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skin smoothing; home-made
hi all. was looking for a skin smoothing plugin for vegas (working on a job with an older singer!). hard to find and expensive when found. cheapest good one seemed to be newblue fx, but part of a bundle with other stuff I didn’t want. so i set out to come up with a solution. here it is.
1. import the clip with the video you want smoothed.
2. duplicate the track.
3. mute the bottom track
4. go to top track and insert a chroma key plugin (i use newblue fx one which seems better than built-in sony). split the preview screen so you can select colour for mask.
5. set the mask to skin tone so that the skin is masked out.
6. mute top track
7. unmute bottom track.
8. insert a blur or noise reduction plugin on bottom track. adjust it til you get a smooth skin
9. unmute top track.
10. if all went well, you now have top track providing sharp detail, but the skin will be smooth. adjust it to get either a natural or really smooth look as required.
if you’re doing greenscreen work, you might want to do all the above first and render to avi then reimport with processing done before keying out the green.
edSystem; intel i72600k 3.4GHZ, 16GB RAM, Win 7 64 bit. Vegas Pro 11 latest build, Neat Video 3.01. EVGA GTX460 SC graphics
Stealth Recording Studio, Glasgow, Scotland UK
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You have three options to choose from. The one from NewblueFX.
You have another which is Digital Anarchy Beauty Box.
And finally Cosmo in Magic Bullet Looks 2.
All are excellent at what they do.Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
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There is also BCC Smooth Tone from the Image Restoration collection in Boris Continuum Complete. Here is my episode of Boris TV where I show you how to use it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZXe2bU_MY
~jr
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Yes John, that one slipped me.
Steve Rhoden
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thanks guys. my original post pointed out that they all cost : from at least £100 upwards. my solution works very well (takes a bit more work from the user though) and won’t cost you anything extra if you use the built-in vegas plugins. skin smoothing isn’t something i need to do a lot of, but if i did i’d probably buy a plugin specifically for it to save time… ed
System; intel i72600k 3.4GHZ, 16GB RAM, Win 7 64 bit. Vegas Pro 11 latest build, Neat Video 3.01. EVGA GTX460 SC graphics
Stealth Recording Studio, Glasgow, Scotland UK
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[Eddie Macarthur] “skin smoothing isn’t something i need to do a lot of, but if i did i’d probably buy a plugin specifically for it to save time”
Eddie, you are correct. the intent of your post is exactly what makes the COW an invaluable resource. Thanks for sharing your technique. Sometimes I forget that not everyone can buy the latest plug-in and charge their customer for it. lol. 😉
Thanks for sharing this technique.
~jr
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no problem guys. i’ve got a lot of good tips on this forum, so it’s good to return the favour.ed
System; intel i72600k 3.4GHZ, 16GB RAM, Win 7 64 bit. Vegas Pro 11 latest build, Neat Video 3.01. EVGA GTX460 SC graphics
Stealth Recording Studio, Glasgow, Scotland UK
http://www.stealthrecordingstudio.com
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