Changing Person’s Skin color using AE

[Cowdog]

[Addman] “I had a call from a possible client who wants to know if it would be possible to shoot someone, and then change their skin color… “

Yes, usually if you shoot someone, they will turn a soft muted pale gray over time.

Dogs on the other hand, we don’t change color — well, except for chihuahuas, because of that hairless thing that they have going on.

Me, I only change color after too many bowls of beer and then it’s to a soft bluish or green tint that I personally shift.

But in response to your serious question: It would be a tough call to pull that one off — well, with any real credibility, anyway.

Yer pal,

Cowdog

[Eric Addison]

Thanks for the feedback…I figured out early on in my tests that this probably wasn’t going to work, and the client was just trying to save money….

[John_ogroat]

hmm seems like a tough one,

Would a morph into a different, black actor do the job, or does it need to be the same white actor, only black?

If the actors facial shape needs to stay the same,and if you want to be very long winded, maybe making a 3D replica of the actors facial features, and then colour it as black skin, maybe by mapping real black skin onto the 3d model, then overlaying it on AE and animating it to fade up to say 70% opacity…

If the actor is moving/talking or the camera is moving, then this approach would be a very big undertaking.
A locked off shot with no motion would be easier.

Probably not feasable, but interesting?

I think I’d go with the morph. If the actor is involved in action, then I think I’d tell ure client to quit dreaming, or phone up ILM 🙂

John