Street Disaster Scene VFX
I use Photoshop for Matte painting and for Camera mapping (Projection Man) in Cinema 4D, Compositing in After Effects.
Photo Source
Water Street New York (1978) Photography By THOMAS STRUTH
Paris Freeze Time
Camera Mapping in Cinema 4D & Compositing in After Effects.
Photo Source by Lyodoh KANEKO
Music : Edith Piaf – Paris – 1949
Camera Mapping allows you to project a texture (in most cases a photograph) on some simple geometry to create a 3D object that can be used in more then one camera angle. Of course the angle is limited but small movements are possible, which is often sufficent. This technique is based on recreating the original camera postion, angle and optical settings. If you have precise information on this you can use it directly, but in many cases some adjustment by sight will suffice.
Visit the Tips & Techniques – Camera a basic tutorial from maxon.net.
Here’s some examples of using images with basic geometry, from Video Copilot Blog.
I create and animate this title in cinema 4d using MoText, then I made it editable. I use After Effects to composite image sequences rendered from C4D.
Use
- Matte Painting & Texture images prepared in Photoshop
- Trapcode Particular & Mojo for Color Correction
- Footage – Action Movie Essentials – Video Copilot
Compositing
Compositing is the combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Live-action shooting for compositing is variously called “chroma key”, “blue screen”, “green screen” and other names. Today, most, though not all, compositing is achieved through digital image manipulation. Pre-digital compositing techniques, however, go back as far as the trick films of Georges Méliès in the late 19th century; and some are still in use. (wikipedia)
After Effects
Adobe After Effects is a motion graphics application that allows users to animate, alter, and composite media and add effects both in 2D and 3D environments.
After Effects VFX – Compositing in Photoshop and After Effects.
Effects used : Rain, CC Drizzle, Turbulent displace, CC Radial Blur, Curves, Tint, Grain.Plugins : Optical Flares, Mojo.
Photo Source : Web Photo
Instrumental Music : Ciara-Never Ever (Feat. Young Jeezy)
Footage : Action Movie Essentials (VideoCopilot) – Atmosphere_06 & 04, Window_Rain
Breakdown Images
Breakdown Images
A pirate flag created with Cinema 4D (cloth Tags) and SpeedTree.Compositing in After Effects (To add Sky Background, Flying Birds with Particular Plugin, Particles and Fog).
SpeedTree
SpeedTree is a powerful toolkit used to create 3D animated plants and trees for games, animations, visual effects shots, and architectural renderings.
SpeedTree product line adds support for Cinema 4D
Industrial Light & Magic used the SpeedTree Cinema software on Avatar to generate the trees on the planet Pandora. The latest release adds direct support for Maxon’s Cinema 4D.