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sweaty skin
by Ed Roy on Aug 23, 2008 at 3:26:58 pm

I've got to remove the sweaty look from facial skin from a close up during an interview. Anyone have a killer method to do that without softening the image.

Thanks.

Ed

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Re: sweaty skin
by Floh Peters on Aug 23, 2008 at 4:17:05 pm

Unfortunately this is something that is easy to fix while shooting, but difficult in the post.

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Re: sweaty skin
by Stuart Ferreyra on Aug 23, 2008 at 4:18:04 pm

Sounds more like a paint job.

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Re: sweaty skin
by Ed Roy on Aug 23, 2008 at 4:37:37 pm

This is all very encouraging.

The skin isn't that sweaty - more like very shiny.

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Re: sweaty skin
by walter biscardi on Aug 23, 2008 at 7:41:14 pm

[Ed Roy] "Anyone have a killer method to do that without softening the image. "

Softening is the only way to do this in Color. This is something that really should have been fixed with makeup or a towel on set.

You could take it into After Effects and apply some roto work to it.

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Re: sweaty skin
by Blase Theodore on Aug 24, 2008 at 5:38:42 pm

I'll give it a go and risk being wrong..

If the footage isn't too compressed I think you have some options you could at least try.

I'd guess the sweat is reflecting a cooler blue highlight than the more orangy pink skintone..

Put a feathered shape isolation on the face that avoids the eyes and hair, select the highlights (now isolated by the shape) bring them down and warm them. Track the shape to the nose, and see how it plays.

I'd give the fx room a try as well, build a tree to selectively blur that range of skintones. Only use this if it really works well though, as I believe using the fx room still results in a resolution drop from a buggy deinterlacer.

Both suggestions will only give subtle results before becoming obvious, so go sparingly.

Good luck!

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Re: sweaty skin
by Craig Sommerer on Aug 25, 2008 at 1:28:53 am

Blurring takes care of a lot of problems, the art lies in the amount of blurring to use and where to place it. We use the skin detail circuitry in studio camera land all the time for things like this, and well, wrinkles. You may want to demo Pat Sheffield's "Electronic Makeup Artist" filter for FCP. There's a learning curve involved but the results are fantastic. http://straylight.tv/pluginz/

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