Changing the color of a car 1

[Ericd2003]

I am in the progress of videotaping a car dealership commercial and I would like to be able to the change the color of the cars as he talking? Is this possible using a mask feature? I know you can change the color of a persons eye. I was wondering if this could be done and if you could provide instructions. Thank you, Eric

 

[sadknob]

Yeah...easy to explain...a pain in the ass to execute.
Dupe your video layer first...then basically, you are going to mask the car colour by building the mask around it point to point--(hopefully the car is in the same spot, otherwise you have to track it which can be another hassle altogether) Top layer excludes everything but the car colour and bottom is unaffected-- Then just colorize the car as you see fit. Adjust the feather percentage to account for any miscalculations in your mask, and viola! Depending on your mask default settings, you may have to invert in order to get the proper masking effect.

If you have to mask amny small areas, I might suggest you render high res and detail on top of a series of prebuilds. We used to do that on Star Trek a lot, and it saved time dealing with AE crashes mid mask.

good luck

 

[Ericd2003]

Sadknob, I will try it and let you know how it turns out.
Question, what did you mean when you said "We used to do that on Star Trek a lot," Are you saying that you worked on the Star Trek TV series?
Thanks again, Eric