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Can “Blured Face” effect be done in AVID??
Hey there!
I am user of both AVID and PremierePro…
I like using AVID, but I must admit that I use it more for OFFline jobs (cause of its own file formats, uncompabilyty to ie Photoshop etc)…
I got me XpressDV 3.5.2 AND 3.5.3 update just arrived today (didn’t install it yet)…I’ve red many AVID tutorials, books etc. but some things I can’t seem to find…
Just need a simple answer…
When I have a person in the shot, who is moving arround, but I must blurr his/her face – can I do it in XpressDV???In PremierePro it is quite a piece of cake – I just create Track Matte, with right click in the very present Bin, place some blure or other effect on persons face (Video Track 2) and in effect controls I just follow person’s face where it moves in shot – creating MAIN KEYFRAMES, but it doesn’t have to be to offten and too correct – every second or longer – and Premiere somehow calculates moving of that blur matte…
I’ve never run to anything simmilar in AVID… Is it possible at all. Any Tutorial anywhere??? Or do I have to do BORIS or AfterEffects or some other Effects program and do it later on???
I hope for an answer, cause I am looking for it for quite a while now…
I’d like to work more with AVID (especially since it handles my HDV footage from Sony FX-1) somehow better then Premiere…So, please share Your knowledge with me!
Thnx in advance!
V.
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4 Replies
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The easiest way to do it is to use Boris Continuum Complete AVX 3 or later (BCC_Witness Protection effect–which has an integrated motion-tracker for tracking the effect to your subject), or get a copy of Boris FX 8 or Red 3 (also called Avid FX). Using these products will give you the end-result you seek easily and right inside your Avid XDV timeline.
If you have a higher-end Avid, such as Media Composer Adrenaline or Symphony, use the “Medien” effect in the Effect Palette (under “Image”) and use the built-in motion-tracker for Symphony, or hand-track it on a frame-by-frame basis in Adrenaline.
If you are simply using XDV and don’t have access to Boris, place a Circle-Wipe effect on your timeline, then nest a blur in the Circle Wipe. (Go to https://www.digitalfilmtools.com and download the “Composite Suite AVX” demo to get a free, fully-functional copy of their “Fast Blur” effect.) Hand “track” the circle-wipe to the subject you wish to blur for desired result.
Or use AE.
Good luck.
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do you have animatte in your key effects?
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I share with you the frustration on how to better handle Avid, particularly on its lack of communication with other programs.
When you import something (instead of camera capturing) you don’t get all you should, like original time-code numbers, and when you export you have to render things, carrying its own problems too.
The tutorials are also a problem, and attending the very expensive training classes Avid offers are certainly not an option for everyone.
I just opened another thread on matte effects, just for not invading yours, but I think you may find what you want in Boris AVX 3. There’s something called “Directional blur” inside the “Color & Blurs” chapter which might be what you are looking for.
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Hi Vanja,
It’s been a while since I used Xpress DV 3.5.2, but if I recall the included effects correctly, you’re much better off doing this in Premiere. Unelegant solutions would be to import a pic and do a PiP effect manually following the subjects face with the position sliders. Not good. Another idea would be to import an alpha mask and pretty much do the same as above.
Use Premiere or After Effects for this one.
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