nice softer image at DVinfo.net

Andrew Todd · June 22nd, 2006, 07:10 PM

i just got finished recently editing a short i shot with an xl1s and the letus35xl. extremely pleased with shots i got.

have been playing around with color correcting alot of stills in photoshop lately and have been using a technique of taking the same photo in two layers and mimicking a double exposure shot by blurring the top layer and lowering its opacity till i got a soft look i liked.

tonite while watching some of my edited footage i realised that it might work on my footage too in premiere.. so i did it the exact same.. two layers of the same footage.. used gaussian blur on the top one then lowered its opacity until i liked it.. i got a nice soft glow effect.. kind of like the pro mist give.. but i have total control over it by lowering and raising opacity..

just never read anything like that before.. worked nice for me.

Andrew Todd · June 22nd, 2006, 08:13 PM

and you have to give the lower image an s-curve to take out the white milky look

Glenn Chan · June 22nd, 2006, 09:25 PM

Unfortunately a lot of other people have been doing this before you. :/

But you can also try:

A- quasi-Linear light processing. Apply a gamma of 0.45 (or 2.2), then blur, then a gamma of 2.2 (or 0.45). This will give a diffusion that looks closer to what an optical filter looks like.

The same idea can be used to get film-style dissolves versus video dissolves. This is because video is recorded with gamma compression... undo-ing it will move you into linear light space.

B- Use composite mode multiply. It's a different look.

Andrew Todd · June 23rd, 2006, 01:02 AM

cool.. thanks

Eniola Akintoye · July 13th, 2006, 12:12 AM

Andrew, can you show us a teaser pleeeeeeease?

Jon Jaschob · July 16th, 2006, 11:40 AM

http://www.fotgfilms.com/onceUpon/Herofull.jpg
(1/2 size, white diffusion in post)

http://fotgfilms.com/onceUpon/hero.bmp
(Full size, WD in post)

James Conaway · August 2nd, 2006, 10:15 AM

Can you post a side by side before and after?

June 22nd, 2006, 07:10 PM	#1
Andrew Todd Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saint John, CANADA Posts: 633	nice softer image i just got finished recently editing a short i shot with an xl1s and the letus35xl. extremely pleased with shots i got. have been playing around with color correcting alot of stills in photoshop lately and have been using a technique of taking the same photo in two layers and mimicking a double exposure shot by blurring the top layer and lowering its opacity till i got a soft look i liked. tonite while watching some of my edited footage i realised that it might work on my footage too in premiere.. so i did it the exact same.. two layers of the same footage.. used gaussian blur on the top one then lowered its opacity until i liked it.. i got a nice soft glow effect.. kind of like the pro mist give.. but i have total control over it by lowering and raising opacity.. just never read anything like that before.. worked nice for me. __________________ video : xl2 / letus35xl / bogen 503 photo- canon 1dmkII - bronica etrsi

June 22nd, 2006, 08:13 PM	#2
Andrew Todd Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saint John, CANADA Posts: 633	and you have to give the lower image an s-curve to take out the white milky look __________________ video : xl2 / letus35xl / bogen 503 photo- canon 1dmkII - bronica etrsi

June 23rd, 2006, 01:02 AM	#4
Andrew Todd Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saint John, CANADA Posts: 633	cool.. thanks __________________ video : xl2 / letus35xl / bogen 503 photo- canon 1dmkII - bronica etrsi

July 16th, 2006, 11:40 AM	#6
Jon Jaschob Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 232	sample http://www.fotgfilms.com/onceUpon/Herofull.jpg (1/2 size, white diffusion in post) http://fotgfilms.com/onceUpon/hero.bmp (Full size, WD in post) Last edited by Jon Jaschob; July 16th, 2006 at 12:51 PM.

June 22nd, 2006, 09:25 PM	#3
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Unfortunately a lot of other people have been doing this before you. :/ But you can also try: A- quasi-Linear light processing. Apply a gamma of 0.45 (or 2.2), then blur, then a gamma of 2.2 (or 0.45). This will give a diffusion that looks closer to what an optical filter looks like. The same idea can be used to get film-style dissolves versus video dissolves. This is because video is recorded with gamma compression... undo-ing it will move you into linear light space. B- Use composite mode multiply. It's a different look.

July 13th, 2006, 12:12 AM	#5
Eniola Akintoye Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Duluth GA Posts: 238	Andrew, can you show us a teaser pleeeeeeease?

August 2nd, 2006, 10:15 AM	#7
James Conaway New Boot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 8	Can you post a side by side before and after?