Effect: Lowering Opacity across the screen...in Sony Vegas

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Effect: Lowering Opacity across the screen...in Sony Vegas

Postby RIPmyprsoul » Fri May 23, 2008 8:24 pm

if you know what I mean? Look at the first 30 seconds of this video to see what I'm talking about

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0dBu5X3TvNw

Change it to Y.O.U.T.U.B.E. please.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Fri May 23, 2008 9:35 pm

are you trying to "darken" your video?

i don't see any "lowered opacity" in the first 30 seconds of that clip

and we know what to "change it to" in order to get to the correct site...
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Postby RIPmyprsoul » Fri May 23, 2008 10:06 pm

Here is a screencap

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What I'm talking about is a black screen over half of the video that fades halfway, if you know what I'm talking about.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Sat May 24, 2008 1:25 am

i see back lighting not an opacity change... it's not an "effect" that they are using for that shot.

if are you trying to "fade out the top" of the clip... try masking out the top and feathering it or some crap... O.o
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Postby TaranT » Sat May 24, 2008 2:18 am

Quick solution? Media Generators - Color Gradient - Preset, Linear Black to Transparent.

Drop it on a track on top of the target clip. Move the control points around to get the shading right.
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Postby RIPmyprsoul » Sat May 24, 2008 5:55 pm

TaranT got it. Thank you.
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Postby NS » Sat May 24, 2008 6:08 pm

yah.. in the screencap you got there the sun is setting...
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Postby LivingFlame » Sat May 24, 2008 11:50 pm

Yeah, I believe your example is a camera trick.
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Postby TaranT » Sun May 25, 2008 2:54 am

Maybe not a trick as much as a tight aperture setting. See item #8 on this page.

RIPmyprsoul: if you need the curved edge as that picture has, set the gradient type to elliptical. You'll have to work the control points to set it up right. At some stage it might be easier to make a custom black-and-white mask in a picture editor.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Sun May 25, 2008 4:39 am

if you want a specific shape you can use the cookie cutters and feather the edges...
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Postby LivingFlame » Sun May 25, 2008 10:11 pm

TaranT wrote:Maybe not a trick as much as a tight aperture setting. See item #8 on this page.


I know it's not technically a 'trick,' per se, but I couldn't think of a better word to describe it at the time. =\
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