HELP!! White bra peeking through black shirt at DVinfo.net

Bill Vincent · December 29th, 2010, 04:53 PM

Despite the funny title of this post, I'm serious - I just did a shoot where I was interviewing a two-shot and didn't really notice it while shooting, but this woman's black shirt was peeking open revealing a very distracting white bra underneath. It's a spot that I think could be easily removed with some elementary tracking software and a little patch of black following her slight movement, but I don't know of any and I'm hoping some of you might.

I'm using FCP, so a plug-in would be great, or if someone knows how to do it without too much pain in FCP alone I'd try that too.

Thanks in advance...

Bill

Chip Thome · December 29th, 2010, 05:14 PM

I don't know if it does the color change patch of black thing, but Red Giant Colorista does allow correction to certain "areas" and follows those "areas" as the footage progresses. Again, not sure they have it for FCP, but it might be worth a try. I am pretty sure they have a demo available, if you want to check it out.

Bill Vincent · December 29th, 2010, 05:33 PM

Thanks for the response, Chip! Colorista may be the ticket, but if anyone else knows of other plug-ins too, I'd be grateful to hear them, or even techniques for tracking in FCP. I'm hoping not to have to spend $299, although I'm sure it's a great product anyway.

Anybody else know of any other plug-ins that can do a quick replace on a section of color like that over time?

Erik Andersen · December 29th, 2010, 11:16 PM

I'm assuming you don't have Motion? You can do motion tracking using that FCS program.

Rusty Rogers · December 30th, 2010, 01:25 AM

I'm new to FCP, but it looks pretty easy in "Color".
I'm a long-time Grass Valley user where that would be a easy native fix.

Dave Partington · December 30th, 2010, 04:30 AM

Depending on how much footage you have, you can use a garbage mask in FCP to achieve this and keyframe it where required. If there is lots of it then use motion.

Motion has an excellent tracking tool built right in and I've used it several times for 'match move' situations where I need to obscure or replace logos etc.

If you are not sure how to use it there is a great tutorial on this on Lynda.com. A one month ($25) subscription should get you going faster and cheaper than buying other software, since you already have Motion!

Round tripping between Motion and FCP is trivial and as good as a plugin ;) It's also MUCH better at things like stabilising footage than the Smoothcam feature in FCP. Motion would be worth it for that alone, and the good news is you really don't need to learn much of Motion at all to make this work. Like 0.00001% :)

Bill Vincent · December 30th, 2010, 05:26 AM

Thanks everyone - Motion seems like the best way for me to go, especially since I already own it! :) I'll check out the Lynda.com tutorial. This is exactly what I was hoping for!

December 29th, 2010, 04:53 PM	#1
Bill Vincent Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 253	HELP!! White bra peeking through black shirt Despite the funny title of this post, I'm serious - I just did a shoot where I was interviewing a two-shot and didn't really notice it while shooting, but this woman's black shirt was peeking open revealing a very distracting white bra underneath. It's a spot that I think could be easily removed with some elementary tracking software and a little patch of black following her slight movement, but I don't know of any and I'm hoping some of you might. I'm using FCP, so a plug-in would be great, or if someone knows how to do it without too much pain in FCP alone I'd try that too. Thanks in advance... Bill

December 29th, 2010, 11:16 PM	#4
Erik Andersen Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 218	I'm assuming you don't have Motion? You can do motion tracking using that FCS program. __________________ Canon 5D Mark II \|\| L-Series Lenses \|\| Steadicam Pilot \|\| Final Cut Studio www.lovestorymedia.com

December 30th, 2010, 01:25 AM	#5
Rusty Rogers Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 177	I'm new to FCP, but it looks pretty easy in "Color". I'm a long-time Grass Valley user where that would be a easy native fix. __________________ *Rusty* Rusty Rogers \| Films

December 30th, 2010, 04:30 AM	#6
Dave Partington Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: York, England Posts: 1,323	Depending on how much footage you have, you can use a garbage mask in FCP to achieve this and keyframe it where required. If there is lots of it then use motion. Motion has an excellent tracking tool built right in and I've used it several times for 'match move' situations where I need to obscure or replace logos etc. If you are not sure how to use it there is a great tutorial on this on Lynda.com. A one month ($25) subscription should get you going faster and cheaper than buying other software, since you already have Motion! Round tripping between Motion and FCP is trivial and as good as a plugin ;) It's also MUCH better at things like stabilising footage than the Smoothcam feature in FCP. Motion would be worth it for that alone, and the good news is you really don't need to learn much of Motion at all to make this work. Like 0.00001% :) __________________ Qualified UAV Pilot with CAA PFAW Aerial Photo / Aerial Video \| Corporate Video Production

December 29th, 2010, 05:14 PM	#2
Chip Thome Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Green Bay Wisconsin Posts: 553	I don't know if it does the color change patch of black thing, but Red Giant Colorista does allow correction to certain "areas" and follows those "areas" as the footage progresses. Again, not sure they have it for FCP, but it might be worth a try. I am pretty sure they have a demo available, if you want to check it out.

December 29th, 2010, 05:33 PM	#3
Bill Vincent Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 253	Thanks for the response, Chip! Colorista may be the ticket, but if anyone else knows of other plug-ins too, I'd be grateful to hear them, or even techniques for tracking in FCP. I'm hoping not to have to spend $299, although I'm sure it's a great product anyway. Anybody else know of any other plug-ins that can do a quick replace on a section of color like that over time?

December 30th, 2010, 05:26 AM	#7
Bill Vincent Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 253	Thanks everyone - Motion seems like the best way for me to go, especially since I already own it! :) I'll check out the Lynda.com tutorial. This is exactly what I was hoping for!