Using the colour info from one source and the detail from another.

[spoRv]

My fault... try now:

Code:

setmemorymax(1024) # set this from 1/2 to 2/3 of your RAM (in MB)
temp1=AVISource("Sequence 01.avi")
temp2=AVISource("Sequence 01_1.avi")
source1=mergechroma(temp1,temp2)
source2=AVISource("Sequence 02.avi")
mergechroma(source1,source2)

[Booshman]

My fault... try now:

Code:

setmemorymax(1024) # set this from 1/2 to 2/3 of your RAM (in MB)
temp1=AVISource("Sequence 01.avi")
temp2=AVISource("Sequence 01_1.avi")
source1=mergechroma(temp1,temp2)
source2=AVISource("Sequence 02.avi")
mergechroma(source1,source2)

Now it says "couldn't open file sequence 02.avi".

[spoRv]

I assume you have a "sequence 02.avi" file...
If not, and you have just to merge chroma of the 01 and 01_1 files, just do this:

Code:

setmemorymax(1024) # set this from 1/2 to 2/3 of your RAM (in MB)
temp1=AVISource("Sequence 01.avi")
temp2=AVISource("Sequence 01_1.avi")
mergechroma(temp1,temp2)

[Booshman]

Brilliant! Thanks a bunch. I'll get some test clips done and post some pics.

[Tygerbug]

If I was using the colour info from one source and the detail from another - as I've done on several projects - I would certainly use After Effects for that purpose, after first editing the sources to match one another [if there are any discrepancies]. In fact on one project, I edited it two different ways - one edit intended to be the luminance of the final, and one intended to be the chroma of the final. I combined the two in AE afterward.

[PDB]

If I was using the colour info from one source and the detail from another - as I've done on several projects - I would certainly use After Effects for that purpose, after first editing the sources to match one another [if there are any discrepancies]. In fact on one project, I edited it two different ways - one edit intended to be the luminance of the final, and one intended to be the chroma of the final. I combined the two in AE afterward.

I didn't know you could do this in AE. I know you can do the luminance/chroma thing in AVIsynth and Nuke but I didn't know about AE. Mind if I ask how you do this? Detailed instructions more specifically?

[jerryshadoe]

I'm interested in the instructions on this process as well...

[mj0012]

It's actually really straightforward, you place the video that you want to use as your luma source on the first layer of your composition and place the video that will be the Chroma source on the second layer of the composition. Then set the blending mode for the Video on layer 2 to "color" and voila, you've got it.

[Tygerbug]

Yes, extremely straightforward. After Effects works similarly to Photoshop in many ways, where you can put the chroma from one source over the luma from another (or use one video source as a matte etc) ... or even mesh warp material to match better visually. I also would use After Effects for stabilization [on a shot by shot basis], noise reduction via Neatvideo [separate plugin], or even difference matting and effects.

[PDB]

Thanks guys. I'm going to try this on my next project.