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Johannes Soetandi · February 4th, 2011, 12:23 AM

G'day from down under.

This may sound like a silly questions, but I've never been properly trained on how to edit videos and I have some burning questions I need to ask regarding creating certain effects in FCP. I was gonna post this in the Final Cut Suite thread, but thought this effect will be more familiar to the wedding industry folks :)

There are two in particular which has been used in many videos:

1. The light flaring/flickering effect..... ok, I'm not even sure how to describe it. But it's the effect where you kinda see some shades of colourful lights flickering past the clip. Imagine a colourful Casper running over your camera lens... Seems like another layer of light clip is put on top of the original clip and with reduced opacity. The question is.. is that a stock clip that you can buy or is it something that can be created?

2. Light intensity changes.. its when the clip goes bright before going to next clip. But its not dip to colour bright, its when the whites only component in the clip goes really bright as if it's over exposed.. I know how to do this in Vegas, but not sure in FCP, any hint?

I'm not sure if anyone gets what I meant. This is as best as I can describe it.

Any hint would be appreciated! Thanks :)

Rickey Brillantes · February 4th, 2011, 06:42 PM

1. Eureka Vapor Across plug-ins
2. Natress Film Effects: G2 Film Flash V2.5.1

Jeff Brewer · February 5th, 2011, 07:13 AM

What you are describing in the first question sounds to me like a natural occurence when processing 8 or 16mm film. The end of the roll usually has a bit of color flicker and I think that some of what we see in videos would be that, but of course there is an effect as mentioned to mimic it.

John Kopec · February 5th, 2011, 03:54 PM

#1 sounds like a film burn to me. Try googling "film burns"

Johannes Soetandi · February 6th, 2011, 07:57 PM

Thanks gents for the suggestion! I haven't done further research but this should be good to get me starting. :) thanks again!

Tim Gilbertson · February 6th, 2011, 09:19 PM

1 would be a film burn, a result of taking your eye away from the eyepiece of certain super8 cameras.

Film Burn Tutorial DPCFilms.com

2 is just an additive dissolve. Check the video transitions in dissolves.

T

February 4th, 2011, 06:42 PM	#2
Rickey Brillantes Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ontario, California Posts: 309	1. Eureka Vapor Across plug-ins 2. Natress Film Effects: G2 Film Flash V2.5.1 Last edited by Rickey Brillantes; February 4th, 2011 at 06:46 PM. Reason: add text

February 5th, 2011, 07:13 AM	#3
Jeff Brewer Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 119	What you are describing in the first question sounds to me like a natural occurence when processing 8 or 16mm film. The end of the roll usually has a bit of color flicker and I think that some of what we see in videos would be that, but of course there is an effect as mentioned to mimic it. __________________ MediaBrewer Films

February 6th, 2011, 09:19 PM	#6
Tim Gilbertson Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 59	1 would be a film burn, a result of taking your eye away from the eyepiece of certain super8 cameras. Film Burn Tutorial DPCFilms.com 2 is just an additive dissolve. Check the video transitions in dissolves. T __________________ Edmonton Wedding Photography, Video, and PhotoFusion - Infinitelink Free Backlinking Project

February 4th, 2011, 12:23 AM	#1
Johannes Soetandi Major Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 387	FCP effects tips G'day from down under. This may sound like a silly questions, but I've never been properly trained on how to edit videos and I have some burning questions I need to ask regarding creating certain effects in FCP. I was gonna post this in the Final Cut Suite thread, but thought this effect will be more familiar to the wedding industry folks :) There are two in particular which has been used in many videos: 1. The light flaring/flickering effect..... ok, I'm not even sure how to describe it. But it's the effect where you kinda see some shades of colourful lights flickering past the clip. Imagine a colourful Casper running over your camera lens... Seems like another layer of light clip is put on top of the original clip and with reduced opacity. The question is.. is that a stock clip that you can buy or is it something that can be created? 2. Light intensity changes.. its when the clip goes bright before going to next clip. But its not dip to colour bright, its when the whites only component in the clip goes really bright as if it's over exposed.. I know how to do this in Vegas, but not sure in FCP, any hint? I'm not sure if anyone gets what I meant. This is as best as I can describe it. Any hint would be appreciated! Thanks :)

February 5th, 2011, 03:54 PM	#4
John Kopec Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: United States Posts: 41	#1 sounds like a film burn to me. Try googling "film burns"

February 6th, 2011, 07:57 PM	#5
Johannes Soetandi Major Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 387	Thanks gents for the suggestion! I haven't done further research but this should be good to get me starting. :) thanks again!