Quote I don't own color director but I have a few questions about what it is capable of doing.

Let's pretend wonder woman throws her magic lasso. As it uncoils you want it to take on a magic golden glow. Is this possible to do in color director? The rope is becoming longer and straighter very quickly.



Can color director be used to make a mask that would exactly outline the shape of an object. For instance a man is running and you only want the man to be in the video but everything else in the video would be covered by a matt or mask (if I am using the correct terminology) so other video can replace it like what is done in green screen. I am not sure but maybe I am describing a garbage matt.

thanks,



HT

Hi Heavytiger Welcome to our Forum. I know what you mean however it would be easier to let Cyberlink do the talking, here is a link to just one of the many "HOW To Do It"videos that are available. Motion Tracking Have fun.

Cheers I just want to edit and make pictures, walk my dog and go fishing.

Thanks Klye. That helped for changing the color of a moving object. But do you know if part of a scene can be completely masked out so a second background layer can become visible?



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Heavytiger

Hello HeavyTiger,

Welcome to the ColorDirector forum

Kyle has pointed you in the right direction with the use of Motion Tracking masks. I'd be less-than-honest with you if I suggested that this process is not without difficulties.

You would have noticed that the tutorial maker deliberately chose a clip where there is strong contrast between the subject and background, & that the background is completely uncomplicated (sky). The less contrast & greater background complexity, the more difficult the task becomes. I'm not trying to put you off the idea - it's possible - but be prepared to spend time getting it right.

■ When setting the motion tracking mask, you can use the regular tracker or set the mask frame-by-frame for greater accuracy. For your Wonder Woman colour changing rope idea, I'd think frame-by-frame would be the only way to achieve that.



■ The mask can be inverted so adjustments can be made to the "background"



■ Here, colour adjustments are made to the inverted mask area



■ Next the clip would be produced with its modified background. In PowerDirector, chroma-key would be applied to incorporate a different background clip.

The clip I used for these screenshots is 15 seconds in duration. I'd estimate at least an hour's work in masking & changing the background. If the runner was also throwing a rope (!), add another hour+.

HT, your idea is possible using CDR & PDR. If I get a few spare hours, I'll put it to the test & post the result.

PIX PIX YouTube channel

Quote Thanks Klye. That helped for changing the color of a moving object. But do you know if part of a scene can be completely masked out so a second background layer can become visible?



HT

Thanks Heavytiger. Pix has already given an excellent reply using ColorDirector. I tried to use Powerdirector but I think this is pushing it to it's limits. It is one of things that I do hope will improve over coming PD versions. the latest PowerDirector now has the ability to "blend" in the video tracks but I don't have this latest version so can't give you any more info about it!

What I have done is used the PiP Designer to use just basic masking and using the square mask provided I have masked out a different part of the video in each of the 3 vidoe clips, to reveal the next layer

The video clips I've used were shot by Hit Film. There are just 3 Star Wars troopers used in the clips but by shooting the same scene several times and moving the actors to a different position and with the use of masking, it is possible to fill the scene with extra troopers!



Here is the 3" video showing Storm troopers . The video was recorded by HitFilm for use with their project, Rebellion - a Star Wars-style fan film I do hope they won't be upset with my usage in PowerDirector.

I really think that if you are going to heavy, FX based editing with lots of masking and keying, then PowerDirector may not be for you! ( I'll prbably get barred from this site now that I've said that ! )

Happy editing.

HitFilm project files http://hitfilm.com/files/Rebellion_Cloning_Project.zip I just want to edit and make pictures, walk my dog and go fishing.

Kyle and Pix

Pix you put a lot of effort in responding to my question. Thank you very much.

Kyle thank you for your honest assessment. I guess some of the things I want to be able to do require professional level software if they are to be done efficiently.



HT Windows 10 professional
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Using PD 11 ultimate build 11.0.03026

Heavytiger

Quote Kyle and Pix

Pix you put a lot of effort in responding to my question. Thank you very much.

Kyle thank you for your honest assessment. I guess some of the things I want to be able to do require professional level software if they are to be done efficiently.



HT

Thanks Heavytiger, are you into making a "feature" or just wanting to try something out?

it really depends on how many wires you need to remove. Just one or two then a simple "clone" FX using something like Cyberlink Director Suite would probably do, as you get PowerDirector + ColorDirector with all the other great programes for a reasonable price. It is a great editor, fairly cheap (!) very simple to use and with the added advantage of being able to "Pack your complete project" with all it's files to a different drive for future use. There are draw backs.

However, After FX would does have a simple wire removal. Then theres Boris Continuum Complete Wire Removal has an extremely good reputation. You just have to work out what you really need.

Good hunting I just want to edit and make pictures, walk my dog and go fishing.