Simon Edmondson

Happy Birthday Gerry.

Quick burst at the glow. Not working very well at the moment. simoin S12.mov

S12 in progress. Some facial and finger movements still underway. I haven't worked out how to do it yet but, after the lightening strikes, the rock is going to heat up very hot, which is why he's jumping from foot to foot before jumping off. Any feedback welcome simon S12.mov

Robert Thank you once again. regards simon

Robert Thank you for your help. Is there a guide to using the colour combiner available? Its not an area I have any knowledge of ( again ! ) regards simon

I'm working with a rock being struck by lightening. Have got the lightening to look the way I want it to but, would like to make the rock heat up as a result of the strike, with the colour spreading down from the point of impact Initially I had thought to do it using a diffuse colour change animated through different layers but that started to look like a Doctor Who scarf made out of stone, with colour bands. Can anyone kindly suggest a method that might work ? I wondered about animated maps perhaps ? regards simon This is Ray on his rock.

Happy Birthday Mark. Thank you for your rig and the help using it. simon

Mark After "Pennies from Heaven" and before "The Singing Detective", missed the former but loved the latter. Working on S12 at the moment, as I need to get some vocals done for S11. Will post when ready. Thank you for your help. regards simon Ps Potter was the first to use the camera moves around a character as they speak, in one continuous take so it becomes a character too. I think that was in Blackeyes in the mid 80's after Detective ? It became very widely, and over, used later. Notably in "Homicide:Life on the street" but, thats another subject altogether...

[ One is as is and the other is with a slightly purple tint to the mountains to define them better. What do you think? Herein one modified mountain scape with Blue 'remembered hills', ( Blue Remembered Hills was a terrific TV play by the writer Dennis Potter ) . Any Feedback welcome regards simon S10.mov

Mark No liberty perceived. I tried to change the colour of the mountains but didn't get very far. I will try again. Thank you for your help. regards simon

Revised S10 Feedback welcome. regards simon S10.mov

Mark Thank you for your feedback I shall try your suggestions straight away. regards simon

Scene Ten, still in development. The white patches at the bottom aren't there in 1080HDD ( Honest ! ). My brother suggest the mountains need more by way of contrast ? Any feedback welcome. regards simon S10.mov

Mark Thank you very much for that. Obvious when you know how but, could I find it ...! regards simoin

Nancy Thank you for your help once again. I can't seem to access the properties in the player I have ( QT7 ) I'll try later on a PC. regards simon

Mark and Nancy Thank you for your help. I have noticed previously that, if I edit in FCP and use a different codec , then that codec is set in AM as well. That can sometimes cause problems. I just rendered out a section at HD720 and here are some screen grabs to try and illustrate what is happening at this end. Render settings Render in progress Uncompressed Mov The same Mov file after compression in QT pro. I did try using Apple Intermittent and it came out correct. A puzzle, right enough ! regards simon

Nancy Thank you for your help. I did another test and changed the codec for the render and it came out blue as well. It seems to be a problem, as Mark suggested, with the uncompressed form ? When I converted the original render with QT pro it came out blue then even though the original was black with blue outlines ! I animate with fps set to 25 ( PAL) as thats the video standard here. Are you working to 2x24, which I think is traditional film rate, or is that the format you use for QT conversion ? My knowledge of these area is very minimal. regards simon

Mark Thank you once again for your help. Much appreciated. regards simon

Mark Thank you for your reply. I re rendered the scene, changing the codec to Apple Intermediate as you suggest. This was the result.S9_Clouds.mov. It has been converted to H264 using QT pro, but it looked the same anyway. I've not heard of HandBreak, is it open source or a commercial product? regards simon

Heres a low res QT that shows the problem with the background coming out black instead of light blue ? The file size is very large too for a 320x240 mov ? regards simon S9_Clouds.mov

Mark Thank you for your feedback, and thank you for the info on using the null. I rendered a version with clouds in V17 and got a very strange result which, unfortunately, I can no longer show... I rendered out a 640x480 QT with Alpha turned off. As it went through the render it looked correct but, when it had finished and I played it back, the background came out black with a blue halo around the figure and rock. I converted it with QT pro to get a better file size and ask the question, "What happened"? only to get this, S9_Clouds.mov were the sky came out the right colour ( light blue), not black ??? I will render another, lower res, version to see if the same happens and post it without conversion. regards simon

Not sure about the animation as yet but, this is the first pass at scene nine . The one with clouds should follow shortly. Any feedback welcome. simon S9.mov

David Apologies. I was just about to delete my reply, thinking I had jumped the gun. I just tried double clicking on the diffuse colour under properties and the colour picker dialogue opened up ( I hope thats what it was? ) and didn't have a problem typing in the values. I've had hiccups in the past but used the sliders. I'm using a Mac and V15. so maybe thats different? Having posted my first effort I noticed others more skilled than me had replied and it might have been a windows problem? regards simon

David I'm working in V15 with this shot but, I didn't have any trouble with entering the values you desired. Perhaps I am not understanding the problem you describe ? regards simon

Robert I'll have another go at installing it I think and make sure I do it properly. Hey Ho... regards simon Just realised what my error was. Apologies for post.