Using Core Melt Paint X to Fix Issues in a Video

When it comes to fixing issues in a video, traditional image editors like Photoshop or Affinity Photo can be sufficient for static images. However, when dealing with moving pictures, the task becomes much more complex. The size and location of what you're trying to fix change as the image moves, making it essential to apply changes to every single frame.

This is where Core Melt Paint X comes into play. This powerful tool allows you to easily remove dust and other imperfections from your footage. To get started, simply drag the Paint X effect from the Effects Panel over to the clip in your project and click "Open Editor" in the Inspector. The Paint X interface is familiar to those who have used traditional image editors, with a selection tool, hand tool, blur tool, repair tool, paint tool, and eraser at your disposal.

To begin fixing the dust on your iPhone screen, zoom in on the affected area using the Hand Tool. Then, switch to the Repair Tool and head over to the Inspector to adjust the parameters. By tweaking the size and position of the dust, you can create a perfect repair. Before making any changes, it's essential to go back to the first frame of the clip and remove the original dust using the Repair Tool.

To track the changes throughout the duration of the clip, click the "Track Forward" button. This will allow you to see how Paint X is removing the dust as the image moves. You can speed up the playback by clicking on the speed control at the bottom of the screen. As the tracking completes, you'll notice that the dust has been successfully removed from the iPhone screen.

It's worth noting that it's recommended to add separate layers for each fix to ensure they track independently. To finalize the repair, click "Save Changes" and wait for the timeline to render before playing back your video. Once the timeline is fully rendered, you can play back your edited clip without any issues.

To demonstrate the effectiveness of Paint X, let's compare it to an unedited version of the same clip. Enable and disable the Paint X effect and observe the difference in the playback. As you toggle between enabled and disabled states, the dust reappears. Finally, play back the video with Paint X applied to see a smooth playback without any dust or imperfections.

