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  • DV Jaggies in FCP

    Posted by Elliot Pollaro on May 18, 2007 at 6:44 pm

    I need to get rid of DV Jaggies in Final Cut Pro… im having trouble with shake right now.. is there any way to add filters in FCP to remove most of the jaggies around my talent he is on a blue screen… and his body is jaggy so when i key its all gross looking… I just need to get rid of the DV Jaggies, smooth it out. Was wondering if u could do it in FCP..

    HELP!!!

    Thanks

    Elliot Pollaro

    Arnie Schlissel replied 18 years, 12 months ago 6 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Russell Lasson

    May 18, 2007 at 6:51 pm

    I would apply a 4:1:1 color smoothing filter to the footage before you try to pull the key. FCP has one. Or you could use Nattress Standards Converter to convert to 4:2:2 color space.

    But it’s the 4:1:1 color compression that is causing you grief.

    -Russ

  • Jacques Bailhe

    May 18, 2007 at 11:17 pm

    Color smoothing will help, but I find I often need to add a mtte edge softener to help. Under Video Filters, you’ll find Mattes and in there are a couple different fllters you might try to see if you get a better looking key.

    Here’s one more thought, apply 3-way color corrector and adjust to help better define edges. I’d sugges the following order of filters:

    411 color smoothing
    3-way color corrector
    chroma key
    matte feather

    Jacques Bailhe
    Los Angeles
    http://www.bailhe.net

  • Graeme Nattress

    May 18, 2007 at 11:29 pm

    It’s G Chroma Sharpen in Film Effects that does the chroma fixing. Can work well for this, but you’ve got to render in a 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 timeline.

    Graeme

    http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP

  • Rafael Amador

    May 19, 2007 at 1:39 am

    The Nattress plugin work great. But if you want to pull the key in SHAKE you have some Macros that helps with the DV footage (ie, 4XX enhacer). Have a look in: Highend3d.com
    Cheers,
    rafael

  • Russell Lasson

    May 21, 2007 at 5:06 pm

    G Chroma Sharpen, G Chroma Sharpen, G Chroma Sharpen. I’ll get that right someday.

    Thanks Graeme!

    -Russ

  • Arnie Schlissel

    May 21, 2007 at 8:19 pm

    Andrew Shanks created a series of tutorials specifically about how to key DV footage in Shake. Go over to the shake forum & look up the tutorials. They’re really good, and many of the lessons apply to other formats as well.

    Arnie
    Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
    https://www.arniepix.com/blog

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