View Full Version : retouching video??


r_dg
05-03-2008, 08:39 PM
anyone knows wich program should i use if i want to retouch video, like make
waists smallers or disappear imperfections from face shots?

hawkeye60
05-03-2008, 09:12 PM
To do what your trying to do would require something like Adobe After Effects Professional.

r_dg
05-03-2008, 11:38 PM
thanks, im thinking if i should buy that program

jmn
06-18-2008, 01:13 AM
Neat Video will get rid of grain really well.
After effects will do some retouching, but the definitive is rotoscoping, which is how they do the light saber...yes....frame by frame.

r_dg
06-18-2008, 01:50 PM
frame by frame
mmm... too much work lol i have after effects in my other pc but i dont really know how
to use it...

synthetamine
06-19-2008, 09:35 AM
although after effects is like the "photoshop for video" unless the subject is standing in the exact same place the entire video you will have to make adjustments frame by frame, keyframing helps, but if you end up keyframing every other frame you aren't cutting your workflow down any.

CaptainHook
06-20-2008, 07:02 AM
You're looking at compositing software. After Effects has gotten better and is used
but industry standards for film are more like Shake, Combustion, Digital Fusion, Nuke,
etc or the hardware packages like Flint, Flame, Inferno, etc

The difference being most of these are node based compositing rather than layers
like After Effects.

although after effects is like the "photoshop for video" unless the subject is standing in the exact same place the entire video you will have to make adjustments frame by frame, keyframing helps, but if you end up keyframing every other frame you aren't cutting your workflow down any.

Frame by frame usually looks WORSE than keyframing. The object with rotoscoping is
to make as little keyframes as possible to make the motion-tracking smooth.

Markzebra
06-20-2008, 08:27 AM
This is all wrong - After effects has something called Motion Tracking, it will analyze each frame based on checkpoints. So it can map any animation and distortions to these points, or relative to them

CaptainHook
06-20-2008, 05:37 PM
As does all compositing software. After Effects was one of the last to implement it.
The tracking can be used to stabilize a hand held shot also. You can choose between one
tracking point, 2, or 4. Motion tracking adds a keyframe every frame. Depending
on what you're tracking, this can be improved.

r_dg
06-20-2008, 08:33 PM
ooh now i get it.. thanks to all... does anyone knows where can i find some tutorials?

synthetamine
06-23-2008, 10:21 AM
Lynda.com maybe