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How to manually cover up background in scene

Jan 20, 2012 12:05 AM

There's a 15 second long shot of the "C.I.A." interior location in my senior thesis film, and unfortunately due to limited time on production we didn't have the luxury to remove the convention center's flags that had a flower design.  The flowers are subtle, but it can call attention to itself in regards to the narrative, is there an effective way compositly cover it up in Premier CS4,   I did had some luck convering some of the flags with the TITLE DEFAULT STILL.

 

I might post the photos.

 

Thanks

967 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: able123, Sep 14, 2012 9:59 AM
 
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  • Ann Bens
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    1. Ann Bens,
    Jan 20, 2012 2:56 AM   in reply to bboyatomik
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    Photos will certainly help.

     
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  • Bill Hunt
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    2. Bill Hunt,
    Jan 20, 2012 5:49 AM   in reply to bboyatomik
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    I agree that being able to see the offending elements, their location and distribution, would be helpful.

     

    If on the perimeter of the Video Frame, you might look into doing Track Matte Keying, with a Matte that allows you to Blur the edges of the Frame. Basically, you would dupe your Clip, and place it on the next Video Track above, say Video 2, and apply a Blur (several choices there), and then create a Matte, that would be a rectangle, possibly with a bit of Blur on its edge. This would be placed onto the Video Track above that Blurred dupe Video, say Video 3. Add the Track Matte Keying Effect to the Blurred dupe Video on Video Track 2, and link it to the Matte on Video Track 3. As what you want to do is create a "mask" to hold back/block the Blurred Video, so that you see the Clip on Video Track 1. Depending on how you created your Matte, you will probably want to Invert, so that it blocks the Blurred Video.

     

    That will allow you to clearly see the Video from Video Track 1, and if the Matte is soft-edged, it will gradually soften into the full Blur on Video Track 2.

     

    However, depending on those flags, that might not be a viable method.

     

    Good luck, and please let us see more.

     

    Hunt

     
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  • bboyatomik
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    3. bboyatomik,
    Jan 23, 2012 11:32 PM   in reply to bboyatomik
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    Hey appreciate it guys, I just been busy to reply much earlier. Anyway,
    I'll update you guys with the composite move once I revisit the edit chair, and maybe upload a photo for more effective advice. 
    Always to good to hear from you again Bill, you've advised on some editing before!

     
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  • Bill Hunt
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    4. Bill Hunt,
    Jan 24, 2012 8:04 AM   in reply to bboyatomik
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    Thanks for the kind words.

     

    When you do get back to editing, the screen-caps will be appreciated, and might give us an exact idea on how to help best.

     

    Good luck,

     

    Hunt

     
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  • able123
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    5. able123,
    Jan 24, 2012 1:51 PM   in reply to Bill Hunt
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    and dont forget..sometimes you can put stuff ' in foreground' to HIDE stuff in background...like plants or tree branches etc.

     

    or snakes !

     

    a lot of times , to both create depth in shot, and to maybe "hide" stuff... people put stuff in front of lens in foreground for that purpose... can do in edit also.. ( probably have to get something shot on green screen or black or something so you have an alpha channel for the plants, tree branches, snakes )

     

     
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  • bboyatomik
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    6. bboyatomik,
    Sep 13, 2012 2:15 PM   in reply to able123
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    Hey guys, I hope everyone's had a good year so far..

    seven months later I'm back on the chair!

     

    To recap, I like to blur out the flags but still add a solid color to it, in the context of the environment.. navy blue

     

    So basically I should dupicate this clip, put it on video 2..in addition with track matte, and add a square rectangle to cover up in video 3 ?

     

     

     

    CIA Flags composite.PNG

     

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  • able123
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    7. able123,
    Sep 14, 2012 9:59 AM   in reply to bboyatomik
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    COMPOSITE3.jpg

     

    I would just put Godzilla in the background !

    I might get a better idea in the next 7 months though...stay tuned !

     
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