G2-Update3

The Effect

The final video will have a person walking into a scene and then using his hands to create fluid motion in the scene. After the person leaves, the scene keeps swirling and then stops, showing a completely different view.

Progress since Update 2:

1. Fluid Solver NEEDS TWEAKING

Fluid Solver code completed for use in project.
Code reduced to only essential fluid procedures.
Gauss-Seidel pressure projection method replaced with more effective conjugate gradient solver.
Addition of bitmap image loading into system.
Addition of bitmap frame writing completed.
Write image to disk each frame of the fluid simulation.
Create vector motion input from file (a kind of vector field script reader for new and different motions at different points in time)

2. Locations and Footage DONE

Locations mapped out for final production.
Photos taken of site.
Video footage shot of site from various angles.
motion footage with actor.
actor approaching scene.

3. Motion Capture DONE

Will do by hand based on actor's hand movements

4. Image Morphing NEEDS TWEAKING

Use software to merge two videos together to create seemless image transitions

5. Problems

Scrapped HD footage (too much overhead) and reshot with normal DV using more sunlight to get the color we want for the background
Want to segment out the rail into the actor's layer to create a nicer effect
Image morphing software we have found doesn't produce very good animations
Video morphing software does more of a fade than a morph

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DVFX 2006 Groups last edited on 28 March 2006 at 1:15 pm by r52h135.res.gatech.edu
G2-Final Report last edited on 26 March 2007 at 12:56 pm by lccwest36.skiles.gatech.edu