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October 27th, 2002, 10:52 PM

I was wondering, in post production with final cut pro or after effects, how would I acheive an angelic like glow around like lets say, a person. It seems this effect takes into play by amplifying the bright areas of the footage. But I would appreciate any info on acheiving this effect I've seen in movies, and recently in the credits to the world series which the angels won.

Don Donatello · October 29th, 2002, 03:21 PM

don't know about FCP but most NLE have similar FX filters ..
in Vegas Video you would use the HSL , GLOW , color curves...

HSL to blow out higlights slightly ...
GLow - for the white glow ..
color curves for the shadows ( to darken just slightly) & the midrange ( just slightly darker )

Brian M. Dickman · October 30th, 2002, 06:58 PM

You might try a chroma key with high-tolerace filter. There's very little difference between "terribly glowing chroma key" and "neat highlighting effect".

Adrian van der Park · October 30th, 2002, 08:13 PM

bring your clip into after effects.

place one copy on the timeline.
duplicate it. (ctrlD)
on the second copy, goto effects/adjust/levels
make the second clip additive transfer as well.

play with the levels to choke the blacks and let the highs bleed through. Put a gaussian blur on this clip as the last effect. Play with the oppacity of the second clip over the first (i.e. ctrl-shift-O)

tweak until desired look is acheived.

This is how specular blooms are quickly acheived on 3d renders without a spec pass, and if you go heavy handed on the effect, it blooms out nicely.

Adrian

October 27th, 2002, 10:52 PM	#1
GreenRubberPlant Posts: n/a	Angel Glow I was wondering, in post production with final cut pro or after effects, how would I acheive an angelic like glow around like lets say, a person. It seems this effect takes into play by amplifying the bright areas of the footage. But I would appreciate any info on acheiving this effect I've seen in movies, and recently in the credits to the world series which the angels won.

October 30th, 2002, 08:13 PM	#4
Adrian van der Park Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 87	bring your clip into after effects. place one copy on the timeline. duplicate it. (ctrlD) on the second copy, goto effects/adjust/levels make the second clip additive transfer as well. play with the levels to choke the blacks and let the highs bleed through. Put a gaussian blur on this clip as the last effect. Play with the oppacity of the second clip over the first (i.e. ctrl-shift-O) tweak until desired look is acheived. This is how specular blooms are quickly acheived on 3d renders without a spec pass, and if you go heavy handed on the effect, it blooms out nicely. Adrian __________________ Adrian van der Park VFX modeler London, England

October 29th, 2002, 03:21 PM	#2
Don Donatello Hawaiian Shirt Mogul Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: northern cailfornia Posts: 1,261	don't know about FCP but most NLE have similar FX filters .. in Vegas Video you would use the HSL , GLOW , color curves... HSL to blow out higlights slightly ... GLow - for the white glow .. color curves for the shadows ( to darken just slightly) & the midrange ( just slightly darker )

October 30th, 2002, 06:58 PM	#3
Brian M. Dickman Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 148	You might try a chroma key with high-tolerace filter. There's very little difference between "terribly glowing chroma key" and "neat highlighting effect".