Final Shots

Here are the shots I have done. 

Some minor color correction tweaks. 

Still can't match up with Jian Hunt's shot though even through lots of trial and error.

Maybe I can think up something by Friday so that I can finally match the shot in continuity.

Major Problems faced

• Footages were shot very far apart. Lighting issues and shadows were a huge concern. 
• Had some trouble with the color correction, after color correction, particles and glows were changed to a constant blue. Very little contrast.
• As a result of that, had to make the shot blurry by adding in multiple layers of original passes without color correction and reducing the opacity to give it back some color.

30-May-2012

Shot 30.

What I did for this shot.Roto Work + Glow.
Used Wani's crystal ball for this shot.
Color Corrected Plate.

29 May 2012 - Version Two

Changelog

• Lowered hand glow's opacity. Felt it was too much. 
• Reduced opacity of tribal tattoos, was not sticking properly on Danial's skin.

29 May 2012

Shot 26 - Today's version.

I tried to do a fading of the particles with some roto work this morning but it didn't look very realistic so i just stuck with the basic fade.

After consulting with our supervisor, I made the following changes to the shot.

Changelog

• Added glow to more frames during the transfer of energy from Danial to Arthur.
• Overlay particles over color corrected shot to give it more color. 
• Added more glow to Danial's hands.

28 May: Version 2

Changelog
Added overlay of shirt over fire particles. (To make them seem like they are under the shirt).
Added bright glow when energy is being transferred from Danial to his wrist to push Arthur.

Changed various opacity/color tweaks.

Week 12: Monday

Almost final version.
This is the version which I did over the weekend.
Used rotopaint to glow the actors. Cleaned up roto work and keying.

It's a nightmare rendering the passes together. Lots of frame rate issues and color correction issues. Hopefully can fix the problem next.

Week 11

Week 11


Changes

• Color changed to a more bluish-tint.
• Added Jian Hunt's arm particles.
• Trashed the color grading as felt it had too much lost detail. 
• Cleaned up more roto/key work.

I also worked on shot 31. The orb had to be glowed and i followed Wani's orb glowing effect. I did roto work and tracking for the shot.

Here is the shot graded with some glow.

More detailed breakdown on how the effect was accomplished.

• Had three different plates for the actors. Amir and Danial and Arthur. Later Amir and Danial were merged together as a single plate.
• Applied bulge effect to Arthur, so that the effect would be seen behind Danial and Amir. 

Things to work on for tomorrow:

• Painting lights on s26 and 31.
• More roto work for the shots.
• Misc.