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  Unwanted reflection

  Posted by Ryan Jarmon on February 9, 2010 at 4:31 pm

  I’m editing a scene that was shot in a car and has a reflection of one of the crew members in the back seat whenever the sunlight hits it just right. Is there any way to take this out or “cover it up”?

  I’m editing on MC 3.1.2 and also have access to Adobe’s After Effects and Premiere Pro.

  Thanks,

  Ryan

  Glen Montgomery replied 16 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Glen Montgomery

  February 9, 2010 at 5:29 pm

  Within Avid you could use the AniMatte effect. Take a section of the clip where there is no reflection and put it on a video track above your main clips. Use the Animatte to draw a mask around that window w/o reflection and it will sit above the other content. This could fix some of the problem, but if there are a lot of reflections this can be pretty time consuming. Also, if there is a lot of movement you will be tracking quite a bit. Give it a try, but also remember that if it is really subtle and does not happen too much, your audience may not notice at all. In after effects I would probably try the same thing, I like AE’s masks better than Avid’s. Good luck.

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