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How to cut out “garbage” around the shot
Ok so I did a commercial shoot with a white backdrop that only covered up a portion of the background (you can see whats behind the backdrop).
What can I do in FCP or in Motion to get rid of this so all we see is the backdrop and the product in the foreground? Thanks!
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Austin,
A picture is worth a thousand words… The Cow has wonderful provisions for displaying both stills and video clips. We can guess how to help with your specific issue, or you can post a screen capture and we can give you precise information.
Why not take the time to learn to to use these features so that your time on the Cow is time well spent???David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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We can also simply answer “use the 8-point garbage matte to isolate your subject.”
But now that you have cut out the rest…what will you be putting there? Gotta put SOMETHING. ANd WHite isn’t keyable.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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When I need to get rid of garbage around the edges of a matte or key I use the 4 or 8 point garbage matte located in Effects / Matte. It usually works for me. But like David says a clip would allow a better answer.
good luck,
Victor
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Of course there are a zillion ways to fix an issue like Austin’s, some complicated requiring multiple steps and expertise, and some so simple that even a chimpanzee could do them.
It’s a classic example of a post with multiple responses to a question that could easily be answered simply and precisely with a minimum of wasted time and effort if the only the available tools were put to use.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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still5.jpg https://i1.creativecow.net/u-upload.php#
Ok. Hopefully this worked and you can see the image. I choose this shot to show that people are walking in and out. Thanks so much for all your help.
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Nope. Didn’t work. You need to copy the embed info and paste that into your post Austin.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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What video standard did you shoot this to? You always have the option to expand what you didn’t cover by the garbage matte through the motion tab, but the downside is that it is only blowing up the video.
If you don’t want to do that, you can always go into powerpoint or something related. When you go into there, you could make a slide entirely a saturated green or blue. Then save it as a jpeg or what have you, import it, and put the picture into your first video track. Put the track you are matting on track 2. Then key each of them separately.
I use this convoluted method quite often – though I haven’t keyed two different colors. What I suggested is theoretically possible, but I won’t guarantee anything. Hope your problem gets worked out.
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Ok wow I guess I missed that. Let me know what you suggest to take out everything but the white backdrop and the foreground. Thanks!
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OH! WOW! Well…oh my. This wasn’t planned well at all was it? Your subjects BARELY FIT on the white backdrop. In fact, they DON’T fit. They are spilling out all over the place. And it isn’t white, it has the color of the lights. So if you take it out what would you put there? Not white.
No, this is either a total re-shoot, or leave it as is and deal. Unless you want to spend THOUSANDS of dollars to do this right and have it look halfway decent. Even then…ugh.
This was not shot well at all.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
Ha I know. Its a long story. Ok but how about this. We filmed the guys installing the components. I want to do some stop motion so I will only use shot that they are not in.
Now, could I use a garbage matte to put black over everything in the background? Thanks.
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