• Half Life Citadel in Real Life (After Effects)
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Just downloaded After Effects trail and after a day i've learned how to do this. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0k_MMs1XTk[/media] Need more practice though.
Definatly not too bad. I saw a very light motion jolt in the first few seconds, or at least thought I did. For someone who has the trial only for a few days, great, keep at it.
That looks quite cool
Thanks :) Yeah at first the motion capture was perfect, then something went wrong and i could never get it right after that.
Looks great for a beginner.
The perspective of the citadel is a little off too. I used this picture. [img]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/en/images/thumb/7/7b/Citadel_from_Canals.jpg/250px-Citadel_from_Canals.jpg[/img]
now just add the city scanners also work on the perspective
[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;20419555]now just add the city scanners also work on the perspective[/QUOTE] Thanks for the advice, if i ever try it again it will be a video of the citadel opening up and the scanners coming out. Or i could do the portal from episode 2.
Also add some lightning streaks or something, just to give it a more gloomy look?
Perspective and ligning/colour is the only problem i can notice. Other than that, the motion is really great and size is alright i guess. For a beginner it's really great in my opinion.
Thanks guys. I was aiming for something like these (Way better than mine, but they've had a lot of experience). [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjhHjk0I2FU[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S08XeMbO4Cc[/media]
[QUOTE=Adamhully;20419844]Thanks guys. I was aiming for something like these (Way better than mine, but they've had a lot of experience). [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL] [URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=TjhHjk0I2FU[/URL] [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL] [URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=S08XeMbO4Cc[/URL] [/QUOTE] oh god that first one was awesome
There's a mistake at 0:14. The citadel is cut off unnaturally. Other than that it looks pretty cool.
[QUOTE=toastedspyro;20421949]There's a mistake at 0:14. The citadel is cut off unnaturally. Other than that it looks pretty cool.[/QUOTE] Yeah i also had that fixed, but it somehow unfixed itself. If you look at the top of the video, theres a solid colour (same colour as the sky) fading downwards that follows the camera, this was supposed to be at the top of the citadel making it look like its disappearing in the clouds. Oh well, trial and error.
The video won't start for me, anyone else have this problem?
it seems like the citadel is saturated a lot moer that it should, i suggest you try putting some sort of warming filter on the citadel to match
Add animations to it like when the Citadel was opening up in the "Anticitizen One" Chapter.
I think for the angle you used the citadel should be at lot bigger, that would help the perspective.
I've been using After Effects for nearly a year now and I still don't know how to do that. I made this though. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGHWmaq6s94[/media] Watch in 480p to see the details.
The planet is a little too lit up on the observer's side for the star to be almost directly behind it.
Shit man that looks good, Do the portal from episode 2 now.
[QUOTE=Adamhully;20419202]Just downloaded After Effects trail and after a day i've learned how to do this. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0k_MMs1XTk[/media] Need more practice though.[/QUOTE] Is there any tutorials online about how to do this? Or did you do this from scratch? If there is a site, might sharing the link?
[url]www.videocopilot.net[/url]
[QUOTE=Adamhully;20419482]The perspective of the citadel is a little off too.[/QUOTE] A little? Might want to use noclip or something and get a perspective aligned shot of it.
[QUOTE=Nipa;20430770][url]www.videocopilot.net[/url][/QUOTE] Andrew Kramer is [B]the man[/B] when it comes to After Effects.
Lookin' good, buddy.
I always thought that the Commerzbank building in Frankfurt has a citadel-esque look [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/1/1c/20080524085619!Commerzbank_Tower_in_Frankfurt.jpg[/img]
Add some flying scanners and large wires coming from citadel.
[QUOTE=Adamhully;20419844]Thanks guys. I was aiming for something like these (Way better than mine, but they've had a lot of experience). [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjhHjk0I2FU[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S08XeMbO4Cc[/media][/QUOTE] Half life 3 gameplay footage? [editline]09:26AM[/editline] [QUOTE=larsmars223;20433846]I always thought that the Commerzbank building in Frankfurt has a citadel-esque look [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/1/1c/20080524085619!Commerzbank_Tower_in_Frankfurt.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [img]http://coolboom.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/eureka-skydeck1.jpg[/img] Eureka Tower in Melbourne.
Looks nice, bit off colour though
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