compositing reel-freezeframe or not?

[bartrobinson]

I've seen compositing reels which show the same sequence over and over with the various passes. But then my friend at Sony said to freeze frame and then show the passes. I trust him, but I feel like different passes look better at different areas of my clip (which is only 5 seconds long). For example if I favor the specular pass and freeze it when the highlights look good, there aren't many reflections to be seen.

So does anyone have any tips on how to best show your compositing skills?

Thanks in advance!

Ya, multi-freeze frame. Add passes when they look good. I saw that technique used once and it seemed to work nicely.

[jussing]

I'm mostly for freezeframe, because it gets the point across fast. -And you want your reel to be fast.

Showing passes takes a lot longer, and some reels really draaaaaaaaag time by showing one long passes after another, that you don't really need.

But yeah, sometimes a full pass is just delicious, like particle passes for instance. Check the particle passes from the helicopter crashes on the Day After Tomorrow 2-disc dvd. -That's something I want in passes, not just freeze-frame.

Basically, the need to show the full pass and not just a freeze-frame, comes when you specifically want to show the animation of the effect in the pass, like for instance, a particle simulation. I'd definitely use freeze-frame for light & specular passes.

You can also split your screen in four squares, and show four passes at the same time (also a trick lifted from the Day After Tomorrow dvd - that's the best visual effects "making of" ever released on dvd. If you don't have it, get it!)

Cheers,
- Jonas

[overEZ]

I hear you... yeah I think I'm just gonna go for freeze frame. Thanks for the great replies!!!


I'm mostly for freezeframe, because it gets the point across fast. -And you want your reel to be fast.

Showing passes takes a lot longer, and some reels really draaaaaaaaag time by showing one long passes after another, that you don't really need.

But yeah, sometimes a full pass is just delicious, like particle passes for instance. Check the particle passes from the helicopter crashes on the Day After Tomorrow 2-disc dvd. -That's something I want in passes, not just freeze-frame.

Basically, the need to show the full pass and not just a freeze-frame, comes when you specifically want to show the animation of the effect in the pass, like for instance, a particle simulation. I'd definitely use freeze-frame for light & specular passes.

You can also split your screen in four squares, and show four passes at the same time (also a trick lifted from the Day After Tomorrow dvd - that's the best visual effects "making of" ever released on dvd. If you don't have it, get it!)

Cheers,
- Jonas

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