Yesterday I recorded several videos in my back garden for the purpose of rotoscoping hoping it would save time because it would mean that I can create accurate body movements without distorting the proportions of the body. I dressed in combat gear used by the Russians during the time of the Soviet-Afghan war and used many props. I had some assistance from one of my friends who helped record the footage and perform some of the actions.
Before we started recording and we had to make sure that we were using the correct settings on my laptops webcam so that every detail was clear and that the light wasn't too bright or too dark. We retook many of the shots because we wanted many versions of the same action for example we recorded ourselves walking in a straight line shooting a prop gun each time we recorded it we walked at different paces and used different stances to suggest how concentrated the aiming was.
I also took several photographs of myself wearing the combat gear as primary reference material for my character models.
Unfortunately there was one major flaw which may hinder all of this work and effort, I forgot to change to change the camera setting from HD to 1600x1200. This means that I wont be able to convert these sequence in to GIF files which is very frustating and Im unaware of a method to change the HD footage in to non HD or how to successfully import files of this type into flash. If i cant figure out a way to import the footage in to flash it means that i will have to take screen shots of every frame which is difficult because the defualt video player that im using has a delayed paused.
Hopefully I will figure out how to deal with this issue very soon before it become a major issue.
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