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EDIT: Whoops, sorry. I uploaded the wrong version. The replacement version above shows the soft, out of focus qualities I'm talking about.
This halfsize thumbnail is from a short emotional closeup which originated in iClone.
In order to work the model into a better likeness, I had to resculpt every frame by painting them. (Indeed, there's still some crudeness in the nostrils which I haven't addressed.)
I know that to do this properly would mean editing only the extremes and then generating the tweens again by whatever method.
If you draw on all the frames, of course, you get "boiling" -- like this. (It's far more apparent at the original size!)
I realize that "boiling" is generally nonprofessional, particularly because it visually competes with the storytelling in a potentially distracting way.
However, it does lend a certain ominous energy. In addition, younger viewers hate precision and polish, and love grunge and noise.
When viewed at twice this size, the image has an out of focus feeling as a result of the dilate and cutout filters, making it more delicate and mysterious, and suitable for a depth-of-field composition.
The cutout filter also introduced flicker artifacts in the whites of the eyes, which I suspect adds more than it detracts.
Note also the slow-mo aspect may be an emotional cue.
So. With all that considered, is this a good thing--or would I do better to play by the rules and try to stabilize the animation?
