Custom Made Transition / Effect

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Apr 24, 2013 22:24

Hi everyone,

Forum member vn800rider (Adrian) recently shared his technique of filming / creating a custom transition effect, and how to apply it using Chroma keying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYfmWRrsHVc

Check it out. Very clever.

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BarryTheCrab

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Apr 25, 2013 12:43

Another excellent demonstration from a very senior longtime PD expert. Way to go, Adrian. Other materials could also provide interesting visuals, confetti, cross-cut paper, glitter of all sorts. How might this be used to create a "forward page-turn"? HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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HalCon

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Apr 25, 2013 17:12

Barry,

Using Adrian's method, all you need is a good sized piece of white paper on the green board.
A long piece of white thread fastened to the top right corner of said paper.
Very carefully pull down and left while recording.
Voila - forward page turn

Hal

edited to add: probably not usable as a transition though

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BarryTheCrab

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Apr 25, 2013 17:23

Quote: Barry,
A long piece of white thread fastened to the top right corner of said paper.
Very carefully pull down and left while recording.
Hal
edited to add: probably not usable as a transition though

So, in addition to my arsenal of production skills, I guess I'll add "puppeteer". HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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HalCon

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Apr 25, 2013 17:26

Barry,

You have the appendages necessary.

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Apr 26, 2013 04:11

Quote: ... probably not usable as a transition though

Hal/Barry -

It may be useful as a transition if the "front" side of the paper sheet was the same green as the underlying green screen/tray & the back side was white or black.

That way, once the chroma key was applied, the clip would begin & end in a transparent state.

Tricky to do that with sand!

Cheers - Tony
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