Sean McHenry
October 19th, 2004, 10:05 AM
OK, I always loved that blown out look. Ever since the old Robert Palmer videos - yep, I'm an old bugger. I saw "Sky Captain" this weekend with my teenage daughter. We both thought it was well done. About 10 minutes into it I quit looking for flaws. There were plenty but the movie was so familiar to me - Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Spy Smasher, Superman...I got caught up in the action the way I always do the first few times I see a new movie.
Anyway, I set out to find an electronic process I could emulate on both Avid Xpress Pro and Premiere Pro that I could use to recreate this effect.
I tried the Avid approach but there is no built in gausian blur which I am thinking might be a key to the "glow" of the high key areas in the movie.
Premiere Pro is humming away on my tiny Sony Vaio PCG-SRX87 churning out some test footage.
I am thinking the right cobination of the following elements might cause this effect:
1). High Key footage. Brilliant highlights, etc.
2). Footage converted to B&W - kill the saturation or apply a B&W filter.
3). Add a tint - sepia, flesh tone, etc.
4). clip the whites somewhere below the normal 235 to flatten the highlights.
5). Add a touch of Gausian blur in both directions.
Shake lightly and render.
Anyone else come up with what they think would be a good formula for this sort of glowing washed out look?
Sean McHenry
Anyway, I set out to find an electronic process I could emulate on both Avid Xpress Pro and Premiere Pro that I could use to recreate this effect.
I tried the Avid approach but there is no built in gausian blur which I am thinking might be a key to the "glow" of the high key areas in the movie.
Premiere Pro is humming away on my tiny Sony Vaio PCG-SRX87 churning out some test footage.
I am thinking the right cobination of the following elements might cause this effect:
1). High Key footage. Brilliant highlights, etc.
2). Footage converted to B&W - kill the saturation or apply a B&W filter.
3). Add a tint - sepia, flesh tone, etc.
4). clip the whites somewhere below the normal 235 to flatten the highlights.
5). Add a touch of Gausian blur in both directions.
Shake lightly and render.
Anyone else come up with what they think would be a good formula for this sort of glowing washed out look?
Sean McHenry