Blur Someone out

[chad2323]

I have some DV footage that has someone in there that I want to paint over or blur out. I will do this frame by frame if I have to. I tried Premiere but couldn't figure it out. Is there and program that is allot easier to use to do this? Thank's for any info you all can give.

Thank's

[bb]

Welcome to the forum.

Ulead MediaStudio Pro comes with a VideoPaint program, which should cover your needs. Similar to Paint for single pictures, you can paint in the video, some timeline automation included.

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[theReal]

In Premiere Pro you should be able to do this with a superimposed track matte / motion matte.

I just tried what the helpfile said and got a result that was close to what I wanted - I guess with a little more trial and error it will look pretty good ;)


This is what Premiere Pro's helpfile says, btw:
Use the Track Matte key to show one clip through another, using a third file as a matte that creates transparent areas in the superimposed clip. This effect requires two clips and a matte, each placed on its own track. You may want to set aside an entire track for the matte, because you must hide that track. White areas in the matte are opaque in the superimposed clip, preventing underlying clips from showing through. Black areas in the matte are transparent, and gray areas are partially transparent.

A matte containing motion is called a traveling matte or moving matte. The matte may consist of motion footage, such as a blue-screen silhouette, or you can animate a still image matte by applying the Motion effect in Adobe Premiere Pro (see Animating effects by using keyframes and Animating effects in the Timeline window). If you animate a still image, consider making the matte frame size larger than the project frame size so that the edges of the matte don't come into view when you animate the matte.


Because the Track Matte key can be applied to a video clip, the matte can change over time.
You can create mattes in various ways:

Use the Title window to create text or shapes (grayscale only), save the title, and then import the file as your matte.
Create a matte from any clip using the Chroma, RGB Difference, Difference Matte, Blue Screen, Green Screen, or Non Red key. Then select the Mask Only option.
Use Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop to create a grayscale image and import it into Adobe Premiere Pro.
To apply the Track Matte key:

Add the background clip to a track.
Add the clip you want to superimpose to any track higher than the track containing the background clip. This is the clip revealed by the track matte.
On a third track, add the track matte clip. (If you need to add a third track, drag the matte to the empty area in the Timeline window above the highest video track so that a new track is automatically created.)
In the Effects window, expand the Video Effects bin and then the Keying bin, and drag the Track Matte effect to the superimposed clip.
In the Effect Controls window, click the triangle next to the Track Matte name to expand it.
For the Matte option, select the video track that contains the track matte.
In the Timeline window, hide the track containing the track matte by clicking the track's Eye icon.
Adjust other options as needed.
Composite Using

Select Matte Alpha to composite using the values in the alpha channel of the track matte. Select Matte Luma to composite using the image's luminance values instead.

[chad2323]

Thank's for the help. In Video paint I'm unable to load the AVI file. It says set the in and out mark to no more then 900 frames. So I'm not able to load the whole 1 hour into the timeline? I read but didnt see much on this. When I was able to load a few frames in there it worked great just painting over the person so It would be great if I can get this to work. Thank's again for the suggestions.