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  Apply a stroke to an animated alpha? NEED HELP!

  Posted by Pippin on January 5, 2006 at 9:29 pm

  Hi all,
  I am trying to put a stroke around an actor that has an alpha all ready applied to him. I know that in Photoshop I would just select the alpha, and create a shape from the selection.
  Now the important part is that I need the stroke to follow the actor as the spot plays out… Any ideas, or are there any plug-ins I might purchase to help facilitate this action?

  Jim Kanter replied 20 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Doyle Rockwell

  January 5, 2006 at 11:28 pm

  Heya,

  You can use the Outer Glow filter. Just clamp it down so that the glow is a hard line, then pick your thickness and colors.

  Hope this helps. Good luck!
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  Jim Kanter

  January 6, 2006 at 5:04 am

  And if that doesn’t work, export a movie file of the alpha channe onlyl.

  Import the movie, place it under the actor element and scale it up slightly.

  Color to suit.

  Jim Kanter,
  Digital Film Institute
  http://www.dfilminst.com

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