Masking hair is one of the harder challenges faced when you want to move a subject from one background to another. Here are two techniques for getting this done.
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Premiere ProMasking hair is one of the harder challenges faced when you want to move a subject from one background to another. Here are two techniques for getting this done.
Author: chris alvanas
Dear Viewers:
I know that many of you were having issues with the sound in this video tutorial. I contacted the tutorial’s author, Chris Alvanas, and he sent a new copy of the video with higher sound levels and some bonus information. Sorry about the problems with the original. Thank you for the feedback.
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I am sure this is good tutorial. Too bad you can’t hear it. However the opening splash screen is very. That is alway important.
Love it
The intro audio for all of your videos is freaking ridiculously loud and unnecessary. Decent tutorial though.
Agree. The sounds was pretty bad. But great source!
You guys are working on the sound right? Great tutorial otherwise.
So far, it’s a nice screen. Will something show up on it soon? I hope so. I’ve been waiting 20 minutes….and still nothing. Works great otherwise!
Can hardly hear anything. I will be back later one. Too bad. Thank you
Video works fine here, audio too. Er well had to turn it up after turning down the blasto music intro. The intro music woke the dog & his fleas up.
Good tutorial
wonderful tutorial
Thanks for the tutorial. Sorry, but that background is pretty hideous…looks like a tie dye nightmare. That said I liked the calculation (blend) work.
ALSO! Why! Would so many people comment on the freaking audio? Simmer down nerds…check back later.
intro sound is damn loud but almost you cannot hear the voice in actual tutorial!
Thanx, great tutorial, but I agree with Ryan, the background you’ve chosen is horrible!
The tutorial was very helpful. The sound was low, but just bumping it up all the way I heard it just fine. If you can’t really hear it you can always hook up your computer to speakers!
Can’t hear it either!!
Hope volume is corrected soon.
Just as the video tutorial was getting interesting, it cut off to an advertisement for Layers Magazine and would not go back!!! Very annoying.
May 27-Brilliant information! No sound problems or ad probs my end.
Well done and thanks
Too bad you don’t have someone familiar with sound booth so you could adjust the intro audio level.
Use headphones to hear it. Nice tut, but a little long winded. Some of us don’t have a lot of time to listen to a lot of jibba jabber.
Details of the hard light layer that you briefly mention would make an informative tutorial alone. Ay chance that we could find out how you achieve this?
Nice tutorial. Tell people to get speakers and turn down their T.V.’s
Very informative, very helpful!!
Thank you
Chris, I have 2 of your DVD’s…I just love them. Regarding your audio, don’t put the mic right in front of your mouth, place it to the side of your mouth. When you pronounce words that start with B or P, your mouth let’s out a burst of air called “plosives” and that burst of air overdrives the audio signal and distorts. Place the mic to the side of your mouth and your audio will sound amazing! Also, normalize your audio track and that’ll make it sound even better. Keep up the great work!!!
nicely done, great tutorial helpful
i like this effect
Wow, what a great technique – and to think how long I’ve spent trying to figure out hair cut-outs!
Thanks.
Very good tut…best one I’ve seen for masking hair.
I enjoyed this tutorial. Sound was fine too. Thank you
Excellent!
FOrget the sound, man this was a great tutorial
Why are so many people ungrateful? You get a free tutorial.All you do is complain, complain, complain! Be thankful that we have these kinds of resources online for free. Take what you want from this turorial and stop whining! Thanks you to Chris for making an informal video.
not bad..its professional work..but its so long…it can be showed i think in 4 minutes….
the problem i had is that I couldn’t add a drop shadow to the head after it popped through the mask
I guess you could go one step further and use the mask to cut the image?
very nice tutorial, just divine you hear.. but tooooooooooooo loooong, u can explain us more in less time i think!!!!!
Great work. Is there a place to get fake eyes to change the eye coors?
Great tut. Learned a lot!
This is very useful for professionals because we have the time and zeal for learning but are short of time to go to any Institute for the same. In this regard you guys are really excellent and of great help.
Please tell me how I can get tutorial (CD or DVD).
Please tell me price also
Great tutorial! Long enough but not too long, although, as long as you tell me why you’re doing something or not doing something make it as long as you need to. Although the audio needed adjustment for my taste, a quick flick of the finger solved that problem. Thanks.
really great and easy to follow. I like how you took a very hard subject and simplified it. thx
I stumbled across this tutorial and now I am convinced “I know nothing”…lol. I will definitely get a subscription and watch more video.
Thank you, excellent tutorial!!
nice and thanx buddy
give me this tutorial below the email address
Audio was breaking up through most of the video then there was no sound.
I will try later.
Great job. I love this tutorial. Thanks for the post.
This is sick, but very god, thanks
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I do not believe this
WTH! Why is everyone complaining about the Idea, I’ve watched several of his tutorials and it sounds perfect to me, nothing wrong with it. For those of you with this issue, you might just want to check out your cheap ass sound card. I have high def 5.1 audio and everything sounds just fine!
Who cares about the background, its a tutorial!!! Thanks very much for such a great site which has changed the way I work in Photoshop and other adobe packages. Keep up the good work. Fab tutorial