Dennis Leppell
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3-way color correction, and use the limit effect option at the bottom.
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window —-> arrange —-> save layout
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it’s clunky. but doable, as long as you’re not trying to get fancy….no effects, etc, just moving layers from point a to point b.
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Nope.
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If you need more than 8 points, send the clip to Motion where you have a bezier matte.
Have you tried Tom’s 50 point Bezier Matte? It feels a little clunky, but when you get the hang of it works pretty darn well.
https://homepage.mac.com/tomhenderson/beziermatte/
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Not necessarily true, David. I recapture old projects on a semi-regular basis (usually 3 year old commercials that get resurrected for a re-vamp), and have never disabled any of those warnings, or changed my pre-roll settings, and still get that particular message on occasion. I don’t know what causes it, but when I go ahead with the reconnect, everything *seems* to be in order.
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I’ve had that message several times, in instances with perfect timecode tapes. If in doubt, save a backup copy of the project, and proceed. I’ve not once had the reloaded footage not line up in a noticable way….that is to say, when the footage reconnects, everything always seems to be where it should be.
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I concur. When I first started CC’ing my stuff, i skipped directly to the 3-way to learn to use the most powerful tool FCP had to offer (at the time). Now, I take it as a personal challenge when I get footage where the camera is all over the place with the white balance (I work on a fishing show, so color temp fluctuates throughout the day, especially if you add interiors of a resort cabin). And if things get a little hot to make the color balance and contrast and look right, the broadcast safe filter is always a lifesaver.
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In photography terms this would be multiple exposure. Lock down the camera on a tripod. It works best/easier if you segment your scene to individual areas where your subject won’t interact with themselves in the final composite. Now, first shot you need is a clean plate….the scene itself, with nothing in it. Now, have your actor do their thing in each position.
When you get to post, you have a couple of options. You could try using a difference matte, but I don’t have experience with this so cannot recommend it, though in theory it should work. What I would do place your clean shot on V1. Place your various actor shots directly above it. Using garbage mattes (or the crop tools in the motion tab), isolate the actor in each shot. Use a mask feather to blend them onto the clean shot. If filming this outside, do all the filming quickly so there’s little discrepency in the shadows.
Option 2, film everthing on a solid color background, which you would then key out, and can then place in the scene at your discretion.
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save your images from photoshop as a .tif, with transparent background.