Creating Flickering Fire Effect
 

Does anyone know a good way to create the red flicker of a campfire on actors faces in Vegas? I know how to create a red glow but not sure how to make it flicker, like from a fire.

I've seen lights that simulate burning torches. They have a fan inside that blows strips of cloth or something upwards causing the light to flicker and look more like fire.

Oh, I meant creating the effect in Vegas. The scene is already shot. Unfortunately, the fire died down a bit between takes and I want to simulate the same flicker in post, for continuity. I would think you could do it in Vegas (I'm using Vegas 6) but I could be wrong.

I need to do this too; let's brainstorm! Have you tried using the Film Effects' Flicker tool?

Just thinking out loud, but what if you could take some actual fire footage, turn it into an alpha mask and composite a red/orange gradient with it.

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I was thinking along the lines of masking out the actors face and applying a red tint to the mask to blend with the original clip. But wasn't sure how to make it flicker realistically. Possibly adding the Flim Effects would do that. I may need to learn how to use gradients too.