Pogue feed This video is not only funny...but how the heck do they do the CGI when the camcorder is handheld and moving!? http://marcelotavano.com/2009/06/27/now-...
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@Pogue "how the heck do they do the CGI when the camcorder is handheld and moving!?" Really good 3D tracking. Cool work.
@Pogue compositing. software like Adobe After Effects or Apple's Shake to interpose both CGI and real life recording
@Pogue Kind of brings into doubt the authenticity of ANY video nowadays, doesn't it? Did the riots in Iran really happen? Or were they GG?
@Pogue Hahha, it's great! I want one of these. http://twitter.com/Pogue/status/23748569...
@Pogue I suspect it's stop-action animation of actual objects, not CGI... you can see it kind of swaying on invisible strings at one point
@Pogue OMG how did they do that. It was amazing lol xx
@Pogue After Effects!
@Pogue Motion-tracking software has progressed a lot in the last years
@Pogue It's super cool... but there's a program of alga rhythms that will give the camera the feel of being hand-held. Great application!
@Pogue normally you would use a reference object that allows you to track camera movement and which is removed from the final clip.
@Pogue Maybe they did the camera movements afterwards?! ie fixed camera for the cgi and then the handheld style... #frpostvideo
@Pogue Just as they would do in Transformers. Track the camera then add the CG elements.
@Pogue very cool movie and camcorder made it look real. thanks for sharing!
@Pogue you just record the movement of the camera with something like an accelerometer and use this data for the virtual camera.
@Pogue Consumer-grade 3d tracking tools like PFHoe (http://www.pfhoe.com/hoe.htm) have gotten really good in the last few years.
@Pogue That is crazy cool!
@Pogue Dave, they did something similar in this unboxing ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kGyR55dp... which was pretty cool too
@Pogue A wee bit late on that one, David. Regardless, the video is awesome. The CGI is great too! Almost unreal... maybe it was real...!
This video is not only funny, but how the heck do they do the CGI when the cam is handheld and moving!? http://marcelotavano.com/2009/06/27/now-... (via @Pogue)
@Pogue I would use tracking software and add camera shake. Shake was too smooth to be real.
@Pogue Motion-tracking software uses contrast to ID fixed points &follow them as they move frame by frame. It overlays & moves CGI to match.
@Pogue CGI Motion Tracking has advanced wildly in recent years. It's now possible to track any shot by just identifying a few stable points.
@Pogue 3D motion tracking has come a long way in the last few years
@Pogue very old trick, you film the scenery as-is and superimpose the CGI in post-processing (including the shadows) - very well done video
@Pogue CGI down by "tracking" software that locks on points then tracks the CGI masks movements to correspond. Did you see shawdow detail?
@Pogue See a hilarious singing telegram that I did, music videos we wrote & sang while reading My Finding God Story, & more otionent.com
@Pogue That is insane!
@Pogue Glad you liked! Tks for sharing the link with your followers.
@Pogue That video was for the French Post Office. Sending registered mail via the internet. Thank you babelfish.
@Pogue usually static points are used as anchors to detect the movement of the camera...
@Pogue Here's another interesting take on an animated computer: http://www.evelienlohbeck.com/noteboek.h...
@Pogue Its not CGI, it's a new Apple prototype… maybe for those who coloraborate on editing large videos with 1 laptop from far places, idk…
@Pogue no, its the new prototype for travelers who lose or get there laptop stolen… and for it to work you need mobile me, and a hw upgrade!
@Pogue frame by frame tracking will do that, probably an easy spot (color) on the desk when it was shot, voila!
@Pogue frame by frame
@Pogue lots and lots of tracking. Probably in something like mocca.
@Pogue I have to say that was a really cool video
@Pogue I never bookmarked that baby being tossed in the air. Was it on your web site? How do I find it? (Baby yours?)
@Pogue They are likely tracking the plane of the desk then compositing the CGI. Neat stuff. Check out "augmented reality" in general.
@Pogue #PazMundial: http://blog.estadao.com.br/blog/link/?ti...