guy123 Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 How do i upload a video from my computor to use in A:M like the T-Rex in the demonstration video? Quote
John Bigboote Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Try a quicktime video. Images/Import/Animation Quote
Caroline Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Right click Images in the PWS (Project Workspace). For Movies, or tga sequences, use Animation or Image Sequence. Quote
jzawacki Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Is there also a way to see individual frames in the video imported? When I did it, it only showed the first frame. But, if I want to make my animation interact with something that is moving around in the live action video or if the camera is moving around, how would I do that? And just for the sake of it, I'll repost the Combining CG Characters with Live Action tutorial link again. Quote
bighop Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 That tutorial is good. I bought this CD and found it helped a lot for combining CD with live action. http://www.rafhashvideotapes.com/aminliaccd.html Quote
John Bigboote Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Once your video is imported, it can be used many ways. It can be applied to geometry as a decal(drag and drop it onto your model) OR- it can be used as a rotoscope (A guide for which to setup your animation or to model to...) To have your video act as rotoscope, drag and drop it from the 'images' to the camera in your chor. Switch to software render mode (9) and the video 'should' be visible when looking thru the camera (1)...at this point you may want to make it transparent or ghosted so you can see your scene behind it better. Scroll to another frame, and the movie should scroll as well. SOMETIMES this does not work so well, and the user will need to update graphic card drivers or switch from OpenGL to DirectX or vice-versa... Another way you can use the video is as a 'Layer' in the choreography. It will simply be placed in the chor and fully scaleable/rotatable/movable. This feature makes your A:M choreography quite a capable little 3D compositor. Quote
guy123 Posted January 9, 2008 Author Posted January 9, 2008 yesss i got it. thanks for the help. Quote
jzawacki Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 Sweet. Next time I boot back into XP I'll give it a shot! Thanks! Quote
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