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So, that has to be celebrated with some real champagne.

And there's no better way to celebrate this

with the traditional "Yannick, catch!"

-Nice!

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It's Jordy here for cinecom.net

and welcome again to another Copy Cat Friday!

A weekly series where we recreate an effect

from a popular film, music video or creator.

My Copy Cat t-shirt is in the laundry,

but this one has a cat on it too, so we're good to go.

Now, trick shots like the guys do over at Dude Perfect

are not easy to recreate,

which is why we're going to fake it.

But before we start, I'd like to make a big shoutout to Adorama

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-We don't have a basketball, or a basketball ring,

so, that's what we're getting right now!

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-What you got, Lorenzo?

-They've got a basketball and the basketball ring.

-Such a good intern!

-Now we're back at the studio and now we can do the fun part:

unboxing.

Maybe we should start an unboxing challenge with all the goodies we get here.

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There're two ways to cheat on a trick shot.

The first one is from a realistic distance.

But if you're just terrible at basketball, then you'll need to cheat.

We're gonna film everything from a tripod,

as we're going to blend some clips together.

Your first shot is you throwing the ball somehow in the right direction.

You do wanna avoid having the ball bounce back to you,

so you might wanna ask someone else to catch it underneath.

Then ask someone who can actually throw the ball in the loop

or you can use a ladder.

-You suck, Lorenzo!

-Say it again.

Then in Adobe Premiere Pro you place your throwing shot on the bottom

and on top of that goes the shot where the ball goes into the loop.

With the upper layer selected, you head over to the effects controls,

and take the Pen tool under Opacity.

Draw a mask around the loop, which will reveal the layer below.

Now you'll need to find a way to match the movement

of the ball from your first and second shot.

And there you have faked your first trick shot.

But it's probably not impressing anyone.

And that's where the second technique comes in,

where you stand at an unrealistic distance.

The setup goes the same: you throw the ball from your spot,

then get closer and throw the ball in the loop.

Only now you also wanna film a shot of the ball itself,

floating in the air without too much motion blur.

And that is why I'm throwing it gently in the air.

Finally, you wanna run outside of the frame and get an empty shot in there as well.

So there where four shots, which we'll now bring into Premiere Pro.

The empty shot goes on the bottom, then the shot where you throw the ball

and on top of that the ball going in the loop.

Like before, we're going to draw a mask.

This time it'll be around the two actions.

Draw one around you throwing the ball and one on the other clip.

Where it goes into the loop, the distance is of course too far,

we'll need to manually add a virtual ball in there.

And that's where the fourth shot comes in.

I'm gonna search for a point in that clip

where the ball looks nice and clear to cut out.

Then trim the clip to that point, right click and choose Add Frame Hold.

Then with the Pen tool draw a mask around the ball.

And then we're gonna animate it. But first we'll need to nest it.

You can do that by right-clicking on it and choosing Nest.

On this sequence we can now add the Transform effect.

We're gonna position that ball with that effect so that it connects with my throw.

Then create a keyframe for the position,

If your ball goes into a distance, you'll also need to animate the scale.

But that property shouldn't need much more tweaks.

Then scrub forward at where the ball goes through the loop

and there you wanna drag your fake ball to it

and match its position as well with that.

Next we're gonna pull the ball up somewhere in the middle of the animation,

so that the ball goes into an arch.

With the levers on the side, you can make it go in a smooth curve.

Finally, disable to use composition's shutter angle

and set one of your own, like 180°, which gives you a natural motion blur.

It might be that the movement already looks good,

if not, then adjust the position of your keyframes to make the ball go slower or faster.

It takes some trials and errors to find the right spot.

-Catch!

-Nice!

And that's how to fake those trick shots!

You can find a link to all the gear that we used in the description below,

and they all point to Adorama, our beloved partner.

Thank you so much for watching and like always:

stay creative!

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