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Clone Paint Tool in FCP?
does anyone know if theres a tool in FCP or a plugin that i can get that will allow me to literally hand paint sections of the previous frame or future frame onto the current frame to clean up dust and scratches. the avid ds does this great but i need to do it in fcp. and i don’t want to create masks in fcp (way too slow and not as accurate as i need). after effects has this also but its not an option to bring an entire film back into after effects. thanks in advance.
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see if CHV’s Clone and Paint collection can help
https://www.chv-plugins.com/cms/Fx-Script/CloneAndPaint-collection/CloneAndPaint-collection.php -
[Andy Mees] “see if CHV’s Clone and Paint collection can help
https://www.chv-plugins.com/cms/Fx-Script/CloneAndPaint-collection/CloneAndP…“
Yep, that’s the same link I referenced in my answer to the OP’s dustbusting post the day before this one.
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Thank you guys for the link but this is not what I am looking for. Their clone tool just grabs from the same frame you are on and you can’t paint it on (so you are very limited with this plugin). not to mention it’s incredibly slow to use when you have thousands of dust specks in the footage. what I am looking for must provide the ability to hand paint (using a wacom tablet) on to the current frame. it must reference either the previous or the next frame in the clip. this is hands down the best way to do this size of a job. and it also must be done in realtime not in a program that uses RAM previewing like after effects or combustion or motion or shake.
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jason,
Since you have such specific requirements, perhaps FCP is NOT the right tool for the job?
Mark
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Autodesk Smoke can do what you want:
https://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=10247363
Final Cut Pro can’t do what you want, nor is it designed to. It’s an editor, not a realtime finishing system like DS or Smoke. If you want realtime performance with playback from disk and no RAM caching (like AE or Combustion), you gotta pay the big bucks.
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thank you. this is what I am looking for.
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Did you find a solution to your problem? I have similar needs but have been using Photoshop (as thats what I have) but its not really working very well as you cannot easily flip back and forth between frames to see if things are working. Also its rather long and arduous to import and edit the frames back to FCP. I guess the new motion has paint tools but I am still on the previous version… waiting for Studio 3s release…
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Hello, Jason and George, I was wondering if you fixed the problems that you had with the dirt in frames. I have similiar issues and was curiuos as to what you guys used and how time consuming it was.
Thanks.
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