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  • Touch up skin in FCP?

    Posted by Gus Howard on November 16, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    Is there anyway to do a surgical frame-by-frame touchup of a small area of clip (an unwanted facial blemish) in FCP? Some kind of blend/smudge tool? I only need to fix about 2 seconds of footage, so it would be helpful if I could do it in FCP without having to visit another program.

    Thanks for any help.

    Gus

    Andy Mees replied 16 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Alan Okey

    November 16, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    Quick and dirty method to simulate a clone operation:

    Copy the clip on V1 and paste it over itself on V2. Set V2 opacity to 50%. Offset the V2 clip position in the motion tab (or wireframe in canvas) so that a nearby area of clear skin covers the blemish area on V1. Create a garbage mask on V2 with a feathered edge so that only the small clear skin patch skin area covers the skin blemish on V1. Return V2 to 100% opacity and voila! Skin blemish removed.

    Still, it would be far easier to do this in Motion with the paint tools.

  • Shane Ross

    November 17, 2009 at 12:13 am

    Electronic Makeup Artist…

    https://sheffieldsoftworks.com/

    I use this on a show I am doing…the host LOVES it. Targets ONLY skin tones, so if they move, it moves. NO tracking.

    Shane

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  • Andy Mees

    November 17, 2009 at 7:09 am

    EMA is absolutely fantastic, but for this I think Digital Cover-Up might be better (its from the same plugin author):

    https://sheffieldsoftworks.com/

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