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  • “Cut-out” video?

    Posted by Comebackoftheyear on April 12, 2007 at 12:09 am

    I’m looking for a way to cut out certain elements from a video, such as people/cars/movie objects.

    Sort of like how the band members in this are cut out and put ontop of anouther video.
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=3oAfMU0tY70

    The only way I can think of right now is by just going frame by frame and erasing everything I don’t want or making some sort of mask over it frame by frame. Is that the only way to do it? And if not, would that still be the best way?

    Trevor Ward replied 19 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Mike Clasby

    April 12, 2007 at 7:41 am

    Yep, Erasing, masking and Greenscreen.

    At the top of the page, click on:

    Sticky Posts
    COMMON AFTER EFFECTS QUESTIONS !!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE LOOK HERE FIRST by Joel Hooton on Oct 10, 2006 at 3:20:09 pm

    And scroll down to the links under:

    Rotoscoping / Masking / Greenscreen

    Also here is a neat video on the perils of roto

    https://img-nex.kongisking.net/kong/…Go_qt6_high.mov

  • Trevor Ward

    April 12, 2007 at 2:42 pm

    Create a mask in the first frame. You can then keyframe the mask in every frame and make adjustments to your mask. Yes, it’s tedious.

    -trevor ward
    http://www.redeyevideoproductions.com
    orlando, fl

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