Download Shot Quicktime Movie
Left click on image to view quicktime movie
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Create
a new Maya Project for
this shot
- Launch maya
- File->Project->New...
- Change the name to M2CD1R1BS3T1.[your
initials].[mayaVersion].[workingNumber].ma
e.g. M2CD1R1BS3T1.jl.m5.1.ma
- Make sure you save to Maya ASCII, not Binary.
- Click Use Defaults button at the bottom and Accept
- File->Project->Set->[Select above new
project]
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Maya Layout Download Instructions
- Right Mouse Click on the image
- Select Save Link Target As...
- Save to the above maya project path
maya/scenes/ClarkeM2s1to3Sep22.m5.1.ma.gz
- Gunzip the downloaded file maya file to
maya/scenes/ClarkeM2s1to3Sep22.m5.1.ma
- Import or rename as per previous step.
Gzip online resources for Windows:
http://www.gzip.org/
Note: Mac OS X unix shell comes with gunzip command. |
Instructions to Download Quicktime Movie
File
and Convert to Sequence of images
We will be using the qt movie file or the sequence of images, as an
animated background for your maya camera image plane.
This will allow you to match-a-mate the cg body to the bg image in the
camera.
Note: some versions of maya on some platforms allow you to use a qt
movie file. Most situations, you need to convert them to a sequence of
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- Right Mouse Click on the image to the left
- Select Save Link Target As...
- Save to your local computer as: M2CD1R1BS3T1.mov
- For windows and linux, you will need to convert the
movie
file to a sequence of iff or jpg frames.
- The file sequence path/naming convention is:
maya/sourceimages/shotname.iff.<frameNumber>
- Modify each
camera->Environment->imagePlane->image
Name to point to your local copy of the movie or sequence of frames.
Note: The above example is for a different shot, but the principle is
the same.
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- Turn on the Use
Image
Sequence button
- Try scrubbing your timeline. You should see the image
in
your 3d view animate.
- Rename the hdAsp1_78_shot1_3_5a camera to
hdAsp1_78shotCD001
- View through the hdAsp1_78shotCD001 camera.
- Set the frame range to the number of frames in the
M2CD1R1BS3T1.mov
footage.
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Download G Suit Maya File
Right Mouse click->Save Link Target As... to save maya file.
- Import the G Suit into your maya layout scene.
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Match-a-mate G Suit Body to Actor
- Position the G Suit so the collar lines up with the
neckline of the actor in the image sequence.
- Match-a-mate the G Suit body to the movie images
sequences.
- Keyframe match-amate the cg body to actor Chuck
Marra's
performance in the blue screen footage.
- Save out as
maya/scenes/M2CD1R1BS3T1.[your
initials].[mayaVersion].[workingNumber].ma
e.g. M2CD1R1BS3T1.jl.m5.1.ma
Make sure you save to ascii format, not binary.
- Gzip your file to save on file size
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Send Your File to Maelstrom II Production
- Email your gzipped file to:
maelstrom2themovie@gmail.com
- Remember to send takes often. Don't spend too much
time perfecting it!
- Send any questions relating to the shot to the same
address
Happy Match moving! =)
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