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  • Blackening out bloomed windows in AE?

    Posted by Joseph Smith on July 27, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    Hey everyone,

    I have a long dolly / panning shot that’s supposed to take place at night, but a window with a slighter of light is giving away my shot. I’d love to be able to darken the windows.

    If it were a static shot I’d just draw a mask and lower the brightness / contrast until it was black, but because it’s moving the windows change position. I tried rotoscoping the mask but there’s just too much movement, it doesn’t look natural.

    Suggestions?

    Walter Soyka replied 16 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Walter Soyka

    July 28, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    You might be able to use Mocha, a planar tracker included with AE CS4, instead of roto by hand.

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