matrix jump....

laxster08 · Post by **laxster08** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:55 am

prob been ask before but i just got home from work and i'm to lazy to search for it...how do u make the matrix jump..u know how they jump across buildings..and how do u make it look real...not cheesy...thanks guys...

ps.after effects and pinnacle to work w/

mark_essex_87 · Post by **mark_essex_87** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:30 pm

i think they used wires to do those jumps?!

insert_coin · Post by **insert_coin** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:28 pm

uhh you could be crafty film a back plate of your scene then put up a green screen get your actor to jump in the air then eliminate the green and animate your character moving with keyframes add some blur to simulate motion and then film a long shot do the same thing and then film your shot of your actor landing and off camera just have a crate or box and get the actor to jump off the box... simple, people do the same for jedi's jumping

Ivan Speilberg · Post by **Ivan Speilberg** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 4:52 am

Pretty cool Insert_Coin:Drf
I have done that effect by other methods, using climbing equipment and wires but never tought about doing it your way. Mine loocks more REALISTIC, but yours is less time consuming.

Mrdodobird · Post by **Mrdodobird** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:08 am

I actually did an example of this effect the other day, but I dont have webspace. Many (well, a couple) people I show it to think I actually jumped. It's not the EXACT effect, but it's close enough. I used after effects, but nothing I did couldn't also be done with Premier. I ran into the screen, and jumped I had to jump high in the first place, otherwise it wouldn't look any good. In the jump, I crouched down, then leaped. I chose the frame when i was the most crouched down, then sped up the footage for the rest of the jump. I sped it up 300 percent. Then I copied the last frame, traced around my body, added blur, and had the traced out image of me fly out of the frame. I then did the same for a landing. The results were surpriseing. I'd show you the example, but I have no webspace.

ChibiVader · Post by **ChibiVader** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:30 pm

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I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 4:26 am

I got to this post to late.. i was gonna say what ic said, if you time it right and have the right movements you may be able to pull it off.... for the real matrix they used a harness system and masked out the wires

Mrdodobird · Post by **Mrdodobird** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:16 am

Allright! Thanks ChibiVader for hosting...
The effect I was talking about a bit earlier....

http://s94958815.onlinehome.us/download ... mptest.mov

Again, only made in twenty minutes. If I had wanted it to be really good, I would have added blur to when I was first jumping, but when you view it full speed, you can't really tell. (you can see a jerk, (no, not me!) when I first jump, and if I had blurred it that would be gone)

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:37 am

Darn you ChibiVader! You take all the people I offer web hosting to.

Looks pretty good. I like the impacting shake when you come back down.

Syras · Post by **Syras** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:41 am

how do u guys do camera shake? is it hand animated in after effects or is there a filter?

Mrdodobird · Post by **Mrdodobird** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:13 pm

You can do it in Premier, but in After Effects, it's as simple as putting a frame at the beginning of when you want the shake, and at the end, (make sure the mosition option is animatable), select the two keyframes, and used the "wiggle" effect, make the frequency really high, turn down the amplitude, and if you turn on the blur option, it looks even better. Is that too confusing?

ChibiVader · Post by **ChibiVader** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:58 am

Made perfect sense to me.

BrownCowStudios · Post by **BrownCowStudios** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:22 am

Yeah, camera shake can really add to an effect. Take an explosion for example. Usually it just looks weak by itself. Add a nice sound effect or two and some camera shake, and your effect is now more effective, and more natural looking.

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 5:55 pm

How did you do the jump effect though?

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:13 am

Who Vamp? Who ya talking to? Lol

Mrdodobird · Post by **Mrdodobird** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:51 am

Whoa! you ever write a post, then look at it later, and it looks amazingly fragmented and confusing? That'll teach me to write when I'm tired, eh?

SgtPadrino · Post by **SgtPadrino** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:08 pm

If this guy's too lazy to search for on a forum, what makes you think he'll actually do everything you people are suggesting? I tell you, these kids nowadays need to get their own ideas. In MAH day, we didn't look at these newfangled 500 million dollar movie trilogies and actually believe that we could DO stunts from them. WE had a sense of reality. You damned kids....

film fanatic · Post by **film fanatic** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:21 pm

Oh shut up you Space Cowboy

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:38 am

lol You are too down to earth, SgtPadrino! They say, "Learn from the masters."

townshend88 · Post by **townshend88** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 8:33 am

that was really f*** cool.

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 5:56 pm

lmfao Sgt. Padrino. Thats how I feel and I am a kid myself lol. Be creative.