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I need a good keyframable mask for FCPX!
Hello Everyone,
I have a situation where I need to animate a complex mask and need a good solution. The included mask in FCPX is a joke. I have been using Alex4D’s 16 point mask (really great), but you can’t keyframe individual points with this. I did a search on the web and found “Slice X” by a company called Core Melt. It seems this is the way to go, but I would like to get anyone’s suggestions or experiences working with this or something else before getting something.
Any info is appreciated, Thank you all in advance.
~Shea A.J. Comfort
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4 Replies
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I highly recommend SliceX. I use the version with Mocha and it came in extremely handy on my last job.
Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company
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SliceX works really well, and you get the hang of it quickly, its really easy. You could also use Motion 5, it is a lot cheaper SliceX but you would have to do it manually.
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Slice X with mocha will likely track the matte for you and you won’t have to keyframe it. Search around. I got it for $99 somewhere.
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Thanks Everyone for the endorsements, I just picked up Slice-X with Mocha. However, the auto tracking did not work in this case for me because of the problems with the original shot (I.E.: my own fault! Had one of those moments… had someone grab an extension cord during an involved green screen shoot – did not catch that it was also green until editing…yep, that just happened). But, the ability to keyframe objects easily is still great with Slice-X, and saved this session.
Thank you all for the help.
~Shea
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