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How circle highlight background subject in FCP ?
Dont know exactly what you call it, but I need to put one of those small circle highlights on a background subject in FCP 6. The type you see on those police chase shows highlighting the usually something small and not noticeable with a circle that the opacity appears much brighter in the circle.
Thank you to anyone that can helpBrad J.
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Here’s a very simple solution…
Create a filled circle of any color you choose on a black background with an alpha channel, using any tool you want, i.e. PhotoShop, or even Boris Vector Shape, which is right in FCP. Place this over your subject, now scale,position and take down the opacity using the controls in the motion tab. Bingo!!!
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Face Light from Haiku is a free plug that does exactly what you want. It can be keyframed to follow action and has opacity, size, shape and edge blur. It is also a great tool for grading to bring up detail.
Click on the Free Plug-ins (top right). There is also a vignette plug.
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I believe you’re looking for what used to be called a shadow wipe. But I don’t use a wipe to create it. Here’s how:
Make a circle of the right size, white on black background. Place the circle on a track above the clip. Animate the scale and position of the circle over your detail area as needed–you may temporarily set the circle’s opacity to 50% so that you can see the video under it. When you’re done animating, set it back to 100%.
Now make a copy of the clip you wish to highlight and place that copy above both the original clip and the circle on the timeline. Make the original copy of the clip darker or the upper copy lighter–whichever works best for the look you want. Now control-click the upper clip and set its composite mode to Travel Matte-Luma. This will give you a brighter spot in your video corresponding to the shape of the circle but keep all the contrast of the original clip.
If my explanation doesn’t make sense let me know and I’ll post a picture.
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Mines easier!!!
Plus, a white circle with the opacity taken down achieves almost exactly the same effect…
However, Tom’s works very well too.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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I’ll absolutely give you that David. We do could do more with your “absolutely easiest” methods. I posted mine because sometimes it helps to think about behind the scenes methods like composite modes for that time when you REALLY need it. I’m not sure but what the free plug-in is easiest of all though.
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Thanks guys, worked great
Brad J.
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Which one??? Inquiring minds want to know…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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By the way, if you have Motion this newer post explains a similar method using that.
-Tom
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/1017428 -
I used your easier technique, but will try it in Motion this week
Brad J.
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