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How to Capture the Selected object

Mar 26, 2005 4:14PM PST

I have Sony Camcorder. I want to capture only the selected object. I want to change the background of the captured clipping.
Is the above functionalities are possible. If it is so, how i can do that ? Any applications r available ?
Thanks in advance.

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How to Capture the Selected object
Mar 29, 2005 2:19AM PST

A little more info please. Are you capturing video or stills?? What software are you using. John

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How to Capture the Selected object
Apr 2, 2005 3:36AM PST

Using SONY camcorder i am capturing the video image. I am using the Pinnacle software to transfer the captured video image to my PC.
For example, If i capture a tiger in a Jungle. I want to show the captured moving Tiger alone in some other background image. Tell me how i can do this? Do i need any Hardware or Software tools ?

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That sounds complicated.
Apr 2, 2005 4:59PM PST

I am not sure if there is such software. Now if you can take movies of just the tiger with a blue background then you can substitute the blue with other backgroung. Hollywood do these all the time.

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Not easy to do....
Apr 2, 2005 6:00AM PST
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How to Capture the Selected object
Apr 5, 2005 12:58AM PDT

WOW!!Not an easy task. The other post about the blue screen is correct.
To get the features necessary to even try to do this you
would have to get the Pinnical pro software called Liquid
Edition cost about $900 for the software or the AVID pro software, again big bucks. Then create a frame by frame blue screen matt around the tiger so only the tiger shows, then use the croma-key feature of the software to "Key in" the new background. This is one of the hightech special effects that Hollywood uses. You will not be able to do this with "home" type software. John