Official Cinematic Studio Sample

1) Yes used, mainly to learn
2) The sequences
3) Also show how to output CG that does not cover the frame 100%. In other words, if the main character was by itself, to be rendered with Recorder, to be comped into other video footage after the fact. IE have an alpha channel in the output. Ive been struggling with this from day1 and nobody else seems to be having the issue. All our footage needs to go to compers to be added over existing backplates and the Compositor in Unity doesnt cut it. I'm not talking about chroma keying, I'm just talking about outputting frames of characters (or other CG elements) do be used in Nuke, Fusion or After Effects.

 

Brave, very brave!

1. Yes
2. I used the sample to help learn how Sequences work. The docs are "abstract" in areas, with forum responses saying "we did not want to design something with only one way to use it". The working project made concrete one way to put it all together to prove it could solve a real problem.
3. I got additional advice from the forums such as use separate Unity projects for different locations, don't put it all in one project for performance reasons. There was no hint of that in sample. It shows one way to do things. Also, I don't recall it being useful to try adding my own live capture (e.g. show me how to edit and replace something). It was a pretty complex video - it was confusing to me how the overall structure was all put together.

But the sample did help me with one thing - it gave me the impression that Sequences was designed by game developers, not filmmakers.

I say this because I believe game developers think of animations more like animation controllers. Characters own animation clips, then the controller is used to sequence what the character can do - move forward, slow down, sit, and all the transitions between them. So animation clips etc are attached to characters.

As a (hobbiest!) filmmaker, I don't think of it that way. I think of acting and interactions between characters and props, especially with live recordings, being part of the Timeline hierarchy. I have a master sequence (an episode, but only part of an episode because different locations go in different Unity projects for performance), sub-sequences for locations (during an episode the story may go off to another location and come back again - so the one episode can have multiple things happen at the one location), sub-sub-sequences for camera shots. But then the acting and live recordings etc are specific to that camera shot - they are not part of the character. I use a live recording for one shot, then never again. The Sequences package is set up for animations to be associated with characters.

So the Sequences demo helped me understand that most of the Sequences package may be useful for game designers (including cut scenes etc), but is not suitable for filmmaking. Once I had that revelation, I felt freed to pick and choose what is useful (creating Timelines is great!) and discard most of it with a clear conscience! (Sorry, not trying to be mean or cruel here, just sharing my real journey.)

Note: I have shared fairly easy ways to extend Sequences to support a filmmakers perspective before, so I wont repeat that here.

 

I'd love to hear more about this, I'm trying to get into making videos with Unity also. Have you found any good YouTube videos or other sources showing this?

 

I have been doing some notes at https://extra-ordinary.tv/blog/ with some videos at https://youtube.com/channel/UCGZCBwxBMCm79lxvkE8OvvA

 

other sample other error.
unity history. never work the samples.
black screen and reboot.

 

I can't even get the project up and running. I wanted to give Unity a try. I usually work in Unreal. Unity Hub v3.3.0, Unity v2021.3.15, I can't even access Cinematic Studio Template through the Hub. I used Unity v2022.1.23, it shows up in Hub but when I try to open it, I get a bunch of compile warnings and then open the sample scene finally and everythings pink (missing texture) so far 0 out of 10. No support to get up and running? Windows 10 64 bit

 

Thanks for this studio sample..