Shadow Removal

[Rousselos Aravantinos]

I thought to copy the texture of the closed door and rotating it in perspective

yes this is what im talking about.
try it before u buy it…its just a few keyframes.
try to add a color filter for this anImated layer too so u can manually match the color.
add motion blur for this layer and precompose it
then add a match grain filter too.
regarding feathering..just use multiple masks for her. NOT just one shape..
so u can set a different feather keys per shape through time..
also enable masks motion blur.
ONE AT A TIME…
STRESS=NOT GOOD

[Michele Poggi]

Animating a still frame of the door sounds as a good idea as I said.. 🙂 The problem is that like that I should mask the whole girl and being blurry and in color contrast I’m facing some problems with that. I’m using levels to make color match, but the difference is really small and unclear sometimes. Painting single frames if of course a Huge no since it would make the clip flicker like a thunder.

I use A.E. since I was 14 but I never found a serious man or school to teach me professionally, so I actually never used Mocha. Not falling in personal hates about my country that kills every single desire and opportunity about these jobs.. I’m at this point for now:

Masking_Test

It.. Kinda sucks, I think and know. Now that the door is moving, even if I animate it, it Won’t match her hands and another problem I think it will be to make this animation feel real.. Not mentioning masks. I admit to feel a little sad about all this, lol.

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[Michele Poggi]

Anyway, my deepest thanks. 😉 For your time, kindness and tips.

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[Rousselos Aravantinos]

u doing it fine…just improve this little blury area at her ribs.
(left side of the frame )
animate feather too
to enable mask’s motion blur do the following:

https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/maskmotionblur.jpg/

Make a new shape for arm/ body /head/ hair if possible.
you can also import ur video sequence entirely in photoshop so u can rotoscope it 100% in it.. then u can save this animation as psd file
( bare in mind that this psd will need the original image seq. so it can retrieve the animation )
Alternative u can render export this by clicking :
file / export/ render video.
try photoshop too

to do this just switch photoshops workspace by clicking:
window / workspace / video

[Michele Poggi]

Thanks again.
Somehow the Motion Blur check is grey, so I can’t enable it.
Also.. What’s the purpose of having the Mask Layer in 3D?

I’m attacching some steps foward into it, I tweaked a little the initial masks even if I still have that blurriness for now. The problem is now the 3D idea. In the last frames if you pay attention you will discover some issues:

I have to delete the girl’s shadow, but the door’s ones are natural and should remain, the problem is that to make the freeze frame match the movie I have to play a little with the scale and position, making it a little deformed. Also.. When the girl is opening the door it covers it but only for some frames, but masking it and playing with the “fake” one the handle is a proble, as well as the girl’s hands.

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[Rousselos Aravantinos]

my last recommendation about motion blur was for the rotoscoping part
( girl not door ) so u dont have to hit ur head against the wall with all these feather parameters.

Regarding the 3d door layer that u gonna try to animate in Y ..just enable motion blur for this layer ( and in composition switch set icon )

to keep the doors natural shadow, dublicate the original clip, mask-keep the shadow and use darken blending mode to recover it for the final shot

[Rousselos Aravantinos]

MY latest* i meant!

feel free to ask for further assistance!

cheers
S.

[Michele Poggi]

Thanks. 🙂 The blending tip is something extremely smart, I’ll surely try it and let you know my results.

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[Rousselos Aravantinos]

i bet it will work.
u gonna do it fine..
good luck