Hasta La Motion!

I’m trying to shoot a scene which basically involves a dolly shot around an empty desk, behind which i want a character to materialize, mid-shot.

my means are pretty limited and i’m wondering whether anyone has any suggestions on the most effective way of approaching this shot. i did think of throwing in an object into the shot, such as a computer screen to briefly obscure the chair, giving the actor time to jump into the shot, but i’d rather have the actor literally dissolve into the empty chair.

is there any way of achieving this without using an electronic dolly? or should i basically try to wing dolly speed / direction in two shots and hope that it matches, and then perhaps try to touch it up in post?

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Hi guys,

I’m going to be working on a project where I have have a scientist on gs. He will be in front of some Beakers, however I’m trying to figure out that when I go to key my GS it will key the beakers to, thus eliminating the caustic type effect when he looks through it or something is in there, what do you guys recommend of a to work around this, so that it still gives the same effect.

Thanks

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Hi all,
Everytime I want to search for a gizmo that perhaphs is not listed, I have to hit the "ALL PLUGINS/ "UPDATE" button.

It would be so nice if I could start nuke, hit the search tab, and find "Every" gizmo that is in Nuke.

To prove to you that I need help with python, and I know nothing about it,
This would be my python code:

Ref:
Always update the dam search plugin when (nuke starts) 😀

Thanks,
Lou