Quick question

JOE_Greezy · Post by **JOE_Greezy** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:27 pm

K I've been lookin around for over and hour but can't find anything (maybe I'm a dumbass who knows). How does one go about making that strobe effect I see in some vids.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:36 pm

You cut in and out of a white or black still very rapidly. Some people prefer to use partially transparent overlays.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:38 pm

In what program?

Adobe Premiere has a strobe light effect (at least in 5.1 and Pro), but I've never used it, because I prefer this method, which gives you more control over the process:

- Make a matte of whatever color you want to have flashing
- Plop it onto the timeline, above the main video clip
- Shorten it to one or two frames
- Repeat for as many flashes as you want

JOE_Greezy · Post by **JOE_Greezy** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:42 pm

I use the wonderfully frustrating WMM2.

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:00 am

Make a color matte of what you want flashing in an image editing program- such as Microsoft Paint, and import that into WMM2 and plop it on the timeline.

JOE_Greezy · Post by **JOE_Greezy** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:04 am

Thanks for the help I'll work on it tommorow and get back to you if I have any probs.