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[d.fran]

I have a quicktime clip of a shark swimming in water an I want an easy way to make the background white an the shape of the shark black. I have tried loads of things but i think its going to need me to rotascope every frame. (Which will take forever) can anyone help?

I have, Final Cut Pro/ After Effects/ Photoshop / Illustrator among other programs to use

[mowgli_uk]

We all want an easy way for that!
The only way to do it properly will be frame by frame. You can save time by playing with the hue/levels of the clip until you can chromakey or lumakey the background out. Needless to say that the quality will be shit compared to editing frame by frame.

[VjKg]

Eureka! makes a free plugin for FCP that works great for this. It is the Abstract plugin in their free pluging bundle. You may have to tweak a little but it has work great for me .

[d.fran]

Thanks, I think frame by frame is the best option. I also tried the pluggin (which will come in useful for other clips) but not for this particlur one. cheers guys