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  • mask + blur

    Posted by Yarin Manes on March 13, 2007 at 4:48 pm

    hey..
    i got this thing im working on ,and i need to hide some naked women… 🙂
    anyway im using mask with fast blur on it and a little feather,it helps but not completly i want it to look like her body colour , like its not blurred…

    Simon Roughan replied 19 years, 1 month ago 7 Members · 9 Replies
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  • Kevin Camp

    March 13, 2007 at 4:58 pm

    i would think that a feather mask on a flesh colored solid would help you get there… try a few different blend modes too. you could even track her nipples if needed.

    Kevin Camp
    Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

  • Yarin Manes

    March 13, 2007 at 5:03 pm

    well what iv done is iv applied a mask with blur on a adjustment layer and created a mask with feather of
    10% its looks pretty much good,BUT her nipple is black and i get this black spot,its not well seen but i can see it its blurd and featherd..i want to get rid of that black.

  • Kevin Camp

    March 13, 2007 at 5:28 pm

    that’s why i would create a new solid (a little bigger than you need) that is the color of her breast. then, draw a circular mask (again a litle bigger than you need) and feather that. now position that over her nipple and see how well that hides it.

    if that looks too flat, then you might try adding a ramp to give it some shading to try and better match her breast. you may even want to add some noise if you need to match some graininess of the footage.

    Kevin Camp
    Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

  • Robert Houghton

    March 13, 2007 at 5:30 pm

    I can’t believe I’m writing this…

    Track the nipples (it shouldn’t be too hard if you have that kind of contrast happening)

    Create two solids roughly the size of what you want to cover, mask ’em and feather ’em.

    Apply the tracking data as position data to the solids (make sure anchor point is where it needs to be).

    Duplicate the footage layer, use the solids as a track matte and apply the “replace color” filter, removing the darker color. Blur the end result and done.

    -Rob

    P.S. Can’t say I’ve actually used this on breasts but this technique came in handy when removing a rather large bee-sting blemish from an on screen talent.

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  • Mike Clasby

    March 13, 2007 at 5:37 pm

    You might try the effect: Fill.

    Choose a color close to the aforementioned globes and feather the masks, very artsy and there will be no black spots peeking through.

  • Mike Clasby

    March 13, 2007 at 5:40 pm

    Opps, Fill must also be on a solid (any color) on top of the aforementioned video.

  • Mark

    March 13, 2007 at 6:03 pm

    How about using the rubber stamp….does the subject move a lot ????

    Mark

  • Filip Vandueren

    March 13, 2007 at 6:16 pm

    Instead of (or before) blurring,
    use a minimax effect (set to maximum): the maximum will let the neighboring lighter pixels “overpower” the darker nippixels,

    Also try substitung Median instead of blur, I use it often as a “Blur that colors within the lines”
    IE, it won’t turn some black pixels on a white BG into a much larger pool of grey,

  • Simon Roughan

    March 14, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Best advice I can give is leave the tits as they are.

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