# Video editing

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-editing/96866>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 14, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-editing/96866 "2003-12-14T20:47:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mlkedave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mlkedave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlkedave)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-editing/96866/1 "2003-12-14T20:47:46Z")

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I am not sure if this is the right section to post this but please bare with me moderators 🙂 …

I want to do some fairly heavy video editing to somewhat resemble the ipod commercials (you know those commercial where someone is dancing and there body a solid color and the background is a different solid color). Well I am trying to decide what program I could use that could incorporate video editing like this and be able to export into falsh as a movie clip.

I am not sure exactly what program to use but I am thinking probably Discreet’s Combustion (i dont like apple products so please dont suggest them). Please give me your suggestions and tips for what products to use. Thanks.

Mike

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-editing/96866/2 "2003-12-14T20:49:46Z")

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what format video do u have?  
mpeg, dat, avi ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-editing/96866/3 "2003-12-14T20:56:19Z")

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I threw it in the Forum Help \> Other. Random is more for general talk. The help forums _may_ be better for this kind of question.  
(granted less traversed, but a link still remains in Random so it will get more attention that way 🙂 )

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-editing/96866/4 "2003-12-14T21:12:31Z")

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Well the thing is I am not quite sure. I will probably have to borrow a camera but I could probably get it in most any format.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-editing/96866/5 "2003-12-14T23:46:59Z")

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you could use combustion, and some key tracking so you can have a paint operator on the character to have that silhouette/cut out look…

or you could use after effects and reverse the auto colour key… (i ve seen it done , but never done it myself)

If you have the chance maybe it will be easy to film people in front of a green screen / blue screen. will be easy to work on when editing, epsecially if you want to add your own background…

cheers  
Soulty…