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Softening Filter for Interviews
Hello,
I am interested in filters for use in FCP that I can add to headshot interviews of elderly women to gently soften their faces. I want to be subtle about it, not a Barbara Walters effect. What plug-ins do you recommend, or even those available in FCP?
Thanks very much.
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6 Replies
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Try duplicating the video layer and lay it on the track on top of itself. Apply a Gaussian blur to the top track and drop the opacity. Try a couple of different blend modes.
Brian
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You might want to try the black/white diffusion in Nattress Film Effects. nattress.com
Arnie
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Tiffen dfx (formally 55mm plug-in)
https://www.tiffen.com/dfx_users_gallery_display.htm
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Director-At-Large
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
do what brain says
“Try duplicating the video layer and lay it on the track on top of itself. Apply a Gaussian blur to the top track and drop the opacity. Try a couple of different blend modes.”
only add in a chroma keyer on that top channel and key out the tonal range or skin chroma with quite a bit of softening
I would say the blend mode to use is soft light or screen with a lower opacity
these commercial plugins are doing exactly the same thing
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Used correctly, this free filter does WONDERS for interviews!!!!\
https://www.haiku.com.au/2005/08/final-cut-pro-plug-ins.html
Enjoy.
Wayne
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Ahhh, stumbled across this eventually, I know I’d seen it somewhere…
https://straylight.tv/pluginz/
and if it works for Lauren Bacall, it’ll work for anyone. Meow.
Jason
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