CGI in motion picture

[Rooky Animator]

Hey guys

I've got a new problem. AM is able to put in real life film into a cgi movie right? Well, it turns out that AM isn't doing that, either it renders as a white box or it doesn't render at all. I kinda need help.

Rooky Animator

[robcat2075]

can you describe the problem a bit more, or show a bad render?

[ruscular]

can you describe the problem a bit more, or show a bad render?

Real life onto a CGI movie. Like real life actor in a green screen room, then transfer on top of a CGI background?

then you would need to key that color out to do that. It is much easier to place CGI on top of real footage of film regardless of how you got the original footage.

[agep]

I'm not sure what kind of problems you have encountered, but here is a proof that it is possible. Its just a little test I did a few weeks ago:

 

http://www.agep.biz/Gallery/johnny6.htm

[John Bigboote]

This reminds me of my 'pre-hash' days... I was looking for an inexpensive 3D app to do some motion graphics with and I bought 'Impulse Imagine' for $100. My first render came out all black and I never opened the app again... turns out there was no lights in the scene!

[Rooky Animator]

AGEP!! That's exactly what I'm trying to do but it's not working. Like the film footage doesn't render at all! Could someone help?

[ruscular]

This reminds me of my 'pre-hash' days... I was looking for an inexpensive 3D app to do some motion graphics with and I bought 'Impulse Imagine' for $100. My first render came out all black and I never opened the app again... turns out there was no lights in the scene!

Anyone that have an example of real actor film with a green screen imported into a CGI background?

[Rooky Animator]

you know what AGEP posted? That's what I'm trying to do but my footage won't show up in a choreography. The 14 year old needs HELP!!

[John Bigboote]

I'm seeing 2 differnet things here:

 

1- putting a CGI character into a live action set utilizing 'camera tracking' (agep uses Syntheyes software)

2- putting live action actors into a CGI set... if THIS is what you are attempting...TRY converting your footage to a tga sequence. Also, I find that it helps to apply the footage in a model as a decal to a simple plane/patch... using cookie-cut so your alpha works (if) and then bring THAT into the chor.

[agep]

you know what AGEP posted? That's what I'm trying to do but my footage won't show up in a choreography. The 14 year old needs HELP!!

If you upload the project here or add some screenshots I can take a look at it

[Rooky Animator]

I would but when I would try to put footage or pictures and upload it, it takes forever (like two days and stilll doesn't upload it.)

[PaulX]

I would but when I would try to put footage or pictures and upload it, it takes forever (like two days and stilll doesn't upload it.)

 

Not sure if this helps finding a solution to your problem but if you can't upload then how about you simply describe what you are trying to achieve as in - "I'm trying to make a movie in which a CG character dances in front of a crowd" or "I'm trying to make a movie of a CG monster standing behind my little sister and strangling her" In the mean time and I'm no specialist so others please correct me if wrong, but in the first case you would create the animation in AM setting the background colour of the camera to blue or green, then import the footage into a film editing program where the green or blue is 'keyed out' to allow the live footge to be seen behind your animated character. I use 'Wax' to composite - as this process is called - images and it can be download for free from http://www.debugmode.com/wax/

If you are doing the 'monster strangling sister' thing then as the other guy said, transform the live footage into a series of stills - tga or other supported files - and then follow the instructions in the AM manual on how to merge live action and CG using 'front projection', etc

 

Cheers and good luck