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Does FCP have the equivalent of Resolve's Displace Tool for creating 007's Invisible Car effect?

To create the "Predator" or James Bond's Invisible car effect you need to isolate the subject using either a green screen or mask.


Reducing the opacity does not give the correct look but Resolve's Displace tool gives the necessary transparent look.


Ryan Nangle has an FCP tutorial which uses one of his third party plugins called Bump Map which seems to achieve the effect but does FCP have anything built-in that will do the job?


In case you are not quite sure about the effect I am after, here's one I created earlier.


My Invisibility Suit

Mac mini

Posted on Sep 7, 2024 1:14 AM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2024 4:52 PM

Here's how to achieve the equivalent of Resolve's Displace Tool for creating 007's Invisible Car effect in Final Cut Pro:


STEP 0 = IMPORT

0 - Import your video containing the actor and the background.


STEP 1 = ROTOSCOPE/KEY OUT THE ACTOR & CREATE THE COMPOUND CLIP

1A - If the first frame of the video is only the background (the clean plate) without the actor: apply the Scene Removal Mask to the clip, select it and make a Compound Clip.

1B - If the actor is visible throughout the entire video file: export out a frame as a PNG from Final Cut Pro, import it into a software like Pixelmator Pro and use the Repair tool the remove your actor from the image, therefore creating a Clean Plate. Export the Clean Plate out of Pixelmator Pro as a PNG, import it into Final Cut Pro by placing it before the video file and making it only 1 frame long. Select the 1 frame long Clean Plate along with the video file and create a Compound Clip containing both.


STEP 2 = PLACE THE BACKGROUND

2 - Place the Clean Plate/Background underneath the actor's Compound Clip & deactivate the actor's Compound Clip.



STEP 3 = THE INVISIBILITY EFFECT

3 - Apply the "Stencil" effect to the background, select the actor's Compound Clip as the Drop Zone source and adjust the parameters to your liking (I recommend increasing the Amount and Distress parameters).


STEP 4 = RENDER

4 - This is a very intensive effect, so click on Modify -> Render All.


Done!


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Sep 16, 2024 4:52 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

Here's how to achieve the equivalent of Resolve's Displace Tool for creating 007's Invisible Car effect in Final Cut Pro:


STEP 0 = IMPORT

0 - Import your video containing the actor and the background.


STEP 1 = ROTOSCOPE/KEY OUT THE ACTOR & CREATE THE COMPOUND CLIP

1A - If the first frame of the video is only the background (the clean plate) without the actor: apply the Scene Removal Mask to the clip, select it and make a Compound Clip.

1B - If the actor is visible throughout the entire video file: export out a frame as a PNG from Final Cut Pro, import it into a software like Pixelmator Pro and use the Repair tool the remove your actor from the image, therefore creating a Clean Plate. Export the Clean Plate out of Pixelmator Pro as a PNG, import it into Final Cut Pro by placing it before the video file and making it only 1 frame long. Select the 1 frame long Clean Plate along with the video file and create a Compound Clip containing both.


STEP 2 = PLACE THE BACKGROUND

2 - Place the Clean Plate/Background underneath the actor's Compound Clip & deactivate the actor's Compound Clip.



STEP 3 = THE INVISIBILITY EFFECT

3 - Apply the "Stencil" effect to the background, select the actor's Compound Clip as the Drop Zone source and adjust the parameters to your liking (I recommend increasing the Amount and Distress parameters).


STEP 4 = RENDER

4 - This is a very intensive effect, so click on Modify -> Render All.


Done!


Sep 17, 2024 2:50 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

FCP just like FilipOfficial described.


In the last few minutes I have done some testing and discovered that it is not necessary to place the keyed clip in the timeline and deactivate it.


Just put the background in the timeline, add the stencil filter and select the keyed clip in the Browser for the drop zone . . . job done.


Incidentally it did not require rendering as was suggested.


This is a similar effect done in Resolve using the Displace filter although I keyed the car using FCP's Scene Removal Mask rather than Resolve's Magic Mask, as it was quicker!


INVISIBLE KIA


Does FCP have the equivalent of Resolve's Displace Tool for creating 007's Invisible Car effect?

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