Working Outside The Box
🔒 From flickering lights to ultraviolet-keying, let's look at the VFX problems caused by – and the solutions dependent on – the world outside the human spectrum…
🔒 From flickering lights to ultraviolet-keying, let's look at the VFX problems caused by – and the solutions dependent on – the world outside the human spectrum…
This is a Companions Exclusive Tutorial
In this article we'll look at:
- Human senses and their limitations.
- How to fix flickering footage.
- How to deal with rolling shutter.
- How we can benefit from saccadic masking.
- Two different methods of frequency separation.
- A brief look at ultraviolet and infrared keying.
Phantom Terrains
We are surrounded by a sea of invisible light and inaudible sounds.
Our human vision and hearing are quite limited on a grand scale. Each sense is confined to perceive only a narrow range within the broad spectrum of electromagnetic and mechanical waves in our surroundings.
A flower bathed in ultraviolet light reveals previously unseen colours and patterns.
There are many things – often right in front of us – which we simply can’t see. Or hear.
