Editing one video clip to disolve each person

[johnmackinnonphotography]

Hi

I have a clip of my children pretending to make each other dissolve. I have managed (on a previous clip) to make one child dissolve by splitting the layer, freezing the frame then splitting the layer again and creating a background.

I now have 2 people wanting to dissolve one after the other but I am not sure how to cut them individually from the clip and then make them dissolve.

Hopefully my explanation makes sense and someone can help me with, what is probably a very simple fix.

I look forward to hearing from anyone??

Cheers

John

[Roei Tzoref · Accepted solution]

You can Use masks to cut each child. So:

Layer1 - child #1 masked

Layer2 - child #2 masked

layer3 - all others

layer4 - clean bg

[johnmackinnonphotography]

Roei

Many thanks for your reply.  Would I need to duplicate the clip and mask them out individual on each layer?

When I try an create the BG it seems to keep a copy of all the footage.  I have been looking at masking on Youtube but the issue is that none of the tuts I have seen resemble the task I am attempting.

Many thanks for taking the time to reply.

John

[Roei Tzoref]

Would I need to duplicate the clip and mask them out individual on each layer?

yes

I have been looking at masking on Youtube

you have excellent resources at the adobe website. be careful of the youtube tutorials you are watching.

Use the Pen tool to make masks | Adobe After Effects CC tutorials

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