Class 13 - Riders

Today I have finaled some shots for the Riders project with Drew.

This shot has been wrapped up and submitted to be final. I have fixed a few issues with the key and motion blur. The video attached here has lens flares included in the final comp. Throughout the process of these Joy Rider shots, we have mostly loved these added lens flares. However, Drew, who is leading compositing and editing has expressed that he wasn't sure about the lens flares in these shots. I talked it over with him today and other group members. Other group members loved it. Since Drew still wasn't quite sure, I rendered a sequence including the lens flares and another sequence without them. This of course gives him options when editing, but also room for him to add lens flares of his own if he wishes. He bought a specific Boris FX lens flare plugin so he can further customize the look. The only downside is that I am unable to access this plugin from home. Giving Drew a comp without any lens flares will also allow him to add his own custom Boris FX lens flares before adding this shot to the final edit if he chooses to do so.

This is the finaled version of the secondary Joy Rider shot. Keep in mind, due to how the actor was shot, these two shots will be cropped.

The following CG shot, 30-20, is currently being worked on. Today, I was able to roughly finalize the heat distortion in this shot. Appearing on the horizon, and behind/around the thrusters of Storm Rider's vehicle. I am still waiting on trail assets for this shot from CG and sim crew.