Superimposing facial features (How?)

[Richard Sanchez]

Paint your actors face green and key it out, it will leave the eyes and mouth.

Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Steve Eisen]

Think of Compositing and masks vs superimposing.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Bill Dewald]

AAAH! MY EYES!!!

That’s a pretty simple effect – use the 4-point garbage matte to mask around the mouth, use two more layers for each eye.

Place on top of a still photo of a thumb.

Eww.

[Stephan Walfridsson]

You should do this in Motion, AE or something similar.

1. Crop or mask out the mouth and eyes from your source image.
2. Position facial features at correct position.
3.Track the source image to the thumb.
4. Color correct source image to match the finger.
5. Done…

Stephan

[edit] Actually never mind the tracking, Bill is right, use a still image….

[Michael Sacci]

There are 3 levers Background with thumb, eyes and then mouth. Looks like the eyes and mouth are masked out with feathered edges.

I would put to black dots on the thumb to track the position of the eyes and mouth.

[Victor Perez]

Thats some serious plastic surgery or great fun with either After Effects, Motion.

Victor

[Matt Sepeta]

Thanks for the input! I appreciate it

Good Day

[Stace Carter]

I have nothing helpful to say, but oh gawd that is freaky. And oddly appealing.

Cheers,
Stace

Apple Certified Trainer, Final Cut Pro Level I
Final Cut Studio Master Pro

[Bill Dewald]

[Dave LaRonde] “This requires animated masks, motion tracking… the works. “

Absolutely doesn’t.

1. Shoot the subject ensuring that he is as still as possible.

2. Composite the eyes, mouth, and a still of the thumb, as above. Four layers.

3. Nest those four layers, then animate the whole body as needed.

It’s not elegant, but neither is the effect.