seizure indulsing flashes in vegas video

Bebop0083 · Post by **Bebop0083** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 3:57 pm

how do i do those seizure indulsing flashes in vegas video?? i know you can do em in premiere( i havent tried it yet in that program) but i was wondering how to do it in vegas?

zalas · Post by **zalas** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 4:45 pm

Do you really need seizure inducing flashes in your video?

btw, in pretty much *any* type of video editing software, you simply splice in frames of all white into your video.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:11 pm

Splicing them into a clip can get tricky. I find it easier to just put them on an overlay track.

The method is the same in Vegas as it is in Premiere, except with Vegas you don't have to swap out to a picture editor to create the white still. Just click on the Media Generator tab at the bottom of the screen, select Solid Color, and drag the white one onto the timeline. Then fix the location and duration.

The more subtle method would be to adjust the brightness or whiteness in the original clip. Drop the Brightness and Contrast (or maybe the HSL Adjust) video effect on to the original clip. Then work with the keyframes to cause the brightness to increase for a frame or two at the right point in time. This takes some playing around with to get it to look right, and sometimes it won't work no matter what, but the results can be better than simply flashing full-screen white.

Zalas has a good point, BTW. This is something to think twice about. Some people like to see the flashes; other people hate them. And sometimes a black "flash" is better (see the black and white section in Kusoyaro's "Self Titled").

Bebop0083 · Post by **Bebop0083** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:13 pm

cool cause i need to do some seizuring scenes for an amv im going to do.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:26 pm

Ah, but Premiere has File|New|Color Matte, which is the same thing as a Solid Color

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:35 pm

klinky wrote:Ah, but Premiere has File|New|Color Matte, which is the same thing as a Solid Color

You have furthered my education.

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klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:38 pm

Cuz I roxxor the coxxorz 8)

Elecid · Post by **Elecid** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 5:15 am

premiere has a nice strobe light effect in the video filters. just set the timing to .02 duration and .06 period. THAT will certainly induce nice epileptic seizures. I used it in my video if you want to see how it looks.

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=21430

MajinZero · Post by **MajinZero** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 2:38 am

Elecid wrote:premiere has a nice strobe light effect in the video filters. just set the timing to .02 duration and .06 period. THAT will certainly induce nice epileptic seizures. I used it in my video if you want to see how it looks.

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=21430

Where can I find this effect in premiere, if I may be so bold to ask?

Elecid · Post by **Elecid** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 2:46 am

you certainly may

in premiere 6.5 you may find it under the "video effects" tab (which also houses audio effects and transitions) in the subcategory "stylize"