gmcnaughton ([info]gmcnaughton) wrote,
@ 2008-11-01 15:48:00
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Happy Halloween!
Went to a great Halloween party thrown by [info]gclarke, [info]stiill, and a bunch of other awesome people. The theme was a supervillain convention called 'VillCon'. There was a trophy display table with Unobtanium, the Sword of Sorrows, 'The Real Starry Night', and the Crown Jewels of Noobtania. There was a death-ray making station with water guns, paint, and stick-on jewelry. Zombie Lenin (Geoff) tended bar while Dr. Horrible (JMJ) ran turntables and a light show.

The crowning achievement was the bluescreen room, where pics of people were taken as they came in and automatically turned into comic-book frames. This is me as Mecha Stalin (the preserved head of Stalin on a robot body):



The the chroma-keying sometimes likes to eat people's clothing, but the net result is amazing. The chill-out room had photos rotating as a slideshow so party-goers could see themselves up on the screen.

More supervillain pictures are up on Matt & Ruth's site.

Edit: Original bluescreen pics are up too!




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[info]stiill
2008-11-02 01:37 am UTC (link)
Where are your precious pants now, Mecha Stalin!?

I'm looking forward to seeing your pics when you have the time.

Yeah, the blue screen thing worked out pretty decently, considering how crazy last-minute a lot of it came together. Next time, though, green screen. Everyone was wearing blue. :) I'd also like to look into other compositing options-- there's a lot of research that's been done in this field, and we were just doing a pretty simple selection.

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