Animation:Critique my Matchmoves

[WhiteRabbitObj]

These look excellent. The second one especially. The third one isn't so good because the scene is composed such that you cant really see the CG elements to tell if they are locked or not. The jittery camera is obviously very difficult and very nicely done. You should put up some longer clips if you can.

[JFrench]

I'm not a matchmover, but I will say that your mummies right foot got a little floaty a couple times and the giant frog things shadows didn't seem to react in a realistic way.
You should also work on the animation of the frog things. For their mass and build they weren't moving in a realistic mannor. The first one was too springy. He needs more time on the ground to push himself off for the next jump. Their center of gravity was wrong too. Those are animation critiques though. Sorry.

[wanna3d]

yeah, your comments are dead on when it comes to the "giant frogs" animation. I was stuck with those critical mistakes when I lost the .mb file

thanks for your critique though

[ZippZopp]

those are great. I'm pretty new to 3d, i know what matchmove is, but have no clue how to go about doing it! But these look really great, especially because of the camera jitter! great job

[Dave Black]

Wow, man. You really have a talent for that stuff. I can see how it's gotta be addicting. I can also guess that at some point you must have used your powers to really mess with a family member's head...:D

I love the first one. I think it's just because it's soooo convincing. The lighting is dead on, and the set piece really seems to fit the shot. WELL done!

The second one is also very good. The lighting, again, is spot on, and the tracking is perfect.

The third one is cool, but suffers from the things allready mentioned. I hate it when I lose a critical file. Sorry to hear that, man.

Looks like you have a very rewarding future ahead of you.

I must admit, I'm inspired.

-3DZ

:D

[wanna3d]

wow, thats a very very nice comment.:) I'm have 6 new ones I will be uploading this weekend

anyway, thanks so much....I appreciate it

[wanna3d]

Here is an excellent tracker for free personal use, it's the one I used for some of my most recent matchmoves

http://aig.cs.man.ac.uk/icarus


:beer:

[Dave Black]

Thanks alot for that link, I guess I gotta jump on in and give it a whirl.

Can't wait to see more of your work. I've bookmarked your site, and will check back often.

Just as a side question, could you briefly describe the hardware you are using to both capture, and edit the video clips?

Thanks a bunch, and again, great job!

-3DZ

:D

[brianellebracht]

Great work Matt! Can't wait till you update your site again! Talk to ya later,
Brian Ellebracht

[spitfirefilms]

Very cool stuff... Nice light matching too. :cool:

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