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  • need to hide a hole in a shirt and walls

    Posted by Chuck Manly on February 24, 2009 at 12:03 am

    Help!

    We borrowed a company shirt to shoot a corporate video and it had a small hole near the shoulder that we just noticed during editing.
    We can’t reshoot at this point so how could I cover that hole for a few seconds?
    The camera was locked down but the talent hands someone a paper to sign and that is when you see the small hole at the shoulder. The shirt is dark blue in case that’s important.

    We also had to take down some mirrors and artwork and you can see the small holes where the nails were.

    Luckily, the camera was locked down in this shot as well so the wall does not move.

    How can I fix these 2 things in post?

    Thanks!

    John Rofrano replied 17 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • John Rofrano

    February 24, 2009 at 12:55 am

    The shirt is tough because the person is moving. The holes in the wall will be easier because they are stationary. What you can do is duplicate the track and shift the video a little to the left or right. Then use the Cookie Cutter to open holes showing a good part of the wall or shirt where the bad part is. You may need to add a Mask to allow hands to move in front of the holes. That can be very tedious work.

    Boris RED has a clone feature which can be used along with Motion Tracking to paint over the bad parts of the video with a good part of the video and the clones track the movement. It would be perfect for something like this.

    ~jr

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