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IestynRoberts

06-10-2005, 08:20 AM

Hello all, ive shot a footage using a digital camcorder, and i've put a cg character in the scene to interact with a real life actor, all i sgoing wel, but when i render, the cg character renders out very very crisp compared to the quality of the camcorder which is well, digital camcorder quality. How can i renrder the cg character to be the same quality as the digital camera, so it blends in with the live action footage loads better? Is there any plug-ins etc?
Many thanks for the help
Iest

ManuelM

06-10-2005, 08:38 AM

i think what you might be looking for is something that is called "compositing"...

IestynRoberts

06-10-2005, 08:46 AM

Hi there, yeah i know i can do it via compositing, but im asking can Maya do it without me having to splash out for After Effects etc?

Elrod

06-10-2005, 02:57 PM

doing it in after effects (or any other comp. software) is the best way to go. You could of course try and project a noise texture from your camera on your character, which would add a cam-look.
hope it works

IestynRoberts

06-10-2005, 03:05 PM

Hey man, thanks for the advice on Noise, i will go about trying that now.

Cheers

Dr. Ira Kane

06-10-2005, 04:29 PM

But it's like using a knife to mow a huge cornfield, simply there are tools made to do that and they really do things like that very well and fast:)

soulshaker

06-10-2005, 06:50 PM

Try rendering with motion blur.

IestynRoberts

06-11-2005, 03:28 PM

Hi all, thanks for replying, i think i get the message now, i think i'll better get After Effects.

Many thanks
Iest

lazzhar

06-12-2005, 10:54 AM

Try rendering with motion blur.

Motion blur would give it a film look. If you have to, render to fields.. but this is. another story here.
Make a search for how to make a video looks like a film and you'll find out how a video looks.
Good luck.

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