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If you want to bend paper like at around the 1 second mark in this spot: https://vimeo.com/255605815 use the Bezier Warp Effect.
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I don’t do a fade on any of the commercials I edit. If you look at the national adds tonight on prime time I don’t think you’ll see very many fades if any. I haven’t noticed any in my market.
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All of the big shops that I’m aware of in my State are on Premiere. All of the freelancers I know are on Premiere except for 1. But he used both FCP X and Premiere. I use Premiere because I spend a lot of time in After Effects and they round-trip nicely.
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Thanks Bob. I have to say, I just got an e-mail from Pond5 yesterday saying I just made another $26 for another sale. I love those e-mails.
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[Simon Ubsdell]
Could you post an example of a shot you are trying to key?I’m doing research for a project coming up so I don’t have the footage I would like to work with. The samples in that video are really close to what I would like to do. I can try to find the video I had trouble with in the past. But after that, I ended up trying to keep everything I shoot on a green screen in focus. But with the car scene, it really would look so much better if it was shot with the depth of field that looks best in camera.
Stephen Smith
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Dave,
Look at 15 seconds in this video with the rack focus. You just described a roto-scoping nightmare.
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I’m having a hard time finding the official site for the CineGobs “Spill Suppression” plug-in. I’m on a Mac. It looks like it is PC only? Is that correct?
Stephen Smith
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[Simon Ubsdell]
Why did you key out the blurry parts? Was it because the key was too noisy? Or was there some other reason?
To answer this question with the previous question. I film with an 8K RED Epic-W. It creates a great image and looks really sharp and nice when it is seen in HD. Nothing in the image felt noisy but I honestly haven’t looked for noise in the blurry sections.
[Simon Ubsdell]
That said, every really good key tends to be composed of a series of “patches” that treat each area of the frame in the best possible way.I agree. It is very rear that I can do a key with just 1 key. I always have to mask out sections like a person’s hair to get it and the persons body the way I like them. I hope no one interprets my comment as a way to key the whole thing in 1 key but as do you have any tricks to keep as much blurriness as possible.
Stephen Smith
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Correct, the Videocopilot tutorial isn’t what I’m talking about. Take a look at this video:
Note at 15 seconds the dads face out of focus. Or at 45 seconds the guy in the back with glasses is out of focus.
Obviously, I won’t be able to do everything in 1 key and will have to mask out parts of the scene. But what are some tricks for the blurry part? The last time I did it it ended up keying most of the blurry edges away and then I had to re-blur them.
Stephen Smith
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