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Luke Oliver · December 7th, 2008, 08:23 AM

does anyone know if is worth the moneyor if its useful
if not does anyone have any useful tips to soften up the look of people or a particular shot

lukle

Tripp Woelfel · December 7th, 2008, 09:54 AM

You might want to start experimenting with some light blur effects in post. There are a zillion ways to do this. Some more effective than others and many are situation dependent.

This need is fairly common for a lot of shooters. I'd guess a search might turn up more than a few threads on the topic. You might also want to check other resources for tutorials.

Jason Robinson · December 8th, 2008, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Luke Oliver

does anyone know if is worth the moneyor if its useful
if not does anyone have any useful tips to soften up the look of people or a particular shot

lukle

What is your NLE of choice? NLE often dictates available tools. Also, what kind of softening are you thinking of? Just a soft white washing, or also pumping up colors, etc?

I did my first wedding where I made a concerted effort to have a "look." An example is on this page.

Luke Oliver · December 8th, 2008, 10:19 AM

well its just i have watched so many wedding demos and they seem to have nice soft filmy look, i dont want soft fairy cheesy look so many have but just to soften up faces on close up, i was gonna invest in magic bullet as im a complete beginer im using final cut 2

Jason Robinson · December 8th, 2008, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luke Oliver

well its just i have watched so many wedding demos and they seem to have nice soft filmy look, i dont want soft fairy cheesy look so many have but just to soften up faces on close up, i was gonna invest in magic bullet as im a complete beginer im using final cut 2

For MAgic Bullet, be sure that you have a real beefy edit system, because from what I heard, it can really bring a render system to a crawl when doing its magic. Unfortunately, I have no experience with it or any other "looks" plugin or package. All my (very minimal) CC and effects is down inside Vegas.

Peter Szilveszter · December 8th, 2008, 05:07 PM

I have used diffusion filter at around 40% opacity with masking only the face area, several plugin companies make them and can be very useful to smooth out the skin a bit.

December 7th, 2008, 08:23 AM	#1
Luke Oliver Major Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Guernsey , Channel Islands Posts: 242	electronic makeup does anyone know if is worth the moneyor if its useful if not does anyone have any useful tips to soften up the look of people or a particular shot lukle

December 8th, 2008, 10:19 AM	#4
Luke Oliver Major Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Guernsey , Channel Islands Posts: 242	re well its just i have watched so many wedding demos and they seem to have nice soft filmy look, i dont want soft fairy cheesy look so many have but just to soften up faces on close up, i was gonna invest in magic bullet as im a complete beginer im using final cut 2

December 8th, 2008, 05:07 PM	#6
Peter Szilveszter Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Yeppoon, Queensland Posts: 332	I have used diffusion filter at around 40% opacity with masking only the face area, several plugin companies make them and can be very useful to smooth out the skin a bit. __________________ www.livinglens.com.au \| www.livinglens.com.au/blog

December 7th, 2008, 09:54 AM	#2
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	You might want to start experimenting with some light blur effects in post. There are a zillion ways to do this. Some more effective than others and many are situation dependent. This need is fairly common for a lot of shooters. I'd guess a search might turn up more than a few threads on the topic. You might also want to check other resources for tutorials.