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Day 3 Morning: System Overview
Video
- HDSDI inputs
- MPEG issues
- Video source remapping
- Combination of alpha and images planes
- Default video planes
- Cgfx shaders & scenes
- Start, Stop, Reset controls
Quick Keying
- High and low points
- Matte choking
Garbage Mattes
- 3D mattes – input from survey
- Drawable Mattes (what is the difference)
- Chroma suppression mattes
Scene
- Real time performance issues for rendering backgrounds
- Load (why no save button)
- Using edit flags
Takes & Meta-data
- Naming conventions
- Reference images & recorded data
System
- Saving system states
- On-screen text display
- Warnings and error lights
- Checking performance metrics
- External animation interfaces
- Prelink, Motionbuilder and Maya data sharing overview
Day 3 Afternoon: Survey and Match
- Place tape on floor
- Survey tape location; enter survey marker
- Create cube asset in Maya; remove pivot offsets
- Export to Previzion
- Shoot quick data and plate take
Post Production
- Take converter
- Interface to post tracking systems (Syntheyes and 3D Equalizer)
