proper beziers like I do) which you cannot do in the comp layer (the same mouse move to box-select multiple points (click and hold outside the points you want to select - drag a box over them, release) would in the comp window instead mean "move the layer I clicked"). I find this enhances my roto speed tenfol than struggling with AE's "numerous misconceptions of where I clicked and what I meant when I clicked there" you get when you are working in the comp window. And no, not even locking all the non-roto layers puts me in the same useful mode as in the fotoage window. When I am DONE, I simply add a "fill" effect to my footage layer and fill it with the core colour and then I do stuff very similar to ryans stuff here. Anyone ever tried this? Or does newer AE's (I'm still in 5.5 land!!) have a mode which makes rotoing in the comp window bareable, wich no mistaken click interpretations and proper box-select of multipl points (NOT stupid shift clicking, that takes ages) /Z -----signature----- mental ray Tips blog - http://www.mentalraytips.com ZapTroNic Visuals - http://www.ZapTroNic.com Oldschool Homepage - http://www.Master-Zap.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER - http://twitter.com/masterzap
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1337mik3 Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 8/21/05 9:28pm Subject: RE: New lightsaber video-tutorial for After Effects - Date Edited: 8/21/05 9:28pm (1 edits total) Edited By: 1337mik3
	Dark-Vador1138 posted: Hey ryan, If you work at LucasFilm, Did you do the lightsabers in the ROTS videogame? Because honestly those sucked, Not to offend or anything, But they looked extremly over saturated and not in the right shade. Click -----signature----- aim/videomik3 http://www.MichaelFrisk.com It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way. -Aristotle
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