[Rob Bach]

not sure it would work.. I need to subtract the text outside the face…and when they wiggle
they will be cut off by the mask.
If I could reference the color and mask from the 1st frame only … then this could work.
thanks

[Rob Bach]

well I found a simple solution, though it lacks some versatility.
I just used Mosaic to pixelize the photo. In my case 42 columns by 36 rows. Then I
used Dan Ebberts Binary Block expression (thank you once again Dan) and matched the
same numbers. Then I just masked out the numbers and colored with Stencil Luma.

However I wanted the text to wiggle a little with the numbers overlapping.. and cannot do it this method, without
cutting off the edges of some of the numbers. I am satisfied with the results however.. very simple
solution. see photo

[Rob Bach]

thanks Kalleheikki.. that gets my mind working in that direction. (sampling a grid). I am null at expressions, so will start with a
simpler problem getting the individual characters of the text “word” to sampleImage the area behind them.
So something like, sampleImage then assign to character, sampleImage, assign to 2nd character, and so on.

[Rob Bach]

I got the same time with same basic system MSI GTX 660Ti, i7 3770, ASRock Z77E, 16G RAM (8min) but when I rendered again..same AVI render I got a 5min 40second time..? Overclocking should get better times as seen below.