I think your workflow DOES matter!!! :-) I only know of the workflow that is based on single frames. There might be workflows that directly manipulate video.
So for our workflow, there were the following things very important: * use tools, that can do batch jobs, sometimes called actions or macros! * your source material/video should be of few colors or high contrast to allow seperation of shapes from background * the quality of your raster2vector tool. we used photoshop magic tool to automatically select the background (not the shape), then inverted the selection and transformed the selection into a path, which could be exported to illustrator. So Photoshop was our raster2vector tool, and turned out to be really good. You can also prepare your raster images with photoshop using de-interlace filter (if your source is pal video), sharpen, enhance contrast, etc. Sorry for repeating myself, but I forgot to mention the magic selection tool before. ;-) hth, Matthias 2007/5/17, Gustavo Duenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
My advice to whoever want to do this kind of animation for a client...charge them very good, this looks actually a lot of work, doesn't matter the kind of programs you might use. Respects. Gustavo Duenas On May 17, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Jay Carlson wrote: > another way would be to use final cut...video the dancing/movement > on a green screen, bring it into final cut, mask the dancing with > the green screen effect and make the background black, then reverse > the image so the body was black and the background was white. > there's your video to convert to a flv or keyframes. it might make > the task a little easier than using quicktime or photoshop & > illustrator. it will also keep your file size down if you leave it > as a video...this is all in theory as well. I've never actually > done it. maybe off topic, but can a flv be given a transparent > background and be used as a mask? that might help as well. > > J. > On May 17, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Gustavo Duenas wrote: > >> In Theory, I've actually never done something like that, is simple: >> >> 1. convert the movie to quicktime (use qtpro) >> 2. export as a jpg sequence of images. >> 3. import into illustrator and do the graphics there. Use live >> trace in the imported images, then use expand and you'll have the >> paths. >> 4. export the sequence of Illus Paths to flash and there create >> the movie clips and you could use a time line if you want this a s >> a flv or use behaviours like tellTarget(fl8) in any of the MC >> timelines in order to have this in this own time. >> 5. add the sound >> 5. export the swf and pray.(heheheh) is joke . >> >> This is the way i'll do this in Theory, I've never actually done >> something like that. >> >> Regards >> >> Gustavo >> >> On May 16, 2007, at 2:59 AM, Matthias Dittgen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> we did something similar some time ago, but for a small sequence >>> only. >>> We wore black clothes and were filmed in front of a white wall. >>> We did >>> post-production in Photoshop and Illustrator. We used actions (batch >>> processing) in Photoshop and converted Selections into Pathes which >>> could be exported/imported to Illustrator, where another action >>> converted them into fills and saved to single-frame SWF files. These >>> files were imported into Flash as sequence. And there you are.. >>> You can then use these shapes as masks and have nice effects this >>> way. >>> >>> hth, >>> Matthias >>> >>> 2007/5/15, Helios Pregioni Bayma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have a project with animation of a person, and the client is >>>> in doubt >>>> about real person animed or silhouette like the one in >>>> http://u10.iriver.com/. >>>> >>>> Do you know what are the best techniques for both? The iriver >>>> example, what >>>> technique do you think it uses? >>>> My weakeast point in Flash is animation, and the design company >>>> will take >>>> care of it, but they asked me that cause they know nothing about >>>> Flash. >>>> Anyone has a tip for doing those differente animations? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Helios >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] >>>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>> >>>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>>> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>>> http://www.figleaf.com >>>> http://training.figleaf.com >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] >>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>> http://www.figleaf.com >>> http://training.figleaf.com >>> >> >> Gustavo Duenas >> Creative Director >> LEFT AND RIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC >> 1225 W. 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