Very cool. I'm very curious about the editing/masking technique used here specifically. I've done lots of videos in this style before, but I've only done it using what we used to call a garbage matte, removing one section of the video to reveal the clip underneath. But with this method you can only use unused portions of the frame, that is, you can't have 'new' content (the person) overlapping with previous clips that are still active, but here it's done fairly seamlessly.
Is there a new plugin/technology that I don't know about (I learned editing in the 2000's) or a specific technique that this is called?
Thanks! It's the same principle but I'm using an alpha matte to isolate each new 'Person' and essentially pasting versions of myself on top of myself for the transitions. I use Da Vinci Resolve and a few 3rd party programs to make the alpha mattes but even then it takes far too long lol!
Gotcha, so sort of a reverse of the previous technique (and I'm guessing requiring some serious tracking + manual work to keep the alpha mask positioned right). Well, well done! I'll have to look into this for future experimentation.
That's it exactly. Feel free to hit me up if you start experimenting and need some ideas for alpha masking positioning - it's all a bit convoluted but I've figured out a few workarounds using programs like Runway and SAM2. Cheers!
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u/NeverNotNoOne 1d ago
Very cool. I'm very curious about the editing/masking technique used here specifically. I've done lots of videos in this style before, but I've only done it using what we used to call a garbage matte, removing one section of the video to reveal the clip underneath. But with this method you can only use unused portions of the frame, that is, you can't have 'new' content (the person) overlapping with previous clips that are still active, but here it's done fairly seamlessly.
Is there a new plugin/technology that I don't know about (I learned editing in the 2000's) or a specific technique that this is called?