Title behind a crowd of people

[floriand43787663]

Hi there,

I have footage of a dance performance on stage that I would like to add a title to. The footage begins on a fairly dark stage with a purple background screen, the dancers enter onto the stage as silhouettes in front of the screen. I would like to add the title of the dance onto the purple screen behind the dancers. How would I go about doing this?

[Rick Gerard]

If you cannot pull a procedural matte then you are stuck with rotoscope. Rotoscope, especially with multiple subjects in the shot, going to be a long and tedious process.

A procedural matte is using a procedure like Keylight or by adjusting the channel values to create a hight contrast matte that can be used to separate foreground and background elements. Without seeing at least a typical frame from your shot it is impossible to give you a step by step solution. If there is enough contrast and the footage is significantly free of compression artifacts you may be able to pull a procedural matte of some kind.

From the way your question was worded I think you may be new to After Effects. Either technique will require some research and practice. Don't expect a one click solution.

[floriand43787663]

I have worked with Premiere for a while now however I am new to After Effects, thank you for your help

[Rick Gerard]

Show is a frame of your movie and we can probably point you directly to a solution. If you are on windows just press the Print Screen button and then paste into the reply field of this forum. If you are on a Mac then Ctrl/Cmnd + Shift + 3 and drag the screenshot into the reply field. Takes about 2 seconds.

[floriand43787663]

Here is a frame

[emanuelecolombo]

Looks like rotoscoping is the only option you have

[Dave_LaRonde]

Or put it on the upper 2/3 of the magenta screen.  It's magenta, not purple.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi FlorianD,

What did you end up doing to create your effect? Did any of the suggestions our experts made help you out? Please let us know.

Thanks,
Kevin