December 2009
5 posts
More encoding
Notes from Lord Kramer:
“After rendering into a QuickTime/h.264 file, open it up in QuickTime and select “Show Movie Properties.” Highlight the video track then click on the “Visual Settings” tab. Towards the bottom left you should see “Transparency” with a drop-down box next to it. Select “Blend” from the menu then move the “Transparency Level” slider to 100%. Choose “Straight Alpha” from...
Encoding
Been researching a bit about how to get a good-looking file out from AE and thought i’d share it with you lovely people.
It seems that the animation codec is fully uncompressed, with no keyframing or anything, so is ideal for archiving or using as an intermediate format. H.264 and any mpeg format do not hold data for every frame, so its much better to avoid them as source files- even HDV...
WatchNetwork module:
Time and relevance are the most important factors of a social networking site. Information is aggregated and presented to the user in the form of feeds. The user is then able to customize these feeds in order to increase their relevance (i.e., show me more about person A, less about person B). AR has several advantages over a web-based interface, most importantly a 360/180º...
WatchNetworking module test:
windows are 3D layers with wiggle applied. Null objects parented to windows. Beam effect with expressions applied linked to null objects.
target = thisComp.layer(“example”); fromComp(target.toComp(target.anchorPoint));
For some reason this isnt working within my scene, maybe because my networking module is nested with the little sun switch on. so this is just...
WatchWork in progress, but work is finally progressing! This has not been sexed up yet, but gives an idea of the background textures and density that im going for. At various times, layered on top of this will be:
the recipe browser
RDA levels graph
the fridge browser
augmented kettle
animated advertising
a social networking ‘app’
live markings on the table to walk you through the...