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Richard Cavell
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Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:40 pm Post subject:
Compositing for live TV graphics? |
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Hi,
Adobe After Effects is the standard software for compositing video.
What I want to do is graphics for live television. Think of what
appears on the lower third of the screen during Fox News or CNN, or the
small 10-second 'breakers' and promos. It's heavily composited stuff.
I need a bit more than the standard filters, though. I need to have
blurs and other visual effects. Not stuff that is designed to be
photorealistic, but rather which is meant to look quick and cool in a
video graphics style.
The discreet Combustion particles look fantastic, but they're not
customizable as far as I can telland the compositing per se seems
inferior to After Effects. I also like a couple of filters from Boris
(eg comet).
What product do I need? I can't buy a $1000US compositor just for the
particles.
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nappy-iou
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Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:55 am Post subject:
Re: Compositing for live TV graphics? |
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"Richard Cavell" <richardcavell@mail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi,
Adobe After Effects is the standard software for compositing video.
What I want to do is graphics for live television. Think of what appears
on the lower third of the screen during Fox News or CNN, or the small
10-second 'breakers' and promos. It's heavily composited stuff.
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After Effects is used for this quite a bit. Not in live situations but for
creating these "lower thirds"
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I need a bit more than the standard filters, though. I need to have blurs
and other visual effects. Not stuff that is designed to be
photorealistic, but rather which is meant to look quick and cool in a
video graphics style.
The discreet Combustion particles look fantastic, but they're not
customizable as far as I can telland the compositing per se seems inferior
to After Effects. I also like a couple of filters from Boris (eg comet).
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Discreet Combustion's particle systems are completely and totally editable
and customizable. After you have added a prticle system to the timeline.
Open it up on the timeline and select one of the elements. Then, in the
particle tab you will see all of the editable elements become available. It
is awesome.
I have been usein AE since V3 and Combustion sinve V1.1. Combustion is far
better than AE at many things. I would say it is superior in tracking and
keying and compositing especially when teamed with 3DSMAX.
That said, there is probably little that you can not do with AE and a copy
of Photoshop.
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What product do I need? I can't buy a $1000US compositor just for the
particles.
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Sure you can! |
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MSu1049321
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Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:32 am Post subject:
Re: Compositing for live TV graphics? |
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| For live, you should be looking at stuff like Chyrons and the like. |
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