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Automatically removing “dark” frames
Is there a simple way to automatically remove “dark” frames from a final cut pro project? I’m editing timelapse footage, which includes night footage. The night footage is distracting, because nothing happens at night on this feed, and I’m compressing many many days down into several minutes only. So I’m looking to remove it automatically.
Is there any way in Final Cut, or any third-party way even to automatically look at a frame, and remove it if, say, the average brightness of a frame is below a certain threshold? or perhaps someone can think of a better way to do this.
I appreciate the help. This is my first post to this forum so sorry if this is out of place. Thanks!
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[Nathan Wittstock] “Is there a simple way to automatically remove “dark” frames from a final cut pro project?”
Nope! You just have to take the time to do it manually. There’s no other solution.
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You might consider trying scene detector not sure if it will suit your purpose but it might be worth a look
https://scene-detector.com/Doug Beal
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I don’t think that will help.
I’ve made a scene detector myself based on about the same principles.
It is very hard to detect dissolves / fades, as there is not much change between different frames.
Flash frames (aka jump cuts) are also very hard to detect.It is however possible to detect the overall lightness of a shot.
And there is software to do so. (including some stuff i’ve done but never published)
But it sounds very doable to do it manually if the output is just a few minutes.Or, if the originals are a still image sequence, why not filter on time and remove those after dark?
For the OP, how much do you have that you think it might be worth automating it?
Bouke
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[Nathan Wittstock] ” I’m editing timelapse footage, which includes night footage. The night footage is distracting, because nothing happens at night on this feed, and I’m compressing many many days down into several minutes only”
So what you want to cut the footage were nothing happens?
You would need a kind of “movement detector” plugin.
As Bouke points the solution would be points, it could work something that would detect the changes in the signal levels (lightness?). I guess when something happens will be visible something lighter than the dark night.
I know that can be done in AE using expressions or some kind of script.
In the end I think that more complicated than set the picture at full screen and use the “L” of your keyboard.
Cheers,
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