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Silhouette video
I received a request to take a video of a bunch of kids dancing (as a bunched group) and make it a silhouette. Basically they want the whole background to be black and the kids white (or vice versa – the idea is that it will eventually be used with an alpha channel, overlaid on some other video).
My problem is that this was shot outside on a grassy field with everything and then more behind the kids (people’s backyard and everything else you’d see standing in a park.) Was this done on a green screen that’d be easy, but this? I don’t know. Any suggestions other than ‘go shoot it again’?
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[KirAsh4] “Any suggestions other than ‘go shoot it again’?”
Well, rotoscoping would be even more painful, so reshooting may not be that bad an idea.
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[Dave LaRonde] “You got some rotoscopin’ in your future!”
Oh %$@*# no. Ain’t no way I’m doing someone else’s work. My first reply to them was, ‘You should’ve asked me first, THEN shoot.’ I just wanted to get confirmation here that there’s no easy fix for this, I didn’t think there was anyway.
I think part of their problem is a place to shoot this. With the amount of kids, standing somewhat in a line (shoulder to shoulder), it makes for a large area that needs to be covered. At least, that’s how they shot this. Personally I would’ve broken the group up into smaller groups and shoot each one individually, but that’s just me. They can go back to the drawing board, or give me something else to work with. I’m not rotoscoping this.
Thanks all.
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