how do i cut out a part of a recording in bb flashback

How do i cut out a part of a recording in bb flashback simulator#

We also for the first time had another actor involved! That left me to work on my rather non existent acting skills.

How do i cut out a part of a recording in bb flashback simulator#

(This included: light layers, grade layers, 3D model layers, particle simulator layers)Įach shot then had it's own color correction / grading layer and additional effects layer for the overall shot.įinally finished this project that we've been working on for quite some time! As with all things it's good to change things up once and awhile to keep growing so we swapped roles a bit and Sean looked after the concept creation, directing and filming. Impressive looking sequence! Just curious though, how many layers were used in the composites? Once the models were imported and aligned appropriately within HitFilm, the clouds/smoke were used to both create of feeling of being contained within something but also used to enhance the virtual distance / depth between the sets of 3D models. Again, this was done by organizing the models into the same 'foreground, midground and background' pieces for import. To remedy this a bit, I had pre-aligned all the debris models in their own 3D space relative to each other in Blender so that when I imported them into HitFilm, that space was already pre-determined. This made things a bit difficult navigating through virtual space or to see things happening from different camera views as the scrolling ability currently is a tad low for larger virtual spaces. The debris itself was quite large relative to the ship and therefore the actual virtual space it created / distance between pieces was large as a result.

With regards to the models, smoke etc I tried to keep things scaled in relation to one another as you'd see them through your eye. Hopefully when I'm done the video it will illustrate it a bit better.

I broke down all the layers (33) into three sections, foreground, midground and background, sandwiching each model layer between layers of smoke. The smoke layers are interspersed between various 'layers' of the 3D models. For the dust/smoke, it's a ton of layers using the particle simulator some static (relative to the camera), while others moving, that fade in an out as you move through them. Simon, to confirm the above, the POV cockpit shot was done all within the same 3D space. The cockpit POV shot also intrigues me - was that all within the same 3D space, or was the cockpit a separate comp overlaid onto the background 3D animation? Also how you went about creating the volumetric dust/smoke with the models floating in and around it. General insight into the techniques you used to create a sense of enormous space would be great.