http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Forums » Topic: Make subject color, and background black and white. en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:55:50 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/make-subject-color-and-background-black-and-white#post-43280 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:57:23 +0000 chuckengels 43280@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Rotoscoping would work but will take forever, After Effects CS4 would make this much easier, but it can be done with two copies of the video and a Track Matte Key applied to one along with keyframing a matte.  Still a lot of work but it is very doable :)</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/make-subject-color-and-background-black-and-white#post-41204 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:09:14 +0000 birdcat 41204@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have done this in Sony's Vegas (I did it in version six but this works in all).  Most NLE's should be able to handle this.</p> <p>You use a technique called rotoscoping which is described above for AE.  It is a time consuming process (you probably don't need masks for all frames but you will for a number of them - figure an average of about 7 or 8 per second which comes out to every three or four frames for NTSC).  I have done this and it really is simple but tedious. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/make-subject-color-and-background-black-and-white#post-41187 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:10:42 +0000 Ryan3078 41187@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> If you have already filmed your footage, and don't mind taking a good amount of time, you can accomplish this effect using AE.  Create an adjustment layer, desaturate, then make a mask over your person. The background will have no color, while everything in your mask will be unaffected.</p> <p>However, the greenscreen way will save you lots of time and frustration.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/make-subject-color-and-background-black-and-white#post-41185 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:10:29 +0000 Ken 41185@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> kro490,</p> <p>Sounds like a job for chromakey. Shoot your subject in front of a green screen.  In post production, use your editor's chromakey function to add a black&amp;white image to the background.</p> <p>(Search this forum for "green screen" or "chromakey" to get tips on how to do this.</p> <p>Ken</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/make-subject-color-and-background-black-and-white#post-41139 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:18:57 +0000 kr0490 41139@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>How can I make the person in my video clip in color and the background in black and white.  I have adobe premiere and after effects.  Thanks for any help!</p>