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Wrap logo around a cylinder

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31 Jan 2017 15:05 #85350 by cog2803
So I have a large horizontal logo that I need to place onto the side of an airplane. I've photoshopped out the airplane windows so that the it appears that the side of the plane has uninterrupted space to accommodate the image.

The shot is a still shot with a spokesperson in the foreground and the plane in the background - all inside a hangar. The spokesperson does not move in front of the portion of the plane with the logo.

It would be helpful to sell the effect if I could subtly "wrap" the logo so that it appears to conform to the curved side of the plane.

Any suggestions as to how to accomplish this using the default effects package? If such a thing doesn't exist in the default package - any recommendations for third-party plugins?

Thanks!

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01 Feb 2017 04:43 #85375 by Karsten Schlüter
best to my knowledge, there's no cylindrical distortion filter in FCPX nor in Motion.
… and not in my two pic-processors, Pixelmator and Affinity Photo, either.

All sorts of weird stuff, 'Black Hole', 'Polar', 'Underwater' - but bending a label around a bottle = big voodoo. Strange… :unsure:

Perhaps your pic-tool allows the transformation before adding the logo to your video… ?

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01 Feb 2017 14:27 #85382 by cdw1960

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01 Feb 2017 16:49 #85387 by MarkNelsonMovies
As far as I know TrackX will not be able to do what you want, however, a both GIMP and Photoshop will let you do that, just export a still from final cut, use that in GIMP or Photoshop to give the logo the correct curve, then export just the logo with a transparent background, and bring that into FCPX.

Hope this helps
-Mark Nelson

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01 Feb 2017 17:41 #85389 by cog2803
Replied by cog2803 on topic Wrap logo around a cylinder
Yes, found what I needed to do in photoshop. Select the layer with the logo, select Edit, select transform, select warp. Then adjust the grid to match the curve of the airplane. Thanks!!!

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