It works!

So after weeks of setting up the roto masks and the actual network for the clips that will be appearing on each screen, i finally got a chance to test ride it and it works like a beaute! As you can see (on the screen cap) i have 6 different file-in nodes for each of the different clips that will be playing on each TV set (i had previously exported the individual clips to be no larger than 300Mb so as to not kill the flow). I have individual scale and move2D controls for each clip (and move3D nodes where needed) i also hooked the Multilayer node to a grain and defocus nodes so as to have control over the apparent resolution of the clips playing on the screens.



I exported this rig as an independent script and will just import it to all my other scrips and switch the clips around so it doesn't get repetitive.

Here is a link to a sample clip i uploaded earlier to my webspace. CLICK HERE NOTE: Ignore the first two black frames that appear at the very start of the clip, PLEASE BE PATIENT its a 14mb clip so it may take a bit to load.

Stage 1 and 2 Done!

Finally done with the tedious first and second stages of the project, which would be all the articulate rotoscoping on all the limbs of the actor that crossed any of the 6 screens at any given time. Now, some 2000 roto frames later and after having set up the clip place holders for each of the TV's i can noe go in and actually choose which clips i want in what TVs.

Concerning the tracking needed on 3 or 4 of the shots, that is like 95% done. I have exported all of the tracking data for the trackings that were successful and will import those as the tracking data on the Matchmove nodes for the last stage. Shot 1 and 9 would be the tricky tracking shots and they are all set up for the clips to be inserted and fine-tuned. The only set back this whole time was the amount of frame-by-frame roto work needed on some shots and some difficult tracking situations in one or two of the clips.

MOving on to stage 3, i will now go back to the previously rigged scripts in Shake and starg going through the different clips i exported last week to go in each of the screens. Let the creative part of the project finally kick in, no more slave work!



Snapshot of the roto network for a single shot