What are playback graphics

If you’ve ever watched a film and seen the words “access denied” flashing in big red letters on a computer screen, then you’ve seen playback graphics. It’s really just graphics that have been designed and animated to help sell part of the story and they are played back on a screen that forms part of the set.

There are different ways of getting the graphics onto the screen but broadly they can be split into playback on set and insertion in post production. The former is live and gives the actors something to react to whilst the latter involves the sequences being composited into the on-set screens during the post-production process. Importantly, both scenarios can make use of the sequences available on this site. However, since the sequences on this site are clearly not referencing a specific film or TV script they are generally utilized in the background – think of them as digital set-dressing.

For live playback the clips on this site can be exported into a variety of formats and resolutions to fit screens up to High Definition 1080 (1920×1080 pixels) – the resulting QuickTime movie is simply set to loop and played back in full screen mode.

For the post-production approach the uncompressed files would generally be used – these would be motion-tracked and composited into the scene.

Since 1995 we have been involved in supplying a large number of feature film and TV productions with playback graphics including Mission: impossible 1 & 2, The Saint, Lost in Space, The Jackal and Behind Enemy Lines.

What are effects shots

A rather broad term covering all sorts of applications. Essentially these are footage sequences that have been assembled on the computer – generally these are sequences that would be difficult or impossible to achieve in-camera. The sources can range from pure CG (ie. generated entirely on the computer), to a combination of digital and/or stills photos through to digital video or even film. Since the sequences are assembled on a computer they can often be bundled with additional sequences that can enhance as well as aid in the final composition.

Take this asteroid shot for example. If you purchased this clip and wanted to insert an object behind one of the asteroids (but in front of the planet) it would involve rotoscoping (manually tracing the outline of the asteroid) – given that the asteroids are moving this can be extremely time-consuming. However, if you had a matte sequence that matched the asteroid you would be able to composite your object into the scene with a minimum of effort. And it doesn’t stop there, there are a range of additional passes that can aid or enhance your final shot. Available passes, mattes etc. are listed on each product page.

What are motion graphics

As the name suggests, these are animated graphics, though they will often incorporate film, video, animations, photos, illustrations and text. It sounds simple and obvious but Motion Graphics are everything but - entire books have been dedicated to the subject.

“So much of what is called motion design is pushing towards lower-end visual effects and cartooning, leaving behind content, composition, typography and colour choices that make up the foundation of good design.” - Kyle Cooper in ‘Motion by Design’

You'll have noticed that defining Motion graphics is slippery so it's probably easier to offer up examples of where motion graphics appear: feature film titles, TV serial titles, TV station idents, News titles.

The motion graphics offered for sale on InnitTV should not be viewed as stand-alone designs, rather they should be used as elements in a larger work. As such you could purchase a clip in order to incorporate it, for example, in a Documentary title sequence.

How do you handle payments

For the moment payments are handled through PayPal. PayPal, a subsidiary of EBay, is a well-established payment facilitator and according to Wikipedia;, PayPal currently operates in 190 markets, and manages over 164 million accounts. The one drawback with the version we have installed here (due to geographic limitations) is that the payment processing is done on a PayPal page as opposed to on the local checkout page – this means that at the end of the checkout process you will be redirected to PayPal. Once your payment has been submitted, you are automatically returned to InnitTV – it’s not a big deal but we have found that some people who were not aware of the process wondered what was going on. A positive aspect of using PayPal is the fact that you can pay with funds from a PayPal account in addition to using your credit card. Having said that, we are in the process of evaluating different payment options and once a secure and affordable option is found, we will be implementing it.

We do offer an additional payment method which is direct bank transfer - however, this is only available within Australia. This method allows you to deposit the sale amount directly into our bank account.

How does my stuff get shipped?

All of our shipping is done via Australia Post which is the government-owned Australian postal service. For international deliveries you have three options to choose from - Sea Mail, Air Mail and Express Post International whilst orders within Australia can choose between Standard Mail and Express Mail. An additional Free shipping option becomes available on orders over $700.- Free shipments are dispatched via Air Mail.

For more detailed information please visit the following Australia Post web pages:

1. Sea Mail via Australia Post (Sea Mail) – a low cost but slow mailing option. Please note, this service is not available to New Zealand and Asia.
2. Air Mail via Australia Post (Air Mail) – reliable delivery to over 200 countries in 3 to 10 working days.
3. Express via Australia Post (Express Post International). – reliable door-to-door delivery of your goods to over 200 countries and territories within 3 to 7 business days between metropolitan areas of major cities.

In order to view an estimate of shipping costs for your order you will need to proceed to the Shopping Cart – provided you have an item in your cart you will be able to enter your destination in order to get a shipping estimate. Please note, for estimates within Australia you will need to provide a post code.

You can view estimated delivery periods on Australia Post’s site here.

In case you are wondering why our clips aren't available as downloads, this is an unfortunate consequence of offering our sequences as uncompressed animations - the resulting file-sizes are prohibitively large with HD footage reaching multiple Gigabytes. We apologize for any inconvenience you may experience as a result of delays due to this limitation. We can however offer emergency FTP access though this would only be available on a per-case basis and would be dependent on the size of the order.

What are the iPhone compatible movies

These are clips that you can download in order to play them back on your iPhone. Once the movie has downloaded to your computer, simply copy the file to iTunes and sync it to your iPhone - the file will appear in the videos category in your iPod app.

About compilations and clips.

Compilations

As the name suggests, compilations are groupings of individual but related clips. As such, compilations are a product in their own right and can be purchased as such – your purchase will consist of a series of clips. Of course you could purchase the same clips individually but this would be more expensive.

It is not possible to mix different standards within the same compilation eg. a PAL clip and an NTSC clip – a compilation is purchased entirely in one standard which is of your choice.

Clips

Clips are the individual animations and they can be purchased individually or as part of a compilation. A single clip is available in different standards such as PAL or NTSC

Do you accept commissions?

Absolutely we do. Commissions fall into two categories:

Clips for which you own the rights: these are clips that we generate exclusively for you. As such they would not be eligible for sale via our site.

Clips for which we own the rights: these are clips we generate for you, according to your brief - however, we would retain the rights to these clips and as such they would be eligible for subsequent sale on our site. Of course this would mean that you would be charged a much smaller fee than would have been the case for the previous option.

Deciding which option to choose is entirely up to you. To get started please contact us via our Contact Page.

In addition to accepting commissions we are also able to modify existing clips to suit your specific requirements.

What are Elements?

As the name suggests, Elements are components you can use to assemble your own shots. Most commonly these would be sequences that have a premultiplied alpha channel thereby allowing you to easily composite the element into an existing shot. We also sell elements in the form of After Effects projects - these are After Files which you can use to set up and render your own shots. Naturally you will require a copy of Adobe After Effects in order to do so.

Whilst most of our components are delivered as 16:9 sequences, some fall outside of this category - these clips are generally oversized in order to facilitate a greater range of compositing options through scaling ie. being able to scale the image down without showing the edge of the element's frame.