Blog Post
DanSweigert
10 years agoCommunity Member
Bert would like to congratulate our new Articulate Super Heroes in this little video:
http://cropcirclecollective.com/bert_congrats_heroes/story.html
http://cropcirclecollective.com/bert_congrats_heroes/story.html
- DavidAnderson10 years agoStaffI still have a tear in my eye. Well done, Bert. Thanks for facilitating the release, Dan.
I just feel bad for all the previous Heroes who didn't receive that level of welcome. Guess we can only look forward.- DanSweigert10 years agoCommunity MemberMission accomplished!
- JackieVanNice10 years agoSuper HeroThat is aMAZing, Dan. (And Bert!) Thank you so much for the lovely, heartfelt tribute. :)
- TimSlade10 years agoSuper HeroThat's great Dan!
- MatthewGuyan10 years agoPartnerThat's really cool Dan, thanks heaps :-)
- DavidAnderson10 years agoStaffHey Dan -
I was hoping someone would ask how you did the green screen effect? Did Bert work with a studio or ILM? Or was there a simpler solution?
The effect is very clean.- DanSweigert10 years agoCommunity MemberActually, the background image with the clouds, airplane, and banner were created in Storyline and the audio was recorded in Storyline as well. Then the video was shot with Bert lip-syncing in front of a large computer monitor with a desk lamp on him to add some lighting to his "face". It took a few adjustments to get keep the white edges of the screen from creeping into the video. You've got to allow some "bleed" around the edges of the screen to allow for the differences in the iPhone's video dimensions and the Storyline player to keep it clean. That meant keeping all the text and objects on the screen a reasonable distance from the edges so you could still see the whole thing without revealing the white edges. I hope I "articulated" that clearly!