Stylistic choices when masking?

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:27 pm

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
Koopiskeva wrote:

You have to suffer like the rest of us

YouTube · Post by **Ileia** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:16 pm

post-it wrote:
Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
Koopiskeva wrote:

You have to suffer like the rest of us

¯\(º_o)/¯ ¯\(º_o)/¯ ¯\(º_o)/¯

Douggie · Post by **Douggie** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:08 am

Beowulf wrote:Turn your weaknesses into your strengths. If you suck at masking, make it REALLY obvious and call it a style.

My next style will be called "logos & subtitles".

NS · Post by NS » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:09 am

It's been done nub.

ZephyrStar · Post by **ZephyrStar** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:27 am

Ileia wrote:
post-it wrote:
Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
Koopiskeva wrote:

You have to suffer like the rest of us

¯\(º_o)/¯ ¯\(º_o)/¯ ¯\(º_o)/¯

= w=. = w=. = w=.

Bote · Post by **Bote** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:28 am

's -lame!

's -lame!

Masking's just masking. An editing technique. So what's wrong with using it, misusing it or even abusing it? I don't get the point of the topic at all.

*a-m-v.org kills brain cells* Oo

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:35 pm

Bote wrote: 's -lame!
's -lame!

Masking's just masking. An editing technique. So what's wrong with using it, misusing it or even abusing it? I don't get the point of the topic at all.

*a-m-v.org kills brain cells* Oo

Allow me to bring up an ancient quote that would be relevant here

Rozard wrote:The freedom to suck makes the internet rock.

Nothing wrong with it, nope.

Kevmaster · Post by **Kevmaster** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:09 pm

There was a lot Chroma keying in Deshis vid I think

EvaFan · Post by **EvaFan** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:24 pm

Douggie wrote:what's up with the outer glow (or those big fat strokes around the characters making them look like a cel-shaded 3D character) at the masked parts of the video?

So... anything relevant I'm missing in glowing/stroking characters?

Well sometimes people just Key out the colors around characters if possible saving you hours of masking; however, sometimes it looks really fugly and you have to feather it by atleast 5%. It creates the outer glow stuff you see.

I guess thats not every case. Sometimes Masking the character perfectly is just impossible to do. Long curves and really small ones are hard to do the most. To avoid making masking slightly obvious, you can just make it overly obvious as long as it's done simulating an FX. Like a frame for a picture so to speak. The frame enhances the picture depending how creative the frame is.

Just my thoughts.

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:39 pm

It doesn't really bother me when i see a outline so long as it matches with the vids style. Like, if it's during a action video, and it's being used to cover up bad masking, a thin black outling, a heavy blur on the outline for something else and maybe colors with blurs and stuff for a dance/fun video. I've fiddled around with outlines a lot. >_<

When your masking and considering a outline try saving the mask then you can use a Media Generator as the outline by loading it onto that, you can do lots of cool shit with that. I'm not sure how masks work with adobe and magix and stuff, but you should be able to do something like that and save us all from the boring everyday outlines that plague us. Anybody know any vids with really cool outlines?
But please keep in mind ...

Outlines are a privilege, not a right. Please don't abuse them

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