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make a layer mask from video footage
I’m experimenting with the Plexus plugin and thought it could be cool to have it track to some footage of a person’s face. Plexus works OBJ files and layer paths. Is there a way to make a layer mask automatically based off luminance or shadows instead of key framing a path frame by frame?
Brandon Morris
http://www.brandonmorris.comCanon T2i
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basically, adjust with curves, isolate the 50% greys, use those greys, make layer mask with that 50% grey.
Brandon Morris
http://www.brandonmorris.comCanon T2i
13″ Macbook Pro (Mid 09) 8GB RAM 10.6 -
You want to use a track matte [link].
Walter Soyka
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but i need a path to be automatically made, plexus doesn’t respond to track mattes.
Brandon Morris
http://www.brandonmorris.comCanon T2i
13″ Macbook Pro (Mid 09) 8GB RAM 10.6 -
Sorry, I misunderstood your question.
Have you tried Auto-trace [link]?
Walter Soyka
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Check out Auto-trace.
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you can make masks with what they suggested but they wont have any temporal/spatial relation(between frames), so you can’t have plexus animated.
Theres no easy way to do that.
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