What is this guy using to make this effect at DVinfo.net

Chris Vaglio · February 18th, 2005, 12:44 PM

There is a video for this band called Underminded and I was wondering if somone can take a look at it and let me know how they get that get those cool light streaks. Is it a filter or is it post?

The vide can be viewed at http://kungfurecords.com/html/underminded.shtml

Thanks

Chris Vaglio

Patrick Jenkins · February 18th, 2005, 01:38 PM

Wouldn't a filter be applied in post?

Patrick Jenkins · February 18th, 2005, 01:39 PM

Oh der, you mean like a lens/light/something filter.. doy.

PS, can't find the video on the site..

Chris Vaglio · February 18th, 2005, 01:50 PM

it's on the right hand side and says 56k or dsl

Patrick Jenkins · February 18th, 2005, 02:46 PM

Do this effect after you've finished cutting and editing the whole composition.

Duplicate your video track. Take the top video layer and set it's composite mode to Screen. Leave your bottom video layer as is.

I'm using Final Cut, so it'll be different for whatever you use, but the idea is the same. Change the levels of the top video layer to really blow out the whites/lights/highlights. In Final Cut, for the Levels filter, my settings where (top to bottom): 40, 0, .9, 20, 100.

Next, add a blur to this channel. The bigger the blur, the more white light swell you have. It takes the highlights you've blown out and softens them against the bottom video layer. The compositing mode combined with the levels filter insures you only get the highlights leaving the rest of the composition intact.

From here, you can tweak your hightlights as you see fit (filters to noise them up, distort, whateva). If you do a wind blow filter you'll get the same really tall/stretched look from the video. Do a zoom blur (Final Cut) and you get a real nice ethereal Ring-like blow out look.

It looks like this:

http://patrick.sunscapeweb.com/Video/test.dv.ff.avi (divx, ~ 7MB)

Hope this helps! I can post some screenshots if you'd like, but they'll be specific to FCut.

Chris Vaglio · February 18th, 2005, 04:13 PM

thanks a lot man you saved me a lot of head scratching...by the way I am editing on Premiere Pro 1.5

February 18th, 2005, 12:44 PM	#1
Chris Vaglio Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rockaway, NJ Posts: 29	What is this guy using to make this effect There is a video for this band called Underminded and I was wondering if somone can take a look at it and let me know how they get that get those cool light streaks. Is it a filter or is it post? The vide can be viewed at http://kungfurecords.com/html/underminded.shtml Thanks Chris Vaglio __________________ Sincerely, Chris Vaglio Director/Producer/Editor Grey Sky Films www.greyskyfilms.com

February 18th, 2005, 01:50 PM	#4
Chris Vaglio Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rockaway, NJ Posts: 29	it's on the right hand side and says 56k or dsl __________________ Sincerely, Chris Vaglio Director/Producer/Editor Grey Sky Films www.greyskyfilms.com

February 18th, 2005, 04:13 PM	#6
Chris Vaglio Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rockaway, NJ Posts: 29	thanks a lot man you saved me a lot of head scratching...by the way I am editing on Premiere Pro 1.5 __________________ Sincerely, Chris Vaglio Director/Producer/Editor Grey Sky Films www.greyskyfilms.com

February 18th, 2005, 01:38 PM	#2
Patrick Jenkins Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 382	Wouldn't a filter be applied in post?

February 18th, 2005, 01:39 PM	#3
Patrick Jenkins Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 382	Oh der, you mean like a lens/light/something filter.. doy. PS, can't find the video on the site..

February 18th, 2005, 02:46 PM	#5
Patrick Jenkins Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 382	Do this effect after you've finished cutting and editing the whole composition. Duplicate your video track. Take the top video layer and set it's composite mode to Screen. Leave your bottom video layer as is. I'm using Final Cut, so it'll be different for whatever you use, but the idea is the same. Change the levels of the top video layer to really blow out the whites/lights/highlights. In Final Cut, for the Levels filter, my settings where (top to bottom): 40, 0, .9, 20, 100. Next, add a blur to this channel. The bigger the blur, the more white light swell you have. It takes the highlights you've blown out and softens them against the bottom video layer. The compositing mode combined with the levels filter insures you only get the highlights leaving the rest of the composition intact. From here, you can tweak your hightlights as you see fit (filters to noise them up, distort, whateva). If you do a wind blow filter you'll get the same really tall/stretched look from the video. Do a zoom blur (Final Cut) and you get a real nice ethereal Ring-like blow out look. It looks like this: http://patrick.sunscapeweb.com/Video/test.dv.ff.avi (divx, ~ 7MB) Hope this helps! I can post some screenshots if you'd like, but they'll be specific to FCut.