ThumbWars and others-SFX, Or HOW DEY DO DAT? at DVinfo.net

Jeff Patnaude · January 31st, 2005, 10:38 AM

I recently purchased "Thumbwars" and "Thumbtanic" on DVD.
It's a lot of fun.
I have my own ideas, but thought I'd ask others out there that may have seen any of his "thumb" series...
How did they do the eyes and mouth?
seperate camera, yeah, okay. Split screen..yeah...
Was it After Effects? Looks like the eyes and mouth were tracked to the thumbs.

Anyone out there have insider info?

Thanks,

Jeff Patnaude

Rob Lohman · February 3rd, 2005, 04:10 AM

After a bit of googling:

http://www.theochannel.com/InsaneO/Thumbs/thumbwars/
(production -> behind the scenes)

http://www.paradoxproductions.com/thumbtanic.html

That's the best I could do in a short time. Looks like a pretty large
crew who made it all, so they probably had access to all kinds of
special effects software.

Also most discs in the thumb series (Thumb Wars, Thumbtanic,
The Blair Thumb Project) seem to have commentaries on the DVD's,
so that might explain stuff as well.

There's even a thumb collection box: http://www.playusa.com/playusa.asp?p...1&title=111338

Jeff Patnaude · February 3rd, 2005, 11:52 AM

Thanks Rob,
I had our animator look at some of the clips on the O Entertainment website.
What he said was that with something like After Effeccts Pro, you can put a spot on the thumb, and have it track along a clip. And then adding the elements of the eyes and mouth, say maybe by using a camera shot of an actor doing the lines and split into two tracks. This would loose the nose and enlarge the eyes/mouth parts andd retain the expressions. A little color corection would help soft-matting the elements. onto the skin colored charactor.

Funny stuff.

Thanks again,

Jeff Patnaude

January 31st, 2005, 10:38 AM	#1
Jeff Patnaude Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Duluth, Georgia Posts: 248	ThumbWars and others-SFX, Or HOW DEY DO DAT? I recently purchased "Thumbwars" and "Thumbtanic" on DVD. It's a lot of fun. I have my own ideas, but thought I'd ask others out there that may have seen any of his "thumb" series... How did they do the eyes and mouth? seperate camera, yeah, okay. Split screen..yeah... Was it After Effects? Looks like the eyes and mouth were tracked to the thumbs. Anyone out there have insider info? Thanks, Jeff Patnaude

February 3rd, 2005, 04:10 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	After a bit of googling: http://www.theochannel.com/InsaneO/Thumbs/thumbwars/ (production -> behind the scenes) http://www.paradoxproductions.com/thumbtanic.html That's the best I could do in a short time. Looks like a pretty large crew who made it all, so they probably had access to all kinds of special effects software. Also most discs in the thumb series (Thumb Wars, Thumbtanic, The Blair Thumb Project) seem to have commentaries on the DVD's, so that might explain stuff as well. There's even a thumb collection box: http://www.playusa.com/playusa.asp?p...1&title=111338 __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 3rd, 2005, 11:52 AM	#3
Jeff Patnaude Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Duluth, Georgia Posts: 248	Thanks Rob, I had our animator look at some of the clips on the O Entertainment website. What he said was that with something like After Effeccts Pro, you can put a spot on the thumb, and have it track along a clip. And then adding the elements of the eyes and mouth, say maybe by using a camera shot of an actor doing the lines and split into two tracks. This would loose the nose and enlarge the eyes/mouth parts andd retain the expressions. A little color corection would help soft-matting the elements. onto the skin colored charactor. Funny stuff. Thanks again, Jeff Patnaude