Frank Hardie
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You’ll notice that splitting a layer puts the part after the split onto it’s own layer. Just delete the layer that you don’t want.
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With your camera on a tripod (don’t move it at all), get a clean plate of the background, without the woman. Then get your footage of the woman, with the camera and tripod unmoved from its former position (when getting the clean BG plate).
You should now be able to use a difference matte to remove the background.
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If you really want the cut and bleed shot, and are willing to do it the REALLY OLD-FASHIONED way, I’d like to offer the use of my ex-wifes wrists.
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I used to get a little lost in Flash, but the I saw the CartoonSmart tutorials website. This guy is a Flash genius, and his tutorials cover almost everything Flash can possibly be expected 9and not expected) to do.
Worth checking out if you want to learn Flash.
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If the camera is going to be locked down, you might get away with using a clean shot of the set (with no actors), then use a difference matte. This “should” leave you with just your actor/s, ready for processing to suit your needs. This won’t work if your lighting is variable in any way (color, intensity, etc.).
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Have you tried the “Write On” effect, for animating the outline?
Aharon Rabinowitz gives good instructions on its use in his “Animate a Signature” tutorial.
I think it could work for what you want, with a little adaptation.
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I’ve gotta agree with Dave as to the usefulness of the preview line.
Besides, if you find that you’ve created your point in the wrong spot, it’s a simple enough task to move it. I usually create a rough mask, then refine it later, by moving/creating points, until I’m happy with the shape.
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Is there an actual question in there somewhere?
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Cut them up in Photoshop, pasting each piece to its own layer. Bring it into AE, move the anchor points, then animate.
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You’ll need to do some prep work in photoshop first.
Cut the mouse up into the parts you want to animate, putting each part on it’s own layer.
You can then import it into AE to animate each part individually.