Throughout its usage, Paint X has many different applications, which will be explored in future episodes of Final Cut Friday. For now, it's essential to understand how this powerful tool can help you achieve professional-looking results in your video editing projects.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this episode of final cut Friday I show you how to use core melts paint X to make simple fixes to your videos check it out how's it going ladies and gentlemen boys and girls jeff benjamin with 9 to 5 Mac in this video I'm going to show you how to use core melts paint X to fix issues in a video so I have a clip here of my iPhone I'm doing a basic push in and push out of this iPhone you see there when i zoom in you see some dust on the screen and that is what we are seeking to fix now with the traditional image editor with the static image this will be simple to fix because it's just a single frame a static image so there's not multiple frames you have to deal with so we're just gonna open up affinity photo I have the repair tool open and basically I can just go through and repair this image just like that and most of the dust is gone so that is super easy to do with a static image in something like affinity photo or a Photoshop or whatever your favorite image editor is but when it comes to moving pictures it's a little bit more difficult that's because when the image moves the size and the location of what you're trying to fix changes so here in this example the dust is moving to different locations on the X and y axis and the dust gets larger or smaller depending on how I push in or push out with my slider so basically that means we have to apply changes to every single frame and that's where core melts paint X comes into place you just drag it from the effects panel over to the clip and click open editor in the inspector and there we go this is the paint X interface you see some traditional paint tools you have your selection tool your hand tool blur tool you have a repair tool a paint tool an eraser so pretty much everything you would expect from a typical image editor so let's go ahead and zoom in a little bit so you can see the dust on the display of this iPhone 5s use the hand tool to move up here and now let's go back to the repair tool and we'll head over to the inspector to change the parameter possible adjust the size there we go let's go down a little bit more you get a little bit smaller and let's see if that fits over that dust yes it will but before we make any changes let's go back to the first frame of the clip alright and now we can click and remove that dust using the repair tool so just simply click like that you'll see a little bounding box around it you see it creates a new layer and as you can see you have a stroke under the layer for the healing brush so now that we have our fix in place we need to track the changes throughout the duration of the clip and you just click the track forward button to do that but before we do that I want to go ahead and zoom back out so we can see soom to fit okay so now we can track forward and then you'll see the playhead move just like that now this will take a while I'm gonna speed it up here so we can get through this it will take a little while depending on the length of the clip depending on how many frames are in the clip etc alright so now the tracking is complete for that first fix and if we just move the playhead you can see where it has removed the dust just like that now you can have multiple strokes under a single layer but I recommend adding separate layers because they will track independently so I'm gonna zoom back in use the hand tool or scroll up a little bit switch back to our tool and we'll remove this little speck of dust just like that alright then the same thing we're gonna zoom back out and we're gonna track this in watch it track from the beginning to the end of the clip and I've sped this up obviously see it doing its thing alright so that's pretty much it now you just click Save Changes and now you'll see an unrendered timeline denote it by those dots so you're gonna wait until the timeline renders before playback I've sped this up again all right and once the timeline is fully rendered you can play back and you'll see you smooth playback so let's go ahead and do that right now there you go so I'm pushing in and pushing out on the iPhone se and you can see that dust at least the most prominent particles are no longer being shown okay so now let's zoom in a little bit on the clip and we're going to show the difference between having the paint X effect enabled and disabled so right now it's enabled and now it's disabled and you can see that dust reappear let's go ahead and just play back and now let's toggle between pane acts so it's off now it's back on/off etc okay so that has been a very high-level overview of paint X obviously this tool has many different applications and we'll talk about some of that in upcoming episodes of final cut Friday in the meantime let me know what you guys think down below in the comments this is Jeff with nine-to-five Macin this episode of final cut Friday I show you how to use core melts paint X to make simple fixes to your videos check it out how's it going ladies and gentlemen boys and girls jeff benjamin with 9 to 5 Mac in this video I'm going to show you how to use core melts paint X to fix issues in a video so I have a clip here of my iPhone I'm doing a basic push in and push out of this iPhone you see there when i zoom in you see some dust on the screen and that is what we are seeking to fix now with the traditional image editor with the static image this will be simple to fix because it's just a single frame a static image so there's not multiple frames you have to deal with so we're just gonna open up affinity photo I have the repair tool open and basically I can just go through and repair this image just like that and most of the dust is gone so that is super easy to do with a static image in something like affinity photo or a Photoshop or whatever your favorite image editor is but when it comes to moving pictures it's a little bit more difficult that's because when the image moves the size and the location of what you're trying to fix changes so here in this example the dust is moving to different locations on the X and y axis and the dust gets larger or smaller depending on how I push in or push out with my slider so basically that means we have to apply changes to every single frame and that's where core melts paint X comes into place you just drag it from the effects panel over to the clip and click open editor in the inspector and there we go this is the paint X interface you see some traditional paint tools you have your selection tool your hand tool blur tool you have a repair tool a paint tool an eraser so pretty much everything you would expect from a typical image editor so let's go ahead and zoom in a little bit so you can see the dust on the display of this iPhone 5s use the hand tool to move up here and now let's go back to the repair tool and we'll head over to the inspector to change the parameter possible adjust the size there we go let's go down a little bit more you get a little bit smaller and let's see if that fits over that dust yes it will but before we make any changes let's go back to the first frame of the clip alright and now we can click and remove that dust using the repair tool so just simply click like that you'll see a little bounding box around it you see it creates a new layer and as you can see you have a stroke under the layer for the healing brush so now that we have our fix in place we need to track the changes throughout the duration of the clip and you just click the track forward button to do that but before we do that I want to go ahead and zoom back out so we can see soom to fit okay so now we can track forward and then you'll see the playhead move just like that now this will take a while I'm gonna speed it up here so we can get through this it will take a little while depending on the length of the clip depending on how many frames are in the clip etc alright so now the tracking is complete for that first fix and if we just move the playhead you can see where it has removed the dust just like that now you can have multiple strokes under a single layer but I recommend adding separate layers because they will track independently so I'm gonna zoom back in use the hand tool or scroll up a little bit switch back to our tool and we'll remove this little speck of dust just like that alright then the same thing we're gonna zoom back out and we're gonna track this in watch it track from the beginning to the end of the clip and I've sped this up obviously see it doing its thing alright so that's pretty much it now you just click Save Changes and now you'll see an unrendered timeline denote it by those dots so you're gonna wait until the timeline renders before playback I've sped this up again all right and once the timeline is fully rendered you can play back and you'll see you smooth playback so let's go ahead and do that right now there you go so I'm pushing in and pushing out on the iPhone se and you can see that dust at least the most prominent particles are no longer being shown okay so now let's zoom in a little bit on the clip and we're going to show the difference between having the paint X effect enabled and disabled so right now it's enabled and now it's disabled and you can see that dust reappear let's go ahead and just play back and now let's toggle between pane acts so it's off now it's back on/off etc okay so that has been a very high-level overview of paint X obviously this tool has many different applications and we'll talk about some of that in upcoming episodes of final cut Friday in the meantime let me know what you guys think down below in the comments this is Jeff with nine-to-five Mac\n"