Special Effects contest

much like the photoshop battles, someone suggests an effect, say from a movie, and we compete to see who can best recreate it

it could be judged on accuracy and creativity of how u use it

any takers?

The Matrix External image not preserved — inspect source: http://homegrownforums.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerdsmile.gif. Lets do this shit.

Edit: bullet time is pretty easy.

I almost have it...

The Butterfly Effect: When he goes back in time (the effect)

haha yeah i went to that movie with a girl and while kissing I sometimes peeked at the screen to check out the effect haha.
It looks like they cut a part around Ashton and then let the area around it move a bit (Transform) and use a Directional Blur + Ghosting to get the right effect. I'm not sure how they did that shit with the letters on the paper moving though.. :S

Sometimes I wish I had a damn green or blue screen...

Yeah, I've been considering converting my garage into one, but I just don't have the bucks.......really I guess all I'd have to do is paint the whole interior the same color........but anyway

That would be fucking awesome, yet fucking ugly at the same time External image not preserved — inspect source: http://homegrownforums.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerdsmile.gif

Yeah......would black work too? Just any solid color?

it will work but the shades of the green/blue used are not very common. If you use black as background and your actor has blackhair, u'll see a weird boldheaded (maybe with a few hairpieces left on his head), on a starship.

That's how they made Star Trek with the Enterprise-D anyway..

this might help you, im considering building a similar one in the backyard
http://www.jushhome.com/Bluescreen/Bluescreen.html

for my stuff i use a neon green

i'd do that if i'd have a big ass room like that

QUOTE it will work but the shades of the green/blue used are not very common. If you use black as background and your actor has blackhair, u'll see a weird boldheaded (maybe with a few hairpieces left on his head), on a starship.