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frame by frame correction question
I need to remove and add in new text on a section of video. There is movement under the existing text, so I will need to draw/remove the text frame by frame, and then add my new text in it’s place. I’m very proficient in photoshop, and I’m wondering which program will best serve my needs for this task, After Effects or Shake? Or something else? I am using an intel-based MacBook Pro, and editing in Final Cut Pro 5. I need to do this as simply and quickly as possible, so I’m hoping I don’t have to learn a giant and difficult program to do it! I could always just plaster photoshopped text on top, but I am hoping to achieve this with a little more finesse.
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Hi Lynne,
AE and PHs are brothers. If you work well with Photoshop I think you will feel more comfortable with AE. In a certain way, AE is like Photoshop with the capability to animate the effects. The way to manage the picture, layers, and many tools are exactly the same.
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q[Lynne Desjardins] “There is movement under the existing text, so I will need to draw/remove the text frame by frame, and then add my new text in it’s [sic] place.”
Look up motion tracking and image stabilization in the indexes and help systems for Motion, Shake, and After Effects. The tough parts about gluing replacement video onto unstable base layers are precisely matching movement, surface textures, and lighting effects. If you need to sell this effct, there is not shortcut. Finesse is synonymous with time-energy-effort.
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I have to ask…
Where is the original “clean” footage? -
The original ‘clean’ footage is already digitized and captured in final cut pro.
Lynne Desjardins
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By “clean” I mean the camera-original video that does not have ANY Character Generator keyed over it.
If you use the “clean” footage, you would not have to “paint out” the CG.
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ah ha, I wondered about that question. There is no ‘clean’ video, otherwise I wouldn’t have started this thread!
Lynne Desjardins
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[Lynne Desjardins] “There is no ‘clean’ video,”
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It’s simply a piece of footage that was edited a few years ago, text was added, masters made, the original elements are gone. So I’m left with a piece of footage with text burned onto it, and I want to remove the text and retain the moving footage underneath, ala drawing out the text with photoshop.
Lynne Desjardins
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I’ve never tried it myself yet, but Photoshop CS3 Extended might even do the trick…
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Hmm, that sounds promising! I’d sure love to be able to do it in Photoshop. I’ll explore….
Lynne Desjardins
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