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# The sabre mov is superb, we should make a full length one!
And the twins are lovely, hurrah for them - you can't beat a visit to a beach on a cold day. Your partner looks just like a friend of ours called jessica, was a bit suprising as I thought it was her at first.
(, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 13:50, archived)
# Full length one is on the way
Script nearly finished (if anyone fancies doing a touch of script doctoring, let me know....my dialogue writing is questionable), location booked, props procured, bank of 3 G4s ready to handle the FX
(, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 13:54, archived)
# My word!
What superb kit you have!
(, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 14:00, archived)
# They're not all mine
2 of them are. Trying to convince Mrs WD-39 to transfer some of our re-mortgage into my bank account for a shiny new G5. But she doesnt want to. Do you have script-writing skills mate?
(, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 14:02, archived)
# I dabble in it...
...but I wouldn't go as far as calling my cac-handed efforts 'skills'.

;)
(, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 14:06, archived)
# got to be better than mine
(, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 14:08, archived)
# How
do you track the sabre and get the length looking right and all that?
(, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 14:00, archived)
# I
filmed myself in my living room with one of those crappy toy lightsabers. Then I imported the footage off my DV camcorder into Commotion Pro 4.1. Rotoscoped over the blade to produce a white matte with black background. Layered that over the original footage in After Effects with a screen transfer to remove the black leaving the white animated blade over the top. Applied a blur & the colour to the blade, then saved that. Opened that in Premiere to add the sound & music. Exported the first 5 and last 5 frames as jpegs so I could remove the toy lightsaber blade from the shots where the blade extends. Simple. Only took me 4 hours for 10 seconds of film.
(, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 14:06, archived)
# Awesome
good skills!
(, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 14:13, archived)