Example of "Film Look" done in post at DVinfo.net

Jayson Brown · March 23rd, 2003, 11:54 PM

Hi,

Below is an image conversion I did in post.

http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pubimage.asp?id_=1936453

I really believe that the image on the right resembles the look of film.

The only thing now missing is the shallow DOF and the MOTION of film.

Above post work done in After Effects

Bruce A. Christenson · March 23rd, 2003, 11:58 PM

It looks like you have the shallow DOF already.

Why is it missing? How did you do it in post?

Jayson Brown · March 24th, 2003, 12:00 AM

Hi Bruce,

I meant the only thing missing from the original video was DOF. I had to fake it in post using gaussian blur.

Regards
Jayson

Bruce A. Christenson · March 25th, 2003, 05:05 PM

Ok, how do you do a gaussian blur on the background but not the subject? In a single frame, you can handdraw a mask I guess. Can AE make the mask follow the subject accurately, for real clips?

If you can do that, then a 24P camera or a de-interlacer/resampler package could fix the motion issue, and you'll have it all!

Jayson Brown · March 25th, 2003, 05:09 PM

Bruce,

Have to shoot against a green screen for this effect to fully work. A nightmare of course, but we will do anything to produce a "filmlook".

Keith Loh · March 25th, 2003, 05:16 PM

I like the blurred out background but the image is highly contrasted.

Curtis T. Stoeber · March 26th, 2003, 01:40 PM

The cig seems to have "jaggies" to it. Is that a result of shrinking the image to a small JPEG? Could you post images that are direct exports from the DV footage (720x480)?

March 23rd, 2003, 11:54 PM	#1
Jayson Brown Tourist Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4	Example of "Film Look" done in post Hi, Below is an image conversion I did in post. http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pubimage.asp?id_=1936453 I really believe that the image on the right resembles the look of film. The only thing now missing is the shallow DOF and the MOTION of film. Above post work done in After Effects

March 25th, 2003, 05:16 PM	#6
Keith Loh Air China Pilot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 2,389	I like the blurred out background but the image is highly contrasted. __________________ -- Visit http://www.KeithLoh.com \| stuff about living in Vancouver \| My Flickr photo gallery

March 23rd, 2003, 11:58 PM	#2
Bruce A. Christenson Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Forest Grove, OR Posts: 122	It looks like you have the shallow DOF already. Why is it missing? How did you do it in post?

March 24th, 2003, 12:00 AM	#3
Jayson Brown Tourist Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4	Hi Bruce, I meant the only thing missing from the original video was DOF. I had to fake it in post using gaussian blur. Regards Jayson

March 25th, 2003, 05:05 PM	#4
Bruce A. Christenson Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Forest Grove, OR Posts: 122	Ok, how do you do a gaussian blur on the background but not the subject? In a single frame, you can handdraw a mask I guess. Can AE make the mask follow the subject accurately, for real clips? If you can do that, then a 24P camera or a de-interlacer/resampler package could fix the motion issue, and you'll have it all!

March 25th, 2003, 05:09 PM	#5
Jayson Brown Tourist Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4	Bruce, Have to shoot against a green screen for this effect to fully work. A nightmare of course, but we will do anything to produce a "filmlook".

March 26th, 2003, 01:40 PM	#7
Curtis T. Stoeber Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lakewood Colorado USA Posts: 150	The cig seems to have "jaggies" to it. Is that a result of shrinking the image to a small JPEG? Could you post images that are direct exports from the DV footage (720x480)?