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  • Freezing Part of a Frame

    Posted by Jason Jeffery on April 17, 2013 at 4:15 am

    Hi,

    I have been looking everywhere for information on how to freeze part of a frame using sony vegas pro 10.
    I have learnt many different ways to freeze a frame, freeze and add a person walking in etc.

    What my problem is, is that the actors I filmed were supposed to play dead but I can see eyes flicker and slight movement. During the clip I have a woman walk around and doing things. How do I JUST freeze the eyes in the scene, frame by frame? Is it possible?

    Thank you

    John Bolton replied 13 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
  • 6 Replies
  • John Bolton

    April 19, 2013 at 7:43 am

    Is the scene taken with a fixed camera angle where the person is walking around the body or is it with a moving panning camera?

  • Jason Jeffery

    April 19, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    It is a fixed angle. The bodies are sitting around a table and someone joins them. She walks by and sits in an empty seat and does her thing. I noticed while editing that I can see one of the dead actors’ etes twitching and another dwad actors’ head slowly shift.

  • Chris Jeremy

    April 20, 2013 at 5:17 am

    Find a frame where your actors’ eyes are shut …

    Grab a frame and save it …

    Use masking to cut between the two.

    Best explanation at

    https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/discovering_the_power_of_bezier_masking

  • John Bolton

    April 20, 2013 at 7:28 am

    Exactly my solution as well….

  • Jason Jeffery

    April 20, 2013 at 5:21 pm

    Thanks guys, I will look into it. I appreciate the help.

  • John Bolton

    April 21, 2013 at 7:38 am

    If you put a small part of the video on Drop Box then we may be able to give you a helping hand with some guidance if you have not done masking before.

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