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Mattes in FCP
I want to create a moving matte around an anchor so that I can key out the background.
In Avid I’d do this with animatte….how would you accomplish this in FCP? Do you have to do it in AE then bring it in?
TIA
Biker
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4 Replies
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Do you need to pull the green screen in FCP too, or just animate a mask?
Either way, FCP doesn’t do either of these very well at the moment. I would use AE or Motion. I have much better luck in AE than motion.
Although, Boris Continuum Complete makes a damn fine keyer that plugs in to FCP, but the animated masks will be tough.
Jeremy
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I’ll second what Jeremy suggest. I’m an AE guy too and would use that program to cut the mask.
Though if you use the Boris Continuum keyer to pull a matte of the anchor, then you could use that as your animated mask right within FCP.
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I have BCC….which keyer are you refering to? And no I am not pulling out a green screen. She is sitting at a desk in front of the Roman Coliseum thus the matte. It sounds like AE is the way to go with this.
Biker
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If you don’t have to do any green screen, then AE is your best bet, or a stand alone rotoscope application. I hear motion does okay at this too, but i have never tried it.
Jeremy
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