Image masking/bluring/replacement

[Mark Suszko]

I would export a string of stills from the section into photoshop and use the healing brush to paint it out on each frame using the surrounding textures. Mark an in and out on the section, select export>using quicktime conversion>image sequence. Save in targa or tif format to a dedicated folder. Fix them in photoshop. Make a new FCP bin, set the preferences for graphics in it to one frame duration. When the image sequence has all been fixed, export or drag the folder into the new bin, the frames will stay in order. Go to select>all, drag the entire sequence of stills back to the timeline, they should fit perfectly in the hole where they originated from.

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[Timothy J. allen]

This sounds like a job for the new Roto Brush in After Effects CS5. 😉

Even in CS4, I’d probably still use After Effects to motion track it and cover it up, but it depends on how close and how long the shot is and what you use to cover up or replace the hole. I just hate working frame by frame with Photoshop if there is another way to accomplish the job that will be invisible once the work is done.

Of course, the “content aware fill” feature in the new version of Photoshop would also save tons of time if you do it frame by frame. I’m itching to hear when that ships.

But back to current reality, Mark’s method will provide the most accurate results, the process is not much different for Media Composer as it is for his workflow in FCP.

[Grinner Hester]

clone another part of the pants by duplicating the layer and masking it. You can animate a mask in AE or use reposition then nest animatte in MC.

[Ryan Jarmon]

Thanks so much for your advice guys! I got it resolved!! 🙂

Ryan