-
remove a moving spot of light
There is a small beam of light coming from a window and falls on the face of a person. As the person moves his head, a small spot of light moves around his forehead and chicks. Is there an easy way to remove this? Otherwise it was a good take of the video.
-
10 Replies
-
You can take a look at this thread and see if the concept can help. Basically, you should be able to use the methods given but apply the cookie cutter fx to allow the correction to show through on the rest of the track. I would think you would want to feather it and track it with keyframes.
Here is the thread I am referencing.
j razz
https://www.jrazzcreations.com
-
I just read the thread. It talks about changing the color in the entire frame. Like I do during color correction.
But I only want to do color correction to a moving spot (the size of a human eye) on the face of the actor. This is different.
-
“This is different.”
Not really.
Jeremy suggested following the concept mentioned in the thread (I’ve used it and it works!!) but using a cookie cutter to isolate it to a specific area.
Because your person moves around, this will involve keyframing, potentially a lot of it, as the spot of light moves around.
BTW, a bezier mask will work too. -
it is an interview of a sitting person.
I am sorry, I do not know what all these are (like keyframing).
-
“I am sorry, I do not know what all these are (like keyframing).”
So you’re a rookie then. No problem as that’s what we’re here for.
The online help menu is always a very good place to start.
Bezier masking is explained in this tutorial from Sony.
In a nutshell, it allows you to create a custom shape to mask (block) things out and replace it with anything else such as another image of an effect.
In your case, it will allow you to greatly reduce the light gleam.
Keyframes are a way of telling an effect (what a bezier mask is) to move to a certain position at a certain time.
In your case, you would get the effect set up at the beginning of the interview.
Then, as the person’s head moves around, you create new keyframes that tell the effect to move to the new position.
The number of keyframes required will depend on how much and how often his head moves around.
Are You Exposed? by Douglas Spotted Eagle is another good tutorial that uses a cookie cutter to get similar results.
Work your way through these, let us know if you have any questions and we’ll do our best to help. -
You guys are great. Let me go through the tutorials you mentioned and see what I can do.
Thanks
-
Bob, I don’t know what your NLE experience level is.
Some of this may be a bit daunting for a Vegas newbie so don’t be afraid to put up your hand and say “help!!”. -
Thank you. I can do trimming, white balance color correction, audio noise reduction. That’s it more or less.
-
Just ask if you need any clarification on anything and one of us here will gladly help!
j razz
https://www.jrazzcreations.com
-
>>Just ask if you need any clarification on anything and one of us here will gladly help!
The Vegas Forum on Cow is the best forum I have found anywhere.
I am very thankful for all of you guys.
Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up