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Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Matt Sepeta on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:11:05 pm

Could anybody give me a few pointers in the right direction to make something along the lines of this?

You dont need to go into detail, but any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks lot for any help!

Good Day

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Richard Sanchez on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:21:53 pm

Paint your actors face green and key it out, it will leave the eyes and mouth.

Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA

"We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution." - Bill Hicks

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Steve Eisen on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:23:17 pm

Think of Compositing and masks vs superimposing.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Michael Sacci on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:28:00 pm

There are 3 levers Background with thumb, eyes and then mouth. Looks like the eyes and mouth are masked out with feathered edges.

I would put to black dots on the thumb to track the position of the eyes and mouth.

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Bill Dewald on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:24:52 pm

AAAH! MY EYES!!!

That's a pretty simple effect - use the 4-point garbage matte to mask around the mouth, use two more layers for each eye.

Place on top of a still photo of a thumb.

Eww.

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Stace Carter on Jul 2, 2009 at 7:18:49 pm

I have nothing helpful to say, but oh gawd that is freaky. And oddly appealing.

Cheers,
Stace

Apple Certified Trainer, Final Cut Pro Level I
Final Cut Studio Master Pro

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Stephan Walfridsson on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:25:56 pm

You should do this in Motion, AE or something similar.

1. Crop or mask out the mouth and eyes from your source image.
2. Position facial features at correct position.
3.Track the source image to the thumb.
4. Color correct source image to match the finger.
5. Done...

Stephan

[edit] Actually never mind the tracking, Bill is right, use a still image....

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Victor Perez on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:33:00 pm

Thats some serious plastic surgery or great fun with either After Effects, Motion.

Victor

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Matt Sepeta on Jul 2, 2009 at 7:12:27 pm

Thanks for the input! I appreciate it

Good Day

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Dave LaRonde on Jul 2, 2009 at 7:49:42 pm

[Stephan Walfridsson] "...You should do this in Motion, AE or something similar..."

I totally agree. This is DEFINITELY out of FCP's league. FCP's an editing application, for Heaven's sake. This requires animated masks, motion tracking... the works.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Bill Dewald on Jul 2, 2009 at 9:52:43 pm

[Dave LaRonde] "This requires animated masks, motion tracking... the works. "

Absolutely doesn't.

1. Shoot the subject ensuring that he is as still as possible.

2. Composite the eyes, mouth, and a still of the thumb, as above. Four layers.

3. Nest those four layers, then animate the whole body as needed.

It's not elegant, but neither is the effect.

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Re: Superimposing facial features (How?)
by Dave LaRonde on Jul 2, 2009 at 10:00:07 pm

Yeah, well, then YOU try doing it.

Write in once you get sick of animating that mask around the mouth, almost on a frame-by-frame basis.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

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