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filming video for woman singer, she wants me to make her look thinner
I was just wondering if there’s some easy cheap way to affect the width of a video just slightly. We’re going to be doing a close up of her face singing and it’s pretty but just needs a little less width or something, she’s insisting. I use Windows Movie Maker mostly.
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Thanks for responding, Dave, much appreciated! Can you provide me a basic idea how to play with the shot’s horizontal scale ? Can it be done on Windows Movie Maker or is there software I need (preferably available for free)? If I do that will the frame be smaller and make it evident I did so even if the adjustment is only like 5% ?
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I touched Windows MovieMaker once because some bizarre codec on security camera footage wouldn’t open in AE, but it would in MovieMaker…
I highly doubt there’s any way to do what you’re asking for in MovieMaker.
As far as other software goes, do you HAVE After Effects? If so, great; do what Dave said (and, if you’re shooting on greenscreen, you can skip the warping part).
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well I was pursuing the proper effects which led me to After Effects. I can get a 6 month free version online, so that’s doable. Can somebody describe to me or guide me to a tutorial on the second part mentioned where you use mesh warp ?
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Mesh Warp info [link]
I should warn you though. AE is probably like nothing you’ve experienced before. It is a very wide and deep program. It is a professional program. It is very, very powerful. This means it is not easy to just pick up and use. People like Dave and I have spent years learning and earning our skills and are still picking up new techniques every day. You won’t be able to just jump into AE and start figuring things out. You will need to start with learning the very basics. This free resource should help: [link] Take a few days and go through all of the resources there and make sure you’ve got all of the concepts before you proceed.
If it seems too hard for you, you should hire somebody who knows After Effects to help on this project. If the lady objects to the added cost, tell her to lose a few pounds in real life or she will have to cough up the dough. (Actually, if she had less dough in the first place we wouldn’t have this problem! LOL)
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SPACEMAN thinks Fred may have problems.
Freds’ subject will need to be flat to camera as any
quarter turns will abstract subjects’ face.SPACEMAN suggests Fred spends many days playing with
After Effects.SPACEMAN suggests Fred to tell subject that she looks beautiful
without digital enhancement.SPACEMAN loves Dave and Michael.
SPACEMAN needs spaceship parts, not expressions…
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She could do what most female singers do before a music video shoot and go on a crash diet for a week then, before the shoot, get one of those herbal steam wrap things that suck all the water weight out of you. It could help.
But, as usual, SPACEMAN offers grand advice. Tell her she looks beautiful as she is. 🙂
I love you too, SPACEMAN. Every post from you is a joy.
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You could use the Liquify filter. It works exactly the same as the Liquify filter in Photoshop. A google search would probably find plenty of tutorials. If your singer is moving around, you’d probably have to keyframe the position to follow her. Start with the center on a specific point (say, the nose), and when the nose changes position just move the point along with it and set another keyframe. Rinse and repeat.
To see tutorials, articles, tips, free stuff, and more visit my post-production blog at https://thekellzone.com
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thanks, will see what I can do with these ideas and come back if I need more help. 🙂
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I’m on my iPhone at the moment, so it’d be a bit difficult to find and link this for you, but find VideoCopilot.net’s Demon Face Warp tutorial if you want to do the liquify thing. It helps you track it properly.
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