July 2, 2012 Workshop 16 Notes

BLENDING SHAPES AND COMPOSITE EDITIN IN QUICKTIME PRO

1. This workshop is developed after the on-line tutorials provided in the Robinson Text. From within UVA, go directly to the on-line reader and review pages on the Bend Deformer beginning at pages 321.

2. Composite editing in QuickTime Pro requires that you begin with two movie files. In class we used a movie file of a base NURBS plane and a Cone and fireworks effects rendered these separate in Maya Software.

Part 1. Maya

  1. Within Maya 2011, go to the Surfaces module and create an plane surface for
    the ground and cone.
  2. Add a spot light, go to the shadows Tab and turn on Raytrace Shadow Attributes.
  3. Go to the Dynamics module and under the Effects menu, create a “Fireworks” effect
    placing the emitter above the cone.
  4. Go to the Channel Box/Layer Editor (upper right hand corner), select the Render tab,
    and create two render layers. Using the standard technique, place the light, cone and
    plane on the first layer, and place the emitter on the second one.
  5. Turn on the first render layer only.
  6. Go to the Render Settings Window and setup a Maya Software rendering. Batch render
    30 frames. Using QuickTime Pro, compile the movie file as “baselayer.mov”.
  7. Turn on the second render layer only.
    Go to the Render Settings Window and setup a Maya MentalRay rendering. Batch
    render 30 frames.Using Quicktime Pro, compile the movie file as “fireworkslayer.mov”.

Part 2. QuickTime

  1. Start with the two movies opened in QuickTime.
  2. Copy the track from "fireworkslayer.mov" movie by choosing Edit > Extract Tracks, selecting the
    track, and choosing File > Copy.Select the movie you want to add the track to. To scale the track, select a portion of the movie equal to the duration of the track you’re adding, then choose Edit > Add Scaled.
  3. Go to the WIndow>Show Movie Properties menu within QuickTime, select the second track.
  4. Select the Visual Settings tab.
  5. At the "Transparency" button, choose "Blend".
  6. Playback the movie, save it, and for simplicity, export it to a self-contained QuickTime movie file.