Practical

Testing VFX skills / Drafts

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Delta frame duplication

(Original)

Removing frames (DRAFT)

(Original)

Zoom out of screen transition (DRAFT)

This was extremely difficult for me as the tutorial I was following used an older version which didn't have the functions I needed it to. I also need to re do this on a flat monitor and not a curved one which results in poor tracking and gaps on the outside where the video cannot cover. I can do the opposite of this and make it zoom into the monitor too.

Shot Logging

Raw footage

The process

The zoom out of monitor transition

Step 1 
Create motion tracking using Mocha. (I had to learn an entirely new way of tracking with a new program for this; Mocha is a built in plugin for After Effects).

Step 2
Paste tracking data onto the clip you want to get tracked to the screen. This took a long time as the tutorial I was using was in fact using an older version Mocha, therefore the way of pasting tracking data had changed and took a lot longer than expected.

Step 3

1. Create null object and easy-ease the key-frames for position, scale and rotation.

2. Parent all clips to the null object.

3. Add motion blur to all clips including null object for a smooth transition.

(This entire process was figuratively reversed to create the zoom into monitor transition)

Sweeping mask

 Step 1
Place clips onto timeline and overlay them.

Step 2
Create mask path and slowly make a mask frame by frame.
(Make sure that once you have created a shape tick the inverted box)

 Step 3
Extend the mask frame by frame to create a moving mask and once you have reached the end, make sure the mask covers up all of the screen. 

Datamoshing

Due to my research I had found this handy plugin for After Effects that allowed me to datamosh clips with ease.

1. This will "Duplicate Deltaframes" which in short means that any moving frames will carry on with an interval and duration being the changing factors.

2. "Remove Frames" means that the harsh cut between clips will be removed and it will then overlay the first clip onto the clip under it, equalling a glitchy effect where the first clip moves as if it was the clip under it.

Final cut