Hey gang, I've just finished picture cut on my latest feature and am moving into effects. I have a couple of shots where, essentially, the head of one character changes into another and back again.
What I did was shoot a master plate of one character on the set delivering dialogue. I then shot the second character in close-up in front of a green screen delivering the exact same lines.
I lip-synced the green-screen shots with the master audio, then keyed out the green and lined up the second head over the master body.
I now have two identical shots with identical audio, except the speaker's head is different in each. What I want to do is transition live from one to the other as they are speaking. I tried a simple cross dissolve, but it just looks like what it is: a dissolve. I thought about morphing, but don't have that capability.
My questions are:
1. Is morphing the best option, AND will it work with the lip movement happening in the shot? If so, is there a good, relatively inexpensive software solution (Shake costs a small fortune and I only need it for 2 shots) I can pick up to do this? Or,
2. Does anyone have a better idea than morphing, which, admittedly, has been overused and become a little trite.
My footage is HD 24p, edited with Final Cut Studio 2. (I may be upgrading to FCS3 soon, if it makes any difference.
Thanks in advance!
What I did was shoot a master plate of one character on the set delivering dialogue. I then shot the second character in close-up in front of a green screen delivering the exact same lines.
I lip-synced the green-screen shots with the master audio, then keyed out the green and lined up the second head over the master body.
I now have two identical shots with identical audio, except the speaker's head is different in each. What I want to do is transition live from one to the other as they are speaking. I tried a simple cross dissolve, but it just looks like what it is: a dissolve. I thought about morphing, but don't have that capability.
My questions are:
1. Is morphing the best option, AND will it work with the lip movement happening in the shot? If so, is there a good, relatively inexpensive software solution (Shake costs a small fortune and I only need it for 2 shots) I can pick up to do this? Or,
2. Does anyone have a better idea than morphing, which, admittedly, has been overused and become a little trite.
My footage is HD 24p, edited with Final Cut Studio 2. (I may be upgrading to FCS3 soon, if it makes any difference.
Thanks in advance!