Izzy Video 054 – Travel Matte – Luma
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Travel Matte – Luma is a compositing tool built into Final Cut Pro. You can use it to create custom mattes in specific shapes. In this video, I show how to use it to blur out a subject’s face. I chose this topic because it’s one of the more obscure tools in Final Cut Pro, and I haven’t seen many tutorials on the subject.
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April 2nd, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Very good job, one of the best video podcast on digital video.
So well done I want to translate it in french !
Jacques (from French Wesy Indies)
April 6th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
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April 9th, 2007 at 8:01 am
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Thanx
June 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
And for anyone who wants to do this using an Adobe product, (After Effects or Premier) this is referred to as a “Track Matte.”
February 10th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Great stuff, Izzy, a very useful tutorial. I wonder if you (or anyone) could help me, though — how would I create a cookie cutter shape that was irregular? I’d like to blur a very specific part of a static shot.