Lock-On Chroma Key trick

[Kifaru]

 

The Intro Movie:

 

This is an intro screen im working on for a lock-on movie. I just thought i'd share how i did it with you guys as it opens up some new possibilities for lock-on movies with out having to be a 3D animator.

 

 

 

So i used the mk-84 in this case but you can do it with any object in the lock-on encyclopedia.

 

The process:

 

In the lock-on encyclopedia when viewing the units they are displayed on a light blue screen so i simply used fraps to record it and then in editing i added a chroma key matching the light blue colour. I then cropped out the bomb and rendered it so that all around it was black. I was then able to import it back into vegas and used the pan/crop feature to make the bomb move around the screen. Could prove to be quite cool for future lock-on movie makers.

 

Some bits of the edit could use some detail to make the bomb physics look more real but i have other intensions up my sleave for this little trick :)

 

It could be old news but thought i'd share it anyway.

 

Cheers