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Extract person from video

If you have a frame where the person does not exist, you can use a tool called a difference matte. (You'll need to scroll down to the section titled "Difference Matte Effect" for a description.) It ...
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Extract person from video

Final Cut Pro X has a plugin called Pro Removal that can remove moving things from the scene on fixed camera shots. Also there is a tutorial for After Effects that shows how remove objects from scene ...
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How to create a glitch effect

There are several effects like this available today. If you're using Final Cut Pro X or Motion, you can use the BadTV filter. There are also 3rd party filters for a variety of platforms including ...
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How to do a camera projection in maya?

To project a video instead of a photo: convert your video to an image sequence (with Nuke, AfterFX, Premiere, whatever...) load it into your file node, then click on 'Use Image Sequence' scroll in ...
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Camera flash produces unwanted artifacts on the video

This is actually a collateral effect of the concept of rolling shutter. Most video devices do not expose all the frame area at once. They expose starting from one side and (up or down) and move from ...
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How can I recreate this overexposed effect from the last scene in 'The Lighthouse'?

You can tell by the shadows that light's illumination was increased. However, you can acheive a similar result (though not perfect) by just keyframing the 'Curves' effect in After Effects. (I had ...
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How to remove transitions from title motion adjustments in Premiere Pro?

Set temporal interpolation to Hold as seen below:
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How can I scale more than 300% in Premiere?

If you're using an older Version of Premiere: As mentioned above, you can apply the maximum scale on the original clip, then nest the clip (right click > Nest), and here apply another scale ...
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ffmpeg - blend video with images

The blend filter requires both inputs to have the same resolution. You can use the scale2ref filter to resize the overlay. ffmpeg -i dogs.mp4 -i red.jpg -filter_complex '[1:v][0:v]scale2ref[ckout][...
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ffmpeg blend mode multiply results in green overlay

I solved my problem thanks to @Gyan comment: ffmpeg -i bg.mp4 -i fg.mov -filter_complex "[0:v] format=rgba [bg]; [1:v] format=rgba [fg]; [bg][fg] blend=all_mode='multiply':all_opacity=1, format=rgba" ...
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After Effects melting film strip in the old projector

I would try using a displacement map. You can use a solid with turbulent noise on it and use it as your map, then animate the evolution, contrast and brightness so it displaces the film accordingly. ...
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How to combine multiple audio tracks without sounding blasted?

When you record each track, make sure that the level never goes up to zero on the meter. If it hits zero, it means that the recording is clipping. Clipping is when the computer can no longer ...
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Is it possible in FFMPEG to change scale over time?

From what I understand 't' is evaluated once. Have you read this: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#zoompan ? Ffmpeg Docs: 9.170.1 Examples Zoom-in up to 1.5 and pan at same time to some spot ...
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How to add simple textual animations to videos?

Looking at the video, I'd say it's highly likely it was made with Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, or Adobe After Effects. You could achieve the same thing in FFMPEG, but I doubt that's how they actually ...
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How to add simple textual animations to videos?

This code works well now. It has several text animations with FFMpeg. ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "[in]drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf: text='First Line': fontcolor=red: fontsize=40: x=(w-text_w)/2: ...
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How to add simple textual animations to videos?

You can achieve that with ffmpeg. Draw text with drawtext command. And draw semitransperent beckground under it with drawbox. You can see more in that question. You can add animation of moving text ...
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Video overlay - how is this effect created?

I was able to produce it by doing the following: Convert the video to monochrome by turning the saturation down Apply Levels and bring the output black point up to around 30% Put an orange color ...
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How to help warp stabilizer focusing on the right object?

I use long workaround in Premiere and it works for all sorts of stabilizers not only for warp (I use 3rd party). What I do is masking out unwanted object. But you cannot do that on same clip, since ...
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Changing the effect of a certain object but not anything else

You could create one with parts from a hobby store or craft store, and paint them the correct color of gray. Model your gun replica off of a specific existing gun that you find photos of online. ...
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Binding something to a moving object

What you're looking for is Motion Tracking. There are a number of tools which have motion trackers in them - Apple's Motion, Adobe After Effects, and more. There are also 3rd party trackers like Mocha,...
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are there any online Visual effect schools/courses?

It depends on whether you just want to learn animation or actually need a diploma. Many online sources won't issue one, so you will 'just' learn how to do it, but not have any trustworthy certificate. ...
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Can I modify the volume of a shot in the timeline of Premiere Pro?

When you drag a clip into a sequence, PPro will show a video track (if there is video) and audio track(s) if there is audio. If there is both audio and video, the tracks will be linked. The volume ...
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Cross dissolve error in Permiere Pro

You didn't mention which version of PPro you are using; but in version CS6 and prior there IS a bug with cross dissolve which is a bit idiosyncratic. The fix; move all of your video (select all) up ...
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Embedding another video to "blend" with the environment

If you can use a tool like Apple's Motion or FCPX, or Adobe's After Effects, they all have the ability to put the 4 corners of a layer anywhere you want. With Motion or After Effects, you can even ...
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how to create photos flying in to voids video effect

I would suggest working in reverse. Start out by arranging all the images the way you want them to appear at the end and set position keyframes on all of them at the end of the sequence. Then move ...
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Adobe After Effects how can you create a distorted line moving along a video / picture? Example given in desc

You can duplicate your footage and add a displacement map as your revealer with a black line with gradient
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I want to find video effect

My first port of call was to look on videohive too. But in the end i ended up creating the grid of videos then using the parent tool to assign all videos to the central video as the parent and just ...
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Can you give a tip how to create a video with such effect?

The first one is a so called hyperlapse. Just not a smooth one. It is basically just speed up. Same goes for the second one, just that it also has a diffrent shutter speed. So how to do them: ...
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Instructional video creation: "see-through glass" whiteboard effect

The instructor is just standing behind glass and writing on it.
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Can't apply "fade in" after "fade out" (FFMPEG command line)

What a fade out does is fade the volume from input level to 0 and then keep it at 0 for the rest of the track. Similarly, what a fade in does is fade the volume from 0 to input level and it mutes the ...
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