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Blur Plugin for FCPPosted by Adrian Zehn
I will need to do a lot of blurring out of brandnames etc for a documentary.
Does anyone know if there is a good filter that allows you to create a keyframable blur shape that you can move, change in perspective etc. Otherwise the only way I can see to do it is to copy the layer you are working on, place it above the original layer, crop the top layer using the motion tap and apply the filter to the new top layer. However moving the filter seems tricky.....because you don't want to move the whole layer - you have to move the crop parameters - which will be very laborious. Maybe someone has a better work around if there is no good plugin available. Thanks A
Answered your post on Ken Stone. But you didn't ask the second part.
The way a lot of this blurring is done easily is through the use of motion tracking (which automatically adds keyframes) a mask shape. I usually use Boris RED for this because the pixel chooser allows a really easy way to auto-track the mask. So it's difficult to do this in FCP. There is a tracking plug in from lyric.com. Might work for this. Otherwise it's RED, or AE. Kevin Monahan Social Support Lead, DV Products Adobe Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro Community Blog Follow Me on Twitter!
Shane,
Oops. You forgot that many "reality shows" DO edit on FCP AND still have to blur. Like Kevin mentions above, we use a variety of techniques depending on the shot. Worst case scenario: everyone in a crowded bar. Best case: bottle of beer in a static shot. There is NO quick and easy way to do this. We allocate a fair amount of time to this process. Sometimes I think spending a couple of hundred bucks "buying" a release from someone is a heck of a lot cheaper than spending hours trying to blur them out of a scene. But I digress... mark
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