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Painting out things in Final Cut
I have some things in alot of shots that I want to get rid of. My shooter left in a little metal reflector in an interview we shot. It is the one thing in the picture that you notice. Can you sort of paint out things in Final Cut without having to take it into something like After Effects? Or is that hoping for too much. 🙂 It is just a small little reflection on the left side of the frame that is too far in to crop out.
Thanks!
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There is no direct painting facility in FCP as it ships.
This is only one suggestion, there are many others. (However, if you have AE, use it)
Copy your clip and put it in V2.
Use a 4 or 8 point matte on the V1 clip to open a hole into the clip below that is roughly the shape of your objectionable object.
Do whatever you can to the clip below to hide it.
Shift it to the right, apply a bit of blur, several possibilities.You want to use a copy of your clip because movements and shadows and other subtle stuff will match.
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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Use After Effects, or Combustion for this. You might want to have a clean plate or make one.
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If the shot is a lock-down, just export a frame of it.
Put that in Photoshop, paint-out the offending area.
Create an Alpha channel around the corrected area.
Save and Re-import the corrected still to FCP.
Key it over the original footage.If the original footage moves a bit, you can move the cleaned-up frame a bit to match.
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Bogie’s suggestion can work really well, but I did this exact thing last month inside FCP with the CHV morph plugin. It is very easy to use and keyframe. Cheap solution which works very well.
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Excuse me, I meant the clone plugin. Sorry. But the morph is cool too!
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Let’s not forget Silhouette+Roto which is pricey ($395 plugin, $595 bundle) but does include motion tracking:
https://www.silhouettefx.com/roto/Being an lockdown interview Silhouette+Roto but I just wanted to make sure all the options were on the table…uh, I meant canvas.
Inquiring minds…
BryceDon’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…
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Being an lockdown interview Silhouette+Roto may be over kill but I just wanted to make sure all the options were on the table…uh, I meant canvas.
Oops,
BryceDon’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…
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DVD Studio Pro 3
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Funny,
On the job I used the clone plugin, I also used SR for major crap on the edges of the frame, but the clone tool was much handier for little spots of light in the middle of the frames.
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