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Giuseppe Palumbo · December 24th, 2004, 11:12 PM

I shot this for a school project, just had to make a realistic trailer but anyways..After adjusting Levels, HSL, and Brightness and Contrast just wondering if it looked good, so help me out here...

http://s90140792.onlinehome.us/Destination%20Life.htm

Joshua Provost · December 24th, 2004, 11:34 PM

Very slick! Loved the trailer. What was this shot on?

Glenn Chan · December 24th, 2004, 11:54 PM

You could try using a (color) curves filter instead of a contrast/levels filter for better results. With a curves filter, make the curve look like a "S". Whites will not clip but gradually blow out, and the same thing with blacks. You'll still get a little gradual detail in highlights and blacks.

Some of the shots look a little dark... you can increase gamma to fix this. Or in a curves plug-in, make it concave down (more). If your NLE has (vector)scopes and histogram it can help you out a little, although using your eye is probably the best as the human brain/eye combination is weird and does not perceive things like scopes do.

It looks excellent for a school project though!

Giuseppe Palumbo · December 25th, 2004, 12:07 AM

Its all shot with a Canon GL2 and some shots are with the Century Optics .3x Ultra fisheye

Tony Webber · December 30th, 2004, 04:25 AM

Looks good, just out of interest, what software did you do your titles on?

Giuseppe Palumbo · December 30th, 2004, 12:41 PM

I did everything is sonic foundry vegas video 4

Jim Sowden · January 2nd, 2005, 12:20 PM

I'm just begining on this whole dv-film deal. I got magic bullet, and read through the manual for AE and it is pretty sweet. How do I adjust the gamma? Would this be done in FCP?

Graeme Nattress · January 2nd, 2005, 01:29 PM

For FCP check out www.nattress.comf for Film Effects. It has very comprehensive and easy to use levels controls that offer really nice gamma adjustment. Also does the 24p stuff if you don't have it in camera.

Graeme

Matt Hagest · January 3rd, 2005, 03:03 PM

how did you do the text flash at the end of showing each text before you faded to the other text? Did you just use the pan to make the text move around? what kind of system are you running that on?

Giuseppe Palumbo · January 3rd, 2005, 09:01 PM

Im not sure about what text your talking about but i just keyframed brightness and contrast to the titles i made. then i also keyframed the movement... im just simply using nothing but a Dell 8200, external 200G hard drive and 512 mb of ram, wish i had more but...everything runs pretty smooth in Vegas with real time editing that it has

Matt Hagest · January 4th, 2005, 11:35 AM

man, i try so hard to get that same look as you.. great job!! what steps do you take in order to make it letter box view?

Giuseppe Palumbo · January 4th, 2005, 02:24 PM

well, i just made a Widescreen bar setup in Photoshop that was 720**480 and then i imported it into Vegas video 4 and then i put the widescreen bars on the top layer and then i changed the layer to (mask). After that then i just added the other video layers on the bottom of it with the audio and then i keyframed all of the video and made it just go up and down to fit everything in the desired area. Anything else just ask

Giuseppe Palumbo · January 4th, 2005, 02:47 PM

I made a test video so that you can see how everything works... i hope it helps everyone understand how i did it...Reply with what you think of it.

http://s90140792.onlinehome.us/Keyframing.mov

Richard Mellor · January 7th, 2005, 09:52 AM

you are on your way Giuseppe. keep up the good work.

If you want more film look .I just put up a static adatper parts list for less than $175.I will keep searching for parts to see if we can bring the price down even more. the mini35 cost over $10,000
and rents for $400 a day.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=37296

this is a link to film look in after effects. there was a great one on vegas, in the articles section. by douglas spotted eagle.
but i can,t find it anymore .

http://www.dvinfo.net/articles/filmlook/broadway2.php

December 24th, 2004, 11:12 PM	#1
Giuseppe Palumbo Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 199 Images: 7	Film Look I shot this for a school project, just had to make a realistic trailer but anyways..After adjusting Levels, HSL, and Brightness and Contrast just wondering if it looked good, so help me out here... http://s90140792.onlinehome.us/Destination%20Life.htm

January 2nd, 2005, 01:29 PM	#8
Graeme Nattress RED Problem Solver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,365	For FCP check out www.nattress.comf for Film Effects. It has very comprehensive and easy to use levels controls that offer really nice gamma adjustment. Also does the 24p stuff if you don't have it in camera. Graeme __________________ www.nattress.com - filters for FCP

December 24th, 2004, 11:34 PM	#2
Joshua Provost Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 493	Very slick! Loved the trailer. What was this shot on?

December 24th, 2004, 11:54 PM	#3
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	You could try using a (color) curves filter instead of a contrast/levels filter for better results. With a curves filter, make the curve look like a "S". Whites will not clip but gradually blow out, and the same thing with blacks. You'll still get a little gradual detail in highlights and blacks. Some of the shots look a little dark... you can increase gamma to fix this. Or in a curves plug-in, make it concave down (more). If your NLE has (vector)scopes and histogram it can help you out a little, although using your eye is probably the best as the human brain/eye combination is weird and does not perceive things like scopes do. It looks excellent for a school project though!

December 25th, 2004, 12:07 AM	#4
Giuseppe Palumbo Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 199 Images: 7	Its all shot with a Canon GL2 and some shots are with the Century Optics .3x Ultra fisheye

December 30th, 2004, 04:25 AM	#5
Tony Webber Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: uk Posts: 57	Looks good, just out of interest, what software did you do your titles on?

December 30th, 2004, 12:41 PM	#6
Giuseppe Palumbo Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 199 Images: 7	I did everything is sonic foundry vegas video 4

January 2nd, 2005, 12:20 PM	#7
Jim Sowden New Boot Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Doylestown, PA Posts: 6	I'm just begining on this whole dv-film deal. I got magic bullet, and read through the manual for AE and it is pretty sweet. How do I adjust the gamma? Would this be done in FCP?

January 3rd, 2005, 03:03 PM	#9
Matt Hagest Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dana Point, California Posts: 63	how did you do the text flash at the end of showing each text before you faded to the other text? Did you just use the pan to make the text move around? what kind of system are you running that on?

January 3rd, 2005, 09:01 PM	#10
Giuseppe Palumbo Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 199 Images: 7	Im not sure about what text your talking about but i just keyframed brightness and contrast to the titles i made. then i also keyframed the movement... im just simply using nothing but a Dell 8200, external 200G hard drive and 512 mb of ram, wish i had more but...everything runs pretty smooth in Vegas with real time editing that it has

January 4th, 2005, 11:35 AM	#11
Matt Hagest Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dana Point, California Posts: 63	man, i try so hard to get that same look as you.. great job!! what steps do you take in order to make it letter box view?

January 4th, 2005, 02:24 PM	#12
Giuseppe Palumbo Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 199 Images: 7	well, i just made a Widescreen bar setup in Photoshop that was 720**480 and then i imported it into Vegas video 4 and then i put the widescreen bars on the top layer and then i changed the layer to (mask). After that then i just added the other video layers on the bottom of it with the audio and then i keyframed all of the video and made it just go up and down to fit everything in the desired area. Anything else just ask

January 4th, 2005, 02:47 PM	#13
Giuseppe Palumbo Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 199 Images: 7	I made a test video so that you can see how everything works... i hope it helps everyone understand how i did it...Reply with what you think of it. http://s90140792.onlinehome.us/Keyframing.mov

January 7th, 2005, 09:52 AM	#14
Richard Mellor Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: cambridge ma Posts: 247	you are on your way Giuseppe. keep up the good work. If you want more film look .I just put up a static adatper parts list for less than $175.I will keep searching for parts to see if we can bring the price down even more. the mini35 cost over $10,000 and rents for $400 a day. http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=37296 this is a link to film look in after effects. there was a great one on vegas, in the articles section. by douglas spotted eagle. but i can,t find it anymore . http://www.dvinfo.net/articles/filmlook/broadway2.php