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    Final Cut Pro question

    Posted by Jonathan Peragine on January 14, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    I shot a video with a computer monitor in one of the clips. The monitor is not lit (I had no plug for it). I would like to light the monitor screen now. I have tried a lens flair effect in Final Cut, but is doesn’t look that great. Any suggestions, other then reshooting the scene?

    Wes Koetje replied 17 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Wes Koetje

    January 14, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    Have you tried garbage matting a still image?
    Maybe with a glow filter you may get the effect you are wanting

    Good Luck

  • Jonathan Peragine

    January 14, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    Can you explain garbage matting?

  • Wes Koetje

    January 15, 2009 at 1:11 am

    Place your image in a new layer, add either (4-point garbage matte) filter or (8-point garbage matte) to the image. Then adjust the corner points to fit the shape of the computer monitor.

    Hope that helps
    -wes

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