ENDA Episode 108→ The time when ENDA faces a Screen Burn-in (Part 5)
At first glance, it’s just a bit of chrome and plastic, but as soon as the screen content changes, the mic’s reflections, light wrap, and even its little specular highlights must shift in perfect sync.
In our last update, we took a general view of the screen burn-in project. Today, let’s zero in on one tiny but crucial detail: the microphone.
At first glance, it’s just a bit of chrome and plastic, but as soon as the screen content changes, the mic’s reflections, light wrap, and even its little specular highlights must shift in perfect sync. Fixing it isn’t as simple as shifting a hue and calling it a day.
Here’s how we handled it:
1. Clean plate the mic
We painted out the entire mic in a single “hero” frame to create a flawless background plate.
2. Track and warp
That clean plate was tracked through the shot and subtly warped with Gridwarp to preserve the mic’s cylindrical volume as the camera moves.
3. Roto back the details
We re-rotoed the original mic footage, while matching edge blur and grain, so everything blend in with our new reflections.
It sounds like a mountain of work for a “guest star” in the frame, but this is compositing: every detail counts. Like those particular glasses and his particular reflections, but that would be for a future episode.
So… stay tuned!
The journey continues…
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