Thanks Uwe and Edward for you fast replies. There is no movement at all, I was considering taking a snapshot and using Photoshop or whatever, but the answers have jogged my memory as regards the copy and the third mask (thanks Uwe) and Edward, that seems like the 'easy' option for me.
Guess I was rushed and couldn't remember all the training I've had. It is a 'work in progress' now so I do have time to play a bit more. The boss has the rough edit and seems happy with that for now. Like they say, if you don't use it, you lose it. (My memory in this case!) Thanks again, Neil. On 15 March 2011 18:29, Edward Martin III <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If all you want to do is blur out a background, and there's not a lot > of motion, this is what I would do: > > 1. Copy my footage to the layer above. Call that layer MASK. > 2. Use the pen tool to cut out from MASK the shape of what I want in focus. > 3. Apply my blurring or whatever effect to MASK. > > I'd have to fiddle with the settings of the mask cut by the pen tool. > might have to reverse the mask, probably feather the edge a bit. > > If you have a lot of moving around, then it's a little more > complicated, and I would add: > > 4. Animate the mask shape by keyframes in accordance with the video. > > I had to do something like this for a band video last month -- they > light the drumset all weird, so I had to apply a color correction to > ONLY the drumset. This was basically how I did it, except that for > step #3, instead of blurring, I applied a color correction to it. > > It's also the same trick that allows you to do a Sin City style image > -- you can cut out your Beautiful Item using a mask, and then mute the > color of your background layer. You have to animate your mask by > keyframes, which can be a real bitch for an organic shape (such as a > chick in a red dress), but for a geometric shape is a lot easier. > > You might also be able to MOTION TRACK your mask to an item in the > background. If you can do that, then you've simplified your job a > LOT. I've done that for a couple of movies, where we wanted to get > rid of a logo or some other bit of set dressing that no one noticed > while filming. > > It's an easy trick that gives you a LOT of power. > > Hope that helps! > > Cheers, > > Edward > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
