Very quick mock up of a non-animated scene from Naruto

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:36 am

Its crap..but its a start

geocities.com/patmals/Narutotest.swf

more information here..it is work in DIRE progress...so don't shoot me

http://www.lostmarble.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5369

edit:

I made an error in the url

http://geocities.com/patmals/samples/Narutotest1.swf

wizaerd · Post by **wizaerd** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:25 am

It's certainly a very good likeness... You draw that in AS? Keep it up!!

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:11 am

wizaerd wrote:It's certainly a very good likeness... You draw that in AS? Keep it up!!

Thanks wizaerd, i threw this together in a few hours, rotoscoping it.

its all drawn using the add point tool and the mouse.

still a long way to go and plan to attempt the whole opening sequence

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:44 am

oops..i used the oval tool for the eyes and the head shape..

i will make more soon, extra scenes and more closer-to-the-correct colours.

Runfunky · Post by **Runfunky** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:55 pm

Hey ya Patmals, good job on that!

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:01 pm

Runfunky wrote:Hey ya Patmals, good job on that!

Thanks very much Runfunky, but i have a long way to go

DarthFurby · Post by **DarthFurby** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:50 pm

Keep at it Patmals! We all gotta start somewhere. Love Naruto!

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:56 pm

DarthFurby wrote:Keep at it Patmals! We all gotta start somewhere. Love Naruto!

Thank you!

Okay! i was close to giving it up

but i think i should actually finish as much as i can!

Thanks everyone!

The Naruto openings are a littile difficult to rotoscope..the screen is moving all time time..like a handheld camera..

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:05 pm

The Naruto openings are a littile difficult to rotoscope..the screen is moving all time time..like a handheld camera..

There's a script which will mimic a handheld camera in AS...

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:14 am

jahnocli wrote:
The Naruto openings are a littile difficult to rotoscope..the screen is moving all time time..like a handheld camera..
There's a script which will mimic a handheld camera in AS...

Hi Jahnocli,

I am aware of the script, thanks but its because the source is moving all the time which causes me some pain.

I could try and stabilize the motion in After Effects or something but..i think it wil take a while to do it and get it as still as i need it to be.

Thanks anyway!

Bones3D · Post by **Bones3D** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:03 am

Patmals wrote:The Naruto openings are a littile difficult to rotoscope..the screen is moving all time time..like a handheld camera..

Ideally, the way around that would be to avoid rotoscoping it all at once.

Instead, rotoscope the content in layers... like so:

1. Foreground effects
2. Foreground objects / elements
3. Main characters / objects
4. Backdrop characters / objects
5. Background scenery / effects

Then recombine the elements in post using a video editor, making sure you have appropriate alpha mattes for each layer.

You could probably do it entirely from within Moho / Anime Studio, but I imagine layer organization is going to get really tricky pretty quickly.

Another item that might help sell the Naruto "look", would be to render to an image sequence, then batch process a few parts of it through photoshop to add that halftoning effect (filter>sketch>halftone pattern...) commonly seen throughout the show.

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:11 am

Bones3D wrote:
Patmals wrote:The Naruto openings are a littile difficult to rotoscope..the screen is moving all time time..like a handheld camera..
Ideally, the way around that would be to avoid rotoscoping it all at once.

Instead, rotoscope the content in layers... like so:

1. Foreground effects
2. Foreground objects / elements
3. Main characters / objects
4. Backdrop characters / objects
5. Background scenery / effects

Then recombine the elements in post using a video editor, making sure you have appropriate alpha mattes for each layer.

You could probably do it entirely from within Moho / Anime Studio, but I imagine layer organization is going to get really tricky pretty quickly.

Another item that might help sell the Naruto "look", would be to render to an image sequence, then batch process a few parts of it through photoshop to add that halftoning effect (filter>sketch>halftone pattern...) commonly seen throughout the show.

Thank you very much for you input Bones3D!

I'm lucky to hae After effects, i plan to put alot of the work into that for visual looking and sequencing

Hows your work going mate? I'm curious to see what you have planned. Do you plan to do something with a Rumiko Takashi work?

I would like to tackle (just to gain experience and fun in AS) Urusei Yatsura.

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:17 am

This is quite hard...

Maybe i should try a more simpler task first...

hmm..