Photoshop Style Image Clean Up in FCP

[David Bogie]

[Stack Jones] “i’m NOT spending any money on plugins. don’t have the bucks to spend.”

You realize how bizarre, one might even say “lame,” that statement is, right? If you are paying yourself $100/hour, you will spend about fifty times what a suitable plugin might cost.

I’d suggest you look for “Electronic Makeup Artist” by Patrick Sheffield, might be exactly what you need. Might not.

bogiesan

[Stack Jones]

from what i see — Electronic Makeup Artist is not what i’m looking for.

the images are already what i want them to look like.

i want to just remove some shiny spots here and there.

lame?

you got $$$ to purchase every plugin under the sun?

i sure don’t.

the post was — what tool is there in fcp that acts as a clone stamp like in photoshop.

is there any?

or is there another way to do this.

[Richard Sanchez]

FCP doesn’t have anything good for this. After Effects has paint (and clone brush) tools. However, if you’re unwilling to spend money you’re pretty much hosed.

Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[John Fishback]

It isn’t clear if you have PhotoShop, but if you do and it’s CS3 or 4 you can “paint” onto video frames. See this.

John

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FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.1, Motion 4.0.1, Comp 3.5.1, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.1)

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[Stack Jones]

i have photoshop cs4 (mac)

i use it extensively for static images.

how does one get video into photoshop?

if i can go frame by frame, i can get the desired outcome i need.

[Rafael Amador]

If you feel confortable with Photoshop, do it with it.
i’ve did it with a sweating face and the result was 10.
Export your clip as “Still Sequence” to the format you prefer (Targa, PNG, TIFF,..).
But if you have AE, try it on that. AE is just Photoshop in motion.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Arnie Schlissel]

I’ve used Photoshop to spot film scans. It’s really one of the best tools for painting in video, the toolset is very deep and sophisticated. If you’re looking for something to “work like Photoshop”, and you already have it, then it’s a no-brainer.

Photoshop Extended can import QT movies or image sequences, you can use the regular paint tools very much as you would with still images, plus you can “onion skin” to see what you’re painting and cloning from and to, plus you can clone from one frame into another frame. You can even use PS filters on individual frames or sequences.

It’s a bit too much to cover here, but it’s covered in the PS manual. I’d recommend you use a Wacom tablet and pen.

Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
https://www.arniepix.com/