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PostPosted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:29 pm    Post subject: Video edit software Reply with quote
I do basic videos of weddings and functions and family movies. I am primarily a stills photographer but do video as an 'unofficial' extra on jobs. If it's good enough I can make a few more quid selling the DVD. I do basic edits and soundtracks in Windows Movie Maker and for me thats all I need. No fancy stuff.

However I have a video that the client wants but she wants a certain person edited out, Its not possible to edit him out of one crucial shot so I must resort to spot-blurring his face if at all possible.

Does anyone know of a very easy (preferably free) software that can do this?


PostPosted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You should find tons of tutorials (or even plugins) to do that using adobe Premiere, after effects or Sony Vegas.
The easiest way around would be duplicating the video layer, blurring the upper one and then drawing a loose animated mask on the blurred level thAt follows the guy's head.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Aanything wrote:
You should find tons of tutorials (or even plugins) to do that using adobe Premiere, after effects or Sony Vegas.
The easiest way around would be duplicating the video layer, blurring the upper one and then drawing a loose animated mask on the blurred level thAt follows the guy's head.



Sony Vegas, Premiere, After effects. All need a certain level of competence to use. Tutorials on the net mostly use these, or software that buggers up your PC, I've searched and found nothing.

philslizzy wrote:
...Does anyone know of a very easy (preferably free) software that can do this?


PostPosted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
LightWorks for Windows

or check out some others

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-video-editing-software/


PostPosted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mmelvis wrote:
LightWorks for Windows

or check out some others

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-video-editing-software/


This has some good things written about it. I hope that it has the function I need!

I'm going for it thanks!!


PostPosted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wasted over an hour fighting the installation, registration dll fix, The program runs like a bag of sand and wont do what i wanted anyway. Waste of friggin time.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes the program does have some problems.

How to blur out a face

http://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=7&id=42646&Itemid=81#42650


PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You need a program with motion tracking to do this nicely. After effects can do this, but the program has a pretty step learning curve if you havn´t used it before. An exception is if the camera, the subject stood still

How many seconds? Surprised


PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mmelvis wrote:
Yes the program does have some problems.

How to blur out a face

http://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=7&id=42646&Itemid=81#42650


Thanks for this, these are good instructions, a lot of stuff the remember though. Is this on the free or the Pro??

If I can get this thing to run faster perhaps I will use it.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nordentro wrote:
You need a program with motion tracking to do this nicely. After effects can do this, but the program has a pretty step learning curve if you havn´t used it before. An exception is if the camera, the subject stood still

How many seconds? Surprised


several clips with the guy moving across the screen each lasting 2 or 3 seconds, then one for 5-6 seconds.

I have even tried blocking out his face using MovieMakers title function but thats too much on screen


PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
philslizzy wrote:
Nordentro wrote:
You need a program with motion tracking to do this nicely. After effects can do this, but the program has a pretty step learning curve if you havn´t used it before. An exception is if the camera, the subject stood still

How many seconds? Surprised


several clips with the guy moving across the screen each lasting 2 or 3 seconds, then one for 5-6 seconds.

I have even tried blocking out his face using MovieMakers title function but thats too much on screen


Allright, that´s a hard and boring job to do without motion tracking (hard enough with motion tracking). You need to go frame by frame and manually set a keyframe when he is moving in Lightworks because there is no motion tracking ability. I´ve done lots of animation and can probably fix this for you if you think it´s to difficult Wink

Just PM me if you still need help Very Happy


PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 12:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nordentro wrote:
philslizzy wrote:
Nordentro wrote:
You need a program with motion tracking to do this nicely. After effects can do this, but the program has a pretty step learning curve if you havn´t used it before. An exception is if the camera, the subject stood still

How many seconds? Surprised


several clips with the guy moving across the screen each lasting 2 or 3 seconds, then one for 5-6 seconds.

I have even tried blocking out his face using MovieMakers title function but thats too much on screen


Allright, that´s a hard and boring job to do without motion tracking (hard enough with motion tracking). You need to go frame by frame and manually set a keyframe when he is moving in Lightworks because there is no motion tracking ability. I´ve done lots of animation and can probably fix this for you if you think it´s to difficult Wink

Just PM me if you still need help Very Happy


Thanks for your offer. It is not just the one clip that this needs doing on I have several. This particular one will make me money if I do it and this is what has persuaded me to look at doing it. . The others are clips that I would put on facebook or youtube if certain persons didnt object to me doing it.

Motion tracking is not necessary because the faces I want blurring out typically are on screen for 1-1.5 seconds at most in a given shot I say 2-3 and 5-6 secs above but thats how long the shot lasts, the persons face may be in and out of the shot but enough its for them to object..

I downloaded Permiere CS2 and After Effects CS2 free from Adobe. It is a very steep learning curve. I didnt actually manage to open a video in Premiere even after trying for half an hour. And it moves my files around. What a PITA!


PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think that free trial versions of Sony Vegas also are complete versions that stop working after some 3 months or so.
here is the place to download:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials
rsp. http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials/vegaspro


PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks. But I think I will stick with after Effects - that is if it can do what I want.


PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 11:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
philslizzy wrote:
Thanks. But I think I will stick with after Effects - that is if it can do what I want.


It can Wink
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