Softimage ZPIC in Composite

[Atyss]

After Effects works for sure. Just put the zpics in the same folder as the corresponding pics, and that's it, AE will read the zpics if you apply a 3D effect like Depth of field.


Hope this helps
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Bernard Lebel

[macoy]

theres a little tool to conver zpic to normal pics so every package can read it. try to find it on softimage online library;)

[Atyss]

Originally posted by macoy
theres a little tool to conver zpic to normal pics so every package can read it. try to find it on softimage online library;)

Unfortunately this kind of conversion doesn't create good files, because the zpic itself is not anti-aliased. So the resulting image is not an anti-aliased image. I suggest that you create a depth pass instead.


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Bernard Lebel

[macoy]

depth pass is a better choice:D (never tried zpic, so didnt know it is not anti-aliased:p )

[Atyss]

Originally posted by macoy
depth pass is a better choice:D (never tried zpic, so didnt know it is not anti-aliased:p )

I did, and for some simple things it's ok, but for more complex stuff (like applying dof on semi-transparent objects) it's a real nightmare! :D


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Bernard Lebel

[Felixx]

Sehr geehrter Mithauptstädter :bowdown:
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for desaturating the background you may want to use a rendertree like shown in the attached pic.

[arvid]

hehe I love the handdrawn renderregion :applause:


You can import ZPIC sequences into the FXTree, it'll create a matte-sort-of-image for regular use, you could just plug that into a file-out node and render it to a file if you want to use it for composite in another app, dunno about the results tho, but I think its Ok :surprised

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