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# Hoover

CFB
My site
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:49, archived)
# Hahaha
you are a video star!
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:50, archived)
# Rocks, as ever.
Top-hole, sir.
Wow. The big version is ace. It's like Harold Lloyd in colour :)
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:50, archived)
# Thank you
and hooray for Harold Lloyd
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:53, archived)
# de de, de de, de de, de derr de!
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:00, archived)
# hahhahahahahaha
class as always! have some infinite woo's sir!

edit: how long do these take to do? they are amazing!
(I helped save b3ta! northernwifeb3ta is going to Dubai in December :D for "work", Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:51, archived)
# This one took hours
The difference matting didn't work as well as I would have hoped. I had to hand animate a matte for that bleedin' hoover pipe
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:03, archived)
# that's fab but
would be cool if the hoover sucked itself up at the end in a yellow submarine stylee
(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:51, archived)
# hehehehehe
fantastic as ever :~)
(I helped save b3ta! MrSanity has maybe kicked the WoW habit forever, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:51, archived)
# haha!
splendid
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:51, archived)
# haha
magic
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:53, archived)
# ha ha ha
wunder bra!!
(I helped save b3ta! robh, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:53, archived)
# yay...make my sunday°)
tj / normal CFB doesn't work w/mac ?? (or is it just me? and don't tell me right click / open...etc)
(I helped save b3ta! olivier8 (euroloon), Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:55, archived)
# It's a WMV
Not sure if they work on Macs
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:56, archived)
# yes
all i get is 4 pges of code
(I helped save b3ta! olivier8 (euroloon), Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:59, archived)
# Hmm
That's odd. I'll make you an mpeg version, see if that works better.

I'll be back in a sec
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:00, archived)
# don't worry about that the small one is already hilarious
...keep valuable time to make more stuff like that°)
(I helped save b3ta! olivier8 (euroloon), Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:03, archived)
# the bigger one is longer and better though.
Woo to Sheep! by the way.
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:04, archived)
# Thank you sire
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:05, archived)
# OK then
..
(I helped save b3ta! olivier8 (euroloon), Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:09, archived)
# that may just be an associations problem.
the most recent WMV format may be problematic, but that one works fine here in Not Windows Land. Maybe you should save it locally and try to load the file into your movie player. Or if that still doesn't work, get a better player like videolan!
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:03, archived)
# i'm not going to mess w/ my buddy's computer
but i tell him
(I helped save b3ta! olivier8 (euroloon), Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:07, archived)
# Right, MPEG version
Click
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:09, archived)
# ta much
...checking asap...
(I helped save b3ta! olivier8 (euroloon), Mon 22 Nov 2004, 14:28, archived)
# so what drugs do you take?
(peewee13, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:56, archived)
# Only alcohol
and lots of it
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:57, archived)
# must be the psychiatric disorder then
for some strange reason I have Ozzy Osbourne singing "blue suede shoes" playing at the moment and the timing is perfect with your pic.
(peewee13, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:02, archived)
# Err.. thanks
You flatter me too much
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:06, archived)
# That's cheeky,
and reminds me of the "REMEMBER MA NAME! LIMAAARRRAA!" advert of aeons ago.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:01, archived)
# Fan Bloody Tastic.
Woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Lanc Weekend Trailer Park Supervisor, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:56, archived)
# w/y/h
:)
(I helped save b3ta! connor, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:57, archived)
# Wow
That has to be your best one yet.

If nobody has offered to have your babies, I will :)
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:58, archived)
# Not yet
You're in luck
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:59, archived)
# I'm surprised
*prepares boudoir*
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:07, archived)
#
*puts suit on*
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:10, archived)
# *Readies telescope*
(checkers, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:15, archived)
# Very ace
Very ace indeed, top shopping and woo too!
(Super Oaf Petit filous?, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 13:58, archived)
# Huzzah!
(I helped save b3ta! Muns, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:04, archived)
# careful!
you should have put it on your thingy
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:05, archived)
# You are a rude girl.
But I like your thinking.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:06, archived)
# I didn't think of that

goes off and tries it
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:07, archived)
# pure science, m'dear...
if you put it on your thingy you end up in hospital, not in a hoover bag. And in hospital, again, we have nurses!
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:08, archived)
# Cwor.
You're a genius, I tell you!
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:09, archived)
# Huzzah!
You make my Sunday a happy Sunday
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:06, archived)
# that deserves a new woo yay (and how!)
(harmless kitty, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:07, archived)
# what make of vacuume do you use? 'tis class!
(FAQ, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:13, archived)
# Erm, I'll have a look
It's a Miele
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:16, archived)
# brilliumpt as usual
:)
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:25, archived)
# That is...........
...........bloody fantastic!

(Chinychinchin .................................................., Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:30, archived)
# haha
woo yay, genius
(I helped save b3ta! gazz, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:35, archived)
# Top Notch
once again. You are Warner Bros cartoons in human form.
(Electric Dragon rediscovered his password at, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 14:35, archived)
# That's excellent!
Love it!
(I helped save b3ta! S tr app y, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 15:17, archived)
# hurrah
marvellous
(I helped save b3ta! dotmund .co.uk, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 15:19, archived)
# oh my word
that is super. I may have to sit down for a while now.
(leoZ, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 18:08, archived)
# so thats
what happened to the bloke from coldplay
*relurks*
(washing_machine, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 18:53, archived)
# Another
minature masterpiece.

Top class.
(ProudClod, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 19:13, archived)
# Well done sir
Difference matteing is very inaccurate, invest in a large greenscreen. We're currently having to vector-paint in about 60 cloned people into one shot for our film, greenscreen wuould have saved us so much time.
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 20:29, archived)
# But . . .
Greenscreen would have meant that he couldn't interact with the background, which (as a video person) is what makes it impressive.

Well done again, sir!*

*You're just too damn good. Stop it now, I say!
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 21:10, archived)
# Ah, but you can
if you think of clever ways round it.
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 21:31, archived)
# I use green screen too
I also have a blue screen, but I don't know the best settings to use in AE. Can you give me any advice?
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 23:08, archived)
# sure,
I actually emailed you a while back about Boxmobiles. The greenscreen work I've seen you do is good though, you seem pretty apt at it!

you can see why this is pretty soul-destroying though, frame by frame!
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 23:14, archived)
# The link doesn't work I'm afraid
The problem I have with green screen is preserving the soft motion blurred edge to the footage, the keying seems to remove that

Edit: Got it to work now. Looks like a lot of work went into that.
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 23:24, archived)
# Try copying and pasting this:
www.secret7000.com/inquisitor/Comp%201_33.avi

Anyway, I know what you mean about the keying with moving footage. The best way round it I've come across is procedural matte creation, using a few different mattes pulled from your footage to compose into one final matte, then a bit of spill supression and light wrap and you're done.

EDIT: Brilliant tutorial: www.creativecow.net/show.php?forumid=1&page=/articles/onneweer_barend/keyingtut/index.html
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 23:29, archived)
# Yup
I used exactly that technique to do this film. Couple of colour ranges and a difference matte, mainly for the edges. And some roto-matting for the hoover pipe. And lots of garbage mattes thrown in for good measure
(I helped save b3ta! Sheep!, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 23:35, archived)
# I also saw something
about blurring the backgound of what's behind the moving footage, which simultaneously gives lightwrap AND sorts out the problem with the blur. I suppose you'd make it by making an inverse matte of a copied layer of your background footage, heavily blur it and put it over the top of your foreground plate...
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 23:45, archived)
# wow!
(I helped save b3ta! lemonhead, Sun 21 Nov 2004, 23:43, archived